2015–16 North West Counties Football League

The 2015–16 North West Counties Football League season was the 34th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Premier Division and Division One.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2015–16
Champions	Colne
Promoted	Colne
Relegated	Alsager Town Silsden AFC Blackpool
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:^[1]

Atherton Collieries – promoted from Division One
Cammell Laird 1907 – promoted from Division One
A.F.C. Darwen – promoted from Division One
Padiham – relegated from Northern Premier League Division One North

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colne !Colne (C) (P)	42	31	7	4	105	41	+64	100	Promotion to NPL Division One North (see criteria below)
2	Runcorn Linnets !Runcorn Linnets	42	32	2	8	97	35	+62	98
3	Atherton Collieries !Atherton Collieries	42	25	9	8	113	66	+47	84
4	1874 Northwich !1874 Northwich	42	24	6	12	89	62	+27	78
5	West Didsbury & Chorlton !West Didsbury & Chorlton	42	21	5	16	81	65	+16	68
6	Congleton Town !Congleton Town	42	19	10	13	79	65	+14	67
7	Ashton Athletic !Ashton Athletic	42	17	10	15	73	68	+5	61
8	Bootle !Bootle	42	17	10	15	75	75	0	61
9	Barnoldswick Town !Barnoldswick Town	42	17	8	17	77	69	+8	59
10	Abbey Hey !Abbey Hey	42	16	11	15	67	66	+1	59
11	Padiham !Padiham	42	16	9	17	84	90	−6	57
12	Maine Road !Maine Road	42	16	7	19	72	76	−4	55
13	Runcorn Town !Runcorn Town	42	15	7	20	70	76	−6	52
14	Winsford United !Winsford United	42	14	10	18	66	93	−27	52
15	Cammell Laird 1907 !Cammell Laird 1907	42	14	8	20	71	83	−12	50
16	Nelson !Nelson	42	13	9	20	69	70	−1	48
17	A.F.C. Liverpool !A.F.C. Liverpool	42	11	15	16	86	92	−6	48
18	A.F.C. Darwen !A.F.C. Darwen	42	12	7	23	82	111	−29	43
19	Squires Gate !Squires Gate	42	11	8	23	53	91	−38	41
20	Alsager Town !Alsager Town (R)	42	11	6	25	56	101	−45	39	Relegation to Division One
21	Silsden !Silsden (R)	42	9	11	22	57	88	−31	38
22	A.F.C. Blackpool !A.F.C. Blackpool (R)	42	9	9	24	65	104	−39	36

Updated to games played on 7 May 2016.
Source: NWCFL League 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.

Promotion criteria

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

Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2015
Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2016
Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
Finish the season in one of the top three positions^[2]

The following five clubs achieved criterion 1:^[3]

1874 Northwich
Atherton Collieries
Colne
Runcorn Linnets
Runcorn Town

Results

Home ╲ Away	1874 Northwich !18N	Abbey Hey !ABH	A.F.C. Blackpool !BLK	A.F.C. Darwen !DAR	A.F.C. Liverpool !LVP	Alsager Town !ALS	Ashton Athletic !ASH	Atherton Collieries !ACO	Barnoldswick Town !BWT	Bootle !BTL	Cammell Laird 1907 !CAM	Colne !CLN	Congleton Town !CNG	Maine Road !MNR	Nelson !NEL	Padiham !PAD	Runcorn Linnets !RNL	Runcorn Town !RNT	Silsden !SIL	Squires Gate !SQG	West Didsbury & Chorlton !WDC	Winsford United !WNS
1874 Northwich !1874 Northwich		2–1	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	4–2	5–4	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
Abbey Hey !Abbey Hey	0–1		1–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	4–2	1–3	4–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–4	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–5	2–4
A.F.C. Blackpool !A.F.C. Blackpool	3–4	1–3		2–3	1–5	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	5–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	5–0	3–1	3–5	2–2
A.F.C. Darwen !A.F.C. Darwen	3–1	2–2	2–2		3–3	3–0	2–3	3–7	3–1	0–1	4–1	0–4	1–3	7–4	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2
A.F.C. Liverpool !A.F.C. Liverpool	3–3	1–1	7–1	6–1		4–0	1–4	0–0	3–6	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–4	2–3	1–0	2–6	4–2
Alsager Town !Alsager Town	0–5	2–0	1–2	1–4	2–2		3–3	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–4	0–1	2–4	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	3–4
Ashton Athletic !Ashton Athletic	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–1		2–0	4–2	2–3	2–1	1–3	1–4	0–2	2–1	2–4	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–0	2–2
Atherton Collieries !Atherton Collieries	1–3	0–0	2–2	6–1	5–1	4–2	1–0		1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	4–3	3–3	2–4	0–2	4–0	7–2	5–2	2–0	4–1
Barnoldswick Town !Barnoldswick Town	2–1	0–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	1–4	2–2	5–1		1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–4	0–0	3–0	0–3	5–2
Bootle !Bootle	2–3	2–2	6–0	3–2	3–3	4–1	3–2	2–5	0–2		3–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	4–0	5–1	1–2	2–2
Cammell Laird 1907 !Cammell Laird 1907	0–1	2–3	2–1	4–2	4–4	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–0	3–1		4–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–4
Colne !Colne	1–1	1–1	2–1	6–1	4–1	5–0	6–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–0		4–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	6–2
Congleton Town !Congleton Town	4–4	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	4–3	3–0	2–1	0–2		2–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0
Maine Road !Maine Road	4–2	2–0	0–2	5–3	4–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–4	1–3	0–0		2–1	0–3	0–2	3–2	3–1	3–1	0–1	5–0
Nelson !Nelson	0–2	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–4	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1		4–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	4–2	5–1
Padiham !Padiham	0–7	2–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	6–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–3	3–1	4–4		0–4	1–1	5–1	0–1	1–3	5–1
Runcorn Linnets !Runcorn Linnets	2–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	7–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1		2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	5–1
Runcorn Town !Runcorn Town	0–2	0–2	4–2	2–5	5–2	0–1	1–4	0–4	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	4–2	1–0	0–4	2–0	1–3		2–2	5–0	0–0	1–0
Silsden !Silsden	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–2		1–2	1–1	2–3
Squires Gate !Squires Gate	2–1	0–0	0–1	6–3	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–4	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–4	1–2	0–5	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–1	3–1		0–4	1–3
West Didsbury & Chorlton !West Didsbury & Chorlton	2–3	3–1	2–1	4–2	0–3	4–3	0–3	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–3	1–3	4–3	0–1	3–0	5–1	0–3	0–3	2–1	3–0		2–0
Winsford United !Winsford United	0–3	1–1	3–3	0–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–5	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0

Updated to games played on 7 May 2016.
Source: NWCFL 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.

Stadia and Locations

Sources for this subsection: NWCFL web site and the websites of the participating clubs

Locations of the 2015–16 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Darwen !A.F.C. Darwen	The Anchor Ground	4,000
A.F.C. Liverpool !A.F.C. Liverpool	Arriva Stadium, Crosby (groundshare with Marine)	3,185
1874 Northwich !1874 Northwich	Barton Stadium (groundshare with Winsford United)	3,000
Winsford United !Winsford United	Barton Stadium	3,000
Atherton Collieries !Atherton Collieries	Alder Street	2,500
Bootle !Bootle	Delta Taxis Stadium	2,500
Silsden !Silsden	The Asda Foundation Stadium	2,300
Cammell Laird 1907 !Cammell Laird 1907	North West Construction Stadium, Birkenhead	2,000
Maine Road !Maine Road	Brantingham Road, Chorlton	2,000
Nelson !Nelson	Little Wembley	2,000
Colne !Colne	XLCR Stadium	1,800
Padiham !Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground	1,688
Runcorn Linnets !Runcorn Linnets	Millbank Linnets Stadium	1,600
Runcorn Town !Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex	1,530
A.F.C. Blackpool !A.F.C. Blackpool	The Mechanics	1,500
Alsager Town !Alsager Town	Wood Park Stadium	1,500
Congleton Town !Congleton Town	Richborough Estates Stadium	1,450
Abbey Hey !Abbey Hey	The Abbey Stadium, Gorton	1,000
Ashton Athletic !Ashton Athletic	Brockstedes Park	1,000
Squires Gate !Squires Gate	School Road	1,000
Barnoldswick Town !Barnoldswick Town	Silentnight Beds Stadium
West Didsbury & Chorlton !West Didsbury & Chorlton	Brookburn Road, Chorlton

