2008–09 North West Counties Football League

The 2008–09 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2008–09 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First. This was a change from previous seasons when the divisions were known as Division One and Division Two respectively.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2008–09
Champions	A.F.C. Fylde
Promoted	A.F.C. Fylde
Relegated	Atherton Collieries
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1510 (3.27 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

• A.F.C. Fylde promoted as runners-up of Division Two (renamed from Kirkham & Wesham F.C.)
• Alsager Town relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One South
• Ashton Athletic promoted as third in Division Two
• New Mills promoted as champions of Division Two

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	A.F.C. Fylde (P)	42	33	5	4	122	35	+87	104	Promotion to NPL Division One North
2	New Mills	42	34	2	6	92	33	+59	104
3	Newcastle Town	42	26	9	7	91	33	+58	87
4	Congleton Town	42	26	8	8	85	44	+41	86
5	Glossop North End	42	25	7	10	83	49	+34	82
6	Ashton Athletic	42	18	7	17	67	68	−1	61
7	Alsager Town	42	18	5	19	66	72	−6	59
8	Bacup Borough	42	16	10	16	71	71	0	58
9	Silsden	42	16	10	16	62	67	−5	58
10	Squires Gate	42	14	15	13	56	56	0	57
11	Runcorn Linnets	42	16	7	19	64	84	−20	55
12	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	12	15	15	70	77	−7	51
13	Maine Road	42	14	9	19	60	74	−14	51
14	Ramsbottom United	42	13	12	17	56	72	−16	050*
15	Formby	42	15	3	24	57	67	−10	48
16	St Helens Town	42	14	4	24	64	97	−33	46
17	Nelson	42	11	12	19	68	86	−18	45
18	Colne	42	11	10	21	64	75	−11	43
19	Flixton	42	9	14	19	58	86	−28	41
20	Winsford United	42	10	9	23	52	82	−30	39
21	Abbey Hey	42	11	5	26	60	89	−29	38
22	Atherton Collieries (R)	42	7	8	27	42	93	−51	29	Relegation to Division One

Updated to games played on May 2009.
Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Ramsbottom United 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 One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2008–09
Champions	Bootle
Promoted	Bootle Padiham
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1055 (3.45 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Division One featured two new teams:

• A.F.C. Liverpool admitted as a new team
• Irlam promoted as 8th in the Manchester League
• Wigan Robin Park promoted as champions of the Manchester League

Two existing teams underwent name changes for this season:

• Blackpool Mechanics changed their name to AFC Blackpool
• Castleton Gabriels changed their name to Rochdale Town

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bootle (P)	34	25	5	4	78	27	+51	80	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Padiham (P)	34	22	7	5	93	41	+52	73
3	Stone Dominoes	34	23	2	9	85	51	+34	71
4	A.F.C. Liverpool	34	22	3	9	82	39	+43	69
5	Wigan Robin Park	34	18	5	11	61	49	+12	59
6	Oldham Town	34	16	5	13	60	54	+6	53
7	Cheadle Town	34	16	4	14	54	44	+10	52
8	Irlam	34	13	13	8	51	43	+8	52
9	Holker Old Boys	34	14	8	12	59	61	−2	50
10	Chadderton	34	14	6	14	60	54	+6	48
11	Eccleshall	34	14	5	15	44	44	0	47
12	Norton United	34	12	6	16	63	60	+3	42
13	Darwen	34	11	7	16	51	74	−23	40
14	Leek County School Old Boys	34	7	10	17	51	72	−21	31
15	A.F.C. Blackpool	34	7	8	19	34	59	−25	029*
16	Rochdale Town	34	6	6	22	55	91	−36	024#
17	Daisy Hill	34	6	4	24	39	101	−62	22
18	Ashton Town	34	4	8	22	35	91	−56	20

Updated to games played on May 2009.
Source: [2].
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

• [3]

External links

• NWCFL Official Site