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.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

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

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ^1
1	Stalybridge Celtic	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	29^2
17	Leyland Motors	38	9	9	20	44	79	−35	27
18	Netherfield	38	5	11	22	27	73	−46	21
19	Ashton United	38	7	9	22	47	86	−39	19^3
20	Darwen	38	2	2	34	29	111	−82	6

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Bootle had 2 points deducted.}

^{3 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
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ^1
1	Fleetwood Town	34	24	8	2	73	24	+49	56
2	Eastwood Hanley	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	33
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
14	Lytham	34	13	3	18	56	81	−25	27^2
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

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 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 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ^1
1	Clitheroe	34	22	7	5	79	29	+50	51
2	Padiham	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	36^2
10	Prestwich Heys	34	15	5	14	61	59	+2	33^2
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	27^3
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

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Vulcan Newton and Prestwich Heys had 2 points deducted.}

^{3 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