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.

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 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ^1
1	Radcliffe Borough	38	24	10	4	67	33	+34	58
2	Caernarfon Town	38	23	9	6	73	40	+33	55
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	31^2
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	25^2
18	Netherfield	38	7	9	22	42	80	−38	23
19	Lancaster City	38	8	5	25	46	90	−44	21
20	Penrith	38	4	4	30	36	99	−63	12

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

^{2 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 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ^1
1	Clitheroe	34	19	13	2	70	33	+37	51
2	Irlam Town	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	34	8	5	21	42	74	−32	19^2
18	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	5	7	22	34	67	−33	15^2

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

^{2 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 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ^1
1	Kirkby Town	34	26	5	3	83	30	+53	57
2	Colwyn Bay	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
5	Blackpool Mechanics	34	15	7	12	61	48	+13	37
6	Lytham	34	14	7	13	54	45	+9	35
7	Atherton Collieries	34	13	8	13	44	44	0	34
8	Ashton Town	34	13	7	14	62	56	+6	33
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	27^2
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	16^2

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

^{2 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