2001–02 North West Counties Football League

The 2001–02 North West Counties Football League season was the 20th 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.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2001–02
Champions	Kidsgrove Athletic
Promoted	Kidsgrove Athletic
Relegated	Great Harwood Town Maine Road
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1,763 (3.48 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Division One featured four new teams:

• Atherton Laburnum Rovers, promoted as third place in Division Two
• Congleton Town, relegated from the NPL Division One
• Winsford United, relegated from the NPL Division One
• Warrington Town, promoted as champions of Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kidsgrove Athletic (C, P)	44	31	9	4	125	47	+78	102	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2	Prescot Cables	44	29	10	5	110	42	+68	97
3	Salford City	44	29	10	5	91	40	+51	97
4	St Helens Town	44	28	6	10	101	44	+57	90
5	Newcastle Town	44	22	11	11	97	66	+31	77
6	Clitheroe	44	22	10	12	73	53	+20	76
7	Winsford United	44	19	12	13	72	71	+1	69
8	Mossley	44	18	14	12	82	63	+19	68
9	Skelmersdale United	44	19	5	20	87	89	−2	62
10	Woodley Sports	44	16	12	16	58	65	−7	60
11	Warrington Town	44	16	11	17	78	72	+6	59
12	Ramsbottom United	44	15	10	19	75	73	+2	55
13	Curzon Ashton	44	16	7	21	74	72	+2	55
14	Fleetwood Freeport	44	13	13	18	70	86	−16	52
15	Nantwich Town	44	12	15	17	63	90	−27	51
16	Congleton Town	44	13	11	20	71	79	−8	50
17	Atherton Collieries	44	13	8	23	66	91	−25	47
18	Abbey Hey	44	12	11	21	62	101	−39	47
19	Glossop North End	44	13	7	24	78	105	−27	46
20	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	44	11	11	22	62	88	−26	44
21	Flixton	44	11	9	24	61	112	−51	42
22	Maine Road (R)	44	8	7	29	68	115	−47	31	Relegation to Division Two
23	Great Harwood Town (R)	44	5	11	28	39	99	−60	26

Updated to match(es) played on May 2002. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	2001–02
Champions	Stand Athletic
Promoted	Alsager Town Squires Gate
Relegated	None
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,437 (3.42 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Division Two featured four new teams:

• Cheadle Town, relegated from Division One
• Leek CSOB, relegated from Division One
• Norton United, promoted as champions of the Midland Football League
• Stand Athletic, promoted as champions of the Manchester League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stand Athletic (C)	40	30	5	5	110	47	+63	95	Resigned to the Manchester League
2	Alsager Town (P)	40	24	9	7	77	31	+46	81	Promotion to Division One
3	Squires Gate (P)	40	24	9	7	103	60	+43	81
4	Stone Dominoes	40	25	3	12	71	40	+31	78
5	Formby	40	21	14	5	76	39	+37	77	Resigned to the Liverpool County Combination
6	Bootle	40	19	7	14	82	64	+18	64
7	Norton United	40	19	7	14	56	51	+5	64
8	Blackpool Mechanics	40	18	9	13	69	48	+21	63
9	Nelson	40	18	9	13	73	63	+10	63
10	Leek County School Old Boys	40	17	8	15	62	65	−3	59
11	Darwen	40	15	10	15	77	73	+4	55
12	Bacup Borough	40	13	13	14	52	66	−14	52
13	Padiham	40	14	8	18	69	66	+3	50
14	Colne	40	14	8	18	61	72	−11	50
15	Chadderton	40	15	5	20	65	81	−16	50
16	Ashton Town	40	13	6	21	65	85	−20	45
17	Cheadle Town	40	10	8	22	66	85	−19	38
18	Castleton Gabriels	40	10	3	27	61	95	−34	33
19	Holker Old Boys	40	7	9	24	43	79	−36	30
20	Daisy Hill	40	8	4	28	49	114	−65	28
21	Oldham Town	40	7	4	29	50	113	−63	25

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2002. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted