The 2014–15 North West Counties Football League season was the 33rd in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; Premier Division and Division One.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured two new teams:[1][2][3]
- Nelson promoted as champions of the First Division
- 1874 Northwich promoted after finishing third in the First Division
League table
Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: NWCFL League Tables
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.
‡ The North West Counties Football League confirmed that Stockport Sports had been expelled on 2 March 2015 and as a result their playing record (PL:27, W:3, D:5, L:19, GF:34, GA 98) was expunged.[4]
Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
- Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2014
- Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2015
- Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
- Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following five clubs achieved criterion 1:[5]
Results
Games involving Stockport Sports are not included in the overall league tables.
Home ╲ Away |
1874 Northwich !18N |
Abbey Hey !ABH |
A.F.C. Blackpool !BLK | A.F.C. Liverpool !LVP | Alsager Town !ALS | Ashton Athletic !ASH | Bacup & Rossendale Borough !BAC | Barnoldswick Town !BWT | Bootle !BTL | Colne !CLN | Congleton Town !CNG | Glossop North End !GNE | Maine Road !MNR | Nelson !NEL | Runcorn Linnets !RNL | Runcorn Town !RNT | Silsden !SIL | Squires Gate !SQG | St Helens Town !STH | Stockport Sports !STS | West Didsbury & Chorlton !WDC | Winsford United !WNS |
1874 Northwich !1874 Northwich |
|
3–0 |
2–3 |
0–1 |
1–0 |
0–0 |
6–2 |
3–1 |
1–0 |
1–4 |
2–0 |
1–0 |
4–2 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
3–0 |
6–1 |
1–1 |
5–0 |
|
4–2 |
0–1 |
Abbey Hey !Abbey Hey |
0–4 |
|
2–2 |
4–2 |
2–4 |
0–0 |
3–0 |
2–1 |
1–4 |
1–3 |
2–4 |
2–3 |
0–1 |
3–0 |
0–5 |
0–2 |
1–2 |
1–2 |
3–1 |
2–3 |
1–4 |
2–1 |
A.F.C. Blackpool !A.F.C. Blackpool |
0–3 |
1–2 |
|
2–2 |
1–4 |
1–1 |
1–1 |
0–0 |
2–1 |
1–2 |
2–1 |
1–5 |
1–2 |
0–2 |
1–3 |
0–4 |
0–2 |
0–0 |
2–1 |
2–2 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
A.F.C. Liverpool !A.F.C. Liverpool |
2–2 |
3–1 |
4–1 |
|
3–4 |
1–1 |
3–0 |
3–1 |
0–1 |
1–5 |
1–1 |
0–1 |
4–2 |
4–0 |
0–0 |
2–1 |
2–0 |
0–0 |
7–3 |
|
3–1 |
1–2 |
Alsager Town !Alsager Town |
1–1 |
0–3 |
2–0 |
0–1 |
|
1–1 |
1–0 |
1–2 |
2–3 |
1–1 |
0–3 |
0–4 |
6–0 |
2–1 |
3–4 |
