1995–96 North West Counties Football League

The 1995–96 North West Counties Football League season was the 14th 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	1995–96
Champions	Flixton
Promoted	Flixton
Relegated	Skelmersdale United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,422 (3.08 per match)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Division One featured two new teams:

• Flixton promoted as champions of Division Two
• Mossley relegated from the NPL Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Flixton (C, P)	42	28	8	6	85	30	+55	92	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2	Newcastle Town	42	26	7	9	88	42	+46	85
3	Trafford	42	26	5	11	89	45	+44	83
4	Mossley	42	24	8	10	87	59	+28	80
5	Burscough	42	23	8	11	77	40	+37	77
6	Bootle	42	23	5	14	74	55	+19	74
7	Clitheroe	42	20	12	10	63	44	+19	72
8	St Helens Town	42	19	13	10	71	53	+18	70
9	Nantwich Town	42	20	7	15	64	59	+5	67
10	Prescot Cables	42	17	11	14	70	66	+4	62
11	Holker Old Boys	42	19	4	19	77	72	+5	61
12	Glossop North End	42	15	15	12	55	48	+7	60
13	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	15	9	18	61	64	−3	54
14	Eastwood Hanley	42	12	15	15	60	57	+3	51
15	Maine Road	42	12	14	16	60	71	−11	50
16	Chadderton	42	14	8	20	52	69	−17	50
17	Blackpool Rovers	42	11	9	22	49	74	−25	42
18	Penrith	42	9	12	21	57	69	−12	39
19	Darwen	42	9	10	23	57	77	−20	37
20	Salford City	42	10	5	27	49	93	−44	35
21	Rossendale United	42	6	10	26	32	114	−82	28
22	Skelmersdale United (R)	42	5	3	34	45	121	−76	18	Relegation to Division Two

Updated to match(es) played on May 1996. 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	1995–96
Champions	Vauxhall GM
Promoted	Atherton Collieries Vauxhall GM
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,136 (3.71 per match)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Division Two featured four new teams:

• Bacup Borough, relegated from Division One
• Middlewich Athletic, joined from the Mid-Cheshire Football League
• Ramsbottom United, joined from the Manchester Football League
• Vauxhall GM, joined from the West Cheshire League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Vauxhall GM (C, P)	34	28	4	2	112	25	+87	88	Promotion to Division One
2	Atherton Collieries (P)	34	25	5	4	90	43	+47	80
3	Tetley Walker	34	22	7	5	75	35	+40	73
4	Castleton Gabriels	34	19	5	10	77	52	+25	62
5	Nelson	34	17	9	8	78	55	+23	60
6	Cheadle Town	34	17	5	12	67	49	+18	56
7	Haslingden	34	15	9	10	69	45	+24	54
8	Maghull	34	16	3	15	55	42	+13	51
9	Oldham Town	34	14	8	12	75	74	+1	50
10	Middlewich Athletic	34	12	7	15	45	74	−29	43
11	Daisy Hill	34	12	4	18	46	66	−20	40
12	Ramsbottom United	34	11	6	17	60	65	−5	39
13	Formby	34	10	7	17	59	76	−17	37
14	Stantondale	34	11	4	19	47	75	−28	37
15	Blackpool Mechanics	34	8	8	18	56	74	−18	32
16	Ashton Town	34	8	3	23	53	102	−49	27
17	Squires Gate	34	5	7	22	37	82	−45	22
18	Bacup Borough	34	4	3	27	35	102	−67	15

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1996. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

• [3]

External links

• NWCFL Official Site