2019–20 North West Counties Football League

North West Counties
Football League
Division One South
Season	2019–20
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

North West Counties
Football League
Division One North
Season	2019–20
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2019–20
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 North West Counties Football League season was the 38th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England, and the second season following the split of the lower level into two geographically separated divisions. Teams are divided into three divisions: Premier Division, at Step 5, and Divisions One North and South, at Step 6.

The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.^[1] These were subject to appeal, and the North West Counties' constitution was subject to ratification at the league's AGM on 15 June.^[2] As one appeal was not yet heard until after the AGM, ratification of the constitution had to be delayed until after the hearing was held.^[3] The FA confirmed Carlisle City's transfer to the Northern League at its hearing, thereby rejecting the club's appeal against it^[4] and ratifying the constitution.

As three new divisions (one at Step 4 and two at Step 5) were to be introduced to the English football pyramid for the 2020–21 season, at the end of this season three teams were to be promoted from the Premier Division, and four from each Division One.^[5]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.^[6] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.^[7] Consequently, the addition of three divisions in the football pyramid will be fulfilled in 2021–22 instead.

Premier Division[]

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs.

The following 4 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

Abbey Hey – relegated to Division One South
City of Liverpool – promoted to the Northern Premier League
Silsden – transferred to the Northern Counties East League
West Didsbury & Chorlton – relegated to Division One South

The following 4 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

Avro – promoted from Division One North
Longridge Town – promoted from Division One North
Rylands – promoted from Division One South
Skelmersdale United – relegated from the Northern Premier League

Premier Division table at the time of abandonment[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	1874 Northwich	29	22	5	2	79	27	+52	71
2	Rylands	30	20	3	7	62	32	+30	63
3	Bootle	27	19	2	6	66	37	+29	59^[a]
4	Charnock Richard	31	20	2	9	73	50	+23	59^[b]
5	Ashton Athletic	29	16	5	8	64	38	+26	53
6	Longridge Town	26	17	2	7	62	44	+18	53
7	Runcorn Town	31	14	9	8	55	41	+14	51
8	Irlam	27	13	4	10	50	42	+8	43
9	Squires Gate	32	13	4	15	56	68	−12	43
10	Northwich Victoria	28	11	7	10	57	43	+14	40
11	Whitchurch Alport	29	10	8	11	43	44	−1	38
12	Avro	30	11	4	15	49	55	−6	37
13	Winsford United	29	9	5	15	51	57	−6	32
14	Congleton Town	30	8	7	15	54	60	−6	31
15	Barnoldswick Town	27	8	4	15	40	62	−22	28
16	Skelmersdale United	30	7	6	17	48	60	−12	27^[a]
17	Padiham	28	7	5	16	31	55	−24	26
18	Burscough	30	7	5	18	25	67	−42	26
19	Litherland REMYCA	31	5	7	19	30	77	−47	22
20	Hanley Town	30	5	6	19	34	70	−36	21

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. 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 ^[9]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Skelmerdale v Bootle match on 29 Feb was declared void, and its outcome has been removed from the table.^[8]
^ Charnock Richard were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in a match won on 12 November.

Premier Division Results[]

