1987–88 North West Counties Football League

The 1987–88 North West Counties Football League was the sixth in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1987–88
Champions	Colne Dynamoes
Promoted	Colne Dynamoes
Relegated	Glossop
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Colne Dynamoes	34	24	7	3	71	14	+57	55
2	Rossendale United	34	24	7	3	68	23	+45	55
3	Clitheroe	34	18	10	6	51	20	+31	46
4	Colwyn Bay	34	20	7	7	60	42	+18	46²
5	St Helens Town	34	18	6	10	61	36	+25	42
6	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	17	5	12	55	48	+7	39
7	Darwen	34	14	10	10	55	45	+10	38
8	Warrington Town	34	16	5	13	68	47	+21	37
9	Kirkby Town	34	11	13	10	57	54	+3	35
10	Burscough	34	14	7	13	45	51	−6	35
11	Leyland Motors	34	10	11	13	53	53	0	31
12	Prescot Cables	34	10	11	13	34	45	−11	29²
13	Bootle	34	12	5	17	43	61	−18	29
14	Formby	34	6	10	18	32	63	−31	22
15	Salford	34	8	6	20	33	66	−33	22
16	Skelmersdale United	34	4	11	19	34	64	−30	19
17	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	4	7	23	31	78	−47	15
18	Glossop	34	5	4	25	30	71	−41	14

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Colwyn Bay and Prescot Cables had 2 points deducted.}

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season	1987–88
Champions	Ashton United
Promoted	Ashton United Flixton
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

League table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Ashton United	42	32	6	4	107	30	+77	70
2	Flixton	42	27	10	5	94	38	+56	64
3	Wren Rovers	42	26	9	7	92	51	+41	61
4	Newcastle Town	42	26	7	9	81	39	+42	59
5	Maine Road	42	23	4	15	74	48	+26	50
6	Maghull	42	18	11	13	73	66	+7	47
7	Vauxhall Motors	42	15	16	11	58	50	+8	46
8	Atherton Collieries	42	20	6	16	63	63	0	46
9	Whitworth Valley	42	15	12	15	50	60	−10	42
10	Ashton Town	42	17	8	17	64	70	−6	40²
11	Oldham Town	42	13	11	18	44	51	−7	37
12	Cheadle Town	42	13	11	18	47	62	−15	35²
13	Chadderton	42	13	9	20	55	71	−16	35
14	Great Harwood Town	42	14	8	20	52	66	−14	34²
15	Blackpool Mechanics	42	12	10	20	57	77	−20	34
16	Nelson	42	12	10	20	49	76	−27	34
17	Ford Motors	42	12	9	21	59	70	−11	33
18	Daisy Hill	42	12	8	22	55	66	−11	32
19	Padiham	42	10	14	18	53	76	−23	32²
20	Newton	42	10	12	20	47	84	−37	30²
21	Nantwich Town	42	8	13	21	41	68	−27	29
22	Bacup Borough	42	8	8	26	38	71	−33	24

^{1 The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Ashton Town, Cheadle Town, Great Harwood Town, Padiham and Newton had 2 points deducted.}

Promotion and relegation

Division One

Colne Dynamoes were promoted to the Northern Premier League while Glossop were relegated to Division Two. Kirkby Town changed their name to Knowsley United.

Division Two

Ashton United and Flixton were promoted to Division One while Whitworth Valley, Nelson and Ford Motors left the League at the end of the season.

External links

North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF

North West Counties Football League

Premier Division	1874 Northwich Abbey Hey AFC Darwen AFC Liverpool Ashton Athletic Atherton Collieries Barnoldswick Town Barnton Bootle Cammell Laird 1907 Congleton Town Hanley Town Irlam Maine Road Nelson New Mills Padiham Runcorn Linnets Runcorn Town Squires Gate West Didsbury & Chorlton Winsford United

First Division	AFC Blackpool Alsager Town Ashton Town Atherton Laburnum Rovers Bacup Borough Carlisle City Chadderton Charnock Richard Cheadle Town City of Liverpool Daisy Hill Eccleshall FC Oswestry Town Holker Old Boys Litherland REMYCA Prestwich Heys Sandbach United St. Helens Town Silsden Stockport Town Whitchurch Alport Widnes

Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1987–88 in English football

« 1986–87

1988–89 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
UEFA Euro 1988 (qualification – Group 4)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Crystal Palace Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Middlesbrough Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Stoke City West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Rotherham United Southend United Sunderland Walsall Wigan Athletic York City

Fourth Division	Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Newport County Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham

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