North West Counties Football League 1987-88

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The 1987-88 North West Counties Football League was the sixth in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the First or the Second.

Contents 1 First Division Final Table 2 Second Division Final Table 3 Promotion and relegation 3.1 First Division 3.2 Second Division 4 External links

[edit] First Division Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Colne Dynamoes	34	24	7	3	71	14	+57	55
2	Rossendale United	34	24	7	3	68	23	+45	55
3	Clitheroe	34	18	10	6	51	20	+31	46
4	Colwyn Bay	34	20	7	7	60	42	+18	462
5	St Helens Town	34	18	6	10	61	36	+25	42
6	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	17	5	12	55	48	+7	39
7	Darwen	34	14	10	10	55	45	+10	38
8	Warrington Town	34	16	5	13	68	47	+21	37
9	Kirkby Town	34	11	13	10	57	54	+3	35
10	Burscough	34	14	7	13	45	51	-6	35
11	Leyland Motors	34	10	11	13	53	53	0	31
12	Prescot Cables	34	10	11	13	34	45	-11	292
13	Bootle	34	12	5	17	43	61	-18	29
14	Formby	34	6	10	18	32	63	-31	22
15	Salford	34	8	6	20	33	66	-33	22
16	Skelmersdale United	34	4	11	19	34	64	-30	19
17	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	4	7	23	31	78	-47	15
18	Glossop	34	5	4	25	30	71	-41	14

^{1 The points system up until the 1990-91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Colwyn Bay and Prescot Cables had 2 points deducted.}

[edit] Second Division Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Ashton United	42	32	6	4	107	30	+77	70
2	Flixton	42	27	10	5	94	38	+56	64
3	Wren Rovers	42	26	9	7	92	51	+41	61
4	Newcastle Town	42	26	7	9	81	39	+42	59
5	Maine Road	42	23	4	15	74	48	+26	50
6	Maghull	42	18	11	13	73	66	+7	47
7	Vauxhall Motors	42	15	16	11	58	50	+8	46
8	Atherton Collieries	42	20	6	16	63	63	0	46
9	Whitworth Valley	42	15	12	15	50	60	-10	42
10	Ashton Town	42	17	8	17	64	70	-6	402
11	Oldham Town	42	13	11	18	44	51	-7	37
12	Cheadle Town	42	13	11	18	47	62	-15	352
13	Chadderton	42	13	9	20	55	71	-16	35
14	Great Harwood Town	42	14	8	20	52	66	-14	342
15	Blackpool Mechanics	42	12	10	20	57	77	-20	34
16	Nelson	42	12	10	20	49	76	-27	34
17	Ford Motors	42	12	9	21	59	70	-11	33
18	Daisy Hill	42	12	8	22	55	66	-11	32
19	Padiham	42	10	14	18	53	76	-23	322
20	Newton	42	10	12	20	47	84	-37	302
21	Nantwich Town	42	8	13	21	41	68	-27	29
22	Bacup Borough	42	8	8	26	38	71	-33	24

^{1 The points system up until the 1990-91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Ashton Town, Cheadle Town, Great Harwood Town, Padiham and Newton had 2 points deducted.}

[edit] Promotion and relegation

[edit] First Division

Colne Dynamoes were promoted to the Northern Premier League First Division while Glossop were relegated to the Second Division. Kirkby Town changed their name to Knowsley United.

[edit] Second Division

Ashton United and Flixton were promoted to the First Division while Whitworth Valley, Nelson and Ford Motors left the League at the end of the season.

[edit] External links

• North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF

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