The2017–18 North West Counties Football League season (known as theHallmark Security League for sponsorship reasons[1]) was the 36th in the history of theNorth West Counties Football League, afootball competition inEngland. It was also the last season to have a single Division One. Teams were divided into two divisions: Premier Division and Division One.
The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced by the FA on 26 May 2017,[2] and ratified by the league at its AGM on 17 June.[3]
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Runcorn Linnets |
| Promoted | Runcorn Linnets Widnes |
| Relegated | AFC Liverpool Maine Road Barnton AFC Darwen |
2018–19 → | |
At the end of season 2016–17, the following four teams left the division:
The remaining 18 teams, together with the following, formed the Premier Division for season 2017–18:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Runcorn Linnets(C, P) | 44 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 122 | 36 | +86 | 100 | Promoted toNorthern Premier League Division One West |
| 2 | Widnes(P) | 44 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 102 | 52 | +50 | 96 | Promoted toNorthern Premier League Division One West[a] |
| 3 | Runcorn Town | 44 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 107 | 65 | +42 | 93 | |
| 4 | City of Liverpool | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 115 | 58 | +57 | 84 | |
| 5 | Bootle | 44 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 122 | 61 | +61 | 83 | |
| 6 | Charnock Richard | 44 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 103 | 72 | +31 | 79 | |
| 7 | 1874 Northwich | 44 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 85 | 56 | +29 | 79 | |
| 8 | Hanley Town | 44 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 94 | 59 | +35 | 76 | |
| 9 | Barnoldswick Town | 44 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 102 | 78 | +24 | 71 | |
| 10 | West Didsbury & Chorlton | 44 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 99 | 120 | −21 | 67 | |
| 11 | Squires Gate | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 79 | 94 | −15 | 64 | |
| 12 | Ashton Athletic | 44 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 86 | 69 | +17 | 62 | |
| 13 | Irlam | 44 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 66 | 80 | −14 | 59 | |
| 14 | Winsford United | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 77 | 87 | −10 | 58 | |
| 15 | Congleton Town | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 83 | 85 | −2 | 56 | |
| 16 | Northwich Victoria | 44 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 77 | 93 | −16 | 56 | |
| 17 | Padiham | 44 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 85 | 96 | −11 | 53 | |
| 18 | Burscough | 44 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 82 | 103 | −21 | 50 | |
| 19 | Abbey Hey | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 65 | 84 | −19 | 45 | |
| 20 | AFC Liverpool(R) | 44 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 77 | 94 | −17 | 42 | Relegated toDivision One North |
| 21 | Maine Road(R) | 44 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 59 | 117 | −58 | 37 | Relegated toDivision One South |
| 22 | Barnton(R) | 44 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 61 | 171 | −110 | 19 | |
| 23 | AFC Darwen(R) | 44 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 42 | 160 | −118 | 16 | Relegated toDivision One North |
| Home \ Away | 18N | ABH | DAR | LVP | ASH | BWT | BNT | BTL | BUR | CHR | COL | CNG | HAN | IRL | MNR | NWV | PAD | RNL | RNT | SQG | WDC | WID | WIN |
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| 1874 N | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Abbey H | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| AFC Darwen | 0–3 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| AFC Livpl | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 1–3 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 |
| Ashton Ath | 0–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Barlick | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 |
| Barnton | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | — | 1–9 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 0–8 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Bootle | 0–1 | 2–0 | 10–0 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 |
| Burscough | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 4–5 | 0–1 | 1–6 |
| Char Rchd | 4–2 | 0–1 | 9–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| C of Liv | 2–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–4 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| Cong T | 1–4 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Hanley T | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Irlam | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Maine Road | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–8 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Nwich Vic | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Padiham | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Runc Lin | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | — | 0–1 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 |
| Runc T | 2–1 | 1–0 | 10–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 0–5 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Sq Gate | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–4 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| WDC | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Widnes | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–1 |
| Wins U | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Widnes | Select Security Stadium (groundshare withWidnes Vikings Rugby League Club) | 13,350 |
| AFC Darwen | The Anchor Ground | 4,000 |
| AFC Liverpool | Marine Travel Arena,Crosby (groundshare withMarine) | 3,185 |
| Burscough | Victoria Park | 3,054 |
| 1874 Northwich* | Barton Stadium (groundshare withWinsford United) | 3,000 |
| Winsford United | Barton Stadium | 3,000 |
| Bootle | Delta Taxis Stadium | 2,500 |
| City of Liverpool | Delta Taxis Stadium (groundshare withBootle) | 2,500 |
| Maine Road | Brantingham Road,Chorlton | 2,000 |
| Padiham | Arbories Memorial Sports Ground | 1,688 |
| Runcorn Linnets | Millbank Linnets Stadium | 1,600 |
| Runcorn Town | Pavilions Sports Complex | 1,530 |
| Congleton Town | Richborough Estates Stadium | 1,450 |
| Abbey Hey | The Abbey Stadium,Gorton | 1,000 |
| Ashton Athletic | Brockstedes Park | 1,000 |
| Irlam | Silver Street | 1,000 |
| Squires Gate | School Road | 1,000 |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | Brookburn Road,Chorlton | 1,000 |
| Hanley Town | Abbey Lane | 750 |
| Barnoldswick Town | Silentnight Beds Stadium | |
| Barnton | Townfield | |
| Charnock Richard | Mossie Park | 1,000 |
| Northwich Victoria | Townfield (groundshare withBarnton) |
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Silsden |
| Promoted | Silsden Litherland REMYCA Whitchurch Alport |
2018–19 → | |
At the end of season 2016–17, the following four teams left the division:
