2015–16 North West Counties Football League

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The 2015–16 North West Counties Football League season was the 34th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Premier Division and Division One.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2015–16
Champions
Silsden
AFC Blackpool
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The Premier Division featured four new teams:[1]

  • Atherton Collieries
    – promoted from Division One
  • Cammell Laird 1907 – promoted from Division One
  • A.F.C. Darwen
    – promoted from Division One
  • Northern Premier League Division One North

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Colne (C, P) 42 31 7 4 105 41 +64 100 Promoted to Northern Premier League Division One North
2 Runcorn Linnets 42 32 2 8 97 35 +62 98
3 Atherton Collieries 42 25 9 8 113 66 +47 84
4 1874 Northwich 42 24 6 12 89 62 +27 78
5 West Didsbury & Chorlton 42 21 5 16 81 65 +16 68
6 Congleton Town 42 19 10 13 79 65 +14 67
7 Ashton Athletic 42 17 10 15 73 68 +5 61
8 Bootle 42 17 10 15 75 75 0 61
9 Barnoldswick Town 42 17 8 17 77 69 +8 59
10 Abbey Hey 42 16 11 15 67 66 +1 59
11 Padiham 42 16 9 17 84 90 −6 57
12 Maine Road 42 16 7 19 72 76 −4 55
13 Runcorn Town 42 15 7 20 70 76 −6 52
14 Winsford United 42 14 10 18 66 93 −27 52
15 Cammell Laird 1907 42 14 8 20 71 83 −12 50
16 Nelson 42 13 9 20 69 70 −1 48
17 A.F.C. Liverpool 42 11 15 16 86 92 −6 48
18
A.F.C. Darwen
 42 12 7 23 82 111 −29 43
19 Squires Gate 42 11 8 23 53 91 −38 41
20 Alsager Town (R) 42 11 6 25 56 101 −45 39 Relegated to Division One
21
Silsden
(R) 		42 9 11 22 57 88 −31 38
22 A.F.C. Blackpool (R) 42 9 9 24 65 104 −39 36
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: NWCFL League 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 2015
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2016
  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[2]

The following five clubs achieved criterion 1:[3]

  • 1874 Northwich
  • Atherton Collieries
  • Colne
  • Runcorn Linnets
  • Runcorn Town

Results

Home \ Away 18N ABH BLK
DAR
 LVP ALS ASH ACO BWT BTL CAM CLN CNG MNR NEL PAD RNL RNT
SIL
 SQG WDC WNS
1874 Northwich 2–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 3–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 5–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2
Abbey Hey 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 4–1 4–2 1–3 4–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–4 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–5 2–4
A.F.C. Blackpool 3–4 1–3 2–3 1–5 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 5–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 5–0 3–1 3–5 2–2
A.F.C. Darwen
 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–3 3–0 2–3 3–7 3–1 0–1 4–1 0–4 1–3 7–4 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2
A.F.C. Liverpool 3–3 1–1 7–1 6–1 4–0 1–4 0–0 3–6 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–3 1–0 2–6 4–2
Alsager Town 0–5 2–0 1–2 1–4 2–2 3–3 3–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–4 0–1 2–4 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 3–4
Ashton Athletic 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–4 0–2 2–1 2–4 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–0 2–2
Atherton Collieries 1–3 0–0 2–2 6–1 5–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 4–3 3–3 2–4 0–2 4–0 7–2 5–2 2–0 4–1
Barnoldswick Town 2–1 0–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–0 3–0 0–3 5–2
Bootle 2–3 2–2 6–0 3–2 3–3 4–1 3–2 2–5 0–2 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 4–0 5–1 1–2 2–2
Cammell Laird 1907 0–1 2–3 2–1 4–2 4–4 3–1 2–2 3–4 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–4
Colne 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–1 4–1 5–0 6–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 6–2
Congleton Town 4–4 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 4–3 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Maine Road 4–2 2–0 0–2 5–3 4–3 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–4 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 5–0
Nelson 0–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–4 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 4–2 5–1
Padiham 0–7 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 6–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 4–3 3–1 4–4 0–4 1–1 5–1 0–1 1–3 5–1
Runcorn Linnets 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 7–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–1
Runcorn Town 0–2 0–2 4–2 2–5 5–2 0–1 1–4 0–4 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 4–2 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–3 2–2 5–0 0–0 1–0
Silsden
 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–3
Squires Gate 2–1 0–0 0–1 6–3 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–4 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–4 1–2 0–5 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–4 1–3
West Didsbury & Chorlton 2–3 3–1 2–1 4–2 0–3 4–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–3 1–3 4–3 0–1 3–0 5–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–0
Winsford United 0–3 1–1 3–3 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–5 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–4 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: NWCFL Premier Division results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and Locations

Sources for this subsection: NWCFL web site and the websites of the participating clubs

Silsden
Squires Gate
WD&C
Winsford Utd
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Locations of the 2015–16 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams