2024–25 North West Counties Football League

The 2024–25 North West Counties Football League season is the 43rd in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into three divisions: Premier Division, at Step 5, and Divisions One North and South, at Step 6.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2024, and were subject to appeals and FA ratification.

Premier Division

Football league season

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2024–25
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The Premier Division comprises 24 teams.

The following four clubs left the Premier Division before the season:

Kendal Town – transfer to the Northern League Division One
Skelmersdale United - relegated to Division One North
Wythenshawe – promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One West
Wythenshawe Town – promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One West

The following four clubs joined the Premier Division before the season:

Abbey Hey – promoted from Division One South via play-offs
FC St Helens – promoted from Division One North
Stockport Town – promoted from Division One South
South Liverpool – promoted from Division One North via play-offs

Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bury	28	17	9	2	82	34	+48	60	Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2	Chadderton	29	18	5	6	77	51	+26	59	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Ramsbottom United	26	17	6	3	57	20	+37	57
4	Lower Breck	27	15	7	5	60	35	+25	52
5	FC Isle of Man	27	14	4	9	51	40	+11	46
6	Padiham	24	12	8	4	61	46	+15	44
7	FC St Helens	26	12	7	7	47	37	+10	43
8	Irlam	27	12	6	9	52	40	+12	42
9	Stockport Town	27	13	3	11	38	41	−3	42
10	West Didsbury & Chorlton	25	12	5	8	49	35	+14	41
11	AFC Liverpool	26	13	2	11	55	55	0	41
12	Charnock Richard	27	11	6	10	60	48	+12	39
13	Barnoldswick Town	25	11	6	8	39	38	+1	39
14	Glossop North End	27	9	6	12	41	50	−9	33
15	Abbey Hey	26	10	3	13	49	61	−12	33
16	Burscough	28	10	3	15	43	56	−13	33
17	Cheadle Town	26	9	5	12	36	40	−4	32
18	Litherland REMYCA	26	8	6	12	38	52	−14	30
19	Longridge Town	26	8	5	13	50	66	−16	29
20	Pilkington	26	6	6	14	42	60	−18	24
21	South Liverpool	28	5	8	15	31	55	−24	23
22	Squires Gate	26	6	4	16	43	64	−21	22
23	Colne	27	4	5	18	22	62	−40	17	Relegation to Division One North
24	Prestwich Heys	26	2	3	21	22	59	−37	9	Relegation to Division One North

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: NWCFL Tables Non League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results

