2010–11 North West Counties Football League
# 2010–11 North West Counties Football League

The 2010–11 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2010–11 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

* Barnoldswick Town promoted as runners up of Division One
* Rossendale United relegated from the NPL Division One North
* Stone Dominoes promoted as champions of Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New Mills (C, P) | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 38 | +64 | 102 | Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One South |
| 2 | Ramsbottom United | 42 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 101 | 45 | +56 | 91 | |
| 3 | Winsford United | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 99 | 50 | +49 | 83 | |
| 4 | Padiham | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 62 | +22 | 73 | |
| 5 | Colne | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 90 | 73 | +17 | 73 | |
| 6 | Bootle | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 72 | |
| 7 | Barnoldswick Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 81 | 58 | +23 | 69 | |
| 8 | Congleton Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 60 | +10 | 64 | |
| 9 | Squires Gate | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 74 | 70 | +4 | 64 | |
| 10 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 75 | 72 | +3 | 63 | |
| 11 | Bacup Borough | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 61 | |
| 12 | Runcorn Linnets | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 77 | −9 | 56 | |
| 13 | Maine Road | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 69 | 64 | +5 | 54 | |
| 14 | Glossop North End | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 53 | |
| 15 | Flixton | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 78 | 91 | −13 | 48 | |
| 16 | Silsden | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 74 | −27 | 48 | |
| 17 | St Helens Town | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 79 | 116 | −37 | 47 | |
| 18 | Formby (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 95 | −28 | 43 | Demoted to Division One |
| 19 | Stone Dominoes | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 60 | 90 | −30 | 42 | |
| 20 | Alsager Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 57 | 94 | −37 | 38 | |
| 21 | Rossendale United | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 63 | 106 | −43 | 29 | Expelled at the end of the season |
| 22 | Ashton Athletic | 42 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 45 | 122 | −77 | 21 | |

* ↑ Formby were relegated for a breach of league rules.
* ↑ Ashton Athletic were reprieved due to Formby's relegation.

## Division One

Division One featured three new teams:

* Runcorn Town promoted as 3rd in the West Cheshire League
* Darwen promoted as 8th in the West Lancashire Football League
* Abbey Hey relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A.F.C. Blackpool (C, P) | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 30 | +64 | 87 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Runcorn Town (P) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 114 | 39 | +75 | 81 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 3 | Holker Old Boys | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 63 | |
| 4 | A.F.C. Liverpool (P) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 63 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 5 | Atherton Collieries | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 60 | |
| 6 | Chadderton | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 60 | |
| 7 | Norton United | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 58 | |
| 8 | Wigan Robin Park | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 53 | |
| 9 | Irlam | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 47 | |
| 10 | Cheadle Town | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 46 | |
| 11 | Eccleshall | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 45 | |
| 12 | Leek County School Old Boys | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 42 | |
| 13 | A.F.C. Darwen | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 37 | |
| 14 | Daisy Hill | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 90 | −43 | 26 | |
| 15 | Abbey Hey | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 24 | |
| 16 | Ashton Town | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 86 | −49 | 23 | |
| 17 | Oldham Boro | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 77 | −40 | 21 | |
| 18 | Rochdale Town | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 107 | −63 | 15 | |

* 1 2 3 Eccleshall, Runcorn Town and Wigan Robin Park were docked 3 points.
* ↑ AFC Liverpool were promoted due to the expulsion of Rossendale United from the league and Holker Old Boys declining promotion.
