2010–11 North West Counties Football League

The 2010–11 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2010–11 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2010–11
Champions	New Mills
Promoted	New Mills
Relegated	Formby
Matches played	461
Goals scored	1624 (3.52 per match)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

• Barnoldswick Town promoted as runners up of Division One
• Rossendale United relegated from the NPL Division One North
• Stone Dominoes promoted as champions of Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	New Mills (C) (P)	42	32	6	4	102	38	+64	102	Promotion to NPL Division One South
2	Ramsbottom United	42	29	4	9	101	45	+56	91
3	Winsford United	42	26	5	11	99	50	+49	83
4	Padiham	42	21	10	11	84	62	+22	73
5	Colne	42	21	10	11	90	73	+17	73
6	Bootle	42	21	9	12	78	56	+22	72
7	Barnoldswick Town	42	19	12	11	81	58	+23	69
8	Congleton Town	42	18	10	14	70	60	+10	64
9	Squires Gate	42	18	10	14	74	70	+4	64
10	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	19	6	17	75	72	+3	63
11	Bacup Borough	42	17	10	15	69	56	+13	61
12	Runcorn Linnets	42	16	8	18	68	77	−9	56
13	Maine Road	42	15	9	18	69	64	+5	54
14	Glossop North End	42	14	11	17	68	55	+13	53
15	Flixton	42	13	9	20	78	91	−13	48
16	Silsden	42	13	9	20	47	74	−27	48
17	St Helens Town	42	14	5	23	79	116	−37	47
18	Formby (R)	42	11	10	21	67	95	−28	043*	Relegation to Division One
19	Stone Dominoes	42	12	6	24	60	90	−30	42
20	Alsager Town	42	10	8	24	57	94	−37	38
21	Rossendale United	42	6	11	25	63	106	−43	29	Expelled at the end of the season
22	Ashton Athletic	42	5	6	31	45	122	−77	021#

Updated to games played on 30 April 2011.
Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Formby were relegated for a breach of league rules.
^#Ashton Athletic were reprieved due to Formby's relegation.
(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 One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2010–11
Champions	A.F.C. Blackpool
Promoted	A.F.C. Blackpool Runcorn Town A.F.C. Liverpool
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1201 (3.92 per match)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Division One featured three new teams:

• Runcorn Town promoted as 3rd in the West Cheshire League
• Darwen promoted as 8th in the West Lancashire Football League
• Abbey Hey relegated from the Premier Division

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	A.F.C. Blackpool (C) (P)	34	28	3	3	94	30	+64	87	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Runcorn Town (P)	34	26	6	2	114	39	+75	081*
3	Holker Old Boys	34	19	6	9	77	42	+35	63
4	A.F.C. Liverpool (P)	34	19	6	9	65	34	+31	063#	Promotion to Premier Division
5	Atherton Collieries	34	18	6	10	70	44	+26	60
6	Chadderton	34	18	6	10	64	48	+16	60
7	Norton United	34	17	7	10	64	54	+10	58
8	Wigan Robin Park	34	17	5	12	68	51	+17	053*
9	Irlam	34	14	5	15	63	69	−6	47
10	Cheadle Town	34	13	7	14	54	62	−8	46
11	Eccleshall	34	15	3	16	63	69	−6	045*
12	Leek County School Old Boys	34	11	9	14	54	58	−4	42
13	A.F.C. Darwen	34	9	10	15	38	69	−31	37
14	Daisy Hill	34	6	8	20	47	90	−43	26
15	Abbey Hey	34	6	6	22	48	72	−24	24
16	Ashton Town	34	5	8	21	37	86	−49	23
17	Oldham Boro	34	5	6	23	37	77	−40	21
18	Rochdale Town	34	2	9	23	44	107	−63	15

Updated to games played on 2 May 2011.
Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Eccleshall, Runcorn Town and Wigan Robin Park were docked 3 points.
^#AFC Liverpool were promoted due to the expulsion of Rossendale United from the league and Holker Old Boys declining promotion.
(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/archive-league-tables.php?season=201011

External links

• NWCFL Official Site