2007–08 North West Counties Football League

The 2007–08 North West Counties Football League season was the 26th in the history of the North West Counties Football League in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2007–08
Champions	Trafford
Promoted	Salford City Trafford
Relegated	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1217 (3.2 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Division One featured two new teams:

• Runcorn Linnets promoted as runners up of Division Two
• Winsford United promoted as champions of Division Two

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Trafford (C) (P)	38	30	5	3	102	35	+67	95	Promotion to NPL Division One North
2	Salford City (P)	38	26	6	6	75	35	+40	84
3	Newcastle Town	38	24	7	7	95	45	+50	79
4	Maine Road	38	20	8	10	75	45	+30	68
5	Colne	38	19	11	8	69	45	+24	68
6	Squires Gate	38	19	9	10	52	43	+9	66
7	Glossop North End	38	20	5	13	72	46	+26	65
8	Flixton	38	17	7	14	65	65	0	58
9	Congleton Town	38	17	6	15	73	60	+13	57
10	Winsford United	38	16	8	14	60	47	+13	56
11	Silsden	38	15	10	13	65	57	+8	55
12	Runcorn Linnets	38	14	6	18	53	64	−11	48
13	Formby	38	14	3	21	69	65	+4	042*
14	St Helens Town	38	11	8	19	64	93	−29	41
15	Atherton Collieries	38	10	10	18	44	67	−23	40
16	Ramsbottom United	38	9	10	19	41	59	−18	37
17	Abbey Hey	38	6	9	23	45	106	−61	27
18	Bacup Borough	38	5	11	22	35	69	−34	26
19	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	38	5	9	24	38	86	−48	24
20	Nelson	38	5	8	25	42	90	−48	23

Updated to games played on May 2008.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Formby were docked 3 points.
(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	2007–08
Champions	New Mills
Promoted	Ashton Athletic Kirkham & Wesham New Mills
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1045 (3.42 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Division Two featured two new teams:

• Stone Dominoes relegated from Division One
• Kirkham & Wesham promoted as champions of the West Lancashire League

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	New Mills (C) (P)	34	28	3	3	107	23	+84	87	Promotion to Premier Division, formerly called Division One
2	Kirkham & Wesham (P)	34	24	5	5	88	33	+55	77
3	Ashton Athletic (P)	34	20	7	7	68	35	+33	67
4	Oldham Town	34	19	7	8	79	44	+35	64
5	Chadderton	34	19	4	11	55	52	+3	61
6	Bootle	34	18	6	10	79	53	+26	60
7	Leek County School Old Boys	34	16	7	11	57	51	+6	55
8	Norton United	34	13	11	10	47	52	−5	50
9	Blackpool Mechanics	34	11	12	11	47	45	+2	45
10	Stone Dominoes	34	12	8	14	60	59	+1	44
11	Darwen	34	13	5	16	55	65	−10	44
12	Padiham	34	11	8	15	50	48	+2	41
13	Ashton Town	34	12	4	18	53	80	−27	40
14	Cheadle Town	34	10	6	18	44	80	−36	033*
15	Eccleshall	34	8	6	20	41	69	−28	30
16	Holker Old Boys	34	8	2	24	41	82	−41	26
17	Castleton Gabriels	34	6	6	22	46	97	−51	24
18	Daisy Hill	34	2	5	27	28	86	−58	11

Updated to games played on May 2008.
Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Cheadle Town were docked 3 points.
(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.nwcfl.com/archives/previous-league-tables/2007-08.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site