1987–88_North_West_Counties_Football_League

1987–88 North West Counties Football League

Football league season

The 1987–88 North West Counties Football League was the sixth in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Colne Dynamoes (C, P)	34	24	7	3	71	14	+57	55	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2	Rossendale United	34	24	7	3	68	23	+45	55
3	Clitheroe	34	18	10	6	51	20	+31	46
4	Colwyn Bay	34	20	7	7	60	42	+18	45^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	St Helens Town	34	18	6	10	61	36	+25	42
6	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	17	5	12	55	48	+7	39
7	Darwen	34	14	10	10	55	45	+10	38
8	Warrington Town	34	16	5	13	68	47	+21	37
9	Kirkby Town	34	11	13	10	57	54	+3	35
10	Burscough	34	14	7	13	45	51	−6	35
11	Leyland Motors	34	10	11	13	53	53	0	31
12	Prescot Cables	34	10	11	13	34	45	−11	29^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Bootle	34	12	5	17	43	61	−18	29
14	Formby	34	6	10	18	32	63	−31	22
15	Salford	34	8	6	20	33	66	−33	22
16	Skelmersdale United	34	4	11	19	34	64	−30	19
17	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	4	7	23	31	78	−47	15
18	Glossop (R)	34	5	4	25	30	71	−41	14	Relegation to Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ashton United (C, P)	42	32	6	4	107	30	+77	70	Promotion to Division One
2	Flixton (P)	42	27	10	5	94	38	+56	64	Promotion to Division One
3	Wren Rovers	42	26	9	7	92	51	+41	61
4	Newcastle Town	42	26	7	9	81	39	+42	59
5	Maine Road	42	23	4	15	74	48	+26	50
6	Maghull	42	18	11	13	73	66	+7	47
7	Vauxhall Motors	42	15	16	11	58	50	+8	46
8	Atherton Collieries	42	20	6	16	63	63	0	46
9	Whitworth Valley	42	15	12	15	50	60	−10	42	Resigned
10	Ashton Town	42	17	8	17	64	70	−6	40^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Oldham Town	42	13	11	18	44	51	−7	37
12	Cheadle Town	42	13	11	18	47	62	−15	35^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Chadderton	42	13	9	20	55	71	−16	35
14	Great Harwood Town	42	14	8	20	52	66	−14	34^{[lower-alpha 1]}
15	Blackpool Mechanics	42	12	10	20	57	77	−20	34
16	Nelson	42	12	10	20	49	76	−27	34	Resigned
17	Ford Motors	42	12	9	21	59	70	−11	33	Resigned
18	Daisy Hill	42	12	8	22	55	66	−11	32
19	Padiham	42	10	14	18	53	76	−23	32^{[lower-alpha 1]}
20	Newton	42	10	12	20	47	84	−37	30^{[lower-alpha 1]}
21	Nantwich Town	42	8	13	21	41	68	−27	29
22	Bacup Borough	42	8	8	26	38	71	−33	24

1987–88 North West Counties Football League