2021–22 North West Counties Football League

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North West Counties Football League 2021–22
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The 2021–22 North West Counties Football League season is the 40th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England, and the fourth season following the split of the lower level into two geographically separated divisions. Teams are divided into three divisions: Premier Division, at Step 5, and Divisions One North and South, at Step 6.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal. On 8 April, it was announced at the league's Management Committee meeting that the season would start no earlier than Saturday 31 July. The league constitution was adopted on 12 June.

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.

Premier Division

Main article:2021–22 North West Counties Football League Premier Division

North West Counties Football League Premier Division 2021–22
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The Premier Division comprises 21 teams, 15 which competed in the previous season's aborted competition.

The following five clubs left the Premier Division before the season:

• 1874 Northwich – promoted to the Northern Premier League
• Bootle – promoted to the Northern Premier League
• Hanley Town – transferred to the Midland League
• Warrington Rylands – promoted to the Northern Premier League
• Whitchurch Alport – transferred to the Midland League

The following six clubs joined the Premier Division before the season:

• AFC Liverpool – promoted from Division One North
• Lower Breck – promoted from Division One North
• Macclesfield – a newly formed phoenix club
• Prestwich Heys – promoted from Division One North
• Vauxhall Motors – promoted from Division One South
• Wythenshawe Town – promoted from Division One South

Congleton Town's initial transfer laterally to the Midland League was successfully appealed and this move was reversed.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium
1874 Northwich	Townfield (groundshare with Barnton)
Ashton Athletic	Brockstedes Park
Avro	Whitebank Stadium, Oldham
Barnoldswick Town	Greenberfield Lane
Bootle	New Bucks Park
Burscough	Victoria Park
Charnock Richard	Mossie Park
Congleton Town	Ivy Gardens
Hanley Town	Abbey Lane
Irlam	Silver Street
Litherland REMYCA	Litherland Sports Park
Longridge Town	Mike Riding Ground
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (groundshare with Witton Albion)
Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground
Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex
Rylands	Gorsey Lane
Skelmersdale United	Valerie Park
Squires Gate	School Road
Whitchurch Alport	Yockings Park
Winsford United	Barton Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Macclesfield Town  (C) (P)	40	29	7	4	94	38	+56	94	Promoted to NPL Division One West
2	Skelmersdale United  (P) (O)	40	24	7	9	94	51	+43	79	Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3	Template:Fb team Wythenshawe Town	40	23	9	8	83	43	+40	78
4	Template:Fb team Charnock Richard	40	24	6	10	106	69	+37	78
5	Northwich Victoria	40	19	6	15	74	64	+10	63
6	Template:Fb team Avro	40	18	8	14	68	62	+6	62
7	Burscough	40	17	8	15	69	62	+7	59
8	Vauxhall Motors	40	18	5	17	63	77	−14	59
9	Congleton Town	40	16	10	14	67	54	+13	58
10	Irlam	40	17	6	17	62	68	−6	57
11	Winsford United	40	15	9	16	73	73	0	54
12	Template:Fb team Longridge Town	40	15	7	18	74	83	−9	52
13	Padiham	40	13	11	16	57	65	−8	50
14	Template:Fb team AFC Liverpool	40	13	10	17	80	80	0	49
15	Barnoldswick Town	40	11	14	15	63	72	−9	47
16	Template:Fb team Prestwich Heys	40	13	6	21	59	79	−20	45
17	Squires Gate	40	10	14	16	52	65	−13	44
18	Ashton Athletic	40	11	10	19	65	97	−32	43
19	Template:Fb team Lower Breck	40	12	6	22	63	89	−26	42
20	Litherland REMYCA	40	10	3	27	54	89	−35	33	Reprieve from relegation
21	Runcorn Town  (R)	40	5	12	23	53	93	−40	27	Relegation to Step 6

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Division One North

Main article:2021–22 North West Counties Football League Division One North

North West Counties Football League Division One North 2021–22
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Division One North comprises 19 clubs, 16 of which were in the division the previous season.

The following four clubs left Division One North before the season, three promoted to the Premier Division:

• AFC Liverpool
• Lower Breck
• Prestwich Heys
• Shelley Community – resigned

The following three clubs joined Division One North before the season:

• Campion – transferred from the Northern Counties East League
• Ilkley Town – promoted from the West Yorkshire League
• South Liverpool – promoted from the West Cheshire League

FC Isle of Man appealed for a move to Division One South for logistical reasons after the initial allocation to this division and the club's request was granted.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium
AFC Blackpool	The Mechanics
AFC Darwen	The Anchor Ground
AFC Liverpool	Rossett Park, Crosby (groundshare with Marine)
Ashton Town	Edge Green Street
Atherton Laburnum Rovers	Crilly Park
Bacup Borough	West View
Chadderton	MCA Stadium
Cleator Moor Celtic	McGrath Park
Daisy Hill	New Sirs, Westhoughton
Emley	Welfare Ground
Garstang	The Riverside
Golcar United	Longfield Avenue
Holker Old Boys	Rakesmoor Lane, Barrow-in-Furness
Lower Breck	Anfield Sports and Community Centre
Nelson	Victoria Park
Pilkington	Ruskin Drive Sportsground
Prestwich Heys	Adie Moran Park
Shelley Community	Storthes Hall Park
St Helens Town	Ruskin Drive Sportsground
Steeton	Cougar Park

