2011–12 North West Counties Football League
The 2011–12 North West Counties Football League season was the 30th 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
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Ramsbottom United |
| Promoted | Ramsbottom United |
| Relegated | Atherton Laburnum Rovers |
| Matches played | 461 |
| Goals scored | 1492 (3.24 per match) |
|
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
The Premier Division featured three new teams:
- A.F.C. Blackpool promoted as champions of Division One
- Runcorn Town promoted as runners up of Division One
- A.F.C. Liverpool promoted from First Division to fill a vacancy
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramsbottom United (C) (P) | 42 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 108 | 43 | +65 | 96 | Promotion to NPL Division One North |
| 2 | Runcorn Town | 42 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 111 | 49 | +62 | 92 | |
| 3 | Bootle | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 85 | |
| 4 | Barnoldswick Town | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 83 | |
| 5 | Runcorn Linnets | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 76 | |
| 6 | Glossop North End | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 73 | |
| 7 | Winsford United | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 88 | 69 | +19 | 69 | |
| 8 | Colne | 41 | 18 | 4 | 19 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 61* | |
| 9 | A.F.C. Blackpool | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 61 | |
| 10 | Flixton | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 59 | Resigned from league at the end of the season |
| 11 | Congleton Town | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 59 | |
| 12 | Silsden | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 57 | |
| 13 | Alsager Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 57 | |
| 14 | Ashton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 70 | 80 | −10 | 51 | |
| 15 | Padiham | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 51 | |
| 16 | Squires Gate | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 74 | 89 | −15 | 50 | |
| 17 | Bacup Borough | 41 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 59 | 77 | −18 | 49* | |
| 18 | Maine Road | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 48 | |
| 19 | A.F.C. Liverpool | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 60 | 73 | −13 | 45 | |
| 20 | Stone Dominoes | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 39 | 92 | −53 | 36 | |
| 21 | St Helens Town | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 50 | 105 | −55 | 26 | |
| 22 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers (R) | 42 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 36 | 116 | −80 | 21 | Relegation to Division One |
Updated to games played on May 2012.
Source: .
*Colne awarded and Bacup deducted three points for Bacup's failure to fulfill a fixture between the two teams.[1]
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.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BLK | LVP | ALS | ASH | ALR | BAC | BWT | BTL | CLN | CNG | FLX | GNE | MNR | PAD | RAM | RNL | RNT | SIL | SQG | STH | SDM | WNS |
| A.F.C. Blackpool | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | |
| A.F.C. Liverpool | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 7–0 | |
| Alsager Town | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Ashton Athletic | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Bacup Borough | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–6 | ||
| Barnoldswick Town | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Bootle | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Colne | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | |
| Congleton Town | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Flixton | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Glossop North End | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Maine Road | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Padiham | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Ramsbottom United | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | |
| Runcorn Linnets | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |
| Runcorn Town | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| Silsden | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Squires Gate | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| St Helens Town | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Stone Dominoes | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 5–8 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Winsford United | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: NWCFL Premier Division archive results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations
Division One
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Wigan Robin Park |
| Promoted |
Norton United Wigan Robin Park |
| Relegated | None |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 1145 (3.74 per match) |
|
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
Division One featured three new teams:
- Formby demoted from the Premier Division due to infringement of rules
- Nelson promoted as a reformed team
- Northwich Villa promoted through application after finishing 9th in the Cheshire Football League Division One
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan Robin Park (C) (P) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 36 | +54 | 81 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Norton United (P) | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 110 | 43 | +67 | 80 | |
| 3 | Abbey Hey | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 69 | |
| 4 | Atherton Collieries | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 52 | |
| 5 | Rochdale Town | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 52 | |
| 6 | Chadderton | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Eccleshall | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 47 | |
| 8 | Cheadle Town | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 45* | |
| 9 | Holker Old Boys | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 45 | |
| 10 | Irlam | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 68 | 75 | −7 | 44 | |
| 11 | Formby | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 72 | 69 | +3 | 43 | |
| 12 | Daisy Hill | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 67 | −8 | 41 | |
| 13 | A.F.C. Darwen | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 77 | −15 | 38 | |
| 14 | Oldham Boro | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 37 | |
| 15 | Nelson | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 83 | −43 | 32 | |
| 16 | Northwich Villa | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 50 | 90 | −40 | 31 | |
| 17 | Leek County School Old Boys | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 30# | |
| 18 | Ashton Town | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 89 | −40 | 27 |
Updated to games played on 4 May 2012.
Source: .
*Cheadle Town deducted three points for breaching league rules.
#Leek CSOB deducted seven points for breaching league rules.
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.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | ABH | DAR | AST | ACO | CHA | CHT | DSH | ECC | FOR | HOB | IRL | LCS | NEL | NWV | NOR | OLD | RCH | WRP |
| Abbey Hey | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| A.F.C. Darwen | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Ashton Town | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | |
| Atherton Collieries | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Chadderton | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | |
| Cheadle Town | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Daisy Hill | 3–5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | |
| Eccleshall | 3–4 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Formby | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
| Holker Old Boys | 0–1 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Irlam | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Leek County School Old Boys | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | |
| Nelson | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–9 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| Northwich Villa | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
| Norton United | 3–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–4 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | |
| Oldham Boro | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | |
| Rochdale Town | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | |
| Wigan Robin Park | 1–0 | 3–1 | 11–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 4 May 2012.
Source: NWCFL Division One archive results
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations
References
- ↑ NWCFL official website – Bacup Borough v Colne Date 11 June 2012. Accessed 11 June 2012.