1985–86_North_West_Counties_Football_League

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season	1985–86
Champions	Kirkby Town
Promoted	Kirkby Town; Rossendale United
Relegated	Ford Motors; Nantwich Town
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1985–86
Champions	Clitheroe
Relegated	Prescot Cables; Formby
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 North West Counties Football League

Football league season

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.

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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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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	Relegation to Division Two

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	Promotion to Division One
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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	Relegation to Division Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Blackpool Mechanics (C, P)	28	22	2	4	77	33	+44	44^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to Division Two
2	Oldham Town (P)	28	14	9	5	56	29	+27	37	Promotion to Division Two
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
15	Ashton Athletic	28	1	6	21	24	85	−61	8	Resigned

1985–86_North_West_Counties_Football_League

1985–86 North West Counties Football League

Division One

League table

Division Two

League table

Division Three

League table

Promotion and relegation

Division One

Division two

Division Three

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