2014–15 North West Counties Football League
# 2014–15 North West Counties Football League

The 2014–15 North West Counties Football League season was the 33rd in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; Premier Division and Division One.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new teams:

* Nelson promoted as champions of Division One
* 1874 Northwich promoted after finishing third in Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Glossop North End (C, P) | 40 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 100 | 23 | +77 | 102 | Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One North |
| 2 | Runcorn Linnets | 40 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 89 | 39 | +50 | 92 | |
| 3 | 1874 Northwich | 40 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 90 | 35 | +55 | 86 | |
| 4 | Colne | 40 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 86 | 47 | +39 | 80 | |
| 5 | Ashton Athletic | 40 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 75 | |
| 6 | Squires Gate | 40 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 67 | |
| 7 | Bootle | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 76 | 63 | +13 | 63 | |
| 8 | Congleton Town | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 60 | |
| 9 | A.F.C. Liverpool | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 74 | 56 | +18 | 59 | |
| 10 | Silsden | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 56 | |
| 11 | Nelson | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 69 | 64 | +5 | 55 | |
| 12 | Winsford United | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 62 | +4 | 55 | |
| 13 | Runcorn Town | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 72 | 75 | −3 | 47 | |
| 14 | Abbey Hey | 40 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 47 | |
| 15 | Maine Road | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 75 | −23 | 45 | |
| 16 | West Didsbury & Chorlton | 40 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 43 | |
| 17 | Alsager Town | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 64 | 87 | −23 | 42 | |
| 18 | A.F.C. Blackpool | 40 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 81 | −44 | 30 | |
| 19 | Barnoldswick Town | 40 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 45 | 98 | −53 | 27 | |
| 20 | St Helens Town (R) | 40 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 46 | 115 | −69 | 26 | Relegation to Division One |
| 21 | Bacup & Rossendale Borough (R) | 40 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 42 | 98 | −56 | 24 | Relegation to Division One |
| 22 | Stockport Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club expelled, record expunged |

* ↑ The North West Counties Football League confirmed that Stockport Sports had been expelled on 2 March 2015 and as a result their playing record (PL:27, W:3, D:5, L:19, GF:34, GA 98) was expunged.

**Promotion criteria**

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

* Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2014
* Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2015
* Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
* Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following five clubs achieved criterion 1:

* 1874 Northwich
* A.F.C. Liverpool
* Colne
* Glossop North End
* Runcorn Linnets

### Results

Games involving Stockport Sports are not included in the overall league tables.

| Home \ Away | 18N | ABH | BLK | LVP | ALS | ASH | BAC | BWT | BTL | CLN | CNG | GNE | MNR | NEL | RNL | RNT | SIL | SQG | STH | STS | WDC | WNS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1874 Northwich | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Abbey Hey | 0–4 | | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| A.F.C. Blackpool | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| A.F.C. Liverpool | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 7–3 | | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Alsager Town | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ashton Athletic | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Bacup & Rossendale Borough | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Barnoldswick Town | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Bootle | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Colne | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–4 | | 1–3 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Congleton Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Glossop North End | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Maine Road | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Nelson | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Runcorn Linnets | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| Runcorn Town | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–7 | 7–2 | | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| Silsden | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Squires Gate | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| St Helens Town | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–9 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Stockport Sports | 0–5 | 0–4 | | | | | | | | | 5–5 | 0–8 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | | 3–0 |
| Winsford United | 1–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | |

### Stadia and Locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| A.F.C. Liverpool | Arriva Stadium, Crosby (groundshare with Marine) | 3,185 |
| 1874 Northwich | Barton Stadium (groundshare with Winsford United) | 3,000 |
| Bacup & Rossendale Borough | West View | 3,000 |
| Winsford United | Barton Stadium | 3,000 |
| Bootle | Delta Taxis Stadium | 2,500 |
| Stockport Sports | The Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium | 2,384 |
| Glossop North End | The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium | 2,374 |
| Silsden | The Asda Foundation Stadium | 2,300 |
| Maine Road | Brantingham Road, Chorlton | 2,000 |
| Nelson | Little Wembley | 2,000 |
| Colne | XLCR Vehicle Management Stadium | 1,800 |
| Runcorn Linnets | Millbank Linnets Stadium | 1,600 |
| Runcorn Town | Pavilions Sports Complex | 1,530 |
| A.F.C. Blackpool | The Mechanics | 1,500 |
| Alsager Town | Wood Park Stadium | 1,500 |
| Congleton Town | Booth Street | 1,450 |
| Abbey Hey | The Abbey Stadium, Gorton | 1,000 |
| Ashton Athletic | Brockstedes Park | 1,000 |
| Squires Gate | School Road | 1,000 |
| St Helens Town | Brockstedes Park (groundshare with Ashton Athletic) | 1,000 |
| Barnoldswick Town | Silentnight Stadium | |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | Brookburn Road, Chorlton | |