Results table

Home \ Away	ABB	LVP	BAR	BUR	BRY	CHA	CHR	CHT	COL	IOM	FSH	GNE	IRL	LIT	LON	LOW	PAD	PIL	PRE	RAM	SLP	SQG	STO	WDC
Abbey Hey	—	2–2	1–2		1–7		2–4		6–0	1–2		2–1		1–3	4–1			4–3			2–0		4–1	1–3
AFC Liverpool	2–1	—		5–1	0–2	1–7				2–1	1–2		3–0								2–1	5–3	2–6
Barnoldswick Town		1–1	—			0–4		1–0		1–3		0–1	2–2		2–1	3–3	2–2	2–0		1–1	3–2			1–0
Burscough	1–2			—	2–4	3–4	1–3				1–0	0–1	1–0			1–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–6	1–2	4–2	0–1	3–1
Bury	3–3	2–0			—	3–1	1–1	3–0	4–0		1–1	2–2	2–2		8–0			2–0			2–0		2–1
Chadderton	3–3	2–5				—	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–2		4–2				0–0			3–0			3–1	2–0
Charnock Richard		4–5	3–1		0–2		—			2–1	2–2			4–0	4–4	3–1	1–3	4–2	2–2		2–2		1–2
Cheadle Town		0–3	1–3			1–3		—	1–0	4–0	1–3			1–1	3–1		1–1		2–1	0–1		5–0	0–0
Colne		1–2	1–4	0–3	0–2	1–2			—	1–1			0–2	1–1	1–1		1–2	2–4		1–0		1–0		2–0
FC Isle of Man	3–1			3–2	1–1	2–2		2–0		—					0–1		2–1			0–1			1–2
FC St Helens	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–2		1–0			2–0	5–4	—	1–1	0–1	2–1		1–1			4–2	0–3			4–1	0–1
Glossop North End					2–4	2–3	0–2	0–0	2–1			—	1–4		2–2	0–4	1–2			0–0	1–2	5–1
Irlam			3–0		1–1	0–1	3–2	1–3		1–3			—	5–0		2–2	1–3	3–1		1–1	5–1	0–1	1–2	3–2
Litherland REMYCA		3–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3				1–2				—	3–2	2–4		0–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	4–2	2–4
Longridge Town		3–1	3–3	1–0	1–5	1–2	0–4		8–0	1–3		0–1		1–0	—					3–1	2–0			1–5
Lower Breck	4–0	2–1		4–2	4–3		2–1	1–0				5–0	2–2		3–3	—	4–1					3–0	0–1
Padiham	5–2				1–5		5–3				3–3	4–3		2–2		2–1	—	2–0	4–1	1–4				2–2
Pilkington	4–1	1–2				2–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–3		1–3	1–3		3–6	1–4		—	3–2	2–2	4–3			1–1
Prestwich Heys	0–1	0–1	0–2			3–5	0–4	1–4	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–3				0–1	0–3		—				0–2	2–2
Ramsbottom United	3–0	2–1		4–0	1–1			2–1	2–0	1–2		1–1	3–2			3–1		2–0	2–1	—	4–0
South Liverpool				1–1		4–6	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1			3–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–3		—	0–2
Squires Gate	1–3		2–1		4–4	2–2		2–3	5–1	0–3	2–3		2–3	0–0	5–2	0–2	3–3		0–1			—	2–0	1–3
Stockport Town	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–2		3–2			1–3	2–1		2–4		1–1					1–0		2–1		—	1–1
West Didsbury & Chorlton		3–4	2–1	1–2			2–1			2–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–2		3–0				1–3	4–1		2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2024. Source: NWCFL League Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester

Squires Gate class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams

West Didsbury & Chorlton class=notpageimage| Locations of 2024–25 North West Counties Premier Division teams (Greater Manchester)

FC Isle of Man class=notpageimage| Locations of 2024–25 North West Counties Premier Division team (Isle of Man)

Team	Stadium
Abbey Hey	The Abbey Stadium, Gorton
AFC Liverpool	Rossett Park, Crosby (groundshare with Marine)
Barnoldswick Town	Greenberfield Lane
Burscough	Victoria Park
Bury	Gigg Lane
Chadderton	MCA Stadium
Charnock Richard	Mossie Park
Cheadle Town	Park Road Stadium
Colne	Holt House
Glossop North End	Surrey Street
FC Isle of Man	The Bowl, Douglas
FC St Helens	Windleshaw Sports
Irlam	Silver Street
Litherland REMYCA	Litherland Sports Park
Longridge Town	Mike Riding Ground
Lower Breck	Anfield Sports and Community Centre
Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground
Pilkington	Ruskin Drive Sportsground
Prestwich Heys	Adie Moran Park
Ramsbottom United	Harry Williams Riverside Stadium
South Liverpool	Jericho Lane
Squires Gate	School Road
Stockport Town	Stockport Sports Village
West Didsbury & Chorlton	Brookburn Road, Chorlton

Division One North

Division One North comprises 18 teams.

The following five clubs left Division One North before the season:

FC St Helens – promoted to the Premier Division
Ilkley Town – transfer to Northern Counties East League
Runcorn Town – transfer to Division One South
Shelley – transfer to Northern Counties East League
South Liverpool – promoted to the Premier Division via play-offs

The following five clubs joined the Division One North before the season:

Droylsden – transfer from Division One South
Maine Road – transfer from Division One South
Maghull – promoted from the West Cheshire League Division One
Skelmersdale United - relegated from the Premier Division
Thornton Cleveleys – promoted from the West Lancashire League Premier Division.