Home \ Away	18N	ASH	AVR	BWT	BTL	BUR	CHR	CON	HAN	IRL	LIT	LON	NWV	PAD	RNT	RYL	SKE	SQG	WHI	WIN
1874 Northwich	—	0–0		0–0	2–0		5–0	2–1	2–1	2–4	1–0	3–2		4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	24 Mar	31 Mar	3–1
Ashton Athletic	0–1	—	2–1		2–3	3–1			2–1	1–0			3–1	0–1	4–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	3–3	24 Mar
Avro	1–1	1–2	—	3–4		5–2		1–0	3–1		0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	3–2	3–2	1–2	2–2
Barnoldswick Town	4–8	1–0		—		4–2	21 Mar	3–3	3–1	0–3	2–0	3–1		17 Mar	1–2			2–2	2–4	2–1
Bootle	1–4	0–4	7–2	3–1	—	4–1		21 Mar	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	27 Mar		4–0	0–3	1–1	7–3	1–0	1–0
Burscough	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–5	—	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1		0–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	2–0	1–3
Charnock Richard	0–5	3–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–1	—	1–3	4–0	2–0	4–3		2–2	2–0	24 Mar	3–1	4–0		4–0	4–1
Congleton Town		0–0	1–5	5–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	—			4–3	1–3	2–4	4–0	4–2		3–1	2–3	0–1	4–3
Hanley Town	0–4	2–6	0–2	3–0	0–4		0–1	4–3	—	24 Mar	0–0	1–3	2–2	28 Mar	0–3	2–1		1–3		21 Mar
Irlam		2–4	0–2	3–2	31 Mar	21 Mar	2–4	1–0	1–0	—	2–2	4–2	17 Mar		1–2	1–2	4–0		4–2	1–0
Litherland REMYCA	0–9	1–7	0–2	1–0			2–5	3–0	4–1	28 Mar	—	0–5	21 Mar	0–2		0–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	1–3
Longridge Town	2–1	2–3			28 Mar	25 Mar	3–2		4–3	4–2	3–2	—	2–1	2–1	21 Mar	4–1	1–0			5–3
Northwich Victoria	3–3		1–0	2–0	1–2	6–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–3	8–0	1–2	—	3–1		0–2	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–1
Padiham		0–1	1–1		1–3	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	2–4	1–2	1–4
Runcorn Town	2–3	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	—		0–0	2–1	18 Mar	2–2
Rylands	21 Mar	2–1	5–0	0–1	2–3		2–2	4–2		1–0	1–1	31 Mar	1–2	5–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–1	2–1
Skelmersdale United	2–3	21 Mar	28 Mar	3–0	2–1 †	4–0	2–4	2–1	2–2	0–1		1–4	2–4	3–2		2–3	—	3–3	2–3	0–1
Squires Gate	0–4	0–4	2–1	3–1	2–4	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–5	1–0		2–1	21 Mar	2–0	0–3	3–1	—	0–0	3–1
Whitchurch Alport	0–1		21 Mar	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	23 Mar		0–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	—
Winsford United	0–2	3–2	3–1	28 Mar		6–0	0–2	2–2	1–2		4–1	0–0		4–1	0–1	0–2	0–5	5–4	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

† Skelmersdale v Bootle, 29 Feb: match declared void.^[8]

Stadia and locations[]

Northwich Victoria

Rylands

Locations of the 2018–19 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium
1874 Northwich	Townfield (groundshare with Barnton)
Ashton Athletic	Brockstedes Park
Avro	Whitebank Stadium, Oldham
Barnoldswick Town	Greenberfield Lane
Bootle	New Bucks Park
Burscough	Victoria Park
Charnock Richard	Mossie Park
Congleton Town	Ivy Gardens
Hanley Town	Abbey Lane
Irlam	Silver Street
Litherland REMYCA	Litherland Sports Park
Longridge Town	Mike Riding Ground
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (groundshare with Witton Albion)
Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground
Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex
Rylands	Gorsey Lane
Skelmersdale United	Valerie Park
Squires Gate	School Road
Whitchurch Alport	Yockings Park
Winsford United	Barton Stadium

Division One North[]

Division One North consists of 20 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One North before the season -

Avro – promoted to the Premier Division
Carlisle City – transferred to the Northern League
Longridge Town – promoted to the Premier Division

The following 3 clubs joined Division One North before the season -

Emley – transferred from the Northern Counties East League
Golcar United – promoted from the West Riding Amateur League
Pilkington – promoted from the Cheshire League

