1990–91 North West Counties Football League

The 1990–91 North West Counties Football League season was the ninth 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
Season1990–91
ChampionsKnowsley United
PromotedColwyn Bay
Knowsley United
RelegatedSalford City
Matches played342
Goals scored1,009 (2.95 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Knowsley United (C, P) 36 25 8 3 95 37 +58 83 Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2 Colwyn Bay (P) 36 22 10 4 85 32 +53 76
3 Ashton United 36 20 7 9 80 45 +35 67
4 Eastwood Hanley 36 16 12 8 42 29 +13 60
5 Vauxhall GM 36 15 10 11 42 36 +6 55
6 Prescot 36 13 12 11 57 55 +2 51
7 Flixton 36 14 7 15 48 72 −24 49
8 St Helens Town 36 13 9 14 52 47 +5 48
9 Maine Road 36 13 9 14 58 61 −3 48
10 Skelmersdale United 36 12 11 13 56 49 +7 47
11 Nantwich Town 36 13 8 15 43 56 −13 47
12 Leyland DAF-SGL 36 12 10 14 51 53 −2 46 Resigned from the league
13 Bootle 36 10 9 17 55 64 −9 39
14 Bacup Borough 36 9 12 15 38 47 −9 39
15 Clitheroe 36 10 8 18 50 63 −13 38
16 Darwen 36 9 11 16 44 62 −18 38
17 Penrith 36 10 8 18 41 65 −24 38
18 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 36 9 11 16 42 68 −26 38
19 Salford City (R) 36 6 10 20 30 68 −38 28 Relegation to Division Two
Updated to match(es) played on May 1991. 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
Season1990–91
ChampionsGreat Harwood Town
PromotedBlackpool Rovers
Bradford Park Avenue
Great Harwood Town
RelegatedNone
Matches played306
Goals scored933 (3.05 per match)

Division Two featured six new teams:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Great Harwood Town (C, P) 34 27 5 2 81 22 +59 86 Promotion to Division One
2 Blackpool Rovers (P) 34 25 4 5 84 33 +51 76[a]
3 Bradford Park Avenue (P) 34 20 9 5 72 41 +31 69
4 Bamber Bridge 34 20 6 8 78 46 +32 66
5 Blackpool Mechanics 34 18 7 9 51 30 +21 61
6 Newcastle Town 34 16 12 6 48 30 +18 60
7 Cheadle Town 34 17 3 14 55 54 +1 54
8 Glossop 34 12 10 12 47 42 +5 46
9 Burscough 34 12 8 14 39 51 −12 44
10 Westhoughton Town 34 11 10 13 50 64 −14 43
11 Castleton Gabriels 34 11 9 14 42 47 −5 42
12 Chadderton 34 10 6 18 51 61 −10 36
13 Maghull 34 9 8 17 37 54 −17 35
14 Kidsgrove Athletic 34 7 10 17 37 65 −28 31
15 Ashton Town 34 9 2 23 43 86 −43 29
16 Oldham Town 34 8 4 22 35 66 −31 25[a]
17 Formby 34 5 9 20 46 63 −17 24
18 Atherton Collieries 34 6 4 24 37 78 −41 22
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1991. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Blackpool Rovers and Oldham Town deducted 3 points

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