2–5 |
3–4 |
0–2 |
4–2 |
2–0 |
2–0 |
1–1 |
Ashton Athletic !Ashton Athletic |
1–1 |
1–0 |
5–0 |
0–1 |
2–1 |
|
2–0 |
2–0 |
2–1 |
3–2 |
1–1 |
1–2 |
3–1 |
0–2 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
2–2 |
4–0 |
4–3 |
0–0 |
2–0 |
2–1 |
Bacup & Rossendale Borough !Bacup & Rossendale Borough |
0–4 |
0–2 |
2–0 |
1–0 |
2–3 |
1–2 |
|
0–3 |
4–2 |
0–3 |
2–2 |
0–6 |
1–1 |
1–2 |
0–3 |
4–3 |
1–2 |
3–4 |
2–6 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
3–2 |
Barnoldswick Town !Barnoldswick Town |
1–4 |
1–2 |
3–2 |
1–1 |
2–1 |
1–6 |
0–0 |
|
1–2 |
1–4 |
1–3 |
0–2 |
1–1 |
1–0 |
1–5 |
1–6 |
0–4 |
1–3 |
4–1 |
5–0 |
2–4 |
1–1 |
Bootle !Bootle |
2–2 |
4–2 |
3–1 |
1–2 |
3–0 |
2–2 |
5–0 |
2–3 |
|
2–4 |
2–1 |
0–5 |
1–4 |
1–1 |
1–1 |
0–2 |
1–0 |
1–1 |
3–0 |
3–0 |
1–2 |
3–1 |
Colne !Colne |
0–1 |
1–0 |
4–0 |
2–0 |
2–2 |
0–0 |
1–0 |
4–2 |
0–4 |
|
1–3 |
0–6 |
3–1 |
2–0 |
0–3 |
5–1 |
3–0 |
3–0 |
4–0 |
3–0 |
5–0 |
1–0 |
Congleton Town !Congleton Town |
1–2 |
1–1 |
0–4 |
2–0 |
0–2 |
1–1 |
4–2 |
3–1 |
2–1 |
1–3 |
|
1–3 |
6–2 |
2–1 |
1–2 |
1–0 |
4–2 |
0–0 |
2–0 |
|
2–1 |
0–1 |
Glossop North End !Glossop North End |
0–2 |
2–0 |
1–0 |
1–0 |
4–0 |
3–0 |
3–1 |
2–0 |
4–2 |
2–1 |
0–0 |
|
2–0 |
3–0 |
0–2 |
1–3 |
1–1 |
3–2 |
4–0 |
6–0 |
6–0 |
4–0 |
Maine Road !Maine Road |
1–0 |
0–4 |
0–1 |
2–3 |
1–0 |
0–1 |
3–0 |
1–0 |
1–1 |
2–0 |
0–0 |
0–3 |
|
4–1 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
4–1 |
2–3 |
1–2 |
2–2 |
1–0 |
2–2 |
Nelson !Nelson |
1–4 |
0–3 |
2–0 |
2–1 |
3–0 |
3–2 |
2–0 |
5–0 |
2–3 |
1–3 |
1–0 |
1–2 |
0–0 |
|
2–1 |
1–1 |
2–3 |
3–3 |
4–0 |
|
2–2 |
4–2 |
Runcorn Linnets !Runcorn Linnets |
3–2 |
2–2 |
3–2 |
2–0 |
4–1 |
0–3 |
3–2 |
6–2 |
2–1 |
1–1 |
4–3 |
0–1 |
1–1 |
2–1 |
|
2–1 |
2–0 |
2–0 |
1–0 |
3–2 |
6–0 |
2–0 |
Runcorn Town !Runcorn Town |
2–3 |
0–1 |
1–1 |
2–1 |
3–2 |
1–3 |
1–4 |
1–0 |
1–2 |
1–3 |
3–0 |
0–0 |
0–1 |
2–2 |
1–1 |
|
3–1 |
2–7 |
7–2 |
|
1–2 |
3–4 |
Silsden !Silsden |
0–2 |
4–1 |
2–0 |
1–0 |
1–1 |
2–1 |
1–1 |
2–0 |
0–1 |
1–0 |
0–3 |
0–1 |
2–0 |
0–4 |
2–3 |
2–1 |
|
0–0 |
2–1 |
|
6–1 |
0–0 |
Squires Gate !Squires Gate |
0–1 |
1–1 |
1–0 |
2–1 |
7–2 |
1–2 |
2–0 |
0–0 |
1–0 |
0–0 |
1–1 |
0–2 |
3–1 |
3–0 |
1–1 |
2–0 |
2–0 |
|
1–1 |
3–2 |
2–0 |
2–2 |
St Helens Town !St Helens Town |
1–4 |
1–0 |
3–0 |
0–9 |
0–4 |
0–2 |
2–0 |
4–3 |
1–2 |
2–5 |
1–3 |
1–3 |
2–0 |
1–6 |
0–1 |
2–2 |
1–1 |
0–0 |
|
2–4 |
0–3 |
1–1 |
Stockport Sports !Stockport Sports |
0–5 |
0–4 |
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|