Division One North table at the time of abandonment[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lower Breck	29	21	4	4	95	38	+57	67
2	AFC Liverpool	29	17	6	6	91	43	+48	57
3	Shelley	31	17	6	8	67	47	+20	57
4	Emley AFC	27	17	5	5	68	43	+25	56
5	Golcar United	28	14	4	10	71	49	+22	46
6	Ashton Town	29	14	4	11	68	54	+14	46
7	Prestwich Heys	29	14	4	11	49	48	+1	46
8	Pilkington	30	14	2	14	62	61	+1	44
9	AFC Blackpool	29	13	2	14	58	60	−2	41
10	Holker Old Boys	30	12	4	14	55	63	−8	40
11	Daisy Hill	31	11	5	15	63	86	−23	38
12	Chadderton	29	11	3	15	56	66	−10	36
13	AFC Darwen	32	14	4	14	65	74	−9	35^[a]
14	Nelson	28	10	5	13	47	57	−10	35
15	Garstang	29	11	1	17	57	69	−12	34
16	Cleator Moor Celtic	26	8	7	11	52	64	−12	31
17	Atherton LR	29	8	7	14	36	58	−22	31
18	Bacup Borough	27	7	6	14	50	58	−8	27
19	Steeton	29	7	5	17	40	75	−35	26
20	St Helens Town	31	7	4	20	53	90	−37	25

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. 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 ^[9]
Notes:

^ AFC Darwen were penalised eleven points for use of an ineligible player in a number of games.^[8]

Division One North Results[]

Home \ Away	BLP	DAR	LVP	ASH	ALR	BAC	CHA	CLE	DSH	EML	GAR	GOL	HOL	LOW	NEL	PIL	PRE	SHE	STH	STE
AFC Blackpool	—	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–3	2–2		0–3		1–2	1–1	2–1	1–5	4–1	4–1	3–1	28 Mar	1–2
AFC Darwen	2–1	—	1–0	21	4–1	3–1	4–3	0–3	3–3	2–3	3–2		3–0	0–4	1–1	1–5	2–1	0–2	21 Mar
AFC Liverpool	4–2	8–0	—	25 Mar	4–1	1–0	4–1	4–2	7–1	4–4	2–1	2–2	8–2			3–3	3–0	1–2	6–2	8–0
Ashton Town	2–0		5–1	—	28 Mar	5–3	2–3		3–0	2–2	1–2	1–6	1–0		5–0	3–2		5–0	4–1	1–1
Atherton LR	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	—	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2		1–2	2–1		0–2	0–2	0–2		0–4	3–2	3–1
Bacup Borough		1–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	—	5–1			2–2			4–2	1–2	2–3	1–0		0–1	4–0	27 Mar
Chadderton	2–3	4–3	31 Mar	0–2		3–4	—	7–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3			1–1	1–1	3–2	5–3
Cleator Moor Celtic		1–3	1–3	0–3	21 Mar	3–2	4–1	—	3–1	2–3	3–4	4–4		3–3		2–2	3–5	3–1	24 Mar
Daisy Hill	1–2	4–1	1–4			3–1	21 Mar		—	2–4	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–6	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	0–0
Emley AFC	4–1	3–1			2–3		1–0	1–1	4–2	—	2–1	1–4	3–2	28 Mar	2–1		4–1	1–3		5–1
Garstang		2–5	0–2	4–2		4–4			7–1	0–2	—	1–5		2–0	2–0	0–8	2–3	1–2		3–1
Golcar United	1–3	3–1	17 Mar	5–3		3–3		1–1				—	2–1	21 Mar	5–3	28 Mar	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–3
Holker Old Boys	2–6	1–6		3–3	1–0	2–0		1–3	8–0	21 Mar	0–2	2–1	—	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1		1–3
Lower Breck	4–3	1–0	3–3	4–3	6–1		5–1		4–3	3–1	5–1	5–2	4–1	—	4–1	3–0	2–2		5–1
Nelson	1–2		1–4	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	3–6	31 Mar	21 Mar	3–2	28 Mar		—	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1
Pilkington	1–2			0–2	3–1	4–1	1–2	0–3	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–5	3–2	3–1	3–2	—	21 Mar		3–2	2–0
Prestwich Heys		2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0			31 Mar	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–4	0–2	4–0	—	2–2	2–1
Shelley	21 Mar	4–1			1–1	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–1		2–1		2–3	2–0	5–3	4–1	1–2	—	0–2	5–2
St Helens Town	4–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–2	6–0	3–8	2–3	1–5	0–2	0–0	0–8	0–1		1–3	2–3	—	3–1
Steeton	18 Mar	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	21 Mar	1–4	0–1		0–5	1–4	2–1	1–4	1–1		2–0	1–3	3–3	5–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations[]

Ashton Town

Pilkington & St Helens Town

Prestwich Heys

Shelley Community

Steeton

Locations of the 2019–20 North West Counties Football League Division One North teams

Team	Stadium
AFC Blackpool	The Mechanics
AFC Darwen	The Anchor Ground
AFC Liverpool	Rossett Park, Crosby (groundshare with Marine)
Ashton Town	Edge Green Street
Atherton Laburnum Rovers	Crilly Park
Bacup Borough	West View
Chadderton	MCA Stadium
Cleator Moor Celtic	McGrath Park
Daisy Hill	New Sirs, Westhoughton
Emley	Welfare Ground
Garstang	The Riverside
Golcar United	Longfield Avenue
Holker Old Boys	Rakesmoor Lane, Barrow-in-Furness
Lower Breck	Anfield Sports and Community Centre
Nelson	Victoria Park
Pilkington	Ruskin Drive Sportsground
Prestwich Heys	Adie Moran Park
Shelley Community	Storthes Hall Park
St Helens Town	Ruskin Drive Sportsground
Steeton	Cougar Park

Division One South[]

Division One South consists of 20 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left Division One South before the season -

Rylands – promoted to the Premier Division
Stone Dominoes – relegated to the Staffordshire County Senior League

The following 2 clubs joined Division One South before the season -

Abbey Hey – relegated from the Premier Division
West Didsbury & Chorlton – relegated from the Premier Division

Division One South table at the time of abandonment[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vauxhall Motors	31	27	1	3	83	28	+55	82
2	FC Oswestry Town	30	21	3	6	68	37	+31	66	Resigned^[10]
3	Stone Old Alleynians	30	18	5	7	65	32	+33	59
4	Wythenshawe Town	27	17	5	5	71	25	+46	56
5	Abbey Hey	29	16	5	8	56	44	+12	53
6	West Didsbury & Chorlton	28	14	5	9	51	34	+17	47
7	Eccleshall	29	14	3	12	55	47	+8	45
8	Cheadle Town	30	13	5	12	50	47	+3	44
9	Stockport Town	29	13	4	12	57	52	+5	40^[a]
10	Maine Road	30	11	5	14	57	54	+3	38
11	Cheadle Heath Nomads	30	10	5	15	44	59	−15	35
12	Wythenshawe Amateurs	26	10	4	12	38	34	+4	34
13	Cammell Laird	29	9	7	13	56	58	−2	34
14	New Mills	28	9	6	13	49	63	−14	33
15	Abbey Hulton United	31	10	1	20	40	80	−40	31
16	Sandbach United	26	10	0	16	37	45	−8	30
17	Barnton	29	9	1	19	30	59	−29	28
18	Ellesmere Rangers	28	7	5	16	37	73	−36	26
19	Alsager Town	28	6	7	15	31	63	−32	25
20	St Martins	30	5	3	22	34	75	−41	18

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. 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 ^[9] res_col_header=PR
Notes:

^ Stockport Town were deducted three points for transgression of league rules.

Division One South Results[]

