2008–09 North West Counties Football League

The 2008–09 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2008–09 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First. This was a change from previous seasons when the divisions were known as Division One and Division Two respectively.

Season	2008–09
Champions	AFC Fylde
Promoted	AFC Fylde
Relegated	Atherton Collieries
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,510 (3.27 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Fylde (P)	42	33	5	4	122	35	+87	104	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One North
2	New Mills	42	34	2	6	92	33	+59	104
3	Newcastle Town	42	26	9	7	91	33	+58	87
4	Congleton Town	42	26	8	8	85	44	+41	86
5	Glossop North End	42	25	7	10	83	49	+34	82
6	Ashton Athletic	42	18	7	17	67	68	−1	61
7	Alsager Town	42	18	5	19	66	72	−6	59
8	Bacup Borough	42	16	10	16	71	71	0	58
9	Silsden	42	16	10	16	62	67	−5	58
10	Squires Gate	42	14	15	13	56	56	0	57
11	Runcorn Linnets	42	16	7	19	64	84	−20	55
12	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	12	15	15	70	77	−7	51
13	Maine Road	42	14	9	19	60	74	−14	51
14	Ramsbottom United	42	13	12	17	56	72	−16	50^[a]
15	Formby	42	15	3	24	57	67	−10	48
16	St Helens Town	42	14	4	24	64	97	−33	46
17	Nelson	42	11	12	19	68	86	−18	45
18	Colne	42	11	10	21	64	75	−11	43
19	Flixton	42	9	14	19	58	86	−28	41
20	Winsford United	42	10	9	23	52	82	−30	39
21	Abbey Hey	42	11	5	26	60	89	−29	38
22	Atherton Collieries (R)	42	7	8	27	42	93	−51	29	Relegation to Division One

Season	2008–09
Champions	Bootle
Promoted	Bootle Padiham
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,055 (3.45 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bootle (P)	34	25	5	4	78	27	+51	80	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Padiham (P)	34	22	7	5	93	41	+52	73	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Stone Dominoes	34	23	2	9	85	51	+34	71
4	A.F.C. Liverpool	34	22	3	9	82	39	+43	69
5	Wigan Robin Park	34	18	5	11	61	49	+12	59
6	Oldham Town	34	16	5	13	60	54	+6	53
7	Cheadle Town	34	16	4	14	54	44	+10	52
8	Irlam	34	13	13	8	51	43	+8	52
9	Holker Old Boys	34	14	8	12	59	61	−2	50
10	Chadderton	34	14	6	14	60	54	+6	48
11	Eccleshall	34	14	5	15	44	44	0	47
12	Norton United	34	12	6	16	63	60	+3	42
13	Darwen	34	11	7	16	51	74	−23	40	Club folded at end of season
14	Leek County School Old Boys	34	7	10	17	51	72	−21	31
15	A.F.C. Blackpool	34	7	8	19	34	59	−25	29
16	Rochdale Town	34	6	6	22	55	91	−36	24
17	Daisy Hill	34	6	4	24	39	101	−62	22
18	Ashton Town	34	4	8	22	35	91	−56	20

2008–09 North West Counties Football League

Premier Division

League table

Division One

League table

References

External links

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