This page shows Final Tables + changes/developments for the North West Counties League for the 1983-1987 seasons.

 

NORTH WEST COUNTIES LEAGUE 1983-1987

 

Division 1 Final Table 1983-1984

 

1	Stalybridge Celtic	38	26	8	4	81	30	60
2	Penrith	38	23	9	6	88	39	55
3	Radcliffe Borough	38	26	3	9	79	41	55
4	Burscough	38	22	8	8	87	47	52
5	Curzon Ashton	38	21	5	12	74	51	47
6	Lancaster City*	38	21	3	14	76	56	43
7	Accrington Stanley	38	17	8	13	67	60	42
8	St. Helens Town	38	17	7	14	69	55	41
9	Congleton Town	38	18	5	15	64	50	41
10	Prescot Cables	38	17	6	15	72	45	40
11	Leek Town	38	14	10	14	56	64	38
12	Winsford United	38	12	12	14	49	54	36
13	Formby	38	14	7	17	48	61	35
14	Caernarfon Town	38	11	12	15	46	55	34
15	Glossop	38	11	11	16	38	61	33
16	Bootle*	38	11	7	20	46	69	27
17	Leyland Motors	38	9	9	20	44	79	27
18	Netherfield	38	5	11	22	27	73	21
19	Ashton United**	38	7	9	22	47	86	19
20	Darwen	38	2	2	34	29	111	6
		760	304	152	304	1187	1187	752

*2 points deducted  **4 points deducted

 

Ashton United and Darwen relegated to Division 2.

 

Division 2 Final Table 1983-1984

 

1	Fleetwood Town	34	24	8	2	73	24	56
2	Eastwood Hanley	34	21	6	7	69	35	48
3	Irlam Town	34	19	8	7	67	41	46
4	Warrington Town	34	18	7	9	65	45	43
5	Droylsden	34	19	5	10	59	42	43
6	Colne Dynamoes	34	16	9	9	55	37	41
7	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	12	10	12	49	38	34
8	Chadderton	34	14	6	14	56	46	34
9	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	11	11	12	37	41	33
10	Wren Rovers	34	11	10	13	45	47	32
11	Skelmersdale United	34	13	6	15	60	63	32
12	Ford Motors	34	9	9	16	38	53	27
13	Prescot BI	34	9	9	16	50	66	27
14	Lytham*	34	13	3	18	56	81	27
15	Rossendale United	34	10	6	18	53	84	26
16	Great Harwood Town	34	5	12	17	36	60	22
17	Salford	34	5	11	18	24	60	21
18	Nantwich Town	34	8	2	24	44	73	18
		612	237	138	237	936	936	610

*2 points deducted

 

Fleetwood Town and Eastwood Hanley promoted to Division 1.  Lytham demoted to Division 3 and Prescot BI left the competition, so there was no relegation.

 

Division 3 Final Table 1983-1984

 

1	Clitheroe	34	22	7	5	79	29	51
2	Padiham	34	19	8	7	58	34	46
3	Ashton Town	34	19	7	8	54	42	45
4	Oldham Dew	34	17	9	8	63	37	43
5	Daisy Hill	34	19	3	12	54	40	41
6	Maghull	34	16	8	10	60	50	40
7	Blackpool Mechanics	34	17	5	12	70	49	39
8	Atherton Collieries	34	14	9	11	54	50	37
9	Vulcan Newton*	34	15	8	11	64	54	36
10	Prestwich Heys*	34	15	5	14	61	59	33
11	Whitworth Valley	34	11	8	15	45	53	30
12	Bolton ST	34	10	10	14	49	64	30
13	Bacup Borough**	34	11	9	14	65	60	27
14	Nelson	34	8	10	16	49	55	26
15	Cheadle Town	34	9	8	17	39	67	26
16	Urmston Town	34	7	9	18	35	67	23
17	Newton	34	8	4	22	33	63	20
18	Ashton Athletic	34	4	3	27	30	89	11
		612	241	130	241	962	962	604

*2 points deducted  **4 points deducted

 

Clitheroe and Padiham promoted to Division 2.  Vulcan Newton left the competition.  Colwyn Bay and Kirkby Town joined the North West Counties League.

