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1982-83 |
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North West Counties League |
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Before this season
- League newly formed
- Founder members (previous leagues indicated by (C) for Cheshire County League or (L)
for Lancashire Combination
- Division One
- Accrington Stanley (C), Ashton United (C), Bootle (C), Burscough (C), Congleton Town (C), Curzon Ashton (C),
Darwen (C), Formby (C), Glossop (C), Horwich RMI (C), Lancaster City, Leek Town (C), Leyland Motors (C),
Nantwich Town (C), Penrith, Prescot Cables (C), Rhyl (C), St Helens Town (C), Stalybridge Celtic (C), Winsford United (C)
- Division Two
- Atherton Laburnum Rovers (C), Caernarfon Town (L), Chadderton (L), Droylsden (C), Eastwood Hanley (C),
Ellesmere Port & Neston (C), Fleetwood Town (C), Ford Motors (C), Great Harwood Town (L), Irlam Town (C),
Kirkby Town (C), Lytham (L), New Mills (C), Padiham (L), Prescot BI (C), Radcliffe Borough (C), Rossendale United (C),
Salford (C), Skelmersdale United (C), Wren Rovers (L)
- Division Three
- Ashton Athletic (L), Ashton Town (C), Atherton Collieries (C), Bacup Borough (L), Blackpool Mechanics (L),
Bolton ST (L), Clitheroe (L), Colne Dynamoes (L), Daisy Hill (L), Maghull (C), Nelson (L), Oldham Dew (L),
Prestwich Heys (C), Vulcan Newton (L), Warrington Town (C), Whitworth Valley (L), Wigan Rovers (L)
Final League Tables
Division One
1 Burscough 38 26 7 5 93 45 59
2 Rhyl 38 23 11 4 76 30 57
3 Horwich R M I 38 22 10 6 77 35 54
4 Stalybridge Celtic 38 17 15 6 60 32 49
5 Winsford United 38 18 10 10 72 48 46
6 Darwen 38 17 12 9 68 46 46
7 Lancaster City 38 17 11 10 69 54 45
8 Congleton Town 38 13 14 11 52 35 40
9 Penrith 38 17 6 15 68 61 40
10 Accrington Stanley 38 13 12 13 56 55 38
11 Leek Town 38 14 9 15 42 44 37
12 Curzon Ashton 38 14 8 16 46 47 36
13 Ashton United 38 13 10 15 55 69 36
14 Bootle 38 14 6 18 55 79 32 *
15 Prescot Cables 38 9 13 16 50 60 31
16 Formby 38 10 8 20 48 68 28
17 Leyland Motors 38 7 10 21 34 74 24
18 Glossop 38 6 11 21 29 67 23
19 St Helens Town 38 5 10 23 29 80 20
20 Nantwich Town 38 6 5 27 43 93 17
* - Bootle 2 points deducted
Division Two
1 Radcliffe Borough 38 33 4 1 110 25 70
2 Caernarfon Town 38 28 7 3 85 27 63
3 Wren Rovers 38 23 7 8 84 38 53
4 Eastwood Hanley 38 23 7 8 81 42 53
5 Kirkby Town 38 22 3 13 80 60 47
6 Irlam Town 38 17 8 13 79 52 42
7 Chadderton 38 18 6 14 55 51 42
8 Rossendale United 38 15 10 13 75 68 40
9 Ford Motors 38 18 4 16 61 59 40
10 Ellesmere Port & Neston 38 17 5 16 56 68 39
11 Skelmersdale United 38 13 11 14 70 63 37
12 Fleetwood Town 38 12 8 18 54 80 32
13 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 38 11 9 18 52 70 31
14 Lytham 38 11 5 22 54 71 27
15 Great Harwood Town 38 8 10 20 54 76 26
16 Salford 38 10 6 22 43 86 26
17 Droylsden 38 11 5 22 49 71 25 *
18 Prescot B I 38 10 5 23 46 81 25
19 Padiham 38 8 6 24 41 74 22
20 New Mills{1} 38 7 4 27 39 106 18
* - Droylsden 2 points deducted
Division Three
1 Colne Dynamoes 34 25 5 4 95 37 55
2 Warrington Town 34 24 6 4 83 33 54
3 Clitheroe 34 22 7 5 87 35 51
4 Prestwich Heys 34 18 11 5 70 37 47
5 Vulcan Newton 34 13 10 11 70 65 36
6 Blackpool Mechanics 34 11 13 10 67 56 35
7 Bacup Borough 34 14 7 13 53 45 35
8 Atherton Collieries 34 12 11 11 55 57 35
9 Whitworth Valley 34 13 9 12 54 65 35
10 Nelson 34 7 16 11 49 56 30
11 Daisy Hill 34 10 10 14 47 58 30
12 Maghull 34 10 9 15 56 61 29
13 Ashton Town 34 12 5 17 53 73 29
14 Newton 34 8 12 14 59 62 28
15 Oldham Dew 34 10 8 16 48 61 28
16 Bolton S T 34 9 6 19 50 84 24
17 Wigan Rovers 34 5 7 22 35 72 17
18 Ashton Athletic 34 3 8 23 18 92 14
After this season
- Caernarfon Town were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Cheadle Town joined Division Three
- Colne Dynamoes were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
- Horwich RMI left rom Division One
- Kirkby Town left from Division Two
- Nantwich Town were relegated from Division One to Division Two
- Netherfield joined Division One
- New Mills left from Division One
- Padiham were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
- Radcliffe Borough were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Rhyl left from Division One
- Urmston Town joined Division Three
- Warrington Town were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
- Wigan Rovers left from Division Three