North West Counties Football League

North West Counties Football League
North West Counties Football League
	Ligaens område er markeret med lyseblåt
Land(e)	England
Konføderation	UEFA
Etableret	1982
Første sæson	1982-83
Division(er)	Premier Division (22 hold); First Division (18 hold)
Antal hold	40
Niveauer på pyramide	Niveau 9-10
Oprykning til	Northern Premier League
Nedrykning til	Cheshire Association Football League; Liverpool County Premier League; Manchester Football League; Staffordshire County Senior League; West Cheshire Association Football League; West Lancashire Football League
Pokalturnering	FA Cup; FA Vase
Ligapokalturnering	League Challenge Cup; First Division Trophy
Nuværende mestre	Ramsbottom United FC (Premier Division); Wigan Robin Park FC (First Division) ; (2011-12)
Flest mesterskaber	Atherton Laburnum Rovers FC (2); Clitheroe FC (2); Kidsgrove Athletic FC (2); Rossendale United FC (2); Stalybridge Celtic FC (2); Trafford FC (2)
Hjemmeside	www.nwcfl.com
	North West Counties Football League 2012-13

North West Counties Football League (NWCFL) er en fodbold liga i det nordvestlige England. Pr. 2011 dækker ligaen Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, det sydlige Cumbria, det nordlige Staffordshire, High Peak-delen af Derbyshire og det allervestligste af West Yorkshire. Tidligere har ligaen også haft deltagelse af hold fra det nordlige Wales. Ligaen har to divisioner: Premier Division på niveau 9 i det engelske ligasystem og First Division på niveau 10. Ligaen er medlem af Joint Liaison Council, som administrerer den nordlige del af National League System i England.^[1]

NWCFL har to pokalturneringer – League Challenge Cup, som er åben for alle ligaens klubber, og First Division Trophy for klubberne i First Division. Ligaen arrangerer også en reserveholdsdivision med 16 hold, som også har sin egen ligapokalturnering. Fra 1990–91 til 1999–2000 arrangerede ligaen tillige en Floodlit Trophy-turnering.^[1]

Nr. 1 eller 2 i ligaens bedste række, Premier Division, kan rykke op i Northern Premier League (NPL), hvis klubbens hjemmebane opfylder NPL's krav.^[1] Oprykning til NWCFL sker fra seks forskellige lavere rangerende ligaer: Cheshire Association Football League, Liverpool County Premier League, West Cheshire Association Football League, Staffordshire County Senior League, West Lancashire Football League og Manchester Football League. Disse ligaers mestre kan rykke op i North West Counties Football League, hvis de opfylder NWCFL's stadionkrav.^[1]

Historie

North West Counties Football League blev dannet i 1982 ved en fusion af Cheshire County League og Lancashire Combination. Den bestod oprindeligt af tre divisioner, men den blev reduceret til to i 1987, delvist på grund af oprettelse af en ekstra division i Northern Premier League (NPL). På samme tid blev op- og nedrykning mellem de to ligaer indført, således at nr. 1 eller 2 i North West Counties Football League (NWCFL) kunne rykke op i Northern Premier League, hvis klubbens hjemmebane opfyldte NPL's krav.^[1]

I sæsonen 2008-09 blev ligaens divisioner omdøbt: Division One blev til Premier Division, mens Division Two skiftede navn til First Division.

Den eneste klub, der har spillet i North West Counties Football Leagues højeste division hver eneste sæson siden ligaens oprettelse, er St Helens Town AFC. Tre klubber har vundet en liga- og cup-double, Ashton United FC i 1991–92, Kidsgrove Athletic FC i 1997–98 og FC United of Manchester i 2006–07, mens Atherton Laburnum Rovers FC er den eneste klub, der har vundet ligaen to sæsoner i træk, i 1992–93 og 1993–94. I 1980'erne vandt Clitheroe FC hver af de tre divisioner tre sæsoner i træk. I 1983–84 vandt klubben Division Three-mesterskabet, den følgende sæson blev den nr. 1 i Division Two og i 1985–86 blev den kåret som vinder af Division One.^[1]

Vindere

Liga

Ligaen havde oprindeligt tre divisioner. I 1987 blev den reduceret til to divisioner, som blev omdøbt i 2008.

