1986–87 North West Counties Football League

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North West Counties Football League

The 1986–87 North West Counties Football League was the fifth 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
Season1986–87
ChampionsStalybridge Celtic
Promoted12 clubs to Northern Premier League Division One

Division One featured 2 new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Stalybridge Celtic (C, P) 38 25 8 5 74 39 +35 58 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2 Accrington Stanley (P) 38 19 15 4 63 32 +31 53
3 Clitheroe 38 20 12 6 76 47 +29 52
4 Kirkby Town 38 22 4 12 71 48 +23 48
5 Bootle 38 19 10 9 52 38 +14 48
6 St Helens Town 38 19 9 10 65 37 +28 47
7 Winsford United (P) 38 19 8 11 55 39 +16 46 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
8 Fleetwood Town (P) 38 16 13 9 61 49 +12 45
9 Penrith (P) 38 16 10 12 62 59 +3 42
10 Rossendale United 38 14 11 13 66 59 +7 39
11 Congleton Town (P) 38 13 11 14 38 39 −1 37 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
12 Burscough 38 11 11 16 58 54 +4 33
13 Leyland Motors 38 13 7 18 52 56 −4 33
14 Eastwood Hanley (P) 38 10 11 17 40 50 −10 31 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
15 Radcliffe Borough (P) 38 11 8 19 46 57 −11 30
16 Leek Town (P) 38 9 12 17 42 55 −13 30
17 Netherfield (P) 38 12 5 21 45 73 −28 29
18 Irlam Town (P) 38 4 13 21 36 74 −38 21
19 Curzon Ashton (P) 38 4 12 22 35 78 −43 20
20 Glossop 38 5 8 25 33 87 −54 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

Division Two

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North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season1986–87
ChampionsDroylsden
Promoted2 clubs to Northern Premier League Division One
10 clubs to Division One

Division Two featured 4 new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Droylsden (C, P) 34 20 8 6 79 42 +37 48 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2 Warrington Town (P) 34 16 13 5 48 34 +14 45 Promotion to Division One
3 Ashton United 34 19 6 9 73 45 +28 44
4 Wren Rovers 34 18 8 8 65 39 +26 44
5 Colwyn Bay (P) 34 17 9 8 61 43 +18 43 Promotion to Division One
6 Darwen (P) 34 15 8 11 45 47 −2 38
7 Chadderton 34 14 9 11 52 47 +5 37
8 Colne Dynamoes (P) 34 14 8 12 57 44 +13 36 Promotion to Division One
9 Skelmersdale United (P) 34 13 10 11 52 53 −1 36
10 Ellesmere Port & Neston (P) 34 15 5 14 68 54 +14 35
11 Formby (P) 34 13 7 14 54 55 −1 33
12 Blackpool Mechanics 34 12 8 14 56 64 −8 32
13 Lancaster City (P) 34 12 7 15 55 53 +2 31 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
14 Prescot Cables (P) 34 12 6 16 46 48 −2 28[a] Promotion to Division One
15 Great Harwood Town 34 9 8 17 36 59 −23 24[a]
16 Oldham Town 34 7 9 18 38 57 −19 23
17 Atherton Laburnum Rovers (P) 34 8 5 21 32 61 −29 21 Promotion to Division One
18 Salford (P) 34 1 8 25 17 89 −72 10
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 Prescot Cables and Great Harwood Town had 2 points deducted.

Division Three

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North West Counties
Football League
Division Three
Season1986–87
ChampionsAtherton Collieries
Promoted13 clubs to Division Two

Division Three featured 4 new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Atherton Collieries (C, P) 24 16 4 4 46 22 +24 36 Promotion to Division Two
2 Flixton (P) 24 15 5 4 58 29 +29 35
3 Maghull (P) 24 14 2 8 44 29 +15 30
4 Nelson (P) 24 12 6 6 37 29 +8 30
5 Newton (P) 24 11 5 8 42 36 +6 27
6 Ford Motors (P) 24 9 8 7 38 27 +11 26
7 Bacup Borough (P) 24 10 6 8 27 27 0 26
8 Cheadle Town (P) 24 9 5 10 33 44 −11 23
9 Daisy Hill (P) 24 6 7 11 21 42 −21 17[a]
10 Padiham (P) 24 4 8 12 35 39 −4 16
11 Nantwich Town (P) 24 5 6 13 26 42 −16 16
12 Ashton Town (P) 24 4 9 11 29 39 −10 15[a]
13 Whitworth Valley (P) 24 3 5 16 17 48 −31 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 Daisy Hill and Ashton Town had 2 points deducted.

Promotion and relegation

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Division One

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12 sides (highlighted in the table in green) were promoted to the Northern Premier League First Division. No teams were relegated.

Division two

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Droylsden and Lancaster City moved to the Northern Premier League First Division while 10 teams (highlighted in the table in lightgreen) were promoted to the Division One. Newcastle Town, Maine Road and Vauxhall Motors joined the Division as newly admitted teams. No teams were relegated.

Division Three

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All sides were promoted to Division Two as Division Three was disbanded at the end of the season.

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