1984–85 North West Counties Football League
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
The 1984–85 North West Counties Football League was the third in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.
Division One
[edit]Season | 1984–85 |
---|---|
Champions | Radcliffe Borough |
Promoted | Caernarfon Town |
Relegated | Lancaster City |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
Division One featured 2 new teams:
- Fleetwood Town promoted as champions from Division Two
- Eastwood Hanley promoted as runners-up from Division Two
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Radcliffe Borough (C) | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 58 | |
2 | Caernarfon Town (P) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 55 | Promotion to Northern Premier League |
3 | Burscough | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 53 | |
4 | Stalybridge Celtic | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 52 | |
5 | Eastwood Hanley | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 52 | |
6 | Curzon Ashton | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 85 | 60 | +25 | 48 | |
7 | Winsford United | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 47 | |
8 | Fleetwood Town | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 57 | +27 | 44 | |
9 | Leek Town | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 43 | |
10 | Congleton Town | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 37 | |
11 | Leyland Motors | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 34 | |
12 | St Helens Town | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 64 | 75 | −11 | 33 | |
13 | Prescot Cables | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 64 | 68 | −4 | 31[a] | |
14 | Bootle | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 31 | |
15 | Accrington Stanley | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 30 | |
16 | Glossop | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 27 | |
17 | Formby | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 79 | −38 | 25[a] | |
18 | Netherfield | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 80 | −38 | 23 | |
19 | Lancaster City (R) | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 46 | 90 | −44 | 21 | Relegation to Division Two |
20 | Penrith | 38 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 36 | 99 | −63 | 12 |
Rules for classification: The points system up until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Division Two
[edit]Season | 1984–85 |
---|---|
Champions | Clitheroe |
Promoted | Clitheroe Irlam Town |
Relegated | Padiham |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
Division Two featured 4 new teams:
- Ashton United, relegated from Division One
- Darwen, relegated from Division One
- Clitheroe promoted as champions from Division Three
- Padiham promoted as runners-up from Division Three
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clitheroe (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 51 | Promotion to Division One |
2 | Irlam Town (P) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 51 | |
3 | Warrington Town | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 48 | |
4 | Ashton United | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 41 | |
5 | Droylsden | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 40 | |
6 | Wren Rovers | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 39 | |
7 | Great Harwood Town | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 38 | |
8 | Chadderton | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 35 | |
9 | Colne Dynamoes | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 32 | |
10 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 32 | |
11 | Nantwich Town | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 31 | |
12 | Ford Motors | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 30 | |
13 | Skelmersdale United | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 30 | |
14 | Rossendale United | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 29 | |
15 | Salford | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 27 | |
16 | Darwen | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 20 | |
17 | Padiham (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 19[a] | Relegation to Division Three |
18 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 15[a] |
Rules for classification: The points system up until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Division Three
[edit]Season | 1984–85 |
---|---|
Champions | Kirkby Town |
Promoted | Kirkby Town Colwyn Bay |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
Division Three featured 3 new teams:
- Lytham, relegated from Division Two
- Kirkby Town
- Colwyn Bay, joined from Welsh League (North)
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kirkby Town (C, P) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 30 | +53 | 57 | Promotion to Division Two |
2 | Colwyn Bay (P) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 54 | |
3 | Newton | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 42 | |
4 | Urmston Town | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 38 | Resigned |
5 | Blackpool Mechanics | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 37 | |
6 | Lytham | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 35 | Resigned |
7 | Atherton Collieries | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 34 | |
8 | Ashton Town | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 33 | Resigned |
9 | Oldham Dew | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 32 | |
10 | Bolton ST | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 32 | |
11 | Maghull | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 31 | |
12 | Cheadle Town | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 31 | |
13 | Bacup Borough | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 30 | |
14 | Ashton Athletic | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 30 | |
15 | Daisy Hill | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 27[a] | |
16 | Whitworth Valley | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 27 | |
17 | Nelson | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 43 | 80 | −37 | 22 | |
18 | Prestwich Heys | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 35 | 75 | −40 | 16[a] |
Rules for classification: The points system up until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Division One
[edit]Caernarfon Town moved to the Northern Premier League while Lancaster City were relegated to Division Two.
Division two
[edit]Division Two champions Clitheroe and second placed Irlam Town were promoted to Division One while Padiham were relegated to Division Three.
Division Three
[edit]Division Three champions Kirkby Town and second placed Colwyn Bay were promoted to Division Two while Urmston Town, Lytham and Ashton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Huyton Town. Oldham Dew changed their name to Oldham Town.