1987–88 North West Counties Football League

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North West Counties Football League

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.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season1987–88
Champions
Glossop
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Division One featured 10 new teams, all promoted from last season's Division Two:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Colne Dynamoes (C, P) 34 24 7 3 71 14 +57 55 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
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 45[a]
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 29[a]
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
(R) 		34 5 4 25 30 71 −41 14 Relegation to Division Two
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Colwyn Bay and Prescot Cables had 2 points deducted.

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season1987–88
ChampionsAshton United
PromotedAshton United
Flixton

Division Two featured 16 new teams:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Ashton United (C, P) 42 32 6 4 107 30 +77 70 Promotion to Division One
2 Flixton (P) 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 Resigned
10 Ashton Town 42 17 8 17 64 70 −6 40[a]
11
Oldham Town
 42 13 11 18 44 51 −7 37
12 Cheadle Town 42 13 11 18 47 62 −15 35[a]
13 Chadderton 42 13 9 20 55 71 −16 35
14 Great Harwood Town 42 14 8 20 52 66 −14 34[a]
15 Blackpool Mechanics 42 12 10 20 57 77 −20 34
16 Nelson 42 12 10 20 49 76 −27 34 Resigned
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 32[a]
20 Newton 42 10 12 20 47 84 −37 30[a]
21 Nantwich Town 42 8 13 21 41 68 −27 29
22 Bacup Borough 42 8 8 26 38 71 −33 24
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Ashton Town, Cheadle Town, Great Harwood Town, Padiham and Newton had 2 points deducted.

Promotion and relegation

Division One

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

Division two

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

External links

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