1982–83 North West Counties Football League

North West Counties Football League

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The 1982–83 North West Counties Football League was the first in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	1982–83
Champions	Burscough
Promoted	Rhyl Horwich RMI
Relegated	Nantwich Town
← 1981–82 CCFL 1981–82 LC 1983–84 →

The division featured 20 new teams:

• Accrington Stanley, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Ashton United, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Bootle, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Burscough, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Congleton Town, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Curzon Ashton, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Darwen, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Formby, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Glossop, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Horwich RMI, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Lancaster City, from Northern Premier League
• Leek Town, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Leyland Motors, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Nantwich Town, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Penrith, from Northern League
• Prescot Cables, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Rhyl, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• St. Helens Town, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Stalybridge Celtic, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Winsford United, from Cheshire County League Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Burscough (C)	38	26	7	5	93	45	+48	59
2	Rhyl (P)	38	23	11	4	76	30	+46	57	Promotion to Northern Premier League
3	Horwich RMI (P)	38	22	10	6	77	35	+42	54
4	Stalybridge Celtic	38	17	15	6	60	32	+28	49
5	Winsford United	38	18	10	10	72	48	+24	46
6	Darwen	38	17	12	9	68	46	+22	46
7	Lancaster City	38	17	11	10	69	54	+15	45
8	Congleton Town	38	13	14	11	52	35	+17	40
9	Penrith	38	17	6	15	68	61	+7	40
10	Accrington Stanley	38	13	12	13	56	55	+1	38
11	Leek Town	38	14	9	15	42	44	−2	37
12	Curzon Ashton	38	14	8	16	46	47	−1	36
13	Ashton United	38	13	10	15	55	69	−14	36
14	Bootle	38	14	6	18	55	79	−24	32 [lower-alpha 1]
15	Prescot Cables	38	9	13	16	50	60	−10	31
16	Formby	38	10	8	20	48	68	−20	28
17	Leyland Motors	38	7	10	21	34	74	−40	24
18	Glossop	38	6	11	21	29	67	−38	23
19	St Helens Town	38	5	10	23	29	80	−51	20
20	Nantwich Town (R)	38	6	5	27	43	93	−50	17	Relegation to Division Two

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bootle deducted 2 point

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	1982–83
Champions	Radcliffe Borough
Promoted	Radcliffe Borough Caernarfon Town
Relegated	Padiham
1983–84 →

The division featured 20 new teams:

• Atherton Laburnum Rovers, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Caernarfon Town, from Lancashire Combination
• Chadderton, from Lancashire Combination
• Droylsden, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Eastwood Hanley, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Ellesmere Port & Neston, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Fleetwood Town, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Ford Motors, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Great Harwood Town, from Lancashire Combination
• Irlam Town, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Kirkby Town, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Lytham, from Lancashire Combination
• New Mills, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Padiham, from Lancashire Combination
• Prescot BI, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Radcliffe Borough, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Rossendale United, from Cheshire County League Division One
• Salford, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Skelmersdale United, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Wren Rovers, from Lancashire Combination

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Radcliffe Borough (C, P)	38	33	4	1	110	25	+85	70	Promotion to Division One
2	Caernarfon Town (P)	38	28	7	3	85	28	+57	63
3	Wren Rovers	38	23	7	8	84	38	+46	53
4	Eastwood Hanley	38	23	7	8	81	42	+39	53
5	Kirkby Town	38	22	3	13	80	60	+20	47	Resigned
6	Irlam Town	38	17	8	13	79	52	+27	42
7	Chadderton	38	18	6	14	55	51	+4	42
8	Rossendale United	38	15	10	13	75	68	+7	40
9	Ford Motors	38	18	4	16	61	59	+2	40
10	Ellesmere Port & Neston	38	17	5	16	56	68	−12	39
11	Skelmersdale United	38	13	11	14	70	63	+7	37
12	Fleetwood Town	38	12	8	18	54	80	−26	32
13	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	38	11	9	18	52	70	−18	31
14	Lytham	38	11	5	22	54	71	−17	27
15	Great Harwood Town	38	8	10	20	54	76	−22	26
16	Salford	38	10	6	22	43	86	−43	26
17	Droylsden	38	11	5	22	49	71	−22	25 [lower-alpha 1]
18	Prescot BI	38	10	5	23	46	81	−35	25
19	Padiham (R)	38	8	6	24	41	74	−33	22	Relegation to Division Three
20	New Mills	38	7	4	27	40	106	−66	18	Resigned

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Droylsden deducted 2 points.

Division Three

North West Counties
Football League
Division Three

Season	1982–83
Champions	Colne Dynamoes
Promoted	Colne Dynamoes Warrington Town
1983–84 →

The division featured 18 new teams:

• Ashton Athletic, from Lancashire Combination
• Ashton Town, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Atherton Collieries, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Bacup Borough, from Lancashire Combination
• Blackpool Mechanics, from Lancashire Combination
• Bolton ST, from Lancashire Combination
• Clitheroe, from Lancashire Combination
• Colne Dynamoes, from Lancashire Combination
• Daisy Hill, from Lancashire Combination
• Maghull, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Nelson, from Lancashire Combination
• Newton, from Mid-Cheshire League
• Oldham Dew, from Lancashire Combination
• Prestwich Heys, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Vulcan Newton, from Lancashire Combination
• Warrington Town, from Cheshire County League Division Two
• Whitworth Valley, from Lancashire Combination
• Wigan Rovers, from Lancashire Combination

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Colne Dynamoes (C, P)	34	25	5	4	95	37	+58	55	Promotion to Division Two
2	Warrington Town (P)	34	24	6	4	83	33	+50	54
3	Clitheroe	34	22	7	5	87	35	+52	51
4	Prestwich Heys	34	18	11	5	70	37	+33	47
5	Vulcan Newton	34	13	10	11	70	65	+5	36
6	Blackpool Mechanics	34	11	13	10	67	56	+11	35
7	Bacup Borough	34	14	7	13	53	45	+8	35
8	Atherton Collieries	34	12	11	11	55	57	−2	35
9	Whitworth Valley	34	13	9	12	54	65	−11	35
10	Nelson	34	7	16	11	49	56	−7	30
11	Daisy Hill	34	10	10	14	47	58	−11	30
12	Maghull	34	10	9	15	56	61	−5	29
13	Ashton Town	34	12	5	17	53	73	−20	29
14	Newton	34	8	12	14	59	62	−3	28
15	Oldham Dew	34	10	8	16	48	61	−13	28
16	Bolton ST	34	9	6	19	50	84	−34	24
17	Wigan Rovers	34	5	7	22	35	72	−37	17	Resigned
18	Ashton Athletic	34	3	8	23	18	92	−74	14

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Promotion and relegation

Division One

In the first season of the North West Counties Football League Division One second placed Rhyl and third placed Horwich RMI moved to the Northern Premier League while Nantwich Town were relegated to Division Two and Netherfield joined Division One from the Northern Premier League.

Division Two

Division Two champions Radcliffe Borough and second placed Caernarfon Town were promoted to Division One while Kirkby Town and already relegated New Mills left the League at the end of the season. Padiham were relegated to Division Three.

Division Three

Division Three champions Colne Dynamoes and second placed Warrington Town were promoted to Division Two while Wigan Rovers left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Cheadle Town and Urmston Town.

External links

• North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF