2003–04 North West Counties Football League

The 2003–04 North West Counties Football League season was the 22nd in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

Division One

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North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2003–04
ChampionsClitheroe
PromotedClitheroe
Mossley
Warrington Town
Woodley Sports
RelegatedNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,553 (3.36 per match)

Division One featured three new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Clitheroe (C, P) 42 29 5 8 88 55 +33 92 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2 Mossley (P) 42 28 8 6 109 54 +55 89[a]
3 Fleetwood Town 42 26 8 8 84 51 +33 86
4 Woodley Sports (P) 42 26 5 11 99 56 +43 83 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
5 Warrington Town (P) 42 20 10 12 72 59 +13 70
6 Newcastle Town 42 21 6 15 94 67 +27 69
7 Curzon Ashton 42 19 10 13 84 79 +5 64[a]
8 Skelmersdale United 42 19 6 17 79 64 +15 63
9 Alsager Town 42 16 15 11 54 47 +7 63
10 Stone Dominoes 42 18 8 16 57 60 −3 62
11 Congleton Town 42 15 16 11 62 50 +12 61
12 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 42 17 7 18 77 76 +1 58
13 Nantwich Town 42 15 11 16 73 66 +7 56
14 Bacup Borough 42 15 8 19 68 72 −4 53
15 Salford City 42 14 11 17 62 66 −4 53
16 Trafford 42 14 8 20 72 91 −19 50
17 Ramsbottom United 42 12 12 18 71 92 −21 48
18 Glossop North End 42 9 9 24 51 95 −44 36
19 St Helens Town 42 10 6 26 51 81 −30 33[a]
20 Squires Gate 42 7 12 23 52 83 −31 33
21 Abbey Hey 42 7 8 27 46 90 −44 29
22 Atherton Collieries 42 6 9 27 48 99 −51 23[b]
Updated to match(es) played on May 2004. Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Mossley, Curzon Ashton and St Helens Town were docked 3 points.
  2. ^ Atherton Collieries were docked 4 points.

Division Two

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North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season2003–04
ChampionsColne
PromotedColne
Formby
Great Harwood Town
Maine Road
RelegatedNone
Matches played380
Goals scored1,335 (3.51 per match)

Division Two featured four new teams:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Colne (C, P) 38 26 6 6 102 41 +61 84 Promotion to Division One
2 Maine Road (P) 38 23 5 10 99 58 +41 74
3 Formby (P) 38 21 9 8 86 48 +38 72
4 Great Harwood Town (P) 38 15 14 9 68 44 +24 59
5 Flixton 38 16 11 11 76 60 +16 59
6 Darwen 38 17 11 10 81 67 +14 59[a]
7 Ashton Town 38 16 11 11 66 60 +6 59
8 Winsford United 38 15 11 12 66 62 +4 56
9 Holker Old Boys 38 15 8 15 82 76 +6 53
10 Nelson 38 14 11 13 55 64 −9 53
11 Leek County School Old Boys 38 14 8 16 72 63 +9 50
12 Padiham 38 14 8 16 63 80 −17 50
13 Oldham Town 38 13 9 16 69 74 −5 48
14 Blackpool Mechanics 38 13 7 18 45 59 −14 46
15 Norton United 38 11 12 15 66 72 −6 45
16 Cheadle Town 38 12 9 17 55 69 −14 45
17 Eccleshall 38 10 14 14 56 65 −9 44
18 Chadderton 38 7 11 20 42 63 −21 32
19 Daisy Hill 38 7 10 21 33 82 −49 31
20 Castleton Gabriels 38 6 5 27 53 128 −75 23
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2004. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Darwen were docked 3 points.

References

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