2006–07 North West Counties Football League

The 2006–07 North West Counties Football League season was the 25th 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	2006–07
Champions	F.C. United of Manchester
Promoted	F.C. United of Manchester Curzon Ashton Nantwich Town
Relegated	Stone Dominoes
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1613 (3.49 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Division One featured three new teams:

• F.C. United of Manchester promoted as champions of Division Two
• Flixton promoted as runners up of Division Two
• Nelson promoted as third in Division Two

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	F.C. United of Manchester (C) (P)	42	36	4	2	157	36	+121	112	Promotion to NPL Division One North
2	Curzon Ashton (P)	42	31	6	5	116	38	+78	99
3	Nantwich Town (P)	42	29	8	5	108	41	+67	95	Promotion to NPL Division One South
4	Salford City	42	26	9	7	103	55	+48	87
5	Trafford	42	24	11	7	94	46	+48	83
6	Maine Road	42	22	7	13	79	58	+21	73
7	Atherton Collieries	42	19	13	10	72	55	+17	70
8	Ramsbottom United	42	19	7	16	78	63	+15	64
9	Glossop North End	42	19	6	17	71	71	0	63
10	Congleton Town	42	18	8	16	75	62	+13	62
11	Colne	42	16	13	13	75	70	+5	61
12	Newcastle Town	42	16	10	16	70	63	+7	58
13	Flixton	42	14	12	16	69	65	+4	54
14	Silsden	42	16	6	20	66	79	−13	54
15	Bacup Borough	42	11	13	18	50	65	−15	46
16	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	11	9	22	65	106	−41	42
17	Abbey Hey	42	10	10	22	44	83	−39	40
18	Squires Gate	42	10	8	24	56	97	−41	38
19	St Helens Town	42	10	6	26	47	92	−45	36
20	Nelson	42	7	7	28	39	110	−71	28
21	Formby	42	6	4	32	43	111	−68	22
22	Stone Dominoes (R)	42	2	3	37	36	147	−111	9	Relegation to Division Two

Updated to games played on May 2007.
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	2006–07
Champions	Winsford United
Promoted	Winsford United Runcorn Linnets
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	984 (3.22 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Division Two featured three new teams:

• Ashton Athletic promoted as 4th in the Manchester League
• Bootle promoted from the Liverpool County Football Combination
• Runcorn Linnets as a new team

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Winsford United (C) (P)	34	23	7	4	82	35	+47	76	Promotion to Division One
2	Runcorn Linnets (P)	34	24	4	6	77	35	+42	76
3	Padiham	34	21	6	7	75	39	+36	69
4	New Mills	34	21	6	7	74	42	+32	69
5	Chadderton	34	18	7	9	59	35	+24	61
6	Oldham Town	34	17	5	12	69	54	+15	56
7	Darwen	34	14	10	10	56	45	+11	52
8	Ashton Town	34	15	7	12	55	56	−1	52
9	Leek County School Old Boys	34	14	8	12	51	52	−1	50
10	Bootle	36	14	6	16	44	51	−7	044*
11	Eccleshall	34	12	6	16	45	46	−1	42
12	Cheadle Town	34	9	8	17	41	60	−19	35
13	Blackpool Mechanics	34	10	6	18	51	62	−11	030#
14	Holker Old Boys	34	6	11	17	47	81	−34	29
15	Daisy Hill	34	7	8	19	38	78	−40	29
16	Ashton Athletic	34	6	10	18	38	62	−24	28
17	Norton United	34	6	7	21	37	73	−36	25
18	Castleton Gabriels	34	5	4	25	38	95	−57	19

Updated to games played on May 2007.
Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Bootle were docked 4 points.
^#Blackpool Mechanics were docked 6 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/2006-07.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site