1990–91 North West Counties Football League
The 1990–91 North West Counties Football League season was the ninth in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.
Division One
Season | 1990–91 |
---|---|
Champions | Knowsley United |
Promoted |
Colwyn Bay Knowsley United |
Relegated | Salford City |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1009 (2.95 per match) |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → |
Division One featured four new teams:
- Bacup Borough, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
- Eastwood Hanley, relegated from NPL Division One
- Maine Road, promoted as champions of Division Two
- Penrith, relegated from NPL Division One
League Table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Knowsley United (C) (P) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 95 | 37 | +58 | 83 | Promotion to NPL Division One |
2 | Colwyn Bay (P) | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 85 | 32 | +53 | 76 | |
3 | Ashton United | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 80 | 45 | +35 | 67 | |
4 | Eastwood Hanley | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 60 | |
5 | Vauxhall GM | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 55 | |
6 | Prescot | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 51 | |
7 | Flixton | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 49 | |
8 | St Helens Town | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 48 | |
9 | Maine Road | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 48 | |
10 | Skelmersdale United | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 47 | |
11 | Nantwich Town | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 47 | |
12 | Leyland DAF-SGL | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 46 | Resigned from the league |
13 | Bootle | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 39 | |
14 | Bacup Borough | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 39 | |
15 | Clitheroe | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 38 | |
16 | Darwen | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 38 | |
17 | Penrith | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 38 | |
18 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 38 | |
19 | Salford City (R) | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 68 | −38 | 28 | Relegation to Division Two |
Updated to games played on May 1991.
Source:
*Nantwich Town deducted three points
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division Two
Season | 1990–91 |
---|---|
Champions | Great Harwood Town |
Promoted |
Blackpool Rovers Bradford Park Avenue Great Harwood Town |
Relegated | None |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 933 (3.05 per match) |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → |
Division Two featured six new teams:
- Bamber Bridge, joined from the Preston and District League
- Bradford Park Avenue, joined from the Central Midlands Football League
- Burscough, relegated from Division One
- Castleton Gabriels, joined from the Manchester Football League
- Chadderton, relegated from Division One
- Kidsgrove Athletic, joined from the Mid-Cheshire Football League
League Table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great Harwood Town (C) (P) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 81 | 22 | +59 | 86 | Promotion to Division One |
2 | Blackpool Rovers (P) | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 76 | |
3 | Bradford Park Avenue (P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 69 | |
4 | Bamber Bridge | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 66 | |
5 | Blackpool Mechanics | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 61 | |
6 | Newcastle Town | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 60 | |
7 | Cheadle Town | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 54 | |
8 | Glossop | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 46 | |
9 | Burscough | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 44 | |
10 | Westhoughton Town | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 43 | |
11 | Castleton Gabriels | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 42 | |
12 | Chadderton | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 36 | |
13 | Maghull | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 35 | |
14 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 31 | |
15 | Ashton Town | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 43 | 86 | −43 | 29 | |
16 | Oldham Town | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 25 | |
17 | Formby | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 24 | |
18 | Atherton Collieries | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 37 | 78 | −41 | 22 |
Updated to games played on 2 May 1991.
Source:
*Blackpool Rovers and Oldham Town deducted 3 points
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.