1984–85 North West Counties Football League

The 1984–85 North West Counties Football League was the third in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.

North West Counties Football League

← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	1984–85
Champions	Radcliffe Borough
Promoted	Caernarfon Town
Relegated	Lancaster City
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Division One featured 2 new teams:

• Fleetwood Town promoted as champions from Division Two
• Eastwood Hanley promoted as runners-up from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Radcliffe Borough (C)	38	24	10	4	67	33	+34	58
2	Caernarfon Town (P)	38	23	9	6	73	40	+33	55	Promotion to Northern Premier League
3	Burscough	38	23	7	8	81	46	+35	53
4	Stalybridge Celtic	38	21	10	7	89	40	+49	52
5	Eastwood Hanley	38	20	12	6	72	42	+30	52
6	Curzon Ashton	38	21	6	11	85	60	+25	48
7	Winsford United	38	20	7	11	58	37	+21	47
8	Fleetwood Town	38	18	8	12	84	57	+27	44
9	Leek Town	38	16	11	11	52	38	+14	43
10	Congleton Town	38	13	11	14	46	49	−3	37
11	Leyland Motors	38	13	8	17	52	67	−15	34
12	St Helens Town	38	12	9	17	64	75	−11	33
13	Prescot Cables	38	13	7	18	64	68	−4	31[a]
14	Bootle	38	10	11	17	34	48	−14	31
15	Accrington Stanley	38	11	8	19	45	59	−14	30
16	Glossop	38	8	11	19	46	70	−24	27
17	Formby	38	9	9	20	41	79	−38	25[a]
18	Netherfield	38	7	9	22	42	80	−38	23
19	Lancaster City (R)	38	8	5	25	46	90	−44	21	Relegation to Division Two
20	Penrith	38	4	4	30	36	99	−63	12

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system up until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Prescot Cables and Formby had 2 points deducted.

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	1984–85
Champions	Clitheroe
Promoted	Clitheroe Irlam Town
Relegated	Padiham
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Division Two featured 4 new teams:

• Ashton United, relegated from Division One
• Darwen, relegated from Division One
• Clitheroe promoted as champions from Division Three
• Padiham promoted as runners-up from Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Clitheroe (C, P)	34	19	13	2	70	33	+37	51	Promotion to Division One
2	Irlam Town (P)	34	21	9	4	60	24	+36	51
3	Warrington Town	34	17	14	3	59	29	+30	48
4	Ashton United	34	17	7	10	56	55	+1	41
5	Droylsden	34	15	10	9	51	47	+4	40
6	Wren Rovers	34	15	9	10	53	41	+12	39
7	Great Harwood Town	34	17	4	13	49	44	+5	38
8	Chadderton	34	13	9	12	47	46	+1	35
9	Colne Dynamoes	34	9	14	11	45	40	+5	32
10	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	13	6	15	42	43	−1	32
11	Nantwich Town	34	13	5	16	50	47	+3	31
12	Ford Motors	34	11	8	15	44	45	−1	30
13	Skelmersdale United	34	11	8	15	39	56	−17	30
14	Rossendale United	34	10	9	15	51	53	−2	29
15	Salford	34	11	5	18	46	64	−18	27
16	Darwen	34	7	6	21	32	62	−30	20
17	Padiham (R)	34	8	5	21	42	74	−32	19[a]	Relegation to Division Three
18	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	5	7	22	34	67	−33	15[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system up until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Padiham and Ellesmere Port & Neston had 2 points deducted.

Division Three

North West Counties
Football League
Division Three

Season	1984–85
Champions	Kirkby Town
Promoted	Kirkby Town Colwyn Bay
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Division Three featured 3 new teams:

• Lytham, relegated from Division Two
• Kirkby Town
• Colwyn Bay, joined from Welsh League (North)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kirkby Town (C, P)	34	26	5	3	83	30	+53	57	Promotion to Division Two
2	Colwyn Bay (P)	34	22	10	2	75	32	+43	54
3	Newton	34	16	10	8	56	33	+23	42
4	Urmston Town	34	14	10	10	42	39	+3	38	Resigned
5	Blackpool Mechanics	34	15	7	12	61	48	+13	37
6	Lytham	34	14	7	13	54	45	+9	35	Resigned
7	Atherton Collieries	34	13	8	13	44	44	0	34
8	Ashton Town	34	13	7	14	62	56	+6	33	Resigned
9	Oldham Dew	34	11	10	13	51	44	+7	32
10	Bolton ST	34	12	8	14	55	73	−18	32
11	Maghull	34	12	7	15	56	51	+5	31
12	Cheadle Town	34	12	7	15	46	62	−16	31
13	Bacup Borough	34	11	8	15	54	59	−5	30
14	Ashton Athletic	34	12	6	16	45	61	−16	30
15	Daisy Hill	34	10	9	15	51	61	−10	27[a]
16	Whitworth Valley	34	10	7	17	51	71	−20	27
17	Nelson	34	9	4	21	43	80	−37	22
18	Prestwich Heys	34	7	4	23	35	75	−40	16[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system up until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Daisy Hill and Prestwich Heys had 2 points deducted.

Promotion and relegation

Division One

Caernarfon Town moved to the Northern Premier League while Lancaster City were relegated to Division Two.

Division two

Division Two champions Clitheroe and second placed Irlam Town were promoted to Division One while Padiham were relegated to Division Three.

Division Three

Division Three champions Kirkby Town and second placed Colwyn Bay were promoted to Division Two while Urmston Town, Lytham and Ashton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Huyton Town. Oldham Dew changed their name to Oldham Town.

External links

• North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF