2005–06 North West Counties Football League

The 2005–06 North West Counties Football League season was the 24th 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	2005–06
Champions	Cammell Laird
Promoted	Cammell Laird Skelmersdale United Alsager Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1507 (3.26 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Division One featured two new teams:

• Cammell Laird promoted as champions of Division Two
• Silsden promoted as runners up of Division Two

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cammell Laird (C) (P)	42	35	3	4	126	36	+90	108	Promotion to NPL Division One
2	Skelmersdale United (P)	42	28	7	7	119	48	+71	91
3	Alsager Town (P)	42	27	7	8	87	43	+44	88
4	Nantwich Town	42	26	6	10	91	37	+54	84
5	Salford City	42	23	10	9	79	46	+33	79
6	Newcastle Town	42	21	9	12	97	52	+45	72
7	Curzon Ashton	42	20	8	14	72	66	+6	68
8	St Helens Town	42	20	7	15	70	68	+2	67
9	Colne	42	18	10	14	74	70	+4	061*
10	Maine Road	42	17	10	15	65	56	+9	61
11	Abbey Hey	42	14	12	16	61	70	−9	54
12	Congleton Town	42	15	8	19	50	63	−13	53
13	Squires Gate	42	12	15	15	43	62	−19	51
14	Silsden	42	16	8	18	76	75	+1	050#
15	Trafford	42	13	13	16	71	56	+15	049*
16	Glossop North End	42	12	11	19	62	78	−16	47
17	Bacup Borough	42	13	8	21	44	62	−18	47
18	Ramsbottom United	42	9	18	15	45	60	−15	45
19	Atherton Collieries	42	7	9	26	43	93	−50	30
20	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	7	8	27	40	115	−75	29
21	Stone Dominoes	42	5	5	32	39	146	−107	20
22	Formby	42	4	7	31	43	105	−62	19

Updated to games played on May 2006.
Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Colne and Trafford were docked 3 points.
^#Silsden were docked 6 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	2005–06
Champions	F.C. United of Manchester
Promoted	F.C. United of Manchester Flixton Nelson
Relegated	None
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1108 (3.24 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Division Two featured two new teams:

• F.C. United of Manchester as a new team
• Great Harwood Town relegated from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	F.C. United of Manchester (C) (P)	36	27	6	3	111	35	+76	87	Promotion to Division One
2	Flixton (P)	36	24	7	5	93	37	+56	79
3	Nelson (P)	36	23	5	8	82	53	+29	74
4	Winsford United	36	19	8	9	65	41	+24	65
5	Padiham	36	19	5	12	76	52	+24	62
6	Great Harwood Town	36	18	8	10	51	33	+18	62	Club folded at end of season
7	Ashton Town	36	17	7	12	59	57	+2	58
8	Norton United	36	13	12	11	45	47	−2	51
9	Blackpool Mechanics	36	13	10	13	48	51	−3	49
10	Oldham Town	36	14	6	16	44	51	−7	48
11	Eccleshall	36	13	7	16	50	64	−14	46
12	New Mills	36	13	7	16	46	62	−16	46
13	Chadderton	36	13	8	15	51	62	−11	044*
14	Cheadle Town	36	14	6	16	55	53	+2	042#
15	Holker Old Boys	36	11	8	17	58	74	−16	41
16	Darwen	36	11	2	23	47	61	−14	35
17	Leek County School Old Boys	36	7	7	22	51	82	−31	28
18	Daisy Hill	36	7	6	23	38	75	−37	27
19	Castleton Gabriels	36	2	3	31	38	122	−84	01‡

Updated to games played on 2 May 2011.
Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Chadderton were docked 3 points.
^#Cheadle Town were docked 6 points.
^‡Castleton Gabriels were docked 8 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.nwcfl.com/archives/previous-league-tables/2005-06.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site