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1996-97 |
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North West Counties League |
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Before this season
- Atherton Collieries were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Colne joined Division Two
- Flixton left from Division One
- Garswood United joined Division Two
- Leek CSOB joined Division Two
- Skelmersdale United were relegated from Division One to Division Two
- Vauxhall GM were promoted from Division Two to Division One
Final League Tables
Division One
1 Trafford 42 29 7 6 99 38 94
2 Newcastle Town 42 27 7 8 71 31 88
3 Clitheroe 42 23 14 5 75 36 83
4 Penrith 42 23 10 9 75 49 79
5 Burscough 42 22 9 11 68 48 75
6 Eastwood Hanley 42 20 10 12 64 51 70
7 Mossley 42 20 8 14 79 58 68
8 Blackpool Rovers 42 17 16 9 70 47 67
9 Prescot Cables 42 17 11 14 68 60 62
10 Vauxhall G M 42 14 15 13 70 69 57
11 Nantwich Town 42 14 11 17 74 74 53
12 Bootle 42 15 8 19 62 73 53
13 Glossop North End 42 14 11 17 56 67 53
14 St Helens Town 42 14 6 22 65 79 48
15 Atherton Collieries 42 12 9 21 63 85 45
16 Kidsgrove Athletic 42 10 14 18 53 73 44
17 Rossendale United 42 11 9 22 51 76 42
18 Chadderton 42 10 11 21 49 80 41
19 Holker Old Boys 42 10 9 23 60 80 39
20 Maine Road 42 9 11 22 49 85 38
21 Darwen 42 9 10 23 49 82 37
22 Salford City 42 8 12 22 53 82 36
Division Two
1 Ramsbottom United 38 27 6 5 100 34 87
2 Haslingden 38 27 6 5 90 32 87
3 Garswood United 38 26 5 7 90 38 83
4 Tetley Walker 38 24 5 9 105 58 77
5 Castleton Gabriels 38 22 8 8 78 39 74
6 Leek C S O B 38 22 7 9 67 49 73
7 Formby 38 21 6 11 86 57 69
8 Maghull 38 17 7 14 52 50 58
9 Cheadle Town 38 15 8 15 59 63 53
10 Skelmersdale United 38 14 10 14 72 66 52
11 Nelson 38 14 10 14 64 72 52
12 Stantondale 38 11 12 15 59 69 45
13 Middlewich Athletic 38 13 6 19 54 65 45
14 Squires Gate 38 12 4 22 44 79 40
15 Daisy Hill 38 10 5 23 47 76 35
16 Bacup Borough 38 9 6 23 48 83 33
17 Ashton Town 38 6 14 18 53 77 32
18 Blackpool Mechanics 38 7 5 26 48 88 26
19 Oldham Town 38 6 7 25 48 113 25
20 Colne 38 6 5 27 35 91 23
After this season
- Atherton Laburnum Rovers joined Division One
- Bootle were relegated from Division One to Division Two
- Eastwood Hanley left from Division One
- Fleetwood Freeport joined Division Two
- Haslingden were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Penrith left from Division One
- Ramsbottom United were promoted from Division Two to Division One
- Trafford left from Division One
- Warrington Town joined Division One
- Woodley Sports joined Division Two