1997–98_North_West_Counties_Football_League

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season	1997–98
Champions	Oldham Town
Promoted	Bootle; Cheadle Town; Leek CSOB; Skelmersdale United
Relegated	None
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,641 (3.91 per match)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1997–98
Champions	Kidsgrove Athletic
Promoted	Burscough
Relegated	Chadderton; Darwen; Warrington Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,529 (3.31 per match)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 North West Counties Football League

Football league season

The 1997–98 North West Counties Football League season was the 16th 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.

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[table_hth_WAR0.84724095410073-1] Warrington Town were relegated an extra level due to ground standards issues.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kidsgrove Athletic (C)	42	32	3	7	127	50	+77	99
2	Burscough (P)	42	29	7	6	101	30	+71	94	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
3	Newcastle Town	42	23	16	3	82	32	+50	85
4	Vauxhall GM	42	24	9	9	91	52	+39	81
5	St Helens Town	42	22	12	8	91	59	+32	78
6	Clitheroe	42	21	10	11	72	51	+21	73
7	Prescot Cables	42	19	11	12	72	57	+15	68
8	Glossop North End	42	19	7	16	78	69	+9	64
9	Mossley	42	16	14	12	67	52	+15	62
10	Nantwich Town	42	17	6	19	71	79	−8	57
11	Maine Road	42	15	10	17	56	70	−14	55
12	Chadderton (R)	42	15	8	19	63	59	+4	53	Relegation to Division Two
13	Rossendale United	42	15	6	21	61	80	−19	51
14	Blackpool Rovers	42	13	9	20	67	84	−17	48	Resigned to the West Lancashire League at the end of the season
15	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	12	11	19	54	73	−19	47
16	Haslingden	42	12	10	20	68	95	−27	46	Club folded
17	Ramsbottom United	42	12	9	21	58	84	−26	45
18	Salford City	42	13	4	25	64	92	−28	43
19	Warrington Town (R)	42	10	10	22	56	72	−16	40^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Relegation to Division Two
20	Holker Old Boys	42	7	12	23	46	96	−50	33
21	Darwen (R)	42	6	13	23	42	93	−51	31	Relegation to Division Two
22	Atherton Collieries	42	7	9	26	42	100	−58	30

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Oldham Town (C)	40	27	8	5	118	49	+69	89
2	Skelmersdale United (P)	40	26	7	7	111	50	+61	85	Promotion to Division One
3	Leek County School Old Boys (P)	40	26	7	7	77	39	+38	85
4	Cheadle Town (P)	40	24	9	7	108	58	+50	81
5	Woodley Sports	40	22	7	11	118	56	+62	73
6	Formby	40	22	7	11	90	63	+27	73
7	Bootle (P)	40	19	15	6	82	60	+22	72	Promotion to Division One
8	Garswood United	40	19	10	11	98	62	+36	67	Resigned to the Mid Cheshire League at the end of the season
9	Tetley Walker	40	19	9	12	98	62	+36	66
10	Castleton Gabriels	40	18	7	15	86	59	+27	61
11	Maghull	40	16	10	14	68	63	+5	58
12	Fleetwood Freeport	40	15	11	14	73	55	+18	56
13	Nelson	40	17	5	18	69	76	−7	56
14	Bacup Borough	40	13	8	19	58	83	−25	47
15	Squires Gate	40	11	9	20	72	88	−16	42
16	Daisy Hill	40	11	9	20	60	86	−26	42
17	Middlewich Athletic	40	11	8	21	48	90	−42	41	Resigned to the Mid Cheshire League at the end of the season
18	Colne	40	8	7	25	48	91	−43	31
19	Ashton Town	40	6	6	28	73	137	−64	24
20	Stantondale	40	4	4	32	50	146	−96	16	Club folded
21	Blackpool Mechanics	40	2	5	33	33	165	−132	11

1997–98_North_West_Counties_Football_League

1997–98 North West Counties Football League

Division One

League table

Division Two

League table

References

External links

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