1989–90 North West Counties Football League

The 1989–90 North West Counties Football League season was the eighth 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	1989–90
Champions	Warrington Town
Promoted	Warrington Town
Relegated	Burscough Chadderton
Matches played	306
Goals scored	877 (2.87 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Division One featured three new teams:

• Chadderton promoted as third in Division Two
• Nantwich Town promoted as fifth in Division Two
• Vauxhall GM promoted as champions of Division Two

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Warrington Town (C) (P)	34	22	6	6	69	31	+38	72	Promotion to NPL Division One
2	Knowsley United	34	21	6	7	68	45	+23	69
3	Colwyn Bay	34	16	12	6	79	50	+29	60
4	Vauxhall GM	34	16	9	9	50	42	+8	57
5	Clitheroe	34	17	6	11	48	47	+1	57
6	Darwen	34	15	9	10	40	34	+6	54
7	Nantwich Town	34	13	5	16	50	52	−2	44
8	St Helens Town	34	10	13	11	50	48	+2	43
9	Ashton United	34	11	10	13	39	45	−6	43
10	Prescot Cables	34	10	11	13	49	54	−5	41
11	Bootle	34	11	8	15	44	58	−14	41
12	Flixton	34	11	7	16	37	47	−10	40
13	Leyland Motors	34	10	7	17	55	64	−9	37
14	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	8	13	13	43	58	−15	37
15	Skelmersdale United	34	8	11	15	48	59	−11	35
16	Salford	34	8	11	15	31	47	−16	35
17	Burscough (R)	34	8	12	14	38	41	−3	033*	Relegation to Division Two
18	Chadderton (R)	34	7	12	15	39	55	−16	33

Updated to games played on May 1990.
Source: [1]
^*Burscough 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	1989–90
Champions	Maine Road
Promoted	Bacup Borough Maine Road
Relegated	None
Matches played	240
Goals scored	774 (3.23 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Division Two featured one new team:

• Formby relegated from Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maine Road (C) (P)	30	22	4	4	84	35	+49	70	Promotion to Division One
2	Bacup Borough (P)	30	21	5	4	76	30	+46	68
3	Blackpool Mechanics	30	17	6	7	59	30	+29	57
4	Wren Rovers	30	16	7	7	72	38	+34	55
5	Great Harwood Town	30	16	6	8	52	29	+23	54
6	Cheadle Town	30	13	8	9	54	45	+9	47
7	Maghull	30	13	6	11	40	43	−3	45
8	Atherton Collieries	30	12	7	11	34	38	−4	43
9	Oldham Town	30	11	5	14	47	51	−4	38
10	Ashton Town	30	9	7	14	42	57	−15	34
11	Padiham	30	9	6	15	44	53	−9	33	Resigned to West Lancashire League after end of the season
12	Formby	30	7	7	16	33	57	−24	28
13	Newcastle Town	30	8	4	18	38	65	−27	28
14	Glossop	30	8	3	19	34	58	−24	27
15	Westhoughton Town	30	8	3	19	36	62	−26	27
16	Newton	30	5	6	19	29	83	−54	21	Club folded at end of season

Updated to games played on 2 May 1990.
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

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

External links

• NWCFL Official Site