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Template:Fb team Bury AFC (C) (P)	36	27	8	1	92	32	+60	89	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Holker Old Boys	36	24	6	6	74	35	+39	78	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Template:Fb team Golcar United (P) (O)	36	20	6	10	81	65	+16	66
4	Template:Fb team AFC Blackpool	36	17	7	12	78	59	+19	58
5	Nelson	36	17	7	12	78	65	+13	58
6	Template:Fb team Pilkington	36	16	8	12	76	78	−2	56
7	Bacup Borough	36	15	9	12	78	54	+24	54
8	Daisy Hill	36	15	6	15	69	66	+3	51
9	Template:Fb team Cleator Moor Celtic	36	16	4	16	84	75	+9	52
10	Template:Fb team Garstang	36	12	13	11	76	70	+6	49
11	Chadderton	36	14	7	15	54	61	−7	49
12	Template:Fb team Steeton	36	14	5	17	78	89	−11	47
13	Template:Fb team South Liverpool	36	12	9	15	57	67	−10	45
14	Ashton Town	36	12	5	19	60	79	−19	41
15	Template:Fb team Ilkley Town	36	12	4	20	73	73	0	40
16	Campion	36	11	7	18	69	75	−6	40
17	Template:Fb team AFC Darwen	36	12	3	21	68	92	−24	39	Reprieve from relegation
18	Template:Fb team Atherton LR	36	11	4	21	64	91	−27	37
19	St Helens Town  (R)	36	4	4	28	55	138	−83	16	Relegation to feeder leagues

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Division One South

Main article:2021–22 North West Counties Football League Division One South

North West Counties Football League Division One South 2021–22
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Division One South comprises 20 clubs, 16 of which were in the division the previous season.

The following three clubs left Division One South before the season:

• Stone Old Alleynians – promoted to the Midland League
• Vauxhall Motors – promoted to the Premier Division
• Wythenshawe Town – promoted to the Premier Division

The following four clubs joined Division One South before the season, three transferred from the Midland League:

• Brocton
• Rocester
• Stafford Town

Wem Town, previously allocated from the West Midlands (Regional) League, resigned from this league. To fill the vacancy, FC Isle of Man, returning from membership suspension for the rest of last season and initially assigned to Division One North, requested for a transfer to this division and the FA granted it.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium
Abbey Hey	The Abbey Stadium, Gorton
Abbey Hulton United	Birches Head Road
Alsager Town	Wood Park Stadium
Barnton	Townfield
Cammell Laird 1907	Kirklands, Birkenhead
Cheadle Heath Nomads	The Heath
Cheadle Town	Park Road Stadium
Eccleshall	Pershall Park
Ellesmere Rangers	Beech Grove
FC Oswestry Town	Park Hall Stadium
Maine Road	Brantingham Road, Chorlton
New Mills	Church Lane
Sandbach United	Sandbach Community Football Centre
St Martins	The Venue, Oswestry
Stockport Town	Stockport Sports Village
Stone Alleynians	Yarnfield Lane
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park, Ellesmere Port
West Didsbury & Chorlton	Brookburn Road, Chorlton
Wythenshawe Amateurs	Hollyhedge Park
Wythenshawe Town	Ericstan Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	West Didsbury & Chorlton  (C) (P)	38	28	7	3	114	29	+85	91	Promotied to Premier Division
2	Template:Fb team FC Isle of Man (P) (O)	38	26	8	4	123	54	+69	86	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Template:Fb team New Mills	38	25	9	4	112	44	+68	84
4	Abbey Hey	38	26	6	6	102	39	+63	84
5	Template:Fb team Wythenshawe Amateurs	38	25	7	6	102	46	+56	82
6	Maine Road	38	19	5	14	99	63	+36	62
7	Cheadle Town	38	17	9	12	87	55	+32	60
8	Template:Fb team Sandbach United	38	17	9	12	86	62	+24	60
9	Template:Fb team Cheadle Heath Nomads	38	13	11	14	88	86	+2	50
10	Brocton	38	14	8	16	59	72	−13	50
11	Stockport Town	38	14	6	18	77	57	+20	48
12	Stafford Town	38	14	5	19	60	80	−20	47
13	Barnton	38	12	7	19	61	78	−17	43
14	Template:Fb team Cammell Laird	38	12	7	19	58	88	−30	43
15	Template:Fb team Ellesmere Rangers	38	11	9	18	73	88	−15	42
16	Template:Fb team Abbey Hulton United	38	13	3	22	64	82	−18	42
17	Eccleshall	38	11	6	21	51	82	−31	39
18	Alsager Town	38	8	5	25	47	89	−42	29	Reprieve from relegation
19	Rocester	38	8	5	25	48	94	−46	29
20	Template:Fb team St Martins (R)	38	0	2	36	21	244	−223	2	Relegation to feeder leagues

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

External links

• nwcfl.com (The Official Website of The North West Counties Football League)

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