Home \ Away	AHY	AHU	ALS	BNT	CAM	CHN	CHT	ECC	ELL	OSW	MNR	NWM	SAN	STM	STK	SOA	VAU	WDC	WYA	WYT
Abbey Hey	—	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	1–4		21 Mar	24 Mar	1–1	2–1		3–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–4	1–3	3–3	1–1
Abbey Hulton United		—	28 Mar	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–2	0–4	2–1	2–6	5–3	1–4	2–0	14 Mar	2–5		0–1	0–9
Alsager Town	0–3	3–2	—	24 Mar	0–3	1–4	21 Mar	0–3	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–3		1–2	0–0
Barnton	2–3	0–2	1–1	—	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	4 Mar	2–3		3–2	1–0	11 Mar	1–6	1–4	0–1		2–1
Cammell Laird	31 Mar	3–1	2–3	0–2	—	1–1	2–0		2–2		4–1	4–5		4–2	2–3	21 Mar	2–3	1–2	24 Mar	3–3
Cheadle Heath Nomads	0–1	5–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	—		1–0	3–0	2–4		2–0	1–4	3–2	1–5	1–1		0–5	1–1
Cheadle Town	0–1	4–1	1–2			3–1	—	2–2	3–0	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1		0–7
Eccleshall	4–1	2–0	8–1		2–4	2–0	0–4	—	9–0	0–5	1–0	1–2		3–2	2–0		0–1	0–4	0–4	25 Mar
Ellesmere Rangers	2–3	0–2		0–3	2–2		28 Mar		—	0–1	1–6	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–2	3–2	7 Mar	1–2
FC Oswestry Town	2–1	1û0	5–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	1–3		3–3	—	2–1			2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–1
Maine Road	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–2		6–1	3–1	—	1–2	1–2	28 Mar		0–3	1–3		1–1	30 Mar
New Mills		6–1	1–1	1–0	4–4	1–1	1–2	0–3	21 Mar	2–3	1–1	—	1–3			1–2	1–3	3–3		2–4
Sandbach United	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–3		24 Mar	1–2		4–0		0–2	—		5–2	0–1	1–2	28 Mar	1–3
St Martins			2–2	1–2	2–0	21 Mar	1–6	0–2	4–2		1–2	3–1	2–2	—	2–3	1–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–0
Stockport Town	2–1	1–5			4–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	8–2	4–1	30 Mar	2–0	—	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1~2
Stone Old Alleynians	0–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–1	0–2		3–0	5–0		—	1–3	0–1	2–1
Vauxhall Motors	2–1	21 Mar	2–0	4–0		2–1	4–2		2–4	24 Mar	3–1	8–0		5–0	2–0		—	3–0		1–2
West Didsbury & Chorlton		5–0	4–1	21 Mar	2–1	0–0	2–1	4–0		17 Mar	0–3		31 Mar		1–0	0–2	0–1	—	2–1	1–1
Wythenshawe Amateurs	2–5	0–1		3–0	1–0	28 Mar	0–1	0–2	17 Mar	0–1		0–2	0–2	5–0	21 Mar	2–4	1–2	1–0	—
Wythenshawe Town	3–2			5–0	28 Mar	5–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–2	2–0		3–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations[]

Greater Manchester

FC Oswestry Town and St Martins

Rylands

Locations of the 2019–20 North West Counties Football League Division One South teams

Cheadle HN

West Didsbury & Chorlton

Wythenshawe Amateurs

Wythenshawe Town

Locations of North West Counties Division One South 2018–19 teams (Greater Manchester)

Team	Stadium
Abbey Hey	The Abbey Stadium, Gorton
Abbey Hulton United	Birches Head Road
Alsager Town	Wood Park Stadium
Barnton	Townfield
Cammell Laird 1907	Kirklands, Birkenhead
Cheadle Heath Nomads	The Heath
Cheadle Town	Park Road Stadium
Eccleshall	Pershall Park
Ellesmere Rangers	Beech Grove
FC Oswestry Town	Park Hall Stadium
Maine Road	Brantingham Road, Chorlton
New Mills	Church Lane
Sandbach United	Sandbach Community Football Centre
St Martins	The Venue, Oswestry
Stockport Town	Stockport Sports Village
Stone Alleynians	Yarnfield Lane
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park, Ellesmere Port
West Didsbury & Chorlton	Brookburn Road, Chorlton
Wythenshawe Amateurs	Hollyhedge Park
Wythenshawe Town	Ericstan Stadium

League Challenge Cup[]

Also called the Macron Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons.^[11]

Sources for this section: fixtures and results

First Round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abbey Hey	2–1	Holker Old Boys
Ashton Town	5–1	Golcar United
Avro	0–6	Vauxhall Motors
Bacup Borough	1–1 (3–1 p)	Charnock Richard
Bootle	3–2	Eccleshall
Burscough	0–5	Ashton Athletic
Cheadle Heath Nomads	1–5	1874 Northwich
Congleton Town	2–3	AFC Darwen†
Daisy Hill	3–6	AFC Blackpool
Ellesmere Rangers	3–2	Cleator Moor Celtic
Emley AFC	2–1	Squires Gate
Garstang	1–1 (4–2 p)	Stockport Town
Hanley Town	1–2	Abbey Hulton United

