2011–12 North West Counties Football League

The 2011–12 North West Counties Football League season was the 30th 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.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2011–12
Champions	Ramsbottom United
Promoted	Ramsbottom United
Relegated	Atherton Laburnum Rovers
Matches played	461
Goals scored	1,492 (3.24 per match)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

• A.F.C. Blackpool promoted as champions of Division One
• Runcorn Town promoted as runners up of Division One
• A.F.C. Liverpool promoted from First Division to fill a vacancy

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ramsbottom United (C, P)	42	31	3	8	108	43	+65	96	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One North
2	Runcorn Town	42	29	5	8	111	49	+62	92
3	Bootle	42	24	13	5	87	43	+44	85
4	Barnoldswick Town	42	26	5	11	73	38	+35	83
5	Runcorn Linnets	42	22	10	10	70	62	+8	76
6	Glossop North End	42	22	7	13	76	42	+34	73
7	Winsford United	42	21	6	15	88	69	+19	69
8	Colne	41	18	4	19	68	60	+8	61[a]
9	A.F.C. Blackpool	42	17	10	15	67	64	+3	61
10	Flixton	42	18	5	19	69	68	+1	59	Resigned from league at the end of the season
11	Congleton Town	42	18	5	19	56	64	−8	59
12	Silsden	42	16	9	17	59	59	0	57
13	Alsager Town	42	16	9	17	63	65	−2	57
14	Ashton Athletic	42	15	6	21	70	80	−10	51
15	Padiham	42	14	9	19	51	65	−14	51
16	Squires Gate	42	14	8	20	74	89	−15	50
17	Bacup Borough	41	15	7	19	59	77	−18	49[a]
18	Maine Road	42	13	9	20	58	69	−11	48
19	A.F.C. Liverpool	42	13	6	23	60	73	−13	45
20	Stone Dominoes	42	10	6	26	39	92	−53	36
21	St Helens Town	42	6	8	28	50	105	−55	26
22	Atherton Laburnum Rovers (R)	42	5	6	31	36	116	−80	21	Relegation to Division One

Updated to match(es) played on May 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Colne awarded and Bacup deducted three points for Bacup's failure to fulfil a fixture between the two teams.^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	BLK	LVP	ALS	ASH	ALR	BAC	BWT	BTL	CLN	CNG	FLX	GNE	MNR	PAD	RAM	RNL	RNT	SIL	SQG	STH	SDM	WNS
A.F.C. Blackpool		1–3	1–0	1–0	4–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–5
A.F.C. Liverpool	3–2		2–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	3–2	2–2	6–0	7–0
Alsager Town	1–0	1–2		3–2	5–0	2–2	1–2	2–4	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–5	0–0	0–3	0–2	2–1	3–2	0–2	1–2
Ashton Athletic	1–1	3–2	1–3		4–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	3–4	2–1	0–1	0–4	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–2	1–5	0–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–2
Atherton Laburnum Rovers	2–2	0–2	3–2	0–3		1–2	0–2	1–3	2–5	0–2	0–3	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–5	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–4
Bacup Borough	0–2	3–2	3–3	1–4	2–0		1–3	2–1		3–4	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–6	2–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	3–6
Barnoldswick Town	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	1–2		1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	4–0	3–0	1–0
Bootle	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–3	3–0	2–1	2–3		2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	5–1	0–0	1–1
Colne	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–2	6–0	1–0	0–0	0–2		1–3	3–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–4	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–6
Congleton Town	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–3		0–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–2
Flixton	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	6–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2		1–5	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–1
Glossop North End	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	7–1		1–1	0–0	1–4	5–0	0–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–0
Maine Road	2–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–0		3–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–4
Padiham	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–4	1–5	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1		1–2	3–0	2–4	0–4	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–3
Ramsbottom United	3–2	3–1	0–1	5–3	4–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–3		4–2	1–2	3–0	4–0	5–0	5–0	5–2
Runcorn Linnets	3–3	3–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2		2–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–5
Runcorn Town	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	6–0	7–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	6–2	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–3	3–2		3–0	0–1	4–2	4–1	3–1
Silsden	0–1	3–4	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	3–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–4	1–2		3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Squires Gate	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–3	2–2	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–2	5–1	3–2	0–1	3–3	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2		6–1	3–0	1–1
St Helens Town	3–2	3–1	0–3	2–3	3–0	0–0	4–2	1–2	2–5	1–3	0–5	2–5	0–3	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–5		1–1	1–4
Stone Dominoes	1–5	4–0	0–3	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–5	0–3	0–2	5–8	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1		0–1
Winsford United	2–2	1–1	3–4	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–6	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	5–4	5–0	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: NWCFL Premier Division archive results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

Alsager Town

Ashton Athletic

AFC Blackpool

AFC Liverpool

Atherton LR

Bacup Borough

Barnoldswick Town

Bootle

Colne

Congleton Town

Flixton

Glossop NE

Maine Road

Padiham

Ramsbottom United

Runcorn Linnets

Runcorn Town

St Helens Town

Silsden

Squires Gate

Stone Dominoes

Winsford United

Locations of the 2011–12 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2011–12
Champions	Wigan Robin Park
Promoted	Norton United Wigan Robin Park
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,145 (3.74 per match)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Division One featured three new teams:

• Formby demoted from the Premier Division due to infringement of rules
• Nelson promoted as a reformed team
• Northwich Villa promoted through application after finishing 9th in the Cheshire Football League Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Wigan Robin Park (C, P)	34	25	6	3	90	36	+54	81	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Norton United (P)	34	24	8	2	110	43	+67	80
3	Abbey Hey	34	22	3	9	82	44	+38	69
4	Atherton Collieries	34	15	7	12	69	52	+17	52
5	Rochdale Town	34	14	10	10	72	57	+15	52
6	Chadderton	34	13	10	11	53	51	+2	49
7	Eccleshall	34	14	5	15	52	64	−12	47
8	Cheadle Town	34	13	9	12	60	61	−1	45[a]
9	Holker Old Boys	34	12	9	13	53	64	−11	45
10	Irlam	34	13	5	16	68	75	−7	44
11	Formby	34	13	4	17	72	69	+3	43
12	Daisy Hill	34	12	5	17	59	67	−8	41
13	A.F.C. Darwen	34	10	8	16	62	77	−15	38
14	Oldham Boro	34	9	10	15	52	56	−4	37
15	Nelson	34	9	5	20	40	83	−43	32
16	Northwich Villa	34	7	10	17	51	86	−35	31
17	Leek County School Old Boys	34	10	7	17	50	70	−20	30[b]
18	Ashton Town	34	6	9	19	49	89	−40	27

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Cheadle Town deducted three points for breaching league rules.
2. Leek CSOB deducted seven points for breaching league rules.

Results

Home \ Away	ABH	DAR	AST	ACO	CHA	CHT	DSH	ECC	FOR	HOB	IRL	LCS	NEL	NWV	NOR	OLD	RCH	WRP
Abbey Hey		6–1	2–2	1–0	5–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	5–1	4–3	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–2
A.F.C. Darwen	1–2		0–4	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	5–2	4–1	3–0	6–1	2–4	2–1	2–2	0–5	1–3	0–0	2–3
Ashton Town	1–2	5–0		1–1	1–2	0–0	2–6	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–4	3–3	2–1	1–3	0–6	2–3	1–4	0–4
Atherton Collieries	2–1	3–1	2–3		1–2	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	5–1	3–0	3–2	0–3	0–1
Chadderton	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	3–4	1–2
Cheadle Town	3–1	2–4	2–2	2–2	1–2		1–3	1–2	3–6	0–0	2–2	4–3	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–3
Daisy Hill	3–5	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2		0–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–1	4–2	0–2
Eccleshall	3–4	3–0	4–1	0–4	2–5	0–5	3–2		1–0	1–2	5–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–4	1–2	2–2
Formby	0–1	2–3	2–2	3–0	4–1	0–1	1–3	4–1		4–3	2–5	3–4	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–3
Holker Old Boys	0–1	0–7	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–2		2–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2
Irlam	0–4	1–3	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–3		5–0	3–2	0–6	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–4
Leek County School Old Boys	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–1		0–1	2–2	3–3	3–2	0–1	0–4
Nelson	0–3	1–0	3–2	4–3	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–9	1–0		3–0	1–3	0–5	0–3	0–3
Northwich Villa	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	0–6	2–4	0–3	0–4	1–1		1–2	1–4	2–2	3–2
Norton United	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	7–4	6–3	3–0	6–1	5–0	6–1		0–0	2–2	5–2
Oldham Boro	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1		2–5	0–1
Rochdale Town	4–3	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–3	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–2	3–0	3–3	3–3		1–4
Wigan Robin Park	1–0	3–1	11–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–4	4–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2012. Source: NWCFL Division One archive results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

Abbey Hey

Ashton Town

AFC  Darwen

Atherton C

Chadderton

Cheadle Town

Daisy Hill

Eccleshall

Holker Old Boys

Formby

Irlam

Leek CSOB

Nelson

Norton United

Northwich Villa

Oldham
Boro

Rochdale Town

Wigan Robin Park

Locations of the 2011–12 North West Counties Football League Division One teams

References

1. NWCFL official website – Bacup Borough v Colne Archived 2013-01-30 at archive.today Date 11 June 2012. Accessed 11 June 2012.

• http://www.nwcfl.com/index.php?page=league-tables

External links

• NWCFL Official Site
• 2010–11 League Rules^{[permanent dead link]}