1983–84 North West Counties Football League

North West Counties Football League

The 1983–84 North West Counties Football League was the second in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.

Division One

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North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season1983–84
ChampionsStalybridge Celtic
RelegatedAshton United
Darwen

Division One featured 3 new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stalybridge Celtic (C) 38 26 8 4 81 30 +51 60
2 Penrith 38 23 9 6 88 39 +49 55
3 Radcliffe Borough 38 26 3 9 79 41 +38 55
4 Burscough 38 22 8 8 87 47 +40 52
5 Curzon Ashton 38 21 5 12 74 51 +23 47
6 Lancaster City 38 21 3 14 76 56 +20 45
7 Accrington Stanley 38 17 8 13 67 60 +7 42
8 St Helens Town 38 17 7 14 69 55 +14 41
9 Congleton Town 38 18 5 15 64 50 +14 41
10 Prescot Cables 38 17 6 15 72 45 +27 40
11 Leek Town 38 14 10 14 56 64 −8 38
12 Winsford United 38 12 12 14 49 54 −5 36
13 Formby 38 14 7 17 48 61 −13 35
14 Caernarfon Town 38 11 12 15 46 55 −9 34
15 Glossop 38 11 11 16 38 61 −23 33
16 Bootle 38 11 7 20 46 69 −23 27[a]
17 Leyland Motors 38 9 9 20 44 79 −35 27
18 Netherfield 38 5 11 22 27 73 −46 21
19 Ashton United (R) 38 7 9 22 47 86 −39 19[b] Relegation to Division Two
20 Darwen (R) 38 2 2 34 29 111 −82 6
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bootle had 2 points deducted.
  2. ^ Ashton United had 4 points deducted.

Division Two

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North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season1983–84
ChampionsFleetwood Town
PromotedFleetwood Town
Eastwood Hanley
RelegatedLytham

Division Two featured 3 new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fleetwood Town (C, P) 34 24 8 2 73 24 +49 56 Promotion to Division One
2 Eastwood Hanley (P) 34 21 6 7 69 35 +34 48
3 Irlam Town 34 19 8 7 67 41 +26 46
4 Warrington Town 34 18 7 9 65 45 +20 43
5 Droylsden 34 19 5 10 59 42 +17 43
6 Colne Dynamoes 34 16 9 9 55 37 +18 41
7 Ellesmere Port & Neston 34 12 10 12 49 38 +11 34
8 Chadderton 34 14 6 14 56 46 +10 34
9 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 34 11 11 12 37 41 −4 33
10 Wren Rovers 34 11 10 13 45 47 −2 32
11 Skelmersdale United 34 13 6 15 60 63 −3 32
12 Ford Motors 34 9 9 16 38 53 −15 27
13 Prescot BI 34 9 9 16 50 66 −16 27 Resigned
14 Lytham (R) 34 13 3 18 56 81 −25 27[a] Relegation to Division Three
15 Rossendale United 34 10 6 18 53 84 −31 26
16 Great Harwood Town 34 5 12 17 36 60 −24 22
17 Salford 34 5 11 18 24 60 −36 21
18 Nantwich Town 34 8 2 24 44 73 −29 18
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system 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:
  1. ^ Lytham had 2 points deducted.

Division Three

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North West Counties
Football League
Division Three
Season1983–84
ChampionsClitheroe
PromotedClitheroe
Padiham

Division Three featured 3 new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Clitheroe (C, P) 34 22 7 5 79 29 +50 51 Promotion to Division Two
2 Padiham (P) 34 19 8 7 58 34 +24 46
3 Ashton Town 34 19 7 8 54 42 +12 45
4 Oldham Dew 34 17 9 8 63 37 +26 43
5 Daisy Hill 34 19 3 12 54 40 +14 41
6 Maghull 34 16 8 10 60 50 +10 40
7 Blackpool Mechanics 34 17 5 12 70 49 +21 39
8 Atherton Collieries 34 14 9 11 54 50 +4 37
9 Vulcan Newton 34 15 8 11 64 54 +10 36[a] Resigned
10 Prestwich Heys 34 15 5 14 61 59 +2 33[a]
11 Whitworth Valley 34 11 8 15 45 53 −8 30
12 Bolton ST 34 10 10 14 49 64 −15 30
13 Bacup Borough 34 11 9 14 65 60 +5 27[b]
14 Nelson 34 8 10 16 49 55 −6 26
15 Cheadle Town 34 9 8 17 39 67 −28 26
16 Urmston Town 34 7 9 18 35 67 −32 23
17 Newton 34 8 4 22 33 63 −30 20
18 Ashton Athletic 34 4 3 27 30 89 −59 11
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system 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:
  1. ^ a b Vulcan Newton and Prestwich Heys had 2 points deducted.
  2. ^ Bacup Borough had 4 points deducted.

Promotion and relegation

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Division One

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Ashton United and Darwen were relegated to Division Two.

Division two

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Division Two champions Fleetwood Town and second placed Eastwood Hanley were promoted to Division One while Prescot BI left the League at the end of the season. Lytham were relegated to Division Three.

Division Three

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Division Three champions Clitheroe and second placed Padiham were promoted to Division Two while Vulcan Newton left the League at the end of the season, to be replaced by newly admitted Kirkby Town and Colwyn Bay.

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