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1985-86 |
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North West Counties League |
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Before this season
- Ashton Town left from Division Three
- Caernarfon Town left from Division One
- Clitheroe were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Colwyn Bay were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Huyton Town joined Division Three
- Irlam Town were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Kirkby Town were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
- Lancaster City were relegated from Division One to Division Two
- Lytham left from Division Three
- Oldham Dew changed name to Oldham Town
- Padiham were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
- Urmston Town left from Division Three
Final League Tables
Division One
1 Clitheroe 38 20 14 4 61 30 54
2 Congleton Town 38 22 10 6 51 29 54
3 Eastwood Hanley 38 22 9 7 68 45 53
4 Stalybridge Celtic 38 21 10 7 62 39 52
5 Fleetwood Town 38 21 10 7 70 34 50 *
6 Irlam Town 38 16 14 8 66 45 46
7 Leek Town 38 20 6 12 64 44 46
8 Curzon Ashton 38 18 9 11 52 50 45
9 Burscough 38 15 10 13 45 35 40
10 St Helens Town 38 15 8 15 65 55 38
11 Accrington Stanley 38 13 11 14 62 60 37
12 Leyland Motors 38 13 8 17 62 67 34
13 Winsford United 38 14 6 18 55 68 34
14 Radcliffe Borough 38 12 9 17 48 49 33
15 Bootle 38 11 7 20 46 54 29
16 Penrith 38 9 8 21 46 63 26
17 Netherfield 38 8 10 20 38 76 26
18 Glossop 38 7 10 21 37 69 24
19 Prescot Cables 38 5 9 24 33 68 19
20 Formby 38 5 8 25 35 86 18
* - Fleetwood Town 2 points deducted
Division Two
1 Kirkby Town 34 24 7 3 85 30 55
2 Rossendale United 34 20 8 6 81 36 48
3 Wren Rovers 34 18 8 8 60 46 44
4 Warrington Town 34 17 9 8 62 48 43
5 Colwyn Bay 34 17 8 9 74 53 42
6 Chadderton 34 15 12 7 66 48 42
7 Colne Dynamoes 34 15 9 10 59 43 39
8 Great Harwood Town 34 13 10 11 38 45 36
9 Skelmersdale United 34 14 5 15 58 53 33
10 Droylsden 34 13 7 14 48 56 33
11 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 34 12 6 16 49 61 30
12 Lancaster City 34 10 9 15 57 66 29
13 Ellesmere Port & Neston 34 9 9 16 45 61 27
14 Ashton United 34 11 5 18 46 64 26 *
15 Darwen 34 8 8 18 48 57 24
16 Salford 34 9 4 21 38 72 22
17 Ford Motors 34 5 10 19 36 64 20
18 Nantwich Town 34 5 8 21 31 78 18
* - Ashton United 1 point deducted
Division Three
1 Blackpool Mechanics 28 22 2 4 77 33 44 *
2 Oldham Town 28 14 9 5 56 29 37
3 Maghull 28 15 6 7 62 36 36
4 Daisy Hill 28 13 7 8 62 45 33
5 Atherton Collieries 28 13 7 8 48 37 33
6 Bolton S T 28 12 7 9 42 34 29 *
7 Cheadle Town 28 9 10 9 42 26 28
8 Bacup Borough 28 10 8 10 36 40 28
9 Padiham 28 8 10 10 44 45 26
10 Prestwich Heys 28 10 6 12 53 66 26
11 Newton 28 7 10 11 43 48 24
12 Whitworth Valley 28 7 8 13 42 48 22
13 Huyton Town 28 7 7 14 41 71 21
14 Nelson 28 7 7 14 36 65 19 *
15 Ashton Athletic 28 1 6 21 24 85 8
* - Blackpool Mechanics, Bolton ST and Nelson each 2 points deducted
After this season
- Ashton Athletic left from Division Three
- Ashton Town joined Division Three
- Blackpool Mechanics were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
- Bolton ST left from Division Three
- Flixton joined Division Three
- Ford Motors were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
- Formby were relegated from Division One to Division Two
- Huyton Town let from Division Three
- Kirkby Town were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Nantwich Town were relegated from Division Two to Division Three
- Oldham Town were promoted from Division Three to Division Two
- Prescot Cables were relegated from Division One to Division Two
- Prestwich Heys left from Division Three
- Rossendale United were promoted from Division Two to Division One