† AFC Darwen fielded ineligible player, and forfeit place in next season's competition.^[8]

Home team	Score	Away team
Lower Breck	2–1	Cammell Laird
Maine Road	3–0	FC Oswestry Town
Northwich Victoria	3–1	Barnoldswick Town
Padiham	9–1	St Martins
Pilkington	1–3	Steeton
Prestwich Heys	1–0	Winsford United
Runcorn Town	5–0	Atherton LR
Rylands	5–0	Barnton
Sandbach United	2–4	AFC Liverpool
Shelley	3–2	Wythenshawe Town
Skelmersdale United	1–3	Irlam
St Helens Town	2–1	Nelson
Stone Old Alleynians	1–2	Litherland REMYCA
West Didsbury & Chorlton	3–1	New Mills
Wythenshawe Amateurs	2–1	Chadderton

Second Round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abbey Hey	2–1	Bacup Borough
Abbey Hulton United	0–2 *	AFC Liverpool
Ashton Athletic	4–2	Ashton Town
Emley AFC	1–2	Ellesmere Rangers
Garstang	4–2	Steeton
Irlam	0–4 **	1874 Northwich
Litherland REMYCA	2–0	Bootle
Longridge Town	0–3	Vauxhall Motors

* Played at AFC Liverpool's home ground, following postponements
** Played at 1874 Northwich's home ground, following postponements

Home team	Score	Away team
Lower Breck	2–4	Maine Road
Northwich Victoria	0–2	Runcorn Town
Prestwich Heys	2–1	AFC Darwen
Rylands	4–3	Padiham
St Helens Town	0–1	AFC Blackpool
West Didsbury & Chorlton	6–1	Alsager Town
Whitchurch Alport	2–3	Shelley
Wythenshawe Amateurs	3–2	Cheadle Town

Third Round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
AFC Blackpool	1–2	Ellesmere Rangers
Ashton Athletic	6–0	Wythenshawe Amateurs
Garstang	0–2 *	Maine Road
Prestwich Heys	0–2	AFC Liverpool

* Played at Maine Road's home ground, following postponements

Home team	Score	Away team
Rylands	1–1 (2–3 p)	1874 Northwich
Shelley	3–2	Abbey Hey
Vauxhall Motors	1–2	Litherland REMYCA
West Didsbury & Chorlton	1–4	Runcorn Town

Quarter Finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Ashton Athletic	2–2 (2–4) p	Runcorn Town
Litherland REMYCA	1–5	AFC Liverpool

Home team	Score	Away team
Maine Road	0–4	1874 Northwich
Shelley	3–2	Ellesmere Rangers

Semi Finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
AFC Liverpool	3–3 (2–4) p	Runcorn Town

Home team	Score	Away team
Shelley	1–6	1874 Northwich

Final[]

Will be played on a date yet to be arranged.^[12]

	Score
Runcorn Town		1874 Northwich

Division One Trophy[]

Also called The PlayerMatch.com Cup for sponsorship reasons.^[13]

Sources for this section: fixtures and results

First Round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abbey Hey	3–2	Bacup Borough
Abbey Hulton United	4–1	Ellesmere Rangers
AFC Liverpool	3–1	Shelley
Cleator Moor Celtic	1–2	Cheadle Town
Holker Old Boys	0–3	AFC Blackpool

Home team	Score	Away team
Lower Breck	6–2	Vauxhall Motors
New Mills	3–3 (4–5 p)	Eccleshall
Steeton	0–0 (3–5 p)	FC Oswestry Town

All the remaining Division One teams received a bye to the second round.

