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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.

North West Counties Football League

Division One

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North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season1985–86
ChampionsClitheroe
RelegatedPrescot Cables
Formby

Division One featured 2 new teams:

  • Clitheroe promoted as champions from Division Two
  • Irlam Town promoted as runners-up from Division Two

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Clitheroe (C) 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 50[a]
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 (R) 38 5 9 24 33 68 −35 19 Relegation to Division Two
20 Formby (R) 38 5 8 25 35 86 −51 18
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Fleetwood Town had 2 points deducted.

Division Two

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North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season1985–86
ChampionsKirkby Town
PromotedKirkby Town
Rossendale United
RelegatedFord Motors
Nantwich Town

Division Two featured 3 new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kirkby Town (C, P) 34 24 7 3 85 30 +55 55 Promotion to Division One
2 Rossendale United (P) 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 26[a]
15 Darwen 34 8 8 18 48 57 −9 24
16 Salford 34 9 4 21 38 72 −34 22
17 Ford Motors (R) 34 5 10 19 36 64 −28 20 Relegation to Division Three
18 Nantwich Town (R) 34 5 8 21 31 78 −47 18
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ashton United had 1 point deducted.

Division Three

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North West Counties
Football League
Division Three
Season1985–86
ChampionsBlackpool Mechanics
PromotedBlackpool Mechanics
Oldham Town

Oldham Dew changed their name to Oldham Town

Division Three featured 2 new teams:

  • Padiham, relegated from Division Two
  • Huyton Town

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Blackpool Mechanics (C, P) 28 22 2 4 77 33 +44 44[a] Promotion to Division Two
2 Oldham Town (P) 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 29[a] Resigned
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 Resigned
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 Resigned
14 Nelson 28 7 7 14 36 65 −29 19[a]
15 Ashton Athletic 28 1 6 21 24 85 −61 8 Resigned
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Blackpool Mechanics, Bolton ST and Nelson had 2 points deducted.

Promotion and relegation

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Division One

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Prescot Cables and Formby were relegated to Division Two.

Division two

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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

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

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