2003–04 North West Counties Football League

The 2003–04 North West Counties Football League season was the 22nd 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

Season	2003–04
Champions	Clitheroe
Promoted	Clitheroe Mossley Warrington Town Woodley Sports
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1553 (3.36 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Division One featured three new teams:

• Bacup Borough, promoted as champions of Division Two
• Stone Dominoes, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
• Trafford, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Clitheroe (C) (P)	42	29	5	8	88	55	+33	92	Promotion to NPL Division One
2	Mossley (P)	42	28	8	6	109	54	+55	089*
3	Fleetwood Town	42	26	8	8	84	51	+33	86
4	Woodley Sports (P)	42	26	5	11	99	56	+43	83	Promotion to NPL Division One
5	Warrington Town (P)	42	20	10	12	72	59	+13	70
6	Newcastle Town	42	21	6	15	94	67	+27	69
7	Curzon Ashton	42	19	10	13	84	79	+5	064*
8	Skelmersdale United	42	19	6	17	79	64	+15	63
9	Alsager Town	42	16	15	11	54	47	+7	63
10	Stone Dominoes	42	18	8	16	57	60	−3	62
11	Congleton Town	42	15	16	11	62	50	+12	61
12	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	17	7	18	77	76	+1	58
13	Nantwich Town	42	15	11	16	73	66	+7	56
14	Bacup Borough	42	15	8	19	68	72	−4	53
15	Salford City	42	14	11	17	62	66	−4	53
16	Trafford	42	14	8	20	72	91	−19	50
17	Ramsbottom United	42	12	12	18	71	92	−21	48
18	Glossop North End	42	9	9	24	51	95	−44	36
19	St Helens Town	42	10	6	26	51	81	−30	033*
20	Squires Gate	42	7	12	23	52	83	−31	33
21	Abbey Hey	42	7	8	27	46	90	−44	29
22	Atherton Collieries	42	6	9	27	48	99	−51	023#

Updated to games played on May 2004.
Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Mossley, Curzon Ashton and St Helens Town were docked 3 points
^#Atherton Collieries were docked 4 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	2003–04
Champions	Colne
Promoted	Colne Formby Great Harwood Town Maine Road
Relegated	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1335 (3.51 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Division Two featured four new teams:

• Eccleshall, promoted as champions of the Midland Football League
• Flixton, relegated from Division One
• Formby, joined from the Liverpool County Football Combination
• Winsford United, relegated from Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colne (C) (P)	38	26	6	6	102	41	+61	84	Promotion to Division One
2	Maine Road (P)	38	23	5	10	99	58	+41	071*
3	Formby (P)	38	21	9	8	86	48	+38	72
4	Great Harwood Town (P)	38	15	14	9	68	44	+24	59
5	Flixton	38	16	11	11	76	60	+16	59
6	Darwen	38	17	11	10	81	67	+14	059*
7	Ashton Town	38	16	11	11	66	60	+6	59
8	Winsford United	38	15	11	12	66	62	+4	56
9	Holker Old Boys	38	15	8	15	82	76	+6	53
10	Nelson	38	14	11	13	55	64	−9	53
11	Leek County School Old Boys	38	14	8	16	72	63	+9	50
12	Padiham	38	14	8	16	63	80	−17	50
13	Oldham Town	38	13	9	16	69	74	−5	48
14	Blackpool Mechanics	38	13	7	18	45	59	−14	46
15	Norton United	38	11	12	15	66	72	−6	45
16	Cheadle Town	38	12	9	17	55	69	−14	45
17	Eccleshall	38	10	14	14	56	65	−9	44
18	Chadderton	38	7	11	20	42	63	−21	32
19	Daisy Hill	38	7	10	21	33	82	−49	31
20	Castleton Gabriels	38	6	5	27	53	128	−75	23

Updated to games played on 2 May 2004.
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Darwen were docked 3 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive03-04/nwc1.htm
• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive03-04/nwc2.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site