1985–86 North West Counties Football League

The 1985–86 North West Counties Football League was the fourth in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1985–86
Champions	Clitheroe
Relegated	Prescot Cables Formby
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Clitheroe	38	20	14	4	61	30	+31	54
2	Congleton Town	38	22	10	6	51	29	+22	54
3	Eastwood Hanley	38	22	9	7	68	45	+23	53
4	Stalybridge Celtic	38	21	10	7	62	39	+23	52
5	Fleetwood Town	38	21	10	7	70	34	+36	50²
6	Irlam Town	38	16	14	8	66	45	+21	46
7	Leek Town	38	20	6	12	64	44	+20	46
8	Curzon Ashton	38	18	9	11	52	50	+2	45
9	Burscough	38	15	10	13	45	35	+10	40
10	St Helens Town	38	15	8	15	65	55	+10	38
11	Accrington Stanley	38	13	11	14	62	60	+2	37
12	Leyland Motors	38	13	8	17	62	67	−5	34
13	Winsford United	38	14	6	18	55	68	−13	34
14	Radcliffe Borough	38	12	9	17	48	49	−1	33
15	Bootle	38	11	7	20	46	54	−8	29
16	Penrith	38	9	8	21	46	63	−17	26
17	Netherfield	38	8	10	20	38	76	−38	26
18	Glossop	38	7	10	21	37	69	−32	24
19	Prescot Cables	38	5	9	24	33	68	−35	19
20	Formby	38	5	8	25	35	86	−51	18

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Fleetwood Town had 2 points deducted.}

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season	1985–86
Champions	Kirkby Town
Promoted	Kirkby Town Rossendale United
Relegated	Ford Motors Nantwich Town
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Kirkby Town	34	24	7	3	85	30	+55	55
2	Rossendale United	34	20	8	6	81	36	+45	48
3	Wren Rovers	34	18	8	8	60	46	+14	44
4	Warrington Town	34	17	9	8	62	48	+14	43
5	Colwyn Bay	34	17	8	9	74	53	+21	42
6	Chadderton	34	15	12	7	66	48	+18	42
7	Colne Dynamoes	34	15	9	10	59	43	+16	39
8	Great Harwood Town	34	13	10	11	38	45	−7	36
9	Skelmersdale United	34	14	5	15	58	53	+5	33
10	Droylsden	34	13	7	14	48	56	−8	33
11	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	12	6	16	49	61	−12	30
12	Lancaster City	34	10	9	15	57	66	−9	29
13	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	9	9	16	45	61	−16	27
14	Ashton United	34	11	5	18	46	64	−18	26²
15	Darwen	34	8	8	18	48	57	−9	24
16	Salford	34	9	4	21	38	72	−34	22
17	Ford Motors	34	5	10	19	36	64	−28	20
18	Nantwich Town	34	5	8	21	31	78	−47	18

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Ashton United had 1 point deducted.}

Division Three

North West Counties
Football League
Division Three
Season	1985–86
Champions	Blackpool Mechanics
Promoted	Blackpool Mechanics Oldham Town
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Blackpool Mechanics	28	22	2	4	77	33	+44	44²
2	Oldham Town	28	14	9	5	56	29	+27	37
3	Maghull	28	15	6	7	62	36	+26	36
4	Daisy Hill	28	13	7	8	62	45	+17	33
5	Atherton Collieries	28	13	7	8	48	37	+11	33
6	Bolton ST	28	12	7	9	42	34	+8	29²
7	Cheadle Town	28	9	10	9	42	26	+16	28
8	Bacup Borough	28	10	8	10	36	40	−4	28
9	Padiham	28	8	10	10	44	45	−1	26
10	Prestwich Heys	28	10	6	12	53	66	−13	26
11	Newton	28	7	10	11	43	48	−5	24
12	Whitworth Valley	28	7	8	13	42	48	−6	22
13	Huyton Town	28	7	7	14	41	71	−30	21
14	Nelson	28	7	7	14	36	65	−29	19²
15	Ashton Athletic	28	1	6	21	24	85	−61	8

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Blackpool Mechanics, Bolton ST and Nelson had 2 points deducted.}

Promotion and relegation

Division One

Prescot Cables and Formby were relegated to Division Two.

Division Two

Division Two champions Kirkby Town and second placed Rossendale United were promoted to Division One while Ford Motors and Nantwich Town were relegated to Division Three.

Division Three

Division Three champions Blackpool Mechanics and second placed Oldham Town were promoted to Division Two while Bolton ST, Prestwich Heys, Huyton Town and Nelson left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Flixton and Ashton Town.

External links

North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF

North West Counties Football League

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland Wimbledon

Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Darlington Derby County Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Lincoln City Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

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