1988–89 North West Counties Football League

The 1988–89 North West Counties Football League was the seventh in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1988–89
Champions	Rossendale United
Promoted	Rossendale United
Relegated	Formby
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Rossendale United	34	24	8	2	84	27	+57	56
2	Knowsley United	34	21	8	5	85	43	+42	50
3	St Helens Town	34	20	8	6	60	25	+35	48
4	Colwyn Bay	34	19	9	6	77	45	+32	47
5	Darwen	34	19	9	6	64	36	+28	47
6	Warrington Town	34	16	10	8	47	37	+10	42
7	Flixton	34	15	8	11	61	44	+17	38
8	Leyland Motors	34	15	8	11	53	44	+9	38
9	Bootle	34	14	4	16	49	54	−5	32
10	Burscough	34	11	10	13	40	51	−11	32
11	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	9	12	13	36	42	−6	30
12	Clitheroe	34	8	12	14	38	41	−3	28
13	Skelmersdale United	34	8	9	17	39	68	−29	25
14	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	9	6	19	47	74	−27	24
15	Prescot Cables	34	7	9	18	36	60	−24	23
16	Salford	34	7	8	19	33	70	−37	22
17	Ashton United	34	7	6	21	37	72	−35	18²
18	Formby	34	3	4	27	24	77	−53	10

^{1 The points system until the 1989–90 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Ashton United had 2 points deducted.}

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season	1988–89
Champions	Vauxhall Motors
Promoted	Vauxhall Motors Chadderton Nantwich Town
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Vauxhall Motors	34	25	8	1	68	17	+51	58
2	Maine Road	34	22	7	5	96	40	+56	51
3	Chadderton	34	20	9	5	71	29	+42	49
4	Wren Rovers	34	19	10	5	77	45	+32	48
5	Nantwich Town	34	20	4	10	66	28	+38	44
6	Newcastle Town	34	15	10	9	53	37	+16	40
7	Great Harwood Town	34	16	6	12	52	40	+12	38
8	Maghull	34	12	13	9	46	44	+2	35
9	Bacup Borough	34	11	12	11	55	57	−2	34
10	Daisy Hill	34	12	6	16	36	49	−13	30
11	Atherton Collieries	34	9	11	14	52	58	−6	29
12	Padiham	34	9	10	15	39	57	−18	28
13	Glossop	34	10	7	17	42	60	−18	27
14	Cheadle Town	34	10	7	17	46	67	−21	27
15	Oldham Town	34	6	11	17	46	66	−20	23
16	Blackpool Mechanics	34	9	5	20	46	72	−26	23
17	Ashton Town	34	4	11	19	31	68	−37	19
18	Newton	34	1	5	28	23	111	−88	7

^{1 The points system until the 1989–90 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Promotion and relegation

Division One

Rossendale United were promoted to the Northern Premier League while Formby were relegated to the Second Division. Ellesmere Port & Neston left the League at the end of the season.

Division Two

Vauxhall Motors, Chadderton and Nantwich Town were promoted to Division One. Daisy Hill changed their name to Westhoughton United.

External links

North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF

North West Counties Football League

Premier Division	1874 Northwich Abbey Hey AFC Darwen AFC Liverpool Ashton Athletic Atherton Collieries Barnoldswick Town Barnton Bootle Cammell Laird 1907 Congleton Town Hanley Town Irlam Maine Road Nelson New Mills Padiham Runcorn Linnets Runcorn Town Squires Gate West Didsbury & Chorlton Winsford United

First Division	AFC Blackpool Alsager Town Ashton Town Atherton Laburnum Rovers Bacup Borough Carlisle City Chadderton Charnock Richard Cheadle Town City of Liverpool Daisy Hill Eccleshall FC Oswestry Town Holker Old Boys Litherland REMYCA Prestwich Heys Sandbach United St. Helens Town Silsden Stockport Town Whitchurch Alport Widnes

Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1988–89 in English football

« 1987–88

1989–90 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup (qualification – UEFA Group 2)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Huddersfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Reading Sheffield United Southend United Swansea City Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

Fourth Division	Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

Others	Newport County

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