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2015–16
Champions	Hanley Town
Promoted	Hanley Town Irlam Barnton
Relegated	Rochdale Town
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Division One featured four new teams:^[1]^[4]

Bacup Borough – relegated from Premier Division, and a name change from Bacup & Rossendale Borough
St Helens Town – relegated from Premier Division
Stockport Town – new club
Whitchurch Alport – joined from Mercian Regional Football League Premier Division

One further club had changed its name since the previous season:

Northwich Manchester Villa – previously known as Northwich Flixton Villa

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hanley Town !Hanley Town (C) (P)	34	25	3	6	68	32	+36	78	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Irlam !Irlam (P)	34	24	5	5	73	27	+46	77	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Barnton !Barnton (P)	34	19	9	6	94	36	+58	66	Qualification for Playoffs
4	Stockport Town !Stockport Town	34	19	6	9	68	44	+24	63
5	Bacup Borough !Bacup Borough	34	17	6	11	81	54	+27	57
6	Cheadle Town !Cheadle Town	34	16	8	10	89	59	+30	56
7	St Helens Town !St Helens Town	34	17	4	13	84	61	+23	55
8	Holker Old Boys !Holker Old Boys	34	16	7	11	73	62	+11	55
9	Litherland REMYCA !Litherland REMYCA	34	16	6	12	63	51	+12	54
10	Rochdale Town !Rochdale Town	34	14	5	15	66	77	−11	047^a	Relegation to Step 7
11	Ashton Town !Ashton Town	34	12	7	15	57	57	0	43
12	Daisy Hill !Daisy Hill	34	12	6	16	56	72	−16	42
13	Widnes !Widnes	34	10	5	19	67	77	−10	35
14	Chadderton !Chadderton	34	9	8	17	43	53	−10	35
15	Northwich Manchester Villa !Northwich Manchester Villa	34	10	4	20	48	77	−29	034^b	Resigned from league at end of season
16	Eccleshall !Eccleshall	34	9	5	20	53	77	−24	32
17	Atherton Laburnum Rovers !Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	4	6	24	32	103	−71	18
18	Whitchurch Alport !Whitchurch Alport	34	2	10	22	31	127	−96	16

Updated to games played on 9 May 2016.
Source: NWCFL League 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.
^a Rochdale Town were relegated due to ground grading considerations^[5]
^b Northwich Manchester Villa resigned from the league at the end of the season^[6]

