2013–14 North West Counties Football League

The 2013–14 North West Counties Football League season was the 32nd in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season 2013–14
Champions Norton United
Promoted Norton United
Relegated Wigan Robin Park
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1476 (3.19 per match)

The Premier Division featured two new teams:[1]

Bacup & Rossendale Borough, who finished the season in one of the relegation positions, were reprieved.[2]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Norton United (C) (P) 42 32 4 6 101 38+63 100 Promotion to NPL Division One South
2 Runcorn Linnets 42 29 8 5 103 39+64 95
3 Glossop North End 42 25 8 9 73 33+40 83
4 Maine Road 42 24 9 9 85 42+43 81
5 Runcorn Town 42 25 4 13 87 45+42 79
6 Ashton Athletic 42 23 5 14 78 50+28 74
7 A.F.C. Liverpool 42 21 7 14 88 54+34 70
8 Bootle 42 21 7 14 87 57+30 70
9 Colne 42 20 4 18 71 67+4 64
10 Congleton Town 42 17 9 16 58 580 60
11 Stockport Sports 42 15 12 15 64 695 57
12 West Didsbury & Chorlton 42 15 8 19 52 6614 53
13 A.F.C. Blackpool 42 14 7 21 60 8727 49
14 Winsford United 42 15 3 24 57 8326 48
15 Silsden 42 13 8 21 52 7018 47
16 Barnoldswick Town 42 12 7 23 59 8930 43
17 St Helens Town 42 11 10 21 55 8934 43
18 Alsager Town 42 11 7 24 57 8528 40
19 Squires Gate 42 12 4 26 51 8938 40
20 Abbey Hey 42 9 13 20 47 8639 40
21 Bacup & Rossendale Borough 42 9 12 21 38 6830 39
22 Wigan Robin Park (R) 42 7 8 27 53 11259 29 Relegation to Division One

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Tables.
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.

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2013
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2014
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following eight teams have achieved criterion 1:[3]

Results

Home ╲ Away ABH BLK LVPALSASHBACBWTBTLCLNCNGGNEMNRNORRNLRNTSILSQGSTHSTSWDCWRPWNS
Abbey Hey 02 22 42 20 11 11 04 14 00 13 22 21 12 13 21 03 11 03 21 01 21
A.F.C. Blackpool 33 02 11 10 41 13 03 30 11 11 02 24 12 14 22 20 42 21 04 32 26
A.F.C. Liverpool 40 24 51 11 40 20 30 42 10 02 12 23 23 04 31 21 30 11 22 60 12
Alsager Town 13 01 21 23 30 20 14 04 12 12 03 02 03 00 12 11 12 23 20 32 21
Ashton Athletic 31 61 01 30 00 30 10 10 01 21 12 20 10 13 11 12 62 21 22 40 62
Bacup & Rossendale Borough 00 00 12 11 02 02 01 12 11 20 12 04 13 02 30 30 32 01 01 12 14
Barnoldswick Town 31 12 21 11 12 11 23 10 11 02 23 11 15 02 21 40 12 12 52 22 21
Bootle 50 21 01 20 10 00 40 40 20 31 21 04 21 22 20 24 12 22 50 50 01
Colne 20 20 04 43 10 11 12 21 21 00 01 01 16 03 31 40 70 32 04 31 51
Congleton Town 31 42 10 23 32 01 31 21 31 02 33 02 04 42 21 02 10 23 31 11 30
Glossop North End 00 31 21 41 12 20 20 21 11 32 01 01 11 10 30 51 23 03 10 50 50
Maine Road 30 31 01 20 20 10 70 00 30 20 11 22 00 21 12 12 60 11 51 11 30
Norton United 20 20 31 42 12 40 40 21 21 31 01 30 02 41 20 42 21 21 10 51 21
Runcorn Linnets 71 40 13 42 40 11 31 31 34 11 21 22 15 40 10 30 11 21 00 32 21
Runcorn Town 13 12 41 03 21 41 41 41 12 30 00 41 12 01 30 20 20 31[a] 01 11 10
Silsden 22 41 31 32 01 12 31 02 13 00 01 13 10 11 04 51 10 22 20 10 21
Squires Gate 22 13 11 12 01 33 40 14 21 02 01 12 12 04 01 32 30 12 10 02 21
St Helens Town 21 11 11 03 26 11 11 12 01 11 02 05 33 03 03 20[b] 50 22 30 41 02
Stockport Sports 11 21 14 21 03 02 03 55 10 02 00 21 13 03 12 11 30 11 23 11 21
West Didsbury & Chorlton 20 20 13 00 11 01 32 43 11 10 13 02 00 02 10 20 21 12 22 10 12
Wigan Robin Park 11 31 08 23 24 41 32 33 02 12 03 31 15 01 15 11 23 14 02 34 13
Winsford United 12 02 00 11 31 12 35 11 21 10 03 10 04 04 04 23 21 21 12 20 31

