2013–14 North West Counties Football League
The 2013–14 North West Counties Football League season was the 32nd in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.
Premier Division
Season | 2013–14 |
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Champions | Norton United |
Promoted | Norton United |
Relegated | Wigan Robin Park |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1476 (3.19 per match) |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → |
The Premier Division featured two new teams:[1]
- Abbey Hey promoted as runners-up of Division One
- West Didsbury & Chorlton promoted from Division One
Bacup & Rossendale Borough, who finished the season in one of the relegation positions, were reprieved.[2]
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Norton United (C) (P) | 42 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 101 | 38 | +63 | 100 | Promotion to NPL Division One South |
2 | Runcorn Linnets | 42 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 103 | 39 | +64 | 95 | |
3 | Glossop North End | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 83 | |
4 | Maine Road | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 85 | 42 | +43 | 81 | |
5 | Runcorn Town | 42 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 87 | 45 | +42 | 79 | |
6 | Ashton Athletic | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 74 | |
7 | A.F.C. Liverpool | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 88 | 54 | +34 | 70 | |
8 | Bootle | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 87 | 57 | +30 | 70 | |
9 | Colne | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 71 | 67 | +4 | 64 | |
10 | Congleton Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 60 | |
11 | Stockport Sports | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 64 | 69 | −5 | 57 | |
12 | West Didsbury & Chorlton | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 53 | |
13 | A.F.C. Blackpool | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 60 | 87 | −27 | 49 | |
14 | Winsford United | 42 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 57 | 83 | −26 | 48 | |
15 | Silsden | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 47 | |
16 | Barnoldswick Town | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 59 | 89 | −30 | 43 | |
17 | St Helens Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 55 | 89 | −34 | 43 | |
18 | Alsager Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 57 | 85 | −28 | 40 | |
19 | Squires Gate | 42 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 51 | 89 | −38 | 40 | |
20 | Abbey Hey | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 86 | −39 | 40 | |
21 | Bacup & Rossendale Borough | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 39 | |
22 | Wigan Robin Park (R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 53 | 112 | −59 | 29 | Relegation to Division One |
Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Tables.
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
- Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2013
- Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2014
- Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
- Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following eight teams have achieved criterion 1:[3]
- A.F.C. Liverpool
- Bootle
- Congleton
- Glossop North End
- Maine Road
- Norton United
- Runcorn Linnets
- Runcorn Town
Results
Home ╲ Away | ABH | BLK | LVP | ALS | ASH | BAC | BWT | BTL | CLN | CNG | GNE | MNR | NOR | RNL | RNT | SIL | SQG | STH | STS | WDC | WRP | WNS |
Abbey Hey | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
A.F.C. Blackpool | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–6 | |
A.F.C. Liverpool | 4–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–2 | |
Alsager Town | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
Ashton Athletic | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–2 | |
Bacup & Rossendale Borough | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |
Barnoldswick Town | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
Bootle | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | |
Colne | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
Congleton Town | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Glossop North End | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
Maine Road | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Norton United | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
Runcorn Linnets | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
Runcorn Town | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1[a] | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Silsden | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Squires Gate | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
St Helens Town | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0[b] | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | |
Stockport Sports | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
West Didsbury & Chorlton | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Wigan Robin Park | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–8 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | |
Winsford United | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Premier Division results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
a ^ Runcorn Town v Stockport Sports: Match abandoned after 83 minutes. Score at time of abandonment stands.[4]
b ^ St Helens Town v Silsden: Match abandoned after 86 minutes. Score at time of abandonment stands.[5]
Locations
Division One
Season | 2013–14 |
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Champions | Nelson |
Promoted |
Nelson 1874 Northwich |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1327 (3.88 per match) |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → |
Division One featured three new teams:[1]
- Hanley Town promoted as champions of the Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division
- 1874 Northwich accepted as a newly formed club.
- Widnes Vikings accepted from the West Cheshire League Third Division, where they played as Widnes Town.
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Nelson (C) (P) | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 135 | 51 | +84 | 89 | Promotion to Premier Division |
2 | Formby | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 97 | 37 | +60 | 84 | Club folded at end of season |
3 | 1874 Northwich (P) | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 28 | +51 | 84 | Promotion to Premier Division |
4 | Hanley Town | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 86 | 55 | +31 | 73 | |
5 | Atherton Collieries | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 100 | 62 | +38 | 66 | |
6 | Holker Old Boys | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 60 | |
7 | Rochdale Town | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 95 | 78 | +17 | 55 | |
8 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 54 | |
9 | A.F.C. Darwen | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 51c | |
10 | Irlam | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 50 | |
11 | Cheadle Town | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 74 | −9 | 46a | |
12 | Ashton Town | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 44 | |
13 | Chadderton | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 41e | |
14 | Widnes Vikings | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 84 | −26 | 35b | |
15 | Leek County School Old Boys | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 55 | 93 | −38 | 29 | Resigned from league at the end of the season and placed in SCSL |
16 | Oldham Boro | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 45 | 90 | −45 | 28 | |
17 | Eccleshall | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 26 | |
18 | Daisy Hill | 36 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 43 | 103 | −60 | 22 | |
19 | Northwich Flixton Villa | 36 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 48 | 108 | −60 | 19d |
Updated to games played on 1 May 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Tables
aCheadle Town were deducted 3 points for a breach of league rules.
bWidnes Vikings were deducted 1 point for a breach of league rules.
cAFC Darwen were deducted 1 point for a breach of league rules.
dNorthwich Flixton Villa were deducted 3 points for a breach of league rules.
eChadderton were deducted 3 points for a breach of league rules.
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Home ╲ Away | 18N | DAR | AST | ACO | ALR | CHA | CHT | DSH | ECC | FOR | HAN | HOB | IRL | LCS | NEL | NFV | OLD | RCH | WDV |
1874 Northwich | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
A.F.C. Darwen | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Ashton Town | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
Atherton Collieries | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | |
Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | |
Chadderton | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–7 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | |
Cheadle Town | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | |
Daisy Hill | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
Eccleshall | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Formby | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
Hanley Town | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
Holker Old Boys | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 3–1 | |
Irlam | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
Leek County School Old Boys | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
Nelson | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 8–4 | 6–1 | 8–1 | |
Northwich Flixton Villa | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–5 | |
Oldham Boro | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
Rochdale Town | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 8–6 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | |
Widnes Vikings | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 |
Updated to games played on 1 May 2014.
Source: NWCFL Archive Division One results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations
League Challenge Cup
First Round
Each Premier Division club, together with Ashton Town of Division One, received a bye to the second round.
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Second Round
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Third Round
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Replay