Playoffs

Source for this subsection: NWCFL web site

Semifinals			Final


3	Barnton (aet)	4

6	Cheadle Town	1
			3	Barnton (aet)	2

			5	Bacup Borough	0
4	Stockport Town	0

5	Bacup Borough	2

Results

Home ╲ Away	Ashton Town !AST	Atherton Laburnum Rovers !ALR	Bacup Borough !BAC	Barnton !BAR	Chadderton !CHA	Cheadle Town !CHT	Daisy Hill !DSH	Eccleshall !ECC	Hanley Town !HAN	Holker Old Boys !HOB	Irlam !IRL	Litherland REMYCA !LIT	Northwich Manchester Villa !NMV	Rochdale Town !RCH	St Helens Town !STH	Stockport Town !SPT	Whitchurch Alport !WHI	Widnes !WID
Ashton Town !Ashton Town		0–0	1–2	2–3	4–0	3–2	0–0	4–3	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–4	5–1	3–2	4–4	0–1	5–0	1–2
Atherton Laburnum Rovers !Atherton Laburnum Rovers	1–1		0–4	0–6	3–1	1–4	0–3	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	2–3
Bacup Borough !Bacup Borough	2–0	2–3		1–1	0–1	5–5	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	4–2	9–2	3–3	1–1	7–0	6–0
Barnton !Barnton	3–0	3–0	2–0		2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	7–1	2–3	4–1	11–1	0–1
Chadderton !Chadderton	6–0	6–0	0–0	0–0		0–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	4–3
Cheadle Town !Cheadle Town	1–2	10–1	3–0	2–2	1–1		4–0	4–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–4	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	5–3	2–0
Daisy Hill !Daisy Hill	0–4	4–2	3–0	1–6	3–0	0–1		0–3	1–3	0–3	0–4	1–3	2–3	2–4	1–2	2–1	4–3	4–2
Eccleshall !Eccleshall	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–6	1–3		1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	4–3	3–1	0–5
Hanley Town !Hanley Town	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–3	2–0		5–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	4–3
Holker Old Boys !Holker Old Boys	2–2	2–0	5–2	1–4	2–1	1–3	4–1	3–0	3–1		1–1	1–4	6–0	1–0	0–5	0–0	8–0	3–1
Irlam !Irlam	3–1	3–0	1–4	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1		3–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	5–1	4–1
Litherland REMYCA !Litherland REMYCA	0–2	6–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–5	0–2	2–0	1–1		4–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0
Northwich Manchester Villa !Northwich Manchester Villa	0–2	3–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–3	1–3	1–2	1–3	2–1		0–5	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–3
Rochdale Town !Rochdale Town	2–0	4–3	0–3	1–6	5–0	2–6	1–1	2–0	1–3	4–3	0–3	2–1	3–0		3–1	0–0	5–1	1–3
St Helens Town !St Helens Town	0–1	4–1	4–0	3–3	3–1	2–2	2–6	2–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–3	3–0	2–3		0–3	10–0	3–2
Stockport Town !Stockport Town	2–1	4–0	3–2	0–2	2–0	3–5	2–0	6–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–0		4–1	2–2
Whitchurch Alport !Whitchurch Alport	1–0	2–2	1–5	1–6	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–5	0–3	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–5	0–7		3–3
Widnes !Widnes	2–3	4–1	5–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–2	6–1	3–3

Updated to games played on 7 May 2016.
Source: NWCFL 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.

Stadia & Locations

Sources for this section: NWCFL web site and the websites of the particiating clubs

Locations of the 2015–16 North West Counties Football League Division One teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Widnes !Widnes	Select Security Stadium	13,350
Northwich Manchester Villa !Northwich Manchester Villa	Manchester Regional Arena	6,500
Atherton Laburnum Rovers !Atherton Laburnum Rovers	Crilly Park	3,000
Bacup Borough !Bacup Borough	West View	3,000
Holker Old Boys !Holker Old Boys	Rakesmoor Lane Barrow-in-Furness	2,500
Stockport Town !Stockport Town	The Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium	2,384
Ashton Town !Ashton Town	Edge Green Street	2,000
Cheadle Town !Cheadle Town	Park Road Stadium	2,000
Daisy Hill !Daisy Hill	New Sirs Westhoughton	2,000
Chadderton !Chadderton	MCA Stadium	1,500
Rochdale Town !Rochdale Town	Mayfield Sports Centre	1,500
Eccleshall !Eccleshall	Pershall Park	1,000
Irlam !Irlam	Silver Street	1,000
St Helens Town !St Helens Town	Brockstedes Park (groundshare with Ashton Athletic)	1,000
Hanley Town !Hanley Town	Abbey Lane	750
Barnton !Barnton	Townfield
Litherland REMYCA !Litherland REMYCA	Litherland Sports Park
Whitchurch Alport !Whitchurch Alport	Yockings Park

League Challenge Cup

Also called the MEN United Cup for sponsorship reasons.^[7] Sources for this section: NWCFL web site - results and fixtures

First Round

Bacup Borough and Rochdale Town received byes to the second round. Premier Division teams exempt to the second round.

Played Saturday 26 September.

Home team	Score	Away team
Atherton Laburnun Rovers	1–2	Daisy Hill
Barnton	2–0	Northwich Manchester Villa
Cheadle Town	1–2	Stockport Town
Eccleshall	3–3 aet, pens 4–3	Chadderton

Home team	Score	Away team
Hanley Town	4–1	St Helens Town
Irlam	2–1	Widnes
Litherland REMYCA	3–1	Holker Old Boys
Whitchurch Alport	1–5	Ashton Town

Second Round

Ties played 23 and 24 October.

