2002–03 North West Counties Football League

The 2002–03 North West Counties Football League season was the 21st 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	2002–03
Champions	Prescot Cables
Promoted	Prescot Cables
Relegated	Flixton Winsford United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1559 (3.37 per match)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Division One featured two new teams, promoted as runners-up of Division Two:

• Alsager Town
• Squires Gate

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Prescot Cables (C) (P)	42	30	6	6	110	38	+72	96	Promotion to NPL Division One
2	Clitheroe	42	28	8	6	97	38	+59	92
3	Mossley	42	27	7	8	100	41	+59	88
4	Newcastle Town	42	23	12	7	83	52	+31	81
5	Skelmersdale United	42	22	8	12	91	51	+40	74
6	Nantwich Town	42	19	11	12	90	74	+16	68
7	St Helens Town	42	17	14	11	77	60	+17	65
8	Congleton Town	42	19	8	15	72	62	+10	65
9	Salford City	42	17	12	13	84	63	+21	63
10	Fleetwood Town	42	17	9	16	73	70	+3	60
11	Alsager Town	42	15	11	16	61	67	−6	56
12	Squires Gate	42	13	12	17	58	71	−13	51
13	Abbey Hey	42	12	13	17	56	73	−17	49
14	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	11	12	19	65	86	−21	45
15	Ramsbottom United	42	11	11	20	73	83	−10	44
16	Warrington Town	42	11	11	20	48	66	−18	44
17	Woodley Sports	42	11	9	22	62	85	−23	42
18	Curzon Ashton	42	11	9	22	60	87	−27	42
19	Atherton Collieries	42	11	7	24	52	85	−33	40
20	Glossop North End	42	10	9	23	55	104	−49	39
21	Flixton (R)	42	10	8	24	44	112	−68	38	Relegation to Division Two
22	Winsford United (R)	42	10	7	25	48	91	−43	37

Updated to games played on May 2003.
Source: [1].
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	2002–03
Champions	Bacup Borough
Promoted	Bacup Borough Stone Dominoes
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1019 (3.33 per match)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Division Two featured two new teams, relegated from Division One:

• Maine Road
• Great Harwood Town

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bacup Borough (C) (P)	34	25	2	7	91	32	+59	77	Promotion to Division One
2	Stone Dominoes (P)	34	24	3	7	94	34	+60	75
3	Maine Road	34	23	2	9	74	55	+19	71
4	Padiham	34	19	6	9	69	44	+25	63
5	Holker Old Boys	34	18	7	9	65	42	+23	61
6	Great Harwood Town	34	15	7	12	64	61	+3	52
7	Nelson	34	13	12	9	50	40	+10	51
8	Darwen	34	14	7	13	59	64	−5	49
9	Norton United	34	14	6	14	50	52	−2	48
10	Colne	34	14	5	15	65	53	+12	47
11	Ashton Town	34	12	9	13	50	53	−3	45
12	Castleton Gabriels	34	10	8	16	43	60	−17	38
13	Cheadle Town	34	10	8	16	39	56	−17	38
14	Blackpool Mechanics	34	9	10	15	39	52	−13	37
15	Leek County School Old Boys	34	8	9	17	46	57	−11	33
16	Daisy Hill	34	7	5	22	42	93	−51	26
17	Oldham Town	34	4	12	18	40	86	−46	24
18	Chadderton	34	5	6	23	39	81	−42	21

Updated to games played on 2 May 2003.
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.tonykempster.co.uk/archive02-03/nwc1.htm
• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive02-03/nwc2.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site