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North West Counties Football League - Definition

The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the north west of England.

The league was formed in 1982 by the merger of the Cheshire County League and the Lancashire Combination, and now covers the whole North West England region, from Stoke-on-Trent up to the Lake District. It is one of the three feeder leagues to the Northern Premier League, alongside the Northern League and the Northern Counties East League.It has no fewer than six feeder leagues of its own,eligibility for promotion to the Second Division being accorded to champions of the Liverpool County Combination,Mid-Cheshire League,West Cheshire Amateur Football League,Midland League,West Lancashire League,and Manchester League.

The only club to have played in the First Division of the North West Counties League every season since its inception is St Helens Town.

Member Clubs (2004-05)

First Division

  • Abbey Hey
  • Alsager Town
  • Atherton Collieries
  • Atherton Laburnum Rovers
  • Bacup Borough
  • Colne
  • Congleton Town
  • Curzon Ashton
  • Fleetwood Town
  • Formby
  • Glossop North End
  • Great Harwood Town
  • Maine Road
  • Nantwich Town
  • Newcastle Town
  • Ramsbottom United
  • Salford City
  • Skelmersdale United
  • Squires Gate
  • St Helens Town
  • Stone Dominoes
  • Trafford

Second Division

  • Ashton Town
  • Blackpool Mechanics
  • Cammell Laird
  • Castleton Gabriels
  • Chadderton
  • Cheadle Town
  • Daisy Hill
  • Darwen
  • Eccleshall
  • Flixton
  • Holker Old Boys
  • Leek CSOB
  • Middlewich Athletic
  • Nelson
  • New Mills
  • Norton United
  • Oldham Town
  • Padiham
  • Silsden
  • Winsford United
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