Division One North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Atherton LR	20	15	3	2	47	15	+32	48	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Nelson	22	15	1	6	53	26	+27	46	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Droylsden	20	13	4	3	43	19	+24	43
4	Holker Old Boys	20	13	3	4	56	27	+29	42
5	Euxton Villa	20	13	2	5	40	20	+20	41
6	Maine Road	20	11	1	8	40	23	+17	34
7	Bacup Borough	22	10	4	8	49	35	+14	34
8	AFC Blackpool	22	11	1	10	50	47	+3	34
9	Ashton Athletic	20	10	3	7	34	33	+1	33
10	Darwen	20	10	0	10	47	40	+7	30
11	Daisy Hill	20	7	4	9	33	35	−2	25
12	Maghull	20	7	3	10	45	52	−7	24
13	Thornton Cleveleys	20	7	1	12	32	46	−14	22
14	Ashton Town	18	5	5	8	26	35	−9	20
15	Steeton	21	5	4	12	28	50	−22	19
16	Route One Rovers	20	4	4	12	26	45	−19	16	Relegation to a feeder league
17	Garstang	21	3	3	15	15	53	−38	12
18	Skelmersdale United	22	1	2	19	17	80	−63	5

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2024. Source: NWCFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results

Results table

Home \ Away	BLP	ASA	ASH	ALR	BAC	DSH	DAR	DRO	EUX	GAR	HOL	MAG	MAI	NEL	ROU	SKE	STE	THO
AFC Blackpool	—						3–2	3–5	1–2	3–1	5–1	4–2	1–0	0–2		2–1		3–1
Ashton Athletic	4–2	—	3–0	0–2		5–1	1–5					2–2	1–2			2–0	2–1
Ashton Town	1–2	0–3	—	0–0	4–2				1–0		0–3	4–4		2–2				4–1
Atherton LR	5–4		1–1	—		6–0	0–2			5–1	2–0	3–0			4–2		1–0	1–0
Bacup Borough		5–0		0–2	—	2–0	3–1		0–1	5–0	1–1	7–4		1–0	2–2	2–1		2–3
Daisy Hill		2–2			2–0	—		1–1		4–1	0–1		1–0	2–3	1–0	6–0	2–3
Darwen	2–1		3–0	1–2		4–1	—			1–0	2–4					5–2	3–2	3–4
Droylsden	1–0	5–1	3–1	0–0	0–0			—	2–1			1–0		1–0	0–0	3–0	6–1	7–0
Euxton Villa	4–1			1–0		1–0	5–1		—	5–0		4–0	2–1	2–0			1–0	2–2
Garstang		1–1	1–0	0–4	0–4	0–3	0–2			—	1–3		0–3	0–1		3–3
Holker Old Boys	2–4				3–1	1–1		4–0	2–2		—	3–0	3–2	4–1	0–2	4–0
Maghull		2–1		2–4	3–2	3–2	3–2	2–0		2–2		—			3–5			0–2
Maine Road	3–0		1–2		0–4		2–0		2–0	2–0		3–2	—	1–3	3–1	1–2	3–0
Nelson	2–1	1–2	4–2		5–1		3–0	1–2	2–0					—	5–1	5–0	3–1	2–1
Route One Rovers	2–3	0–1	1–3	0–3	0–2		3–2			0–2	1–3		1–1		—
Skelmersdale United	1–4	0–1		1–2			1–6	1–2	2–4		0–9	0–5	0–6	0–5	2–2	—
Steeton	3–3	1–0	1–1		3–3	1–1		0–3	2–1	1–0	2–5	1–6			1–2		—	3–4
Thornton Cleveleys		1–2				1–3		3–1	1–2	1–2			0–4	2–3	4–1	1–0	0–1	—