The remaining 18 teams, together with the following, formed Division One for the 2017–18 season:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silsden(C, P) | 42 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 110 | 38 | +72 | 103 | Promoted to thePremier Division |
| 2 | Litherland REMYCA(P) | 42 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 117 | 39 | +78 | 99 | |
| 3 | Prestwich Heys | 42 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 124 | 50 | +74 | 91 | Qualified for theplay-offs, then allocated toDivision One North |
| 4 | Whitchurch Alport(O, P) | 42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 91 | 38 | +53 | 88 | Qualified for theplay-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division[a] |
| 5 | Sandbach United | 42 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 90 | 57 | +33 | 84 | Qualified for theplay-offs, then allocated toDivision One South |
| 6 | Cammell Laird 1907 | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 84 | 58 | +26 | 72 | |
| 7 | AFC Blackpool | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 92 | 78 | +14 | 68 | Allocated toDivision One North |
| 8 | Alsager Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 84 | 71 | +13 | 67 | Allocated toDivision One South |
| 9 | Holker Old Boys | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 89 | −17 | 65 | Allocated toDivision One North |
| 10 | Stockport Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 81 | 87 | −6 | 53 | Allocated toDivision One South |
| 11 | Carlisle City | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 71 | 80 | −9 | 53 | Allocated toDivision One North |
| 12 | Cheadle Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 72 | 83 | −11 | 53 | Allocated toDivision One South |
| 13 | Abbey Hulton United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 50 | |
| 14 | New Mills | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 68 | 95 | −27 | 49 | |
| 15 | Eccleshall | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 66 | 105 | −39 | 47 | |
| 16 | Chadderton | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 83 | 93 | −10 | 46 | Allocated toDivision One North |
| 17 | Bacup Borough | 42 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 65 | 95 | −30 | 46[b] | |
| 18 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 61 | 81 | −20 | 44 | |
| 19 | FC Oswestry Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 60 | 101 | −41 | 40 | Allocated toDivision One South |
| 20 | St Helens Town | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 55 | 98 | −43 | 32 | Allocated toDivision One North |
| 21 | Nelson | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 91 | −41 | 31 | |
| 22 | Daisy Hill | 42 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 49 | 108 | −59 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | ABH | BLP | ALS | ALR | BAC | CAM | CAR | CHD | CHE | DSH | ECC | OSW | HOB | LIT | NEL | NWM | PRH | SAN | SIL | STH | STK | WHI |
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| Ab Hul U | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| AFC Blckpl | 3–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 9–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Alsager T | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Atherton LR | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Bacup B | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 * | 2–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Camm L 1907 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Carlisle C | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| Chadderton | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| Cheadle T | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Daisy H | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Eccleshall | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| FC Oswestry T | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 |
| Holker OB | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 6–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Lith REMYCA | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 6–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Nelson | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–6 | — | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 |
| New Mills | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 7–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| Prestwich H | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 8–1 | 0–1 |
| Sandbach U | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–6 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Silsden | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| St Helens T | 0–0 * | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–3 | 1–5 |
| Stockport T | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Whitchurch A | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | — |
Source for this subsection:NWC website
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 | Prestwich Heys | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | Cammell Laird 1907 | 4 | |||||||
| 6 | Cammell Laird 1907 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Whitchurch Alport | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Whitchurch Alport | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | Sandbach United | 0 | |||||||
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Carlisle City | Gillford Park Stadium | 4,000 |
| Atherton Laburnum Rovers | Crilly Park | 3,000 |
| Bacup Borough | West View | 3,000 |
| Holker Old Boys | Rakesmoor LaneBarrow-in-Furness | 2,500 |
| Stockport Town | Stockport Sports Village | 2,384 |
| FC Oswestry Town | Park Hall Stadium | 2,034 |
| Cammell Laird 1907 | North West Construction Stadium,Birkenhead | 2,000 |
| Cheadle Town | Park Road Stadium | 2,000 |
| Daisy Hill | New SirsWesthoughton | 2,000 |
| Eccleshall | Pershall Park | 2,000 |
| Nelson | Victoria Park | 2,000 |
| AFC Blackpool | The Mechanics | 1,500 |
| Alsager Town | Wood Park Stadium | 1,500 |
| Chadderton | MCA Stadium | 1,500 |
| Silsden | Keighley Road Stadium | 1,500 |
| New Mills | Church Lane | 1,400 |
| Abbey Hulton United | Birches Head Road | |
| Litherland REMYCA | Litherland Sports Park | |
| Prestwich Heys | Aide Moran Park | |
| Sandbach United | Sandbach Community Football Centre | |
| St Helens Town | Ruskin Drive Sportsground | |
| Whitchurch Alport | Yockings Park |
Also called theMacron Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons.[8]Source for this section:NWCFL web site
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* Played at Padiham, following two postponements | Southern Section
* Played at Abbey Hulton, following two postponements |
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Also called theLWC Drinks First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons.[3]Source for this section:NWCFL web site
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* Atherton LR disqualified for fielding an ineligible player[9] | Southern Section
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| Cammell Laird 1907 | 1–2 | Prestwich Heys |