2009–10 North West Counties Football League

The 2009–10 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2009–10 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 28th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions the Premier Division and Division One.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2009–10
Champions	Newcastle Town
Promoted	Newcastle Town
Relegated	Abbey Hey
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,550 (3.35 per match)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Premier Division featured two new teams:

• Bootle promoted as champions of Division One
• Padiham promoted as runners-up of Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Newcastle Town (P)	42	37	3	2	121	21	+100	114	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One South
2	New Mills	42	27	9	6	108	38	+70	90
3	Bootle	42	26	7	9	92	41	+51	85
4	Ramsbottom United	42	24	9	9	92	69	+23	81
5	Congleton Town	42	24	8	10	90	46	+44	80
6	Maine Road	42	21	7	14	82	59	+23	70
7	Glossop North End	42	19	12	11	74	49	+25	69
8	Colne	42	19	10	13	70	65	+5	67
9	St Helens Town	42	20	6	16	74	75	−1	66
10	Padiham	42	18	6	18	71	71	0	60
11	Runcorn Linnets	42	17	6	19	75	78	−3	57
12	Bacup Borough	42	15	12	15	63	75	−12	57
13	Squires Gate	42	15	8	19	61	74	−13	53
14	Silsden	42	13	7	22	53	75	−22	46
15	Formby	42	14	3	25	57	81	−24	45
16	Flixton	42	12	8	22	54	85	−31	44
17	Nelson	42	12	8	22	47	87	−40	44	Club folded at end of season
18	Alsager Town	42	11	7	24	60	79	−19	40
19	Winsford United	42	11	7	24	53	79	−26	40
20	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	10	7	25	53	96	−43	37
21	Ashton Athletic	42	8	8	26	51	101	−50	32
22	Abbey Hey (R)	42	7	6	29	49	106	−57	27	Relegation to Division One

Updated to match(es) played on May 2010. Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2009–10
Champions	Stone Dominoes
Promoted	Stone Dominoes Barnoldswick Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	272
Goals scored	910 (3.35 per match)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Division One featured two new teams:

• Atherton Collieries relegated from the Premier Division
• Barnoldswick Town promoted from the West Lancashire League

Oldham Town changed their name mid-season to Oldham Boro

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Stone Dominoes (P)	32	21	6	5	81	37	+44	69	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Barnoldswick Town (P)	32	20	7	5	66	27	+39	67
3	Norton United	32	16	6	10	51	41	+10	54
4	Chadderton	32	14	8	10	54	46	+8	50
5	A.F.C. Liverpool	32	15	4	13	60	43	+17	49
6	Atherton Collieries	32	15	4	13	63	66	−3	49
7	Holker Old Boys	32	13	8	11	50	50	0	47
8	Leek County School Old Boys	32	13	7	12	50	48	+2	46
9	Eccleshall	32	13	7	12	43	45	−2	46
10	Irlam	32	12	7	13	52	45	+7	43
11	Daisy Hill	32	12	7	13	55	60	−5	43
12	Wigan Robin Park	32	12	5	15	54	60	−6	41
13	Ashton Town	32	11	7	14	62	73	−11	40
14	Cheadle Town	32	9	9	14	46	57	−11	33^[a]
15	A.F.C. Blackpool	32	9	5	18	50	64	−14	32
16	Oldham Boro	32	7	8	17	37	57	−20	29
17	Rochdale Town	32	5	5	22	36	91	−55	20

Updated to match(es) played on May 2010. Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Cheadle Town were docked 3 points.

References

1. "NWCFL official website – The NWCFL Accelerates Sponsor Search". Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
2. 2009–10 tables

External links

• NWCFL Official Site