5–5 |
0–8 |
1–3 |
1–5 |
2–8 |
1–6 |
1–3 |
|
0–2 |
|
1–2 |
1–4 |
West Didsbury & Chorlton !West Didsbury & Chorlton |
0–2 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
2–3 |
4–0 |
0–2 |
2–1 |
3–2 |
1–4 |
0–1 |
1–3 |
0–1 |
2–2 |
2–5 |
2–0 |
1–2 |
1–1 |
1–2 |
3–0 |
6–0 |
|
3–0 |
Winsford United !Winsford United |
1–3 |
5–0 |
0–1 |
2–2 |
4–1 |
1–2 |
0–0 |
2–0 |
1–3 |
2–0 |
3–2 |
1–4 |
6–2 |
1–0 |
0–2 |
4–2 |
2–0 |
0–0 |
3–0 |
3–3 |
4–1 |
|
Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: NWCFL Premier Division results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Stadia and Locations
Locations of the 2014–15 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
A.F.C. Liverpool !A.F.C. Liverpool | Arriva Stadium, Crosby (groundshare with Marine) | 3,185 |
1874 Northwich !1874 Northwich | Barton Stadium (groundshare with Winsford United) | 3,000 |
Bacup & Rossendale Borough !Bacup & Rossendale Borough | West View | 3,000 |
Winsford United !Winsford United | Barton Stadium | 3,000 |
Bootle !Bootle | Delta Taxis Stadium | 2,500 |
Stockport Sports !Stockport Sports | The Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium | 2,384 |
Glossop North End !Glossop North End | The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium | 2,374 |
Silsden !Silsden | The Asda Foundation Stadium | 2,300 |
Maine Road !Maine Road | Brantingham Road, Chorlton | 2,000 |
Nelson !Nelson | Little Wembley | 2,000 |
Colne !Colne | XLCR Vehicle Management Stadium | 1,800 |
Runcorn Linnets !Runcorn Linnets | Millbank Linnets Stadium | 1,600 |
Runcorn Town !Runcorn Town | Pavilions Sports Complex | 1,530 |
A.F.C. Blackpool !A.F.C. Blackpool | The Mechanics | 1,500 |
Alsager Town !Alsager Town | Wood Park Stadium | 1,500 |
Congleton Town !Congleton Town | Booth Street | 1,450 |
Abbey Hey !Abbey Hey | The Abbey Stadium, Gorton | 1,000 |
Ashton Athletic !Ashton Athletic | Brockstedes Park | 1,000 |
Squires Gate !Squires Gate | School Road | 1,000 |
St Helens Town !St Helens Town | Brockstedes Park (groundshare with Ashton Athletic) | 1,000 |
Barnoldswick Town !Barnoldswick Town | Silentnight Stadium | |
West Didsbury & Chorlton !West Didsbury & Chorlton | Brookburn Road, Chorlton | |
Division One
Division One featured four new teams:[1][6]
League table
Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: NWCFL League Tables
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.
Playoffs
Results
Home ╲ Away |
A.F.C. Darwen !DAR |
Ashton Town !AST |
Atherton Collieries !ACO | Atherton Laburnum Rovers !ALR | Barnton !BAR | Cammell Laird 1907 !CAM | Chadderton !CHA | Cheadle Town !CHT | Daisy Hill !DSH | Eccleshall !ECC | Hanley Town !HAN | Holker Old Boys !HOB | Irlam !IRL | Litherland REMYCA !LIT | Northwich Flixton Villa !NFV | Oldham Boro !OLD | Rochdale Town !RCH | Widnes !WID | Wigan Robin Park !WRP |
A.F.C. Darwen !A.F.C. Darwen |
|
2–1 |
2–0 |
3–1 |
5–1 |
2–1 |
0–1 |
2–2 |
0–2 |
3–2 |
0–3 |
2–0 |
4–1 |
1–1 |
5–4 |
9–0 |
4–3 |
6–1 |
7–2 |
Ashton Town !Ashton Town |
1–2 |
|
2–2 |
5–0 |
3–4 |
1–2 |
0–3 |
1–0 |
1–1 |
1–2 |
1–2 |
4–2 |
3–1 |
3–3 |
3–2 |
2–3 |
3–0 |
1–4 |
1–1 |
Atherton Collieries !Atherton Collieries |
4–1 |
3–0 |
|
4–0 |
2–1 |
2–2 |
5–1 |
3–1 |
5–3 |
5–1 |
5–0 |
3–1 |
3–0 |
6–0 |
3–0 |
5–0 |
6–1 |
3–0 |
5–1 |
Atherton Laburnum Rovers !Atherton Laburnum Rovers |
2–2 |
3–0 |
0–3 |
|
0–3 |
1–3 |
0–3 |
2–1 |
1–0 |
2–2 |
5–3 |
1–0 |
1–1 |
2–0 |
1–2 |
2–6 |
2–1 |
2–0 |
1–4 |
Barnton !Barnton |
3–3 |
1–0 |
0–3 |
0–1 |
|
1–6 |
1–0 |
2–2 |
2–3 |
2–1 |
1–6 |
0–3 |
3–2 |
1–0 |
2–2 |
1–1 |
4–1 |
7–0 |
6–1 |
Cammell Laird 1907 !Cammell Laird 1907 |
3–1 |
4–0 |
1–2 |
1–1 |
4–3 |
|
5–0 |
3–0 |
5–0 |
5–0 |
2–0 |
1–0 |
3–1 |
5–1 |
3–1 |
5–2 |
2–2 |
6–1 |
4–1 |
Chadderton !Chadderton |
1–6 |
1–0 |
0–3 |
2–0 |
3–2 |
1–0 |
|
0–1 |
4–1 |
3–0 |
3–2 |
1–3 |
4–1 |
2–2 |
2–2 |
0–0 |
1–4 |
2–1 |
3–2 |
Cheadle Town !Cheadle Town |
1–1 |
1–2 |
1–2 |
2–1 |
0–3 |
3–4 |
1–1 |
|
1–0 |
2–3 |
0–2 |
0–0 |
0–3 |
4–3 |
2–1 |
3–1 |
2–2 |
3–5 |
8–1 |
Daisy Hill !Daisy Hill |
0–5 |
2–2 |
0–0 |
4–0 |
2–1 |
1–2 |
1–2 |
4–3 |
|
3–1 |
2–4 |
1–0 |
0–2 |
2–0 |
0–1 |
1–0 |
2–1 |
0–4 |
4–0 |
Eccleshall !Eccleshall |
1–1 |
2–1 |
1–3 |
2–1 |
0–2 |
1–5 |
2–1 |
0–1 |
2–3 |
|
1–7 |
1–1 |
3–2 |
3–2 |
1–0 |
2–1 |
0–2 |
0–6 |
4–3 |
Hanley Town !Hanley Town |
3–1 |
6–0 |
0–6 |
1–1 |
3–1 |
0–4 |
0–2 |
3–2 |
1–1 |
1–1 |
|
4–2 |
3–0 |
3–0 |
2–4 |
3–1 |
1–1 |
2–1 |
1–2 |
Holker Old Boys !Holker Old Boys |
6–2 |
3–1 |
1–3 |
2–1 |
0–0 |
2–4 |
1–0 |
4–2 |
5–0 |
5–1 |
5–2 |
|
2–0 |
1–3 |
4–1 |
3–0 |
2–3 |
5–0 |
2–2 |
Irlam !Irlam |
2–1 |
2–1 |
1–5 |
0–3 |
2–1 |
1–1 |
1–0 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
2–2 |
0–2 |
2–0 |
|
2–0 |
2–2 |
0–0 |
1–0 |
1–1 |
4–1 |
Litherland REMYCA !Litherland REMYCA |
3–3 |
2–1 |
1–3 |
1–1 |
0–2 |
3–3 |
2–1 |
1–3 |
3–3 |
1–4 |
2–0 |
1–4 |
2–0 |
|
2–1 |
7–1 |
6–2 |
1–2 |
4–0 |
Northwich Flixton Villa !Northwich Flixton Villa |
0–1 |
2–1 |
3–2 |
4–0 |
1–2 |
0–1 |
1–4 |
2–1 |
1–2 |
3–0 |
2–3 |
2–2 |
3–3 |
1–1 |
|
0–0 |
4–1 |
10–1 |
1–0 |
Oldham Boro !Oldham Boro |
2–2 |
3–1 |
0–5 |
1–3 |
1–5 |
0–5 |
1–6 |
1–2 |
2–2 |
2–0 |
1–6 |
0–1 |
0–5 |
1–3 |
2–2 |
|
0–4 |
1–0 |
1–0 |
Rochdale Town !Rochdale Town |
1–3 |
3–1 |
0–4 |
2–2 |
2–3 |
0–1 |
2–2 |
2–4 |
1–1 |
5–1 |
0–5 |
0–0 |
2–1 |
1–3 |
5–2 |