Second Round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abbey Hulton United	1–2	Cheadle Heath Nomads
Alsager Town	2–5	Cheadle Town
Ashton Town	9–2	Atherton LR
Barnton	0–4	Abbey Hey
Cammell Laird	0–0 (6–7 p)	Sandbach United
Chadderton	0–1	Pilkington
Daisy Hill	5–3	Maine Road
Emley AFC	4–0	AFC Blackpool

Home team	Score	Away team
Garstang	2–3 (3–5 p)	FC Oswestry Town
Golcar United	4–4 (3–4 p)	Wythenshawe Town
Lower Breck	6–0	Eccleshall
St Helens Town	8–3	AFC Darwen
St Martins	0–5	AFC Liverpool
Stone Old Alleynians	2–1	Prestwich Heys
West Didsbury & Chorlton	4–0	Nelson
Wythenshawe Amateurs	3–2	Stockport Town

Third Round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
AFC Liverpool	2–1	Pilkington
Ashton Town	2–2 (8–9 p)	Abbey Hey
Cheadle Town	4–2	Wythenshawe Amateurs
Emley AFC	6–1	Daisy Hill

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Oswestry Town	0–1	Lower Breck †
Sandbach United	2–1	Stone Old Alleynians
St Helens Town	1–2	West Didsbury & Chorlton
Wythenshawe Town	4–1	Cheadle Heath Nomads

† Eliminated due to playing ineligible player

Quarter Finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abbey Hey	1-3	Wythenshawe Town
AFC Liverpool	3-0	Cheadle Town

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Oswestry Town	1-0	Emley AFC
West Didsbury & Chorlton	0-2	Sandbach United

Semi Finals[]

First leg[]

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Oswestry Town	0–3	AFC Liverpool

Home team	Score	Away team
Wythenshawe Town	1–2	Sandbach United

Second leg[]

Home team	Score	Away team
AFC Liverpool †		FC Oswestry Town

† AFC Liverpool awarded the tie following the resignation of FC Oswestry Town

Home team	Score	Away team
Sandbach United	1–0	Wythenshawe Town

Sandbach United won 3–1 on aggregate

Final[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Sandbach United	2–2 (4–3 p)	AFC Liverpool

The semi-final second leg and the final were played at the start of the 2020–21 season, due to the premature conclusion of the 2019–20 season

Division One Champions Cup[]

Not contested this season due to the abandonment of the league programme.

References[]

^ "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "League Allocations for Season 2019/20 Announced". NWCFL. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "News From The AGM". NWCFL. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ "Carlisle City's lateral move confirmed after appeal hearing". nwcfl.com. NWCFL. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
^ "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non League Paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alterations To League Tables". NWCFL. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
^ FC Oswestry resigned and folded at the conclusion of the season "Resignation of FC Oswestry Town". NWCFL. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "League announces 4-year partnership deal with Macron". NWCFL. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Macron Cup Final Postponed". NWCFL. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
^ "Announcement: PlayerMatch.com becomes Official Partner of The North West Counties Football League". NWCFL. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

External links[]

The Official Website of The North West Counties League

[table_hth_BTL0.97403320342956-9] Skelmerdale v Bootle match on 29 Feb was declared void, and its outcome has been removed from the table.^[8]

[table_hth_CHR0.97403320342956-10] Charnock Richard were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in a match won on 12 November.

[table_hth_DAR0.42319586008005-12] AFC Darwen were penalised eleven points for use of an ineligible player in a number of games.^[8]

[table_hth_STK0.99922099383512-14] Stockport Town were deducted three points for transgression of league rules.

[1] "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

[2] "League Allocations for Season 2019/20 Announced". NWCFL. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

[3] "News From The AGM". NWCFL. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[4] "Carlisle City's lateral move confirmed after appeal hearing". nwcfl.com. NWCFL. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[Promotion_and_relegation_2020-5] "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non League Paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[6] "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[7] "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[Alterations_to_League_Tables-8] "Alterations To League Tables". NWCFL. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[Standardised_rules_2019–20-11] "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[13] FC Oswestry resigned and folded at the conclusion of the season "Resignation of FC Oswestry Town". NWCFL. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[Macro_Challenge_Cup-15] "League announces 4-year partnership deal with Macron". NWCFL. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[16] "Macron Cup Final Postponed". NWCFL. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

[Division_One_Trophy_sponsor-17] "Announcement: PlayerMatch.com becomes Official Partner of The North West Counties Football League". NWCFL. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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