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Premier Division results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
a ^ Runcorn Town v Stockport Sports: Match abandoned after 83 minutes. Score at time of abandonment stands.[4]

b ^ St Helens Town v Silsden: Match abandoned after 86 minutes. Score at time of abandonment stands.[5]

Locations

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season 2013–14
Champions Nelson
Promoted Nelson
1874 Northwich
Matches played 342
Goals scored 1327 (3.88 per match)

Division One featured three new teams:[1]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Nelson (C) (P) 36 29 2 5 135 51+84 89 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Formby 36 26 6 4 97 37+60 84 Club folded at end of season
3 1874 Northwich (P) 36 26 6 4 79 28+51 84 Promotion to Premier Division
4 Hanley Town 36 23 4 9 86 55+31 73
5 Atherton Collieries 36 19 9 8 100 62+38 66
6 Holker Old Boys 36 17 9 10 80 60+20 60
7 Rochdale Town 36 17 4 15 95 78+17 55
8 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 36 17 3 16 66 660 54
9 A.F.C. Darwen 36 15 7 14 64 640 051c
10 Irlam 36 14 8 14 53 6411 50
11 Cheadle Town 36 14 7 15 65 749 046a
12 Ashton Town 36 11 11 14 57 614 44
13 Chadderton 36 12 8 16 58 7113 041e
14 Widnes Vikings 36 9 9 18 58 8426 035b
15 Leek County School Old Boys 36 8 5 23 55 9338 29 Resigned from league at the end of the season and placed in SCSL
16 Oldham Boro 36 7 7 22 45 9045 28
17 Eccleshall 36 7 5 24 43 7835 26
18 Daisy Hill 36 6 4 26 43 10360 22
19 Northwich Flixton Villa 36 6 4 26 48 10860 019d

Updated to games played on 1 May 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Tables
aCheadle Town were deducted 3 points for a breach of league rules.
bWidnes Vikings were deducted 1 point for a breach of league rules.
cAFC Darwen were deducted 1 point for a breach of league rules.
dNorthwich Flixton Villa were deducted 3 points for a breach of league rules.
eChadderton were deducted 3 points for a breach of league rules.
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.

