2011–12 North West Counties Football League

The 2011–12 North West Counties Football League season was the 30th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division

North West Counties Football League Premier Division
Season 2011–12
Champions Ramsbottom United
Promoted Ramsbottom United
Relegated Atherton Laburnum Rovers
Matches played 461
Goals scored 1492 (3.24 per match)
← 2010–11

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ramsbottom United (C) (P) 42 31 3 8 108 43+65 96 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One North
2 Runcorn Town 42 29 5 8 111 49+62 92
3 Bootle 42 24 13 5 87 43+44 85
4 Barnoldswick Town 42 26 5 11 73 38+35 83
5 Runcorn Linnets 42 22 10 10 70 62+8 76
6 Glossop North End 42 22 7 13 76 42+34 73
7 Winsford United 42 21 6 15 88 69+19 69
8 Colne 41 18 4 19 68 60+8 61*
9 A.F.C. Blackpool 42 17 10 15 67 64+3 61
10 Flixton 42 18 5 19 69 68+1 59 Resigned from league at the end of the season
11 Congleton Town 42 18 5 19 56 64−8 59
12 Silsden 42 16 9 17 59 590 57
13 Alsager Town 42 16 9 17 63 65−2 57
14 Ashton Athletic 42 15 6 21 70 80−10 51
15 Padiham 42 14 9 19 51 65−14 51
16 Squires Gate 42 14 8 20 74 89−15 50
17 Bacup Borough 41 15 7 19 59 77−18 49*
18 Maine Road 42 13 9 20 58 69−11 48
19 A.F.C. Liverpool 42 13 6 23 60 73−13 45
20 Stone Dominoes 42 10 6 26 39 92−53 36
21 St Helens Town 42 6 8 28 50 105−55 26
22 Atherton Laburnum Rovers (R) 42 5 6 31 36 116−80 21 Relegation to North West Counties Football League First Division

Updated to games played on 27 July 2012.
Source: .
*Colne awarded and Bacup deducted three points for Bacup's failure to fulfill a fixture between the two teams.[1]
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.

Locations


Division One

North West Counties Football League Division One
Season 2011–12
Champions Wigan Robin Park
Promoted Norton United
Wigan Robin Park
Relegated None
Matches played 306
Goals scored 1145 (3.74 per match)
← 2010–11

Division One featured three new teams:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Wigan Robin Park (C) (P) 34 25 6 3 90 36+54 81 Promotion to North West Counties Football League Premier Division
2 Norton United (P) 34 24 8 2 110 43+67 80
3 Abbey Hey 34 22 3 9 82 44+38 69
4 Atherton Collieries 34 15 7 12 69 52+17 52
5 Rochdale Town 34 14 10 10 72 57+15 52
6 Chadderton 34 13 10 11 55 50+5 49
7 Eccleshall 34 14 5 15 52 64−12 47
8 Cheadle Town 34 13 9 12 60 61−1 45*
9 Holker Old Boys 34 12 9 13 53 64−11 45
10 Irlam 34 13 5 16 68 75−7 44
11 Formby 34 13 4 17 72 69+3 43
12 Daisy Hill 34 12 5 17 59 67−8 41
13 A.F.C. Darwen 34 10 8 16 62 77−15 38
14 Oldham Boro 34 9 10 15 52 56−4 37
15 Nelson 34 9 5 20 40 83−43 32
16 Northwich Villa 34 7 10 17 50 90−40 31
17 Leek County School Old Boys 34 10 7 17 50 70−20 30#
18 Ashton Town 34 6 9 19 49 89−40 27

Updated to games played on 4 May 2012.
Source: .
*Cheadle Town deducted three points for breaching league rules.
#Leek CSOB deducted seven points for breaching league rules.
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.

Locations


References

  1. ↑ NWCFL official website – Bacup Borough v Colne Date 11 June 2012. Accessed 11 June 2012.

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