## Division One

Division One featured four new teams:

* Barnton promoted from Cheshire Association Football League Division One
* Litherland REMYCA promoted from Liverpool County Premier League Premier Division
* Wigan Robin Park relegated from the Premier Division.
* Cammell Laird 1907 resigned from Northern Premier League Division One North

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atherton Collieries (C, P) | 36 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 129 | 26 | +103 | 96 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Cammell Laird 1907 (P) | 36 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 114 | 35 | +79 | 89 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 3 | A.F.C. Darwen (P) | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 103 | 60 | +43 | 68 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Hanley Town | 36 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 89 | 63 | +26 | 67 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Holker Old Boys | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 79 | 50 | +29 | 60 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Chadderton | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 7 | Barnton | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 77 | 66 | +11 | 59 | |
| 8 | Daisy Hill | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 52 | |
| 9 | Litherland REMYCA | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 73 | −1 | 47 | |
| 10 | Cheadle Town | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 68 | 67 | +1 | 46 | |
| 11 | Northwich Flixton Villa | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 73 | 65 | +8 | 45 | |
| 12 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 43 | |
| 13 | Rochdale Town | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 71 | 84 | −13 | 42 | |
| 14 | Irlam | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 41 | |
| 15 | Eccleshall | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 91 | −44 | 41 | |
| 16 | Widnes | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 62 | 101 | −39 | 35 | |
| 17 | Ashton Town | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 51 | 78 | −27 | 27 | |
| 18 | Oldham Boro | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 105 | −68 | 25 | Clubs resigned from league at end of season |
| 19 | Wigan Robin Park | 36 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 41 | 113 | −72 | 24 | Clubs resigned from league at end of season |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | A.F.C. Darwen | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Chadderton | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Chadderton | 1 | 3 | A.F.C. Darwen | 5 |
| | | | 4 | Hanley Town | 3 |
| 4 | Hanley Town | 3 | 4 | Hanley Town | 3 |
| 5 | Holker Old Boys | 1 | | | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DAR | AST | ACO | ALR | BAR | CAM | CHA | CHT | DSH | ECC | HAN | HOB | IRL | LIT | NFV | OLD | RCH | WID | WRP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A.F.C. Darwen | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 9–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 7–2 |
| Ashton Town | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Atherton Collieries | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Barnton | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–6 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 6–1 |
| Cammell Laird 1907 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
| Chadderton | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Cheadle Town | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 8–1 |
| Daisy Hill | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 |
| Eccleshall | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 1–7 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 4–3 |
| Hanley Town | 3–1 | 6–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Holker Old Boys | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| Irlam | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Litherland REMYCA | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Northwich Flixton Villa | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 10–1 | 1–0 |
| Oldham Boro | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rochdale Town | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 | | 4–4 | 3–3 |
| Widnes | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 |
| Wigan Robin Park | 1–7 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |

### Locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| Widnes | Select Security Stadium | 13,350 |
| A.F.C. Darwen | The Anchor Ground | 4,000 |
| Oldham Boro | Seel Park (groundshare with Mossley A.F.C.) | 4,000 |
| Atherton Laburnum Rovers | Crilly Park | 3,000 |
| Atherton Collieries | Alder Street | 2,500 |
| Holker Old Boys | Rakesmoor Lane Barrow-in-Furness | 2,500 |
| Ashton Town | Edge Green Street | 2,000 |
| Cammell Laird 1907 | MBS Stadium, Birkenhead | 2,000 |
| Cheadle Town | Park Road Stadium | 2,000 |
| Daisy Hill | New Sirs Westhoughton | 2,000 |
| Northwich Flixton Villa | Valley Road, Flixton (groundshare with Northwich Victoria) | 2,000 |
| Chadderton | Andrew Street | 1,500 |
| Rochdale Town | Castleton Sports Centre | 1,500 |
| Wigan Robin Park | Robin Park Arena | 1,200 |
| Eccleshall | Pershall Park | 1,000 |
| Irlam | Silver Street | 1,000 |
| Hanley Town | Abbey Lane | 750 |
| Barnton | Townfield | |
| Litherland REMYCA | Litherland Sports Park | |

## League Challenge Cup

Also called the MEN United Cup for sponsorship reasons.

