2000–01 North West Counties Football League

The 2000–01 North West Counties Football League season was the 19th 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

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2000–01
Champions	Rossendale United
Promoted	Rossendale United
Relegated	Cheadle Town Leek CSOB
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,554 (3.36 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Division One featured three new teams:

• Curzon Ashton, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
• Flixton, relegated from the NPL Division One
• Woodley Sports, promoted as champions of Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rossendale United (C, P)	42	29	5	8	114	44	+70	92	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2	Clitheroe	42	27	8	7	105	47	+58	89
3	Ramsbottom United	42	28	4	10	85	44	+41	88
4	St Helens Town	42	26	9	7	98	40	+58	87
5	Fleetwood Freeport	42	26	4	12	90	50	+40	82
6	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	24	10	8	81	46	+35	82
7	Salford City	42	23	10	9	87	41	+46	79
8	Prescot Cables	42	24	5	13	94	54	+40	77
9	Newcastle Town	42	20	7	15	69	45	+24	67
10	Mossley	42	19	7	16	73	56	+17	64
11	Curzon Ashton	42	18	9	15	67	66	+1	63
12	Skelmersdale United	42	17	8	17	69	69	0	59
13	Woodley Sports	42	16	9	17	69	69	0	57
14	Abbey Hey	42	15	6	21	76	92	−16	51
15	Maine Road	42	15	3	24	75	102	−27	48
16	Nantwich Town	42	10	9	23	46	79	−33	39
17	Atherton Collieries	42	11	6	25	43	88	−45	39
18	Glossop North End	42	9	4	29	41	111	−70	31
19	Great Harwood Town	42	7	9	26	44	93	−49	30
20	Flixton	42	5	13	24	47	100	−53	28
21	Leek County School Old Boys (R)	42	5	12	25	39	89	−50	27	Relegation to Division Two
22	Cheadle Town (R)	42	5	9	28	42	129	−87	24

Updated to match(es) played on May 2001. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	2000–01
Champions	Warrington Town
Promoted	Atherton Laburnum Rovers Warrington Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,354 (3.56 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Division Two featured four new teams:

• Atherton Laburnum Rovers, relegated from Division One
• Bootle, relegated from Division One
• Padiham, promoted as champions of the West Lancashire Football League Division One
• Stone Dominoes, promoted as champions of the Midland Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Warrington Town (C, P)	38	24	7	7	90	31	+59	79	Promotion to Division One
2	Tetley Walker	38	24	5	9	83	41	+42	77	Club folded
3	Atherton Laburnum Rovers (P)	38	24	3	11	88	50	+38	75	Promotion to Division One
4	Nelson	38	21	11	6	89	44	+45	74
5	Squires Gate	38	21	7	10	75	47	+28	70
6	Blackpool Mechanics	38	21	6	11	85	47	+38	69
7	Alsager	38	19	8	11	48	42	+6	65
8	Padiham	38	20	4	14	83	71	+12	64
9	Daisy Hill	38	18	6	14	77	80	−3	60
10	Chadderton	38	17	7	14	68	58	+10	58
11	Darwen	38	16	7	15	72	65	+7	55
12	Formby	38	15	8	15	65	56	+9	53
13	Stone Dominoes	38	15	6	17	62	63	−1	51
14	Bacup Borough	38	13	9	16	59	60	−1	48
15	Holker Old Boys	38	14	5	19	67	79	−12	47
16	Bootle	38	11	8	19	70	76	−6	41
17	Castleton Gabriels	38	10	7	21	52	90	−38	37
18	Ashton Town	38	8	3	27	46	98	−52	27
19	Colne	38	4	4	30	37	107	−70	16
20	Oldham Town	38	3	3	32	38	149	−111	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2001. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive00-01/nwc1.htm
• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive00-01/nwc2.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site