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The 1996–97 North West Counties Football League season was the 15th 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
Season1996–97
ChampionsTrafford
PromotedTrafford
RelegatedBootle
Matches played462
Goals scored1,422 (3.08 per match)

Division One featured two new teams, promoted from Division Two:

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Trafford (C, P) 42 29 7 6 99 38 +61 94 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2 Newcastle Town 42 27 7 8 71 31 +40 88
3 Clitheroe 42 23 14 5 75 36 +39 83
4 Penrith 42 23 10 9 75 49 +26 79 Transferred to the Northern League Division One
5 Burscough 42 22 9 11 68 48 +20 75
6 Eastwood Hanley 42 20 10 12 64 51 +13 70 Club folded
7 Mossley 42 20 8 14 79 58 +21 68
8 Blackpool Rovers 42 17 16 9 70 47 +23 67
9 Prescot Cables 42 17 11 14 68 60 +8 62
10 Vauxhall GM 42 14 15 13 70 69 +1 57
11 Nantwich Town 42 14 11 17 74 74 0 53
12 Glossop North End 42 14 11 17 56 67 −11 53
13 Bootle (R) 42 15 8 19 61 73 −12 53 Relegation to Division Two
14 St Helens Town 42 14 6 22 65 79 −14 48
15 Atherton Collieries 42 12 9 21 63 85 −22 45
16 Kidsgrove Athletic 42 10 14 18 53 73 −20 44
17 Rossendale United 42 11 9 22 51 76 −25 42
18 Chadderton 42 10 11 21 49 80 −31 41
19 Holker Old Boys 42 10 9 23 60 80 −20 39
20 Maine Road 42 9 11 22 49 85 −36 38
21 Darwen 42 9 10 23 49 81 −32 37
22 Salford City 42 8 12 22 53 82 −29 36
Updated to match(es) played on May 1997. 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
Season1996–97
ChampionsRamsbottom United
PromotedHaslingden
Ramsbottom United
RelegatedNone
Matches played380
Goals scored1,299 (3.42 per match)

Division Two featured four new teams:

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Ramsbottom United (C, P) 38 27 6 5 100 34 +66 87 Promotion to Division One
2 Haslingden (P) 38 27 6 5 90 32 +58 87
3 Garswood United 38 26 5 7 90 38 +52 83
4 Tetley Walker 38 24 5 9 105 58 +47 77
5 Castleton Gabriels 38 22 8 8 78 39 +39 74
6 Leek County School Old Boys 38 22 7 9 67 49 +18 73
7 Formby 38 21 6 11 86 57 +29 69
8 Maghull 38 17 7 14 52 50 +2 58
9 Cheadle Town 38 15 8 15 59 63 −4 53
10 Skelmersdale United 38 14 10 14 72 66 +6 52
11 Nelson 38 14 10 14 64 72 −8 52
12 Stantondale 38 11 12 15 59 69 −10 45
13 Middlewich Athletic 38 13 6 19 54 65 −11 45
14 Squires Gate 38 12 4 22 44 79 −35 40
15 Daisy Hill 38 10 5 23 47 76 −29 35
16 Bacup Borough 38 9 6 23 48 83 −35 33
17 Ashton Town 38 6 14 18 53 77 −24 32
18 Blackpool Mechanics 38 7 5 26 48 88 −40 26
19 Oldham Town 38 6 7 25 48 113 −65 25
20 Colne 38 6 5 27 35 91 −56 23
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1997. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References[edit]

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_North_West_Counties_Football_League

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