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester

Thornton Cleveleys class=notpageimage|
Locations of the 2024–25 North West Counties Football League Division One North teams

Maine Road class=notpageimage| Locations of 2024–25 North West Counties Premier Division teams (Greater Manchester)

Route One Rovers

Steeton class=notpageimage| Locations of 2024–25 North West Counties Premier Division teams (West Yorkshire)

Team	Stadium
AFC Blackpool	The Mechanics
Ashton Athletic	Brockstedes Park
Ashton Town	Edge Green Street
Atherton Laburnum Rovers	Crilly Park
Bacup Borough	West View
Daisy Hill	New Sirs, Westhoughton
Darwen	The Anchor Ground
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground
Euxton Villa	Jim Fowler Memorial Ground
Garstang	The Riverside
Holker Old Boys	Rakesmoor Lane, Barrow-in-Furness
Maghull	Old Hall Field
Maine Road	Brantingham Road, Chorlton
Nelson	Victoria Park
Route One Rovers	Marley Stadium
Skelmersdale United	The Community Ground, Burscough
Steeton	Marley Stadium
Thornton Cleveleys	Gamble Road

Division One South

Division One South comprises 18 teams.

The following five clubs left Division One South before the season:

Abbey Hey – promoted to the Premier Division via play-offs
Brocton – promotion to Midland League Premier Division
Droylsden – transfer to Division One North
Maine Road – transfer to Division One North
Stockport Town – promoted to the Premier Division

The following five clubs joined Division One South before the season:

Allscott Heath – transfer from the Midland League Division One
Foley Meir – promoted from the Staffordshire County Senior League
Runcorn Town – transfer from Division One North
Shawbury United – transfer from the Midland League Division One
Wolverhampton Sporting – transfer from the Midland League Division One

Division One South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stafford Town	19	16	1	2	62	19	+43	49	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Winsford United	19	15	2	2	48	15	+33	47	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Alsager Town	22	12	4	6	48	34	+14	40
4	Sandbach United	20	12	3	5	43	35	+8	39
5	Cheadle Heath Nomads	21	11	4	6	40	28	+12	37
6	Ashville	21	11	1	9	43	32	+11	34
7	Abbey Hulton United	19	10	1	8	40	30	+10	31
8	New Mills	20	9	3	8	26	19	+7	30
9	Market Drayton Town	19	8	3	8	41	31	+10	27
10	Eccleshall	20	7	5	8	28	32	−4	26
11	Stockport Georgians	21	7	2	12	38	47	−9	23
12	Cammell Laird 1907	20	6	4	10	37	38	−1	22
13	Barnton	19	6	3	10	24	39	−15	21
14	Foley Meir	21	6	3	12	34	50	−16	21
15	Runcorn Town	22	6	2	14	34	54	−20	20
16	Allscott Heath	20	6	2	12	30	60	−30	20	Relegation to a feeder league
17	Wolverhampton Sporting	21	5	3	13	29	57	−28	18
18	Shawbury United	20	3	6	11	21	46	−25	15

