1989–90 North West Counties Football League

The 1989–90 North West Counties Football League season was the eighth in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; Division One and Division Two.

Division One

North West Counties Football League Division One
Season 1989–90
Champions Warrington Town
Promoted Warrington Town
Relegated Burscough
Chadderton
Matches played 306
Goals scored 877 (2.87 per match)

Division One featured three new teams:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Warrington Town (C) (P) 34 22 6 6 69 31+38 72 Promotion to NPL Division One
2 Knowsley United 34 21 6 7 68 45+23 69
3 Colwyn Bay 34 16 12 6 79 50+29 60
4 Vauxhall GM 34 16 9 9 50 42+8 57
5 Clitheroe 34 17 6 11 48 47+1 57
6 Darwen 34 15 9 10 40 34+6 54
7 Nantwich Town 34 13 5 16 50 52−2 44
8 St Helens Town 34 10 13 11 50 48+2 43
9 Ashton United 34 11 10 13 39 45−6 43
10 Prescot Cables 34 10 11 13 49 54−5 41
11 Bootle 34 11 8 15 44 58−14 41
12 Flixton 34 11 7 16 37 47−10 40
13 Leyland Motors 34 10 7 17 55 64−9 37
14 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 34 8 13 13 43 58−15 37
15 Skelmersdale United 34 8 11 15 48 59−11 35
16 Salford 34 8 11 15 31 47−16 35
17 Burscough (R) 34 8 12 14 38 41−3 33* Relegation to NWCFL Division Two
18 Chadderton (R) 34 7 12 15 39 55−16 33

Updated to games played on May 1990.
Source: .
*Burscough deducted three points
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division Two

North West Counties Football League Division Two
Season 1989–90
Champions Maine Road
Promoted Bacup Borough
Maine Road
Relegated None
Matches played 240
Goals scored 774 (3.23 per match)

Division Two featured one new team:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Maine Road (C) (P) 30 22 4 4 84 35+49 70 Promotion to NWCFL Division One
2 Bacup Borough (P) 30 21 5 4 76 30+46 68
3 Blackpool Mechanics 30 17 6 7 59 30+29 57
4 Wren Rovers 30 16 7 7 72 38+34 55
5 Great Harwood Town 30 16 6 8 52 29+23 54
6 Cheadle Town 30 13 8 9 54 45+9 47
7 Maghull 30 13 6 11 40 43−3 45
8 Atherton Collieries 30 12 7 11 34 38−4 43
9 Oldham Town 30 11 5 14 47 51−4 38
10 Ashton Town 30 9 7 14 42 57−15 34
11 Padiham 30 9 6 15 44 53−9 33 Resigned to West Lancashire League after end of the season
12 Formby 30 7 7 16 33 57−24 28
13 Newcastle Town 30 8 4 18 38 65−27 28
14 Glossop 30 8 3 19 34 58−24 27
15 Westhoughton Town 30 8 3 19 36 62−26 27
16 Newton 30 5 6 19 29 83−54 21 Club folded at end of season

Updated to games played on 2 May 1990.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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