 

Division 1 Final Table 1984-1985

 

1	Radcliffe Borough	38	24	10	4	67	33	58
2	Caernarfon Town	38	23	9	6	73	40	55
3	Burscough	38	23	7	8	81	46	53
4	Stalybridge Celtic	38	21	10	7	89	40	52
5	Eastwood Hanley	38	20	12	6	72	42	52
6	Curzon Ashton	38	21	6	11	85	60	48
7	Winsford United	38	20	7	11	58	37	47
8	Fleetwood Town	38	18	8	12	84	57	44
9	Leek Town	38	16	11	11	52	38	43
10	Congleton Town	38	13	11	14	43	46	37
11	Leyland Motors	38	13	8	17	52	67	34
12	St. Helens Town	38	12	9	17	64	75	33
13	Prescot Cables*	38	13	7	18	64	68	31
14	Bootle	38	10	11	17	34	48	31
15	Accrington Stanley	38	11	8	19	45	59	30
16	Glossop	38	8	11	19	46	70	27
17	Formby*	38	9	9	20	41	79	25
18	Netherfield	38	7	9	22	42	80	23
19	Lancaster City	38	8	5	25	46	90	21
20	Penrith	38	4	4	30	36	99	12
		760	294	172	294	1174	1174	756

*2 points deducted

 

Caernarfon Town left to join the Northern Premier League.  Lancaster City relegated to Division 2.

 

Division 2 Final Table 1984-1985

 

1	Clitheroe	34	19	13	2	70	33	51
2	Irlam Town	34	21	9	4	60	24	51
3	Warrington Town	34	17	14	3	59	29	48
4	Ashton United	34	17	7	10	56	55	41
5	Droylsden	34	15	10	9	51	47	40
6	Wren Rovers	34	15	9	10	53	41	39
7	Great Harwood Town	34	17	4	13	49	44	38
8	Chadderton	34	13	9	12	47	46	35
9	Colne Dynamoes	34	9	14	11	45	40	32
10	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	13	6	15	42	43	32
11	Nantwich Town	34	13	5	16	50	47	31
12	Ford Motors	34	11	8	15	44	45	30
13	Skelmersdale United	34	11	8	15	39	56	30
14	Rossendal United	34	10	9	15	51	53	29
15	Salford	34	11	5	18	46	64	27
16	Darwen	34	7	6	21	32	62	20
17	Padiham*	34	8	5	21	42	74	19
18	Ellesmere Port & Neston*	34	5	7	22	34	67	15
		612	232	148	232	870	870	608

*2 points deducted

 

Clitheroe and Irlam Town promoted to Division 1.  Padiham relegated to Division 3.

 

Division 3 Final Table 1984-1985

 

1	Kirkby Town	34	26	5	3	83	30	57
2	Colwyn Bay	34	22	10	2	75	32	54
3	Newton	34	16	10	8	56	33	42
4	Urmston Town	34	14	10	10	42	39	38
5	Blackpool Mechanics	34	15	7	12	61	48	37
6	Lytham	34	14	7	13	54	45	35
7	Atherton Collieries	34	13	8	13	44	44	34
8	Ashton Town	34	13	7	14	62	56	33
9	Oldham Dew	34	11	10	13	51	44	32
10	Bolton ST	34	12	8	14	55	73	32
11	Maghull	34	12	7	15	56	51	31
12	Cheadle Town	34	12	7	15	46	62	31
13	Bacup Borough	34	11	8	15	54	59	30
14	Ashton Athletic	34	12	6	16	45	61	30
15	Daisy Hill*	34	10	9	15	51	61	27
16	Whitworth Valley	34	10	7	17	51	71	27
17	Nelson	34	9	4	21	43	80	22
18	Prestwich Heys*	34	7	4	23	35	75	16
		612	239	134	239	964	964	608

*2 points deducted

 

Kirkby Town and Clitheroe promoted to Division 2.  Ashton Town, Lytham and Urmston Town dropped out of the North West Counties League.  Oldham Dew became Oldham Town.  Huyton Town joined Division 3.

