2013–14 North West Counties Football League

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The 2013–14 North West Counties Football League season was the 32nd in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2013–14
ChampionsNorton United
PromotedNorton United
RelegatedWigan Robin Park
Matches played462
Goals scored1,476 (3.19 per match)

The Premier Division featured two new teams:[1]

Bacup & Rossendale Borough, who finished the season in one of the relegation positions, were reprieved.[2]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Norton United (C, P) 42 32 4 6 101 38 +63 100 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One South
2 Runcorn Linnets 42 29 8 5 103 39 +64 95
3 Glossop North End 42 25 8 9 73 33 +40 83
4 Maine Road 42 24 9 9 85 42 +43 81
5 Runcorn Town 42 25 4 13 87 45 +42 79
6 Ashton Athletic 42 23 5 14 78 50 +28 74
7 A.F.C. Liverpool 42 21 7 14 88 54 +34 70
8 Bootle 42 21 7 14 87 57 +30 70
9 Colne 42 20 4 18 71 67 +4 64
10 Congleton Town 42 17 9 16 58 58 0 60
11 Stockport Sports 42 15 12 15 64 69 −5 57
12 West Didsbury & Chorlton 42 15 8 19 52 66 −14 53
13 A.F.C. Blackpool 42 14 7 21 60 87 −27 49
14 Winsford United 42 15 3 24 57 83 −26 48
15
Silsden
 42 13 8 21 52 70 −18 47
16 Barnoldswick Town 42 12 7 23 59 89 −30 43
17
St Helens Town
 42 11 10 21 55 89 −34 43
18 Alsager Town 42 11 7 24 57 85 −28 40
19 Squires Gate 42 12 4 26 51 89 −38 40
20 Abbey Hey 42 9 13 20 47 86 −39 40
21 Bacup & Rossendale Borough 42 9 12 21 38 68 −30 39
22 Wigan Robin Park (R) 42 7 8 27 53 112 −59 29 Relegation to Division One
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2014. Source: NWCFL Archive Tables.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2013
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2014
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following eight teams have achieved criterion 1:[3]

Results

Home \ Away ABH BLK LVP ALS ASH BAC BWT BTL CLN CNG GNE MNR NOR RNL RNT
SIL
 SQG
STH
 STS WDC WRP WNS
Abbey Hey 0–2 2–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–4 0–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–1
A.F.C. Blackpool 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 0–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–0 4–2 2–1 0–4 3–2 2–6
A.F.C. Liverpool 4–0 2–4 5–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–3 0–4 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 6–0 1–2
Alsager Town 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–4 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 3–2 2–1
Ashton Athletic 3–1 6–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 6–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 6–2
Bacup & Rossendale Borough 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–4 1–3 0–2 3–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–4
Barnoldswick Town 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–5 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–2 5–2 2–2 2–1
Bootle 5–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–4 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 2–2 5–0 5–0 0–1
Colne 2–0 2–0 0–4 4–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–6 0–3 3–1 4–0 7–0 3–2 0–4 3–1 5–1
Congleton Town 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–3 3–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 3–3 0–2 0–4 4–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 3–0
Glossop North End 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 5–0 5–0
Maine Road 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 7–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 6–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 3–0
Norton United 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–2 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–1
Runcorn Linnets 7–1 4–0 1–3 4–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–4 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–5 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1
Runcorn Town 1–3 1–2 4–1 0–3 2–1 4–1 4–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1[a] 0–1 1–1 1–0
Silsden
 2–2 4–1 3–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–4 5–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1
Squires Gate 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–3 4–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–4 0–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1
St Helens Town
 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–6 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 3–3 0–3 0–3 2–0[b] 5–0 2–2 3–0 4–1 0–2
Stockport Sports 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–3 5–5 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1
West Didsbury & Chorlton 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2
Wigan Robin Park 1–1 3–1 0–8 2–3 2–4 4–1 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–5 0–1 1–5 1–1 2–3 1–4 0–2 3–4 1–3
Winsford United 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–5 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–4 0–4 0–4 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2014. Source: NWCFL Archive Premier Division results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Runcorn Town v Stockport Sports: Match abandoned after 83 minutes. Score at time of abandonment stands.[4]
  2. ^ St Helens Town v Silsden: Match abandoned after 86 minutes. Score at time of abandonment stands.[5]

Locations

Silsden
Squires Gate
St Helens
Stockport Sports
WD&C
Wigan RP
Winsford Utd
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Locations of the 2013–14 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams