1992–93 North West Counties Football League

The 1992–93 North West Counties Football League season was the 11th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	1992–93
Champions	Atherton Laburnum Rovers
Promoted	Bamber Bridge
Relegated	Blackpool Mechanics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1356 (2.94 per match)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Division One featured eight new teams, promoted from Division Two:

• Bamber Bridge
• Blackpool Mechanics
• Burscough
• Chadderton
• Glossop North End
• Kidsgrove Athletic
• Newcastle Town
• Salford City

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atherton Laburnum Rovers (C)	42	33	7	2	75	25	+50	106
2	Bamber Bridge (P)	42	24	11	7	81	37	+44	83	Promotion to NPL Division One
3	Chadderton	42	24	11	7	99	64	+35	83
4	Prescot	42	20	12	10	68	44	+24	72
5	Newcastle Town	42	20	8	14	70	57	+13	68
6	Bradford Park Avenue	42	19	8	15	54	43	+11	65
7	Clitheroe	42	17	8	17	61	40	+21	59
8	St Helens Town	42	16	11	15	79	62	+17	59
9	Salford City	42	15	13	14	58	61	−3	58
10	Burscough	42	16	10	16	58	68	−10	58
11	Flixton	42	14	15	13	50	42	+8	57
12	Blackpool Rovers	42	16	9	17	66	64	+2	57
13	Nantwich Town	42	14	15	13	60	60	0	57
14	Penrith	42	15	11	16	62	67	−5	56
15	Bacup Borough	42	14	13	15	66	59	+7	55
16	Glossop North End	42	16	9	17	70	67	+3	054*
17	Darwen	42	14	10	18	54	61	−7	52
18	Eastwood Hanley	42	14	10	18	45	57	−12	52
19	Maine Road	42	12	9	21	55	63	−8	45
20	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	9	8	25	53	94	−41	35
21	Skelmersdale United	42	7	10	25	45	84	−39	31
22	Blackpool Mechanics (R)	42	2	4	36	27	137	−110	10	Relegation to Division Two

Updated to games played on May 1993.
Source: [1]
^*Glossop North End deducted three points
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	1992–93
Champions	Maghull
Promoted	Bootle
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1115 (3.64 per match)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Division Two featured eight new teams:

• Blackpool Mechanics, relegated from Division One
• Burnley Bank Hall, promoted as champions of the West Lancashire League Division One
• Ellesmere Port Town, a new team
• Irlam Town, demoted from the NPL Division One
• K Chell, promoted as champions of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two
• Nelson, joined from the West Lancashire Football League
• North Trafford, promoted as fourth in the Mid-Cheshire League Division One
• Stantondale, promoted as third in the Liverpool County Combination Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maghull (C)	34	21	9	4	77	26	+51	72
2	Bootle (P)	34	20	8	6	89	49	+40	68	Promotion to Division One
3	Oldham Town	34	20	6	8	79	47	+32	66
4	Ellesmere Port Town	34	16	9	9	65	46	+19	57
5	Stantondale	34	16	9	9	59	49	+10	57
6	Castleton Gabriels	34	15	10	9	61	48	+13	55
7	North Trafford	34	14	9	11	67	63	+4	51
8	Formby	34	14	9	11	49	49	0	51
9	Atherton Collieries	34	14	7	13	63	67	−4	49
10	Burnley Bank Hall	34	14	4	16	87	77	+10	46	Club folded
11	Westhoughton Town	34	14	3	17	65	75	−10	042*
12	Cheadle Town	34	12	7	15	44	48	−4	040*
13	Squires Gate	34	11	5	18	56	73	−17	38
14	K Chell	34	10	8	16	52	72	−20	38
15	Holker Old Boys	34	8	13	13	57	60	−3	37
16	Ashton Town	34	8	8	18	51	74	−23	32
17	Nelson	34	7	7	20	47	82	−35	28
18	Irlam Town	34	4	5	25	47	110	−63	17

Updated to games played on 2 May 1993.
Source: [2]
^*Cheadle Town and Westhoughton Town deducted three points
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

• http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engnwcleaghist.html

External links

• NWCFL Official Site