 

Division 1 Final Table 1985-1986

 

1	Clitheroe	38	20	14	4	61	30	54
2	Congleton Town	38	22	10	6	51	29	54
3	Eastwood Hanley	38	22	9	7	68	45	53
4	Stalybridge Celtic	38	21	10	7	62	39	52
5	Fleetwood Town*	38	21	10	7	70	34	50
6	Irlam Town	38	16	14	8	66	45	46
7	Leek Town	38	20	6	12	64	44	46
8	Curzon Ashton	38	18	9	11	52	50	45
9	Burscough	38	15	10	13	45	35	40
10	St. Helens Town	38	15	8	15	65	55	38
11	Accrington Stanley	38	13	11	14	62	60	37
12	Leyland Motors	38	13	8	17	62	67	34
13	Winsford United	38	14	6	18	55	68	34
14	Radcliffe Borough	38	12	9	17	48	49	33
15	Bootle	38	11	7	20	46	54	29
16	Penrith	38	9	8	21	46	63	26
17	Netherfield	38	8	10	20	38	76	26
18	Glossop	38	7	10	21	37	69	24
19	Prescot Cables	38	5	9	24	33	68	19
20	Formby	38	5	8	25	35	86	18
		760	287	186	287	1066	1066	758

*2 points deducted

 

Prescot Cables and Formby relegated to Division 2.

 

Division 2 Final Table 1985-1986

 

1	Kirkby Town	34	24	7	3	85	30	55
2	Rossendale United	34	20	8	6	81	36	48
3	Wren Rovers	34	18	8	8	60	46	44
4	Warrington Town	34	17	9	8	62	48	43
5	Colwyn Bay	34	17	8	9	74	53	42
6	Chadderton	34	15	12	7	66	48	42
7	Colne Dynamoes	34	15	9	10	59	43	39
8	Great Harwood Town	34	13	10	11	38	45	36
9	Skelmersdale United	34	14	5	15	58	53	33
10	Droylsden	34	13	7	14	48	56	33
11	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	12	6	16	49	61	30
12	Lancaster City	34	10	9	15	57	66	29
13	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	9	9	16	45	61	27
14	Ashton United*	34	11	5	18	46	64	25
15	Darwen	34	8	8	18	48	57	24
16	Salford	34	9	4	21	38	72	22
17	Ford Motors	34	5	10	19	36	64	20
18	Nantwich Town	34	5	8	21	31	78	18
		612	235	142	235	981	981	610

*2 points deducted

 

Kirkby Town and Rossendale United promoted to Division 1.  Ford Motors and Nantwich Town relegated to Division 3.

 

Division 3 Final Table 1985-1986

 

1	Blackpool Mechanics*	28	22	2	4	77	33	44
2	Oldham Town	28	14	9	5	56	29	37
3	Maghull	28	15	6	7	62	36	36
4	Daisy Hill	28	13	7	8	62	45	33
5	Atherton Collieries	28	13	7	8	48	37	33
6	Bolton ST*	28	12	7	9	42	34	29
7	Cheadle Town	28	9	10	9	42	26	28
8	Bacup Borough	28	10	8	10	36	40	28
9	Padiham	28	8	10	10	44	45	26
10	Prestwich Heys	28	10	6	12	53	66	26
11	Newton	28	7	10	11	43	48	24
12	Whitworth Valley	28	7	8	13	42	48	22
13	Huyton Town	28	7	7	14	41	71	21
14	Nelson*	28	7	7	14	36	65	19
15	Ashton Athletic	28	1	6	21	24	85	8
		420	155	110	155	708	708	414

*2 points deducted

 

Blackpool Mechanics and Oldham Town promoted to Division 2.  Bolton ST, Huyton Town and Prestwich Heys all left the North West Counties, while Flixton were admitted.

 

Division 1 Final Table 1986-1987

 

1	Stalybridge Celtic	38	25	8	5	74	39	58
2	Accrington Stanley	38	19	15	4	63	32	53
3	Clitheroe	38	20	12	6	76	47	52
4	Kirkby Town	38	22	4	12	71	48	48
5	Bootle	38	19	10	9	52	38	48
6	St. Helens Town	38	19	9	10	65	37	47
7	Winsford United	38	19	8	11	55	39	46
8	Fleetwood Town	38	16	13	9	61	49	45
9	Penrith	38	16	10	12	62	59	42
10	Rossendale United	38	14	11	13	66	59	39
11	Congleton Town	38	13	11	14	38	39	37
12	Burscough	38	11	11	16	58	54	33
13	Leyland Motors	38	13	7	18	52	56	33
14	Eastwood Hanley	38	10	11	17	40	50	31
15	Radcliffe Borough	38	11	8	19	46	57	30
16	Leek Town	38	9	12	17	42	55	30
17	Netherfield	38	12	5	21	45	73	29
18	Irlam Town	38	4	13	21	36	74	21
19	Curzon Ashton	38	4	12	22	35	78	20
20	Glossop	38	5	8	25	33	87	18
		760	281	198	281	1070	1070	760

 

No relegation due to a major reorganisation of the North West Counties League.  See below for details.

 

Division 2 Final Table 1986-1987

 

1	Droylsden	34	20	8	6	79	42	48
2	Warrington Town	34	16	13	5	48	34	45
3	Ashton United	34	19	6	9	73	45	44
4	Wren Rovers	34	18	8	8	65	39	44
5	Colwyn Bay	34	17	9	8	61	43	43
6	Darwen	34	15	8	11	45	47	38
7	Chadderton	34	14	9	11	52	47	37
8	Colne Dynamoes	34	14	8	12	57	44	36
9	Skelmersdale United	34	13	10	11	52	53	36
10	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	15	5	14	68	54	35
11	Formby	34	13	7	14	54	55	33
12	Blackpool Mechanics	34	12	8	14	56	64	32
13	Lancaster City	34	12	7	15	55	53	31
14	Prescot Cables*	34	12	6	16	46	48	28
15	Great Harwood Town*	34	9	8	17	36	59	24
16	Oldham Town	34	7	9	18	38	57	23
17	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	8	5	21	32	61	21
18	Salford	34	1	8	25	17	89	10
		612	235	142	235	934	934	608

*2 points deducted

 

No promotion or relegation due to a major reorganisation of the North West Counties League.  See below for details.

 

Division 3 Final Table 1986-1987

 

1	Atherton Collieries	24	16	4	4	46	22	36
2	Flixton	24	15	5	4	58	29	35
3	Maghull	24	14	2	8	44	29	30
4	Nelson	24	12	6	6	37	29	30
5	Newton	24	11	5	8	42	36	27
6	Ford Motors	24	9	8	7	38	27	26
7	Bacup Borough	24	10	6	8	27	27	26
8	Cheadle Town	24	9	5	10	33	44	23
9	Daisy Hill*	24	6	7	11	21	42	17
10	Padiham	24	4	8	12	35	39	16
11	Nantwich Town	24	5	6	13	26	42	16
12	Ashton Town*	24	4	9	11	29	39	15
13	Whitworth Valley	24	3	5	16	17	48	11
		312	118	76	118	453	453	308

*2 points deducted

 

No promotion due to a major reorganisation of the North West Counties league following the departure of 14 of its clubs to join the new Northern Premier League 1^st Division.  The sides from Division 1 not leaving the League (Bootle, Burscough, Clitheroe, Glossop, Kirkby Town, Leyland Motors, Rossendale United and St. Helens Town) combined with Atherton Laburnum Rovers, Colne Dynamoes, Colwyn Bay, Darwen, Ellesmere Port & Neston, Formby, Prescot Cables, Salford, Skelmersdale United and Warrington Town from Division 2 to form the new Division One.  The other six Division 2 clubs linked up with the 13 sides from Division 3 and newcomers Maine Road, Newcastle Town and Vauxhall GM to form the new Second Division.  This meant Division One would have 18 clubs and Division Two would have 22 clubs.

 

 

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