Home team	Score	Away team
1874 Northwich	4–0	Winsford United
Abbey Hey	0–1	Silsden
AFC Darwen	1–3	AFC Blackpool
AFC Liverpool	2–3	Padiham
Alsager Town	0–3	Stockport Town
Ashton Town	1–2	Runcorn Town
Atherton Collieries	2–0	Litherland REMYCA
Barnoldswick Town	1–3	Ashton Athletic

Home team	Score	Away team
Barnton	1–1 aet, pens 4–3	Bootle
Daisy Hill	0–4	Cammell Laird 1907
Hanley Town	2–4	Bacup Borough
Irlam	2–0	Runcorn Linnets
Maine Road	1–5	Squires Gate
Nelson	4–3 aet	Congleton Town
Rochdale Town	1–2	Colne
West Didsbury & Chorlton	1–2	Eccleshall

Third Round

Ties played 28 November, with four delayed by bad weather.

Home team	Score	Away team
1874 Northwich	2–2 aet, pens 7–8^*	Ashton Athletic
Bacup Borough	1–5^**	Atherton Collieries
Eccleshall	2–0	Irlam
Nelson	2–4	Cammell Laird 1907

^* played at Ashton
^** played at Atherton

Home team	Score	Away team
Padiham	2–2 aet, pens 4–5	Runcorn Town
Silsden	0–1	AFC Blackpool
Squires Gate	2–5 aet	Colne
Stockport Town	1–3	Barnton

Quarter Finals

Ties played on Saturday 27 February.

Home team	Score	Away team
Barnton	3–1	Ashton Athletic
Cammell Laird 1907	0–2	AFC Blackpool

Home team	Score	Away team
Colne	2–0	Eccleshall
Runcorn Town	0–3	Atherton Collieries

Semi Finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Colne	2–0	AFC Blackpool

Home team	Score	Away team
Atherton Collieries	1–0	Barnton

Final

Played 10 May at Fleetwood Town's Highbury Stadium

	Score
Atherton Collieries	5–1	Colne

First Division Trophy

Also called the Reusch First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons.^[8] Source for this section: NWCFL web site

First Round

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

Ties played Saturday 17 October.

Home team	Score	Away team
Barnton	3–2	Eccleshall

Home team	Score	Away team
Chadderton	2–0	Bacup Borough

Second Round

Ties played 6 and 7 November, with two delayed due to bad weather

Home team	Score	Away team
Daisy Hill	1–2	Litherland REMYCA
Hanley Town	2–1	Widnes
Holker Old Boys	2–0	Ashton Town
Irlam	3–2	Cheadle Town

Home team	Score	Away team
Northwich Manchester Villa	1–4	Barnton
Rochdale Town	3–1	Atherton Laburnum Rovers
St Helens Town	3–6 (aet)^*	Chadderton
Whitchurch Alport	0–4	Stockport Town

^*played at Chadderton, following two postponements

Quarter Finals

One tie played 20 February, with three delayed due to bad weather

Home team	Score	Away team
Hanley Town	2–1	Chadderton
Holker Old Boys	1–2^*	Barnton

^* Played at Barnton

Home team	Score	Away team
Litherland REMYCA^*	3–2	Irlam^**
Rochdale Town	1–4^***	Stockport Town

^* Litherland REMYCA disqualified for fielding an ineligible player
^** Irlam disqualified for fielding an ineligible player
^*** Played at Stockport

Semi Finals

Played on 19 March.

Home team	Score	Away team
disqualified	W/O	Hanley Town

Hanley Town awarded walkover to final

Home team	Score	Away team
Stockport Town	0–0 aet, pens 4–5	Barnton

Final

Played on 19 April at Congleton Town's ground

	Score
Hanley Town	1–1 aet, pens 4–5	Barnton

References

1 2 "News from the AGM". NWCFL. 13 Jun 2015. Retrieved 13 Jun 2015.
↑ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016-17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
↑ "Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". FA. 10 Dec 2015.
↑ "Whitchurch Alport join the NWCFL". NWCFL. 26 Jun 2015. Retrieved 26 Jun 2015.
↑ "NWCFL Constitution - Season 2016-17". NWCFL. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
↑ "League Statement: Northwich Manchester Villa". NWCFL. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
↑ "Introducing The Men United Cup". NWCFL. 12 Sep 2014.
↑ "Introducing The Reusch First Division Cup". NWCFL. 10 Nov 2014.

External links

nwcfl.com (The Official Website of The North West Counties Football League)

North West Counties Football League

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