### First round

Each Premier Division club, together with Oldham Boro of Division One, received a bye to the second round.

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| Ashton Town | 6–2 | Chadderton |
| Atherton Collieries | 4–2 (aet) | Cheadle Town |
| Barnton | 0–1 | Widnes |
| Cammell Laird 1907 | 4–1 | Northwich Flixton Villa |
| Daisy Hill | 2–1 (aet) | Atherton Laburnum Rovers |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Eccleshall | 1–3 | Rochdale Town |
| Holker Old Boys | 0–3 | A.F.C. Darwen |
| Irlam | 4–1 | Litherland REMYCA |
| Wigan Robin Park | 2–3 | Hanley Town |

### Second round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| Abbey Hey | 2–0 | Maine Road |
| A.F.C. Liverpool | 3–2 | Bacup & Rossendale Borough |
| Ashton Athletic | 0–3 | Atherton Collieries |
| Ashton Town | 3–3 (aet) pens 4–5 | West Didsbury & Chorlton |
| Barnoldswick Town | 2–3 | 1874 Northwich |
| Cammell Laird 1907 | 1–0 | Runcorn Linnets |
| Congleton Town | 1–4 | Runcorn Town |
| Daisy Hill | 2–3 | Alsager Town |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Glossop North End | 1–1 (aet) pens 4–2 | A.F.C. Blackpool |
| Hanley Town | 1–1 (aet) pens 3–5 | Rochdale Town |
| Nelson | 1–3 | Squires Gate |
| Oldham Boro | 0–1 | Bootle |
| Silsden | 0–1 | Colne |
| Stockport Sports | [a] | A.F.C. Darwen |
| Widnes | 4–4 (aet) pens 4–3 | St Helens Town |
| Winsford United | 2–1 | Irlam |

### Third round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| 1874 Northwich | 2–3 [b] | Colne |
| Abbey Hey | 2–4 | Atherton Collieries |
| Alsager Town | 2–1 [c] | A.F.C. Liverpool |
| Bootle | 2–1 (aet) | A.F.C. Darwen |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Glossop North End | 8–0 | Widnes |
| Runcorn Town | 0–2 [d] | Cammell Laird 1907 |
| Squires Gate | 1–1 (aet) pens 6–5 | Winsford United |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | 2–0 | Rochdale Town |

### Quarter-finals

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| A.F.C. Liverpool | 0–2 (aet) | Runcorn Town |
| Colne | 0–2 | Atherton Collieries |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Glossop North End | 3–0 | Squires Gate |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | 0–3 | Bootle |

### Semi-finals

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| Runcorn Town | 0–1 | Atherton Collieries |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Glossop North End | 2–1 | Bootle |

### Final

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| Atherton Collieries | 0–2 | Glossop North End |
| Played at Curzon Ashton, Tameside Stadium |||

## First Division Trophy

Also called the Reusch First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons.

### Preliminary round

Each of the remaining Division One clubs received a bye to the second round.

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| A.F.C. Darwen | 4–3 | Wigan Robin Park |
| Ashton Town | 3–1 | Chadderton |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Eccleshall | 0–3 | Northwich Flixton Villa |

### First round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| Atherton Collieries | 4–2 (aet) | Atherton Laburnum Rovers |
| Holker Old Boys | 1–2 | A.F.C. Darwen |
| Daisy Hill | 0–3 | Ashton Town |
| Oldham Boro | 3–2 | Rochdale Town |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Cheadle Town | 1–1(aet) pens 0–3 | Hanley Town |
| Irlam | 0–1 | Litherland REMYCA |
| Northwich Flixton Villa | 4–2 | Cammell Laird 1907 |
| Widnes | 1–2 | Barnton |

### Quarter-finals

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| Ashton Town | 1–0 | Oldham Boro |
| Barnton | 0–2 | Atherton Collieries |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Hanley Town | 1–4 | A.F.C. Darwen |
| Northwich Flixton Villa | 0–1 | Litherland REMYCA |

### Semi-finals

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| - | - | - |
| A.F.C. Darwen | 5–4 (aet) | Ashton Town |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Atherton Collieries | 4–0 | Litherland REMYCA |

### Final

| | Score | |
| - | - | - |
| A.F.C. Darwen | 3–1 | Atherton Collieries |
| Played at Bootle, Delta Taxi Stadium |||
