1984–85 North West Counties Football League
# 1984–85 North West Counties Football League

The 1984–85 North West Counties Football League was the third in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.

## Division One

Division One featured 2 new teams:

* Fleetwood Town promoted as champions from Division Two
* Eastwood Hanley promoted as runners-up from Division Two

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Radcliffe Borough (C) | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 58 | |
| 2 | Caernarfon Town (P) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 55 | Promotion to Northern Premier League |
| 3 | Burscough | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 53 | |
| 4 | Stalybridge Celtic | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 52 | |
| 5 | Eastwood Hanley | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 52 | |
| 6 | Curzon Ashton | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 85 | 60 | +25 | 48 | |
| 7 | Winsford United | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 47 | |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 57 | +27 | 44 | |
| 9 | Leek Town | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 43 | |
| 10 | Congleton Town | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | Leyland Motors | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 34 | |
| 12 | St Helens Town | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 64 | 75 | −11 | 33 | |
| 13 | Prescot Cables | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 64 | 68 | −4 | 31 | |
| 14 | Bootle | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 31 | |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 30 | |
| 16 | Glossop | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 27 | |
| 17 | Formby | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 79 | −38 | 25 | |
| 18 | Netherfield | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 80 | −38 | 23 | |
| 19 | Lancaster City (R) | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 46 | 90 | −44 | 21 | Relegation to Division Two |
| 20 | Penrith | 38 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 36 | 99 | −63 | 12 | |

* 1 2 Prescot Cables and Formby had 2 points deducted.

## Division Two

Division Two featured 4 new teams:

* Ashton United, relegated from Division One
* Darwen, relegated from Division One
* Clitheroe promoted as champions from Division Three
* Padiham promoted as runners-up from Division Three

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Clitheroe (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 51 | Promotion to Division One |
| 2 | Irlam Town (P) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 51 | Promotion to Division One |
| 3 | Warrington Town | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 48 | |
| 4 | Ashton United | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 41 | |
| 5 | Droylsden | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 40 | |
| 6 | Wren Rovers | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 39 | |
| 7 | Great Harwood Town | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Chadderton | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 35 | |
| 9 | Colne Dynamoes | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 32 | |
| 10 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 32 | |
| 11 | Nantwich Town | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 31 | |
| 12 | Ford Motors | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 30 | |
| 13 | Skelmersdale United | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 30 | |
| 14 | Rossendale United | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 29 | |
| 15 | Salford | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 27 | |
| 16 | Darwen | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 20 | |
| 17 | Padiham (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 19 | Relegation to Division Three |
| 18 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 15 | |

* 1 2 Padiham and Ellesmere Port & Neston had 2 points deducted.

## Division Three

Division Three featured 3 new teams:

* Lytham, relegated from Division Two
* Kirkby Town
* Colwyn Bay, joined from Welsh League (North)

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kirkby Town (C, P) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 30 | +53 | 57 | Promotion to Division Two |
| 2 | Colwyn Bay (P) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 54 | Promotion to Division Two |
| 3 | Newton | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 42 | |
| 4 | Urmston Town | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 38 | Resigned |
| 5 | Blackpool Mechanics | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 37 | |
| 6 | Lytham | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 35 | Resigned |
| 7 | Atherton Collieries | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 34 | |
| 8 | Ashton Town | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 33 | Resigned |
| 9 | Oldham Dew | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 32 | |
| 10 | Bolton ST | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 32 | |
| 11 | Maghull | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 31 | |
| 12 | Cheadle Town | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 31 | |
| 13 | Bacup Borough | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 30 | |
| 14 | Ashton Athletic | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 30 | |
| 15 | Daisy Hill | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 27 | |
| 16 | Whitworth Valley | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 27 | |
| 17 | Nelson | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 43 | 80 | −37 | 22 | |
| 18 | Prestwich Heys | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 35 | 75 | −40 | 16 | |

* 1 2 Daisy Hill and Prestwich Heys had 2 points deducted.

## Promotion and relegation

### Division One

Caernarfon Town moved to the Northern Premier League while Lancaster City were relegated to Division Two.

### Division two

Division Two champions Clitheroe and second placed Irlam Town were promoted to Division One while Padiham were relegated to Division Three.

### Division Three

Division Three champions Kirkby Town and second placed Colwyn Bay were promoted to Division Two while Urmston Town, Lytham and Ashton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Huyton Town. Oldham Dew changed their name to Oldham Town.

