1982–83 North West Counties Football League

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: the First, Second, or Third.

First Division final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Burscough	38	26	7	5	93	45	+48	59
2	Rhyl	38	23	11	4	76	30	+46	57
3	Horwich RMI	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	32²
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	38	6	5	27	43	93	−50	17

^{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 Bootle had 2 points deducted.}

Second Division final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Radcliffe Borough	38	33	4	1	110	25	+85	70
2	Caernarfon Town	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
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	25²
18	Prescot BI	38	10	5	23	46	81	−35	25
19	Padiham	38	8	6	24	41	74	−33	22
20	New Mills	38	7	4	27	40	106	−66	20

^{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 Droylsden had 2 points deducted.}

Third Division final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Colne Dynamoes	34	25	5	4	95	37	+58	55
2	Warrington Town	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	28
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
18	Ashton Athletic	34	3	8	23	18	92	−74	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.}

Promotion and relegation

First Division

In the first season of the North West Counties Football League First Division 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.

Second Division

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 the Third Division.

Third Division

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

North West Counties Football League

Premier Division	1874 Northwich Abbey Hey AFC Blackpool AFC Liverpool Alsager Town Ashton Athletic Bacup & Rossendale Borough Barnoldswick Town Bootle Colne Congleton Town Glossop North End Maine Road Nelson Runcorn Linnets Runcorn Town Silsden Squires Gate St. Helens Town Stockport Sports West Didsbury & Chorlton Winsford United

Division One	AFC Darwen Ashton Town Atherton Collieries Atherton Laburnum Rovers Barnton Cammell Laird 1907 Chadderton Cheadle Town Daisy Hill Eccleshall Hanley Town Holker Old Boys Irlam Litherland REMYCA Northwich Flixton Villa Oldham Boro Rochdale Town Widnes Wigan Robin Park

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