Results

Home ╲ Away 18N DAR ASTACOALRCHACHTDSHECCFORHANHOBIRLLCSNELNFVOLDRCHWDV
1874 Northwich 41 10 11 30 30 40 30 21 01 42 60 00 10 13 10 11 21 40
A.F.C. Darwen 14 10 33 13 30 11 20 32 25 12 42 21 52 13 50 23 00 10
Ashton Town 05 01 13 12 00 41 22 43 22 01 00 11 40 12 12 41 22 21
Atherton Collieries 01 22 21 00 31 62 50 60 22 22 23 42 40 21 33 31 24 51
Atherton Laburnum Rovers 13 13 31 31 21 41 12 20 13 43 31 20 16 23 51 01 05 20
Chadderton 13 30 31 12 32 12 10 41 02 01 11 22 32 17 63 41 03 22
Cheadle Town 22 04 11 22 11 20 51 31 14 14 41 42 00 23 12 20 10 52
Daisy Hill 23 14 22 31 12 00 02 21 13 17 23 02 23 34 41 35 21 11
Eccleshall 02 21 01 12 21 13 13 12 23 12 22 01 10 16 21 20 11 11
Formby 00 20 01 10 30 10 30 71 40 21 22 41 73 13 20 31 21 12
Hanley Town 12 14 03 15 21 22 53 30 10 11 23 30 40 30 21 30 10 32
Holker Old Boys 01 40 01 22 11 41 41 41 23 01 11 21 51 12 20 41 63 31
Irlam 11 20 11 13 12 31 10 31 21 11 03 22 03 02 41 11 32 10
Leek County School Old Boys 12 00 01 13 26 14 33 31 22 15 02 13 12 04 61 61 13 11
Nelson 31 40 51 42 51 22 21 80 10 04 34 32 25 70 22 84 61 81
Northwich Flixton Villa 01 12 44 25 04 23 31 21 10 06 51 03 24 02 03 01 34 15
Oldham Boro 01 00 34 02 21 01 12 21 11 23 13 22 01 21 06 22 02 22
Rochdale Town 43 42 32 86 12 62 02 20 45 42 05 23 70 20 14 72 41 22
Widnes Vikings 03 22 33 14 20 11 13 40 21 14 24 02 31 12 06 30 52 31

Updated to games played on 1 May 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Division One results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

League Challenge Cup

First Round

Each Premier Division club, together with Ashton Town of Division One, received a bye to the second round.

Second Round

Third Round

Replay

Home team Score Away team
Ashton Athletic 2–1 Congleton Town

Fourth Round

Home team Score Away team
1874 Northwich 2–1 Abbey Hey
Maine Road 4–0 A.F.C. Blackpool

Home team Score Away team
Rochdale Town 3–1 Runcorn Town
Runcorn Linnets 0–2 Ashton Athletic

Semi–Finals

Played over two legs

Home team Score Away team
Maine Road 3–1 1874 Northwich
1874 Northwich 0–3 Maine Road

Maine Road win 6–1 on aggregate

Home team Score Away team
Rochdale Town 1–3 Ashton Athletic
Ashton Athletic 3–1 Rochdale Town

Ashton Athletic win 6–2 on aggregate

Final

Played at Curzon Ashton's Tameside Stadium

First Division Trophy

First Round

Each of the remaining thirteen Division One clubs received a bye to the second round.

Home team Score Away team
Daisy Hill 0–3 Nelson
Eccleshall 2–4 Hanley Town

Home team Score Away team
Formby 2–0 Atherton Collieries

Second Round

Home team Score Away team
1874 Northwich 5–0 Widnes Vikings
A.F.C. Darwen 3–2 Cheadle Town
Formby 2–2 aet, pens 3–0 Atherton Laburnum Rovers
Hanley Town 1–0 Chadderton

Home team Score Away team
Holker Old Boys 1–0 Rochdale Town
Leek CSOB 1–1 aet, pens 4–3 Northwich Flixton Villa
Nelson 6–1 Irlam
Oldham Boro 0–3 Ashton Town

Third Round

Home team Score Away team
Ashton Town 1–4 Hanley Town
Formby 4–2 1874 Northwich

Home team Score Away team
Leek CSOB 2–7 A.F.C. Darwen
Nelson 0–1 aet Holker Old Boys

Semi-Finals

Played over two legs

Home team Score Away team
Hanley Town 3–1 Holker Old Boys
Holker Old Boys 3–2 Hanley Town

Hanley Town win 5–4 on aggregate

Home team Score Away team
A.F.C. Darwen 3–2 Formby
Formby 4–1 A.F.C. Darwen

Formby win 6–4 on aggregate

Final

Played at Runcorn Linnets' Millbank Linnets Stadium

Score
Formby 3–3 aet Hanley Town

Formby win on penalties, 5–3

References

  1. 1 2 "NWCFL team changes 2013". NWCFL. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. "League Constitution - further update". NWCFL. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. "Applications for promotion". NWCFL. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  4. "Runcorn Town V Stockport Sports". NWCFL. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. "St Helens Town V Silsden". NWCFL. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.