Sæson	Division One	Division Two	Division Three
Vindere af North West Counties Football League 1982–2012
1982–83	Burscough FC (1)	Radcliffe Borough FC (1)	Colne Dynamoes FC (1)
1983–84	Stalybridge Celtic FC (1)	Fleetwood Town FC (1)	Clitheroe FC (1)
1984–85	Radcliffe Borough FC (1)	Clitheroe FC (1)	Kirkby Town FC (1)
1985–86	Clitheroe FC (1)	Kirkby Town FC (1)	AFC Blackpool Mechanics (1)
1986–87	Stalybridge Celtic FC (2)	Droylsden FC (1)	Atherton Collieries FC (1)
1987–88	Colne Dynamoes FC (1)	Ashton United FC (1)
1988–89	Rossendale United FC (1)	Vauxhall G M FC (1)
1989–90	Warrington Town FC (1)	Maine Road FC (1)
1990–91	Knowsley United FC (1)	Great Harwood Town FC (1)
1991–92	Ashton United FC (1)	Bamber Bridge FC (1)
1992–93	Atherton Laburnum Rovers FC (1)	Maghull FC (1)
1993–94	Atherton Laburnum Rovers FC (2)	Haslingden FC (1)
1994–95	Bradford Park Avenue FC (1)	Flixton FC (1)
1995–96	Flixton FC (1)	Vauxhall G M FC (2)
1996–97	Trafford FC (1)	Ramsbottom United FC (1)
1997–98	Kidsgrove Athletic FC (1)	Oldham Town FC (1)
1998–99	Workington FC (1)	Fleetwood Freeport FC (1)
1999–2000	Vauxhall Motors FC (1)	Woodley Sports FC (1)
2000–01	Rossendale United FC (2)	Warrington Town FC (1)
2001–02	Kidsgrove Athletic FC (2)	Stand Athletic FC (1)
2002–03	Prescot Cables FC (1)	Bacup Borough FC (1)
2003–04	Clitheroe FC (2)	Colne FC (1)
2004–05	Fleetwood Town FC^[2] (1)	Cammell Laird FC (1)
2005–06	Cammell Laird FC (1)	FC United of Manchester (1)
2006–07	FC United of Manchester (1)	Winsford United FC (1)
2007–08	Trafford FC (2)	New Mills AFC (1)
Sæson	Premier Division	First Division
2008–09	AFC Fylde (1)	Bootle FC (1)
2009–10	Newcastle Town FC (1)	Stone Dominoes FC (1)
2010–11	New Mills AFC (1)	AFC Blackpool (1)
2011–12	Ramsbottom United FC (1)	Wigan Robin Park FC (1)

League Challenge Cup

NWCFL League Challenge Cup er for alle klubberne i ligaen.

1982–83 – Darwen
1983–84 – Ellesmere Port & Neston
1984–85 – Leek Town
1985–86 – Warrington Town
1986–87 – Colne Dynamoes
1987–88 – Warrington Town
1988–89 – Colwyn Bay
1989–90 – Knowsley United
1990–91 – Vauxhall GM
1991–92 – Ashton United
1992–93 – Burscough
1993–94 – Rossendale United
1994–95 – Nantwich Town
1995–96 – Burscough
1996–97 – Newcastle Town

1997–98 – Kidsgrove Athletic
1998–99 – Vauxhall GM
1999–2000 – Skelmersdale United
2000–01 – Formby
2001–02 – Prescot Cables
2002–03 – Mossley
2003–04 – Bacup Borough
2004–05 – Cammell Laird
2005–06 – Salford City
2006–07 – F.C. United of Manchester
2007–08 – Maine Road
2008–09 – New Mills
2009–10 – Abbey Hey
2010–11 – Winsford United
2011–12 – Bacup Borough

First Division Trophy

First Division Trophy er for klubberne i First Division. Fra 1989 til 2008 hed turneringen Second Division Trophy.

1989–90 – Great Harwood Town
1990–91 – Glossop
1991–92 – Newcastle Town
1992–93 – Stantondale
1993–94 – North Trafford
1994–95 – Formby
1995–96 – Ramsbottom United
1996–97 – Nelson
1997–98 – Tetley Walker
1998–99 – Fleetwood Freeport
1999–2000 – Warrington Town
2000–01 – Squires Gate

2001–02 – Ikke spillet
2002–03 – Stone Dominoes
2003–04 – Colne
2004–05 – Cammell Laird
2005–06 – Flixton
2006–07 – New Mills
2007–08 – Kirkham & Wesham
2008–09 – AFC Liverpool
2009–10 – AFC Liverpool
2010–11 – Atherton Collieries
2011–12 – Norton United

Floodlit Trophy

NWCFL Floodlit Trophy var for alle ligaens klubber.

1990–91 – Colwyn Bay
1991–92 – Great Harwood Town
1992–93 – Newcastle Town
1993–94 – Bootle
1994–95 – Penrith

1995–96 – Newcastle Town
1996–97 – Colwyn Bay
1997–98 – Burscough
1998–99 – Clitheroe
1999–2000 – Vauxhall Motors

Eksterne henvisninger

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Noter

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "LEAGUE HISTORY – A Brief History of the North West Counties Football League". North West Counties Football League. Arkiveret fra originalen 16. april 2018. Hentet 2009-02-15.
^ Note that the Fleetwood Town club that won the Division Two title in 1983–84 is not the same club as the one of the same name who won the Division One Championship in 2004–05. The earlier club folded in 1993, and the new club was not formed until 1997 as Fleetwood Wanderers, then Fleetwood Freeport before taking the Fleetwood Town name in 2002.

[nwcfl-history-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "LEAGUE HISTORY – A Brief History of the North West Counties Football League". North West Counties Football League. Arkiveret fra originalen 16. april 2018. Hentet 2009-02-15.

[2] Note that the Fleetwood Town club that won the Division Two title in 1983–84 is not the same club as the one of the same name who won the Division One Championship in 2004–05. The earlier club folded in 1993, and the new club was not formed until 1997 as Fleetwood Wanderers, then Fleetwood Freeport before taking the Fleetwood Town name in 2002.

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