2013–14_North_West_Counties_Football_League
2013–14 North West Counties Football League
Football league season
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.
Season | 2013–14 |
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Champions | Norton United |
Promoted | Norton United |
Relegated | Wigan Robin Park |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,476 (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 | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Norton United (C, P) | 42 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 101 | 38 | +63 | 100 | Promotion to Northern Premier League 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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]
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 |
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 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 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Locations
Season | 2013–14 |
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Champions | Nelson |
Promoted | Nelson 1874 Northwich |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,327 (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 | Promotion 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 | 51[lower-alpha 1] | |
10 | Irlam | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 50 | |
11 | Cheadle Town | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 74 | −9 | 46[lower-alpha 2] | |
12 | Ashton Town | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 44 | |
13 | Chadderton | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 41[lower-alpha 3] | |
14 | Widnes Vikings | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 84 | −26 | 35[lower-alpha 4] | |
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 | 19[lower-alpha 5] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Results
Home \ Away | 18N | DAR | AST | ACO | ALR | CHA | CHT | DSH | ECC | FOR | HAN | HOB | IRL | LCS | NEL | NFV | OLD | RCH | WDV |
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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 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations
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
Fourth round
Semi–FinalsPlayed over two legs
FinalPlayed at Curzon Ashton's Tameside Stadium
First Division TrophyFirst roundEach of the remaining thirteen Division One clubs received a bye to the second round.
Second round
Third round
Semi-finalsPlayed over two legs
FinalPlayed at Runcorn Linnets' Millbank Linnets Stadium
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