2001–02 North West Counties Football League

The 2001–02 North West Counties Football League season was the 20th 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[edit]

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2001–02
ChampionsKidsgrove Athletic
PromotedKidsgrove Athletic
RelegatedGreat Harwood Town
Maine Road
Matches played506
Goals scored1,763 (3.48 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kidsgrove Athletic (C, P) 44 31 9 4 125 47 +78 102 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2 Prescot Cables 44 29 10 5 110 42 +68 97
3 Salford City 44 29 10 5 91 40 +51 97
4 St Helens Town 44 28 6 10 101 44 +57 90
5 Newcastle Town 44 22 11 11 97 66 +31 77
6 Clitheroe 44 22 10 12 73 53 +20 76
7 Winsford United 44 19 12 13 72 71 +1 69
8 Mossley 44 18 14 12 82 63 +19 68
9 Skelmersdale United 44 19 5 20 87 89 −2 62
10 Woodley Sports 44 16 12 16 58 65 −7 60
11 Warrington Town 44 16 11 17 78 72 +6 59
12 Ramsbottom United 44 15 10 19 75 73 +2 55
13 Curzon Ashton 44 16 7 21 74 72 +2 55
14 Fleetwood Freeport 44 13 13 18 70 86 −16 52
15 Nantwich Town 44 12 15 17 63 90 −27 51
16 Congleton Town 44 13 11 20 71 79 −8 50
17 Atherton Collieries 44 13 8 23 66 91 −25 47
18 Abbey Hey 44 12 11 21 62 101 −39 47
19 Glossop North End 44 13 7 24 78 105 −27 46
20 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 44 11 11 22 62 88 −26 44
21 Flixton 44 11 9 24 61 112 −51 42
22 Maine Road (R) 44 8 7 29 68 115 −47 31 Relegation to Division Two
23 Great Harwood Town (R) 44 5 11 28 39 99 −60 26
Updated to match(es) played on May 2002. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division Two[edit]

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season2001–02
ChampionsStand Athletic
PromotedAlsager Town
Squires Gate
RelegatedNone
Matches played420
Goals scored1,437 (3.42 per match)

Division Two featured four new teams:

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stand Athletic (C) 40 30 5 5 110 47 +63 95 Resigned to the Manchester League
2 Alsager Town (P) 40 24 9 7 77 31 +46 81 Promotion to Division One
3 Squires Gate (P) 40 24 9 7 103 60 +43 81
4 Stone Dominoes 40 25 3 12 71 40 +31 78
5 Formby 40 21 14 5 76 39 +37 77 Resigned to the Liverpool County Combination
6 Bootle 40 19 7 14 82 64 +18 64
7 Norton United 40 19 7 14 56 51 +5 64
8 Blackpool Mechanics 40 18 9 13 69 48 +21 63
9 Nelson 40 18 9 13 73 63 +10 63
10 Leek County School Old Boys 40 17 8 15 62 65 −3 59
11 Darwen 40 15 10 15 77 73 +4 55
12 Bacup Borough 40 13 13 14 52 66 −14 52
13 Padiham 40 14 8 18 69 66 +3 50
14 Colne 40 14 8 18 61 72 −11 50
15 Chadderton 40 15 5 20 65 81 −16 50
16 Ashton Town 40 13 6 21 65 85 −20 45
17 Cheadle Town 40 10 8 22 66 85 −19 38
18 Castleton Gabriels 40 10 3 27 61 95 −34 33
19 Holker Old Boys 40 7 9 24 43 79 −36 30
20 Daisy Hill 40 8 4 28 49 114 −65 28
21 Oldham Town 40 7 4 29 50 113 −63 25
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2002. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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