1983–84 North West Counties Football League

The 1983–84 North West Counties Football League was the second in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.

North West Counties Football League

← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	1983–84
Champions	Stalybridge Celtic
Relegated	Ashton United Darwen
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Division One featured 3 new teams:

• Netherfield, relegated from the Northern Premier League
• Radcliffe Borough promoted as champions from Division Two
• Caernarfon Town promoted as runners-up from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stalybridge Celtic (C)	38	26	8	4	81	30	+51	60
2	Penrith	38	23	9	6	88	39	+49	55
3	Radcliffe Borough	38	26	3	9	79	41	+38	55
4	Burscough	38	22	8	8	87	47	+40	52
5	Curzon Ashton	38	21	5	12	74	51	+23	47
6	Lancaster City	38	21	3	14	76	56	+20	45
7	Accrington Stanley	38	17	8	13	67	60	+7	42
8	St Helens Town	38	17	7	14	69	55	+14	41
9	Congleton Town	38	18	5	15	64	50	+14	41
10	Prescot Cables	38	17	6	15	72	45	+27	40
11	Leek Town	38	14	10	14	56	64	−8	38
12	Winsford United	38	12	12	14	49	54	−5	36
13	Formby	38	14	7	17	48	61	−13	35
14	Caernarfon Town	38	11	12	15	46	55	−9	34
15	Glossop	38	11	11	16	38	61	−23	33
16	Bootle	38	11	7	20	46	69	−23	27^[a]
17	Leyland Motors	38	9	9	20	44	79	−35	27
18	Netherfield	38	5	11	22	27	73	−46	21
19	Ashton United (R)	38	7	9	22	47	86	−39	19^[b]	Relegation to Division Two
20	Darwen (R)	38	2	2	34	29	111	−82	6

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bootle had 2 points deducted.
2. Ashton United had 4 points deducted.

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	1983–84
Champions	Fleetwood Town
Promoted	Fleetwood Town Eastwood Hanley
Relegated	Lytham
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Division Two featured 3 new teams:

• Nantwich Town, relegated from Division One
• Colne Dynamoes promoted as champions from Division Three
• Warrington Town promoted as runners-up from Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fleetwood Town (C, P)	34	24	8	2	73	24	+49	56	Promotion to Division One
2	Eastwood Hanley (P)	34	21	6	7	69	35	+34	48
3	Irlam Town	34	19	8	7	67	41	+26	46
4	Warrington Town	34	18	7	9	65	45	+20	43
5	Droylsden	34	19	5	10	59	42	+17	43
6	Colne Dynamoes	34	16	9	9	55	37	+18	41
7	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	12	10	12	49	38	+11	34
8	Chadderton	34	14	6	14	56	46	+10	34
9	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	11	11	12	37	41	−4	33
10	Wren Rovers	34	11	10	13	45	47	−2	32
11	Skelmersdale United	34	13	6	15	60	63	−3	32
12	Ford Motors	34	9	9	16	38	53	−15	27
13	Prescot BI	34	9	9	16	50	66	−16	27	Resigned
14	Lytham (R)	34	13	3	18	56	81	−25	27^[a]	Relegation to Division Three
15	Rossendale United	34	10	6	18	53	84	−31	26
16	Great Harwood Town	34	5	12	17	36	60	−24	22
17	Salford	34	5	11	18	24	60	−36	21
18	Nantwich Town	34	8	2	24	44	73	−29	18

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lytham had 2 points deducted.

Division Three

North West Counties
Football League
Division Three

Season	1983–84
Champions	Clitheroe
Promoted	Clitheroe Padiham
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Division Three featured 3 new teams:

• Padiham, relegated from Division Two
• Grasmere Rovers, joined from the Manchester League, with a name change to Cheadle Town
• Urmston Town, joined from the Manchester League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Clitheroe (C, P)	34	22	7	5	79	29	+50	51	Promotion to Division Two
2	Padiham (P)	34	19	8	7	58	34	+24	46
3	Ashton Town	34	19	7	8	54	42	+12	45
4	Oldham Dew	34	17	9	8	63	37	+26	43
5	Daisy Hill	34	19	3	12	54	40	+14	41
6	Maghull	34	16	8	10	60	50	+10	40
7	Blackpool Mechanics	34	17	5	12	70	49	+21	39
8	Atherton Collieries	34	14	9	11	54	50	+4	37
9	Vulcan Newton	34	15	8	11	64	54	+10	36^[a]	Resigned
10	Prestwich Heys	34	15	5	14	61	59	+2	33^[a]
11	Whitworth Valley	34	11	8	15	45	53	−8	30
12	Bolton ST	34	10	10	14	49	64	−15	30
13	Bacup Borough	34	11	9	14	65	60	+5	27^[b]
14	Nelson	34	8	10	16	49	55	−6	26
15	Cheadle Town	34	9	8	17	39	67	−28	26
16	Urmston Town	34	7	9	18	35	67	−32	23
17	Newton	34	8	4	22	33	63	−30	20
18	Ashton Athletic	34	4	3	27	30	89	−59	11

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Vulcan Newton and Prestwich Heys had 2 points deducted.
2. Bacup Borough had 4 points deducted.

Promotion and relegation

Division One

Ashton United and Darwen were relegated to Division Two.

Division two

Division Two champions Fleetwood Town and second placed Eastwood Hanley were promoted to Division One while Prescot BI left the League at the end of the season. Lytham were relegated to Division Three.

Division Three

Division Three champions Clitheroe and second placed Padiham were promoted to Division Two while Vulcan Newton left the League at the end of the season, to be replaced by newly admitted Kirkby Town and Colwyn Bay.

External links

• North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF