2013–14 North West Counties Football League Explained

The 2013–14 North West Counties Football League season was the 32nd 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

Competition:North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season:2013–14
Winners:Norton United
Promoted:Norton United
Relegated:Wigan Robin Park
Matches:462
Total Goals:1476
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The Premier Division featured two new teams:[1]

Bacup & Rossendale Borough, who finished the season in one of the relegation positions, were reprieved.[2]

League table

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2013
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2014
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following eight teams have achieved criterion 1:[3]

Locations

Division One

Competition:North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season:2013–14
Winners:Nelson
Promoted:Nelson
1874 Northwich
Matches:342
Total Goals:1327
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

Division One featured three new teams:[1]

Locations

League Challenge Cup

First round

Each Premier Division club, together with Ashton Town of Division One, received a bye to the second round.

Home teamScoreAway team
1874 Northwich3–2 aetHanley Town
Atherton Laburnum Rovers1–2
Daisy Hill0–4
Formby4–0Nelson
Holker Old Boys2–0Leek CSOB
Home teamScoreAway team
Northwich Flixton Villa4–5 aetEccleshall
Oldham Boro1–2Chadderton
Rochdale Town3–0Widnes Vikings
Atherton Collieries4–0Cheadle Town

Second round

Home teamScoreAway team
Abbey Hey4–0Eccleshall
A.F.C. Darwen4–2 aet
Atherton Collieries6–0
Bootle3–0Norton United
Chadderton0–1Ashton Athletic
Congleton Town2–0
Glossop North End0–2
Irlam1–5Runcorn Town
Home teamScoreAway team
Rochdale Town3–2Holker Old Boys
Runcorn Linnets1–0Barnoldswick Town
Silsden1–4 aetFormby
Squires Gate1–51874 Northwich
St Helens Town1–2Alsager Town
West Didsbury & Chorlton1–5A.F.C. Liverpool
Wigan Robin Park2–3A.F.C. Blackpool
Winsford United3–1Stockport Sports

Third round

Home teamScoreAway team
1874 Northwich1–0Formby
A.F.C. Blackpool1–0
Alsager Town0–1
Bootle0–1Abbey Hey
Home teamScoreAway team
Congleton Town1–1 aetAshton Athletic
Maine Road3–0Winsford United
Rochdale Town3–0Atherton Collieries
Runcorn Town5–0A.F.C. Darwen

Replay

Fourth round

Home teamScoreAway team
1874 Northwich2–1Abbey Hey
Maine Road4–0
Home teamScoreAway team
Rochdale Town3–1Runcorn Town
Runcorn Linnets0–2Ashton Athletic

Semi–Finals

Played over two legs

Home teamScoreAway team
Maine Road3–11874 Northwich
1874 Northwich0–3
Maine Road win 6–1 on aggregate
Home teamScoreAway team
Rochdale Town1–3Ashton Athletic
Ashton Athletic3–1Rochdale Town
Ashton Athletic win 6–2 on aggregate

Final

Played at Curzon Ashton's Tameside Stadium

First Division Trophy

First round

Each of the remaining thirteen Division One clubs received a bye to the second round.

Home teamScoreAway team
Daisy Hill0–3Nelson
Eccleshall2–4

Second round

Home teamScoreAway team
1874 Northwich5–0Widnes Vikings
A.F.C. Darwen3–2
Formby2–2 aet, pens 3–0Atherton Laburnum Rovers
Hanley Town1–0Chadderton
Home teamScoreAway team
Holker Old Boys1–0Rochdale Town
Leek CSOB1–1 aet, pens 4–3Northwich Flixton Villa
Nelson6–1
Oldham Boro0–3Ashton Town

Third round

Home teamScoreAway team
Ashton Town1–4Hanley Town
Formby4–21874 Northwich
Home teamScoreAway team
Leek CSOB2–7A.F.C. Darwen
Nelson0–1 aet

Semi-finals

Played over two legs

Home teamScoreAway team
Hanley Town3–1Holker Old Boys
Holker Old Boys3–2Hanley Town
Hanley Town win 5–4 on aggregate
Home teamScoreAway team
A.F.C. Darwen3–2Formby
Formby4–1
Formby win 6–4 on aggregate

Final

Played at Runcorn Linnets' Millbank Linnets Stadium

Formby win on penalties, 5–3

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 23 May 2013. NWCFL team changes 2013 . NWCFL. 24 May 2013.
  2. News: 29 May 2014. League Constitution - further update . NWCFL. 30 May 2014.
  3. News: 4 December 2013. Applications for promotion. NWCFL. 4 December 2013.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "2013–14 North West Counties Football League".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.