Results table

Home \ Away	AHU	ALL	ALS	ASH	BNT	CAM	CHN	ECC	FOL	MDT	NWM	RUN	SAN	SHA	STF	STG	WIN	WSC
Abbey Hulton United	—						3–0	1–3	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–4	5–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1
Allscott Heath	4–3	—		4–7		0–4	0–3			3–0	0–1	1–0	1–4	2–2		3–2		1–2
Alsager Town		3–0	—			3–0	3–3	2–3	1–0	0–5	2–0	2–0		0–1	3–2	3–2		4–0
Ashville	2–3			—	0–1		0–1	0–1	3–4	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–4	2–2	1–2		0–1	4–0
Barnton	1–3		0–4		—	2–0			1–1	0–2		5–4	1–2	1–1			0–7	4–3
Cammell Laird 1907		2–4	1–2	2–3		—	1–1	0–0		5–0	0–1	5–1			0–2		2–2
Cheadle Heath Nomads	2–1		2–0	1–3	0–2		—		0–1	1–1				2–0	1–3		0–2	3–0
Eccleshall	3–0			0–1	1–3		1–1	—	3–3			2–3			2–6	0–2	1–0
Foley Meir		1–4		3–2	1–0	1–2	1–3		—				0–1	3–1	2–4		2–3	4–0
Market Drayton Town		8–2	4–4		1–0				5–0	—	1–1	4–0
New Mills	1–2			1–2	0–0			0–1	2–1		—	0–0		8–0	0–2	1–0		3–0
Runcorn Town			2–0			4–3	1–4	2–3			1–3	—	3–4	1–3	0–3	3–1		2–3
Sandbach United	0–4	4–0	1–1			4–3	2–5	1–0		3–1	1–2		—	1–0	1–1	4–1		3–1
Shawbury United			2–5	1–3		0–3		1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2		—			0–1
Stafford Town		9–0			3–2	5–0		2–1		2–0				7–2	—	3–0	2–3	3–1
Stockport Georgians		1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–2	5–3	1–5		3–1				—		2–3
Winsford United		2–0	1–3		5–1				5–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	3–0			4–1	—
Wolverhampton Sporting	2–5	2–0	2–2			2–2	2–3	2–0		0–2			2–2			1–6	1–2	—

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester

Winsford United class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 North West Counties Football League Division One South teams in the North West

Cheadle HN

Stockport Georgians class=notpageimage| Locations of 2024–25 North West Counties Division One South teams (Greater Manchester)

Wolverhampton Sporting class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 North West Counties Football League Division One South teams in the West Midlands

Team	Stadium
Abbey Hulton United	Birches Head Road
Allscott Heath	Allscott Sports & Social Club
Alsager Town	Wood Park Stadium
Ashville	Villa Park, Wallasey
Barnton	Townfield
Cammell Laird 1907	Kirklands, Birkenhead
Cheadle Heath Nomads	The Heath
Eccleshall	Pershall Park
Foley Meir	Whitcombe Road
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground
New Mills	Church Lane
Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex
Sandbach United	Sandbach Community Football Centre
Shawbury United	New Meadow Community 3G
Stafford Town	Evans Park
Stockport Georgians	Cromley Road
Winsford United	Barton Stadium
Wolverhampton Sporting	Pride Park

References

"The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 1-6 in 2023-24 term". The FA. 15 May 2022.
^ "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

External links

The Official Website of The North West Counties League

North West Counties League

2024–25
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Premier Division	Abbey Hey AFC Liverpool Barnoldswick Town Burscough Bury Chadderton Charnock Richard Cheadle Town Colne FC Isle of Man FC St Helens Glossop North End Irlam Litherland REMYCA Longridge Town Lower Breck Padiham Pilkington Prestwich Heys Ramsbottom United Squires Gate South Liverpool Stockport Town West Didsbury & Chorlton
Division One North	AFC Blackpool Ashton Athletic Ashton Town Atherton Laburnum Rovers Bacup Borough Daisy Hill Darwen Droylsden Euxton Villa Garstang Holker Old Boys Maghull Maine Road Nelson Route One Rovers Skelmersdale United Steeton Thornton Cleveleys
Division One South	Abbey Hulton United Allscott Heath Alsager Town Ashville Barnton Cammell Laird 1907 Cheadle Heath Nomads Eccleshall Foley Meir Market Drayton Town New Mills Runcorn Town Sandbach United Shawbury United Stafford Town Stockport Georgians Winsford United Wolverhampton Sporting

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competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth
competitions

Under-21	Professional U21 Development League Premier League Cup Premier League International Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Derby County Hull City Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
League One	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Crawley Town Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Bromley Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale Salford City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall

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