5–1 |
|
4–4 |
3–3 |
Widnes !Widnes |
0–4 |
2–2 |
0–5 |
2–3 |
2–4 |
0–5 |
2–2 |
0–4 |
4–2 |
5–0 |
2–3 |
1–2 |
3–2 |
1–4 |
1–1 |
2–0 |
1–2 |
|
2–0 |
Wigan Robin Park !Wigan Robin Park |
1–7 |
2–1 |
0–6 |
1–0 |
1–2 |
0–3 |
1–6 |
0–3 |
1–2 |
0–1 |
1–2 |
1–5 |
1–0 |
0–4 |
0–5 |
3–1 |
2–3 |
2–1 |
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Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: NWCFL First Division results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations
Locations of the 2014–15 North West Counties Football League Division One teams
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Widnes !Widnes | Select Security Stadium | 13,350 |
A.F.C. Darwen !A.F.C. Darwen | The Anchor Ground | 4,000 |
Oldham Boro !Oldham Boro | Seel Park (groundshare with Mossley A.F.C.) | 4,000 |
Atherton Laburnum Rovers !Atherton Laburnum Rovers | Crilly Park | 3,000 |
Atherton Collieries !Atherton Collieries | Alder Street | 2,500 |
Holker Old Boys !Holker Old Boys | Rakesmoor Lane Barrow-in-Furness | 2,500 |
Ashton Town !Ashton Town | Edge Green Street | 2,000 |
Cammell Laird 1907 !Cammell Laird 1907 | MBS Stadium, Birkenhead | 2,000 |
Cheadle Town !Cheadle Town | Park Road Stadium | 2,000 |
Daisy Hill !Daisy Hill | New Sirs Westhoughton | 2,000 |
Northwich Flixton Villa !Northwich Flixton Villa | Valley Road, Flixton (groundshare with Northwich Victoria) | 2,000 |
Chadderton !Chadderton | Andrew Street | 1,500 |
Rochdale Town !Rochdale Town | Castleton Sports Centre | 1,500 |
Wigan Robin Park !Wigan Robin Park | Robin Park Arena | 1,200 |
Eccleshall !Eccleshall | Pershall Park | 1,000 |
Irlam !Irlam | Silver Street | 1,000 |
Hanley Town !Hanley Town | Abbey Lane | 750 |
Barnton !Barnton | Townfield | |
Litherland REMYCA !Litherland REMYCA | Litherland Sports Park | |
League Challenge Cup
Also called the MEN United Cup for sponsorship reasons.
First Round
Each Premier Division club, together with Oldham Boro of Division One, received a bye to the second round.
Second Round
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[a] No information about result or adjudication of this tie.
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Third Round
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Final
First Division Trophy
Also called the Reusch First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons.
Preliminary Round
Each of the remaining Division One clubs received a bye to the second round.
Northern Section
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Southern Section
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First Round
Northern Section
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Southern Section
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Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Final
References
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