1999–2000 North West Counties Football League

The 1999–2000 North West Counties Football League season was the 18th 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	1999–2000
Champions	Vauxhall Motors
Promoted	Vauxhall Motors
Relegated	Atherton Laburnum Rovers Bootle
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,461 (3.16 per match)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Division One featured three new teams:

• Abbey Hey, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
• Great Harwood Town, relegated from the NPL Division One
• Fleetwood Freeport, promoted as champions of Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vauxhall Motors (C, P)	42	29	7	6	101	32	+69	94	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2	Newcastle Town	42	26	7	9	82	35	+47	85
3	Ramsbottom United	42	23	10	9	87	53	+34	79
4	Mossley	42	23	10	9	80	50	+30	79
5	Rossendale United	42	23	9	10	77	46	+31	78
6	Skelmersdale United	42	22	9	11	91	53	+38	75
7	Fleetwood Freeport	42	21	10	11	75	45	+30	73
8	Prescot Cables	42	21	10	11	83	55	+28	73
9	St Helens Town	42	20	13	9	81	59	+22	73
10	Clitheroe	42	21	7	14	75	49	+26	70
11	Salford City	42	17	7	18	70	69	+1	58
12	Atherton Collieries	42	16	6	20	58	68	−10	54
13	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	14	9	19	47	66	−19	51
14	Abbey Hey	42	14	8	20	50	75	−25	50
15	Nantwich Town	42	13	9	20	60	73	−13	48
16	Great Harwood Town	42	12	9	21	55	81	−26	45
17	Glossop North End	42	10	11	21	52	73	−21	41
18	Cheadle Town	42	8	13	21	49	85	−36	37
19	Maine Road	42	9	10	23	59	100	−41	37
20	Leek County School Old Boys	42	8	10	24	49	101	−52	34
21	Bootle (R)	42	6	8	28	29	90	−61	26	Relegation to Division Two
22	Atherton Laburnum Rovers (R)	42	4	12	26	51	103	−52	24

Updated to match(es) played on May 2000. 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

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Woodley Sports
Promoted	Curzon Ashton Woodley Sports
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,054 (3.44 per match)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Division Two featured two new teams:

• Alsager, promoted as runners-up of the Midland Football League
• Holker Old Boys, relegated from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Woodley Sports (C, P)	34	24	6	4	85	29	+56	78	Promotion to Division One
2	Curzon Ashton (P)	34	24	6	4	78	26	+52	78
3	Nelson	34	21	8	5	77	31	+46	71
4	Darwen	34	20	6	8	69	35	+34	66
5	Bacup Borough	34	15	11	8	68	42	+26	56
6	Squires Gate	34	16	7	11	70	49	+21	55
7	Tetley Walker	34	16	4	14	56	70	−14	52
8	Castleton Gabriels	34	15	6	13	67	67	0	51
9	Warrington Town	34	14	8	12	66	44	+22	50
10	Chadderton	34	12	12	10	52	57	−5	48
11	Formby	34	12	8	14	52	68	−16	44
12	Alsager	34	11	8	15	48	64	−16	41
13	Colne	34	12	2	20	44	70	−26	38
14	Holker Old Boys	34	8	11	15	59	73	−14	35
15	Blackpool Mechanics	34	9	6	19	49	74	−25	33
16	Daisy Hill	34	7	5	22	41	75	−34	26
17	Oldham Town	34	4	6	24	43	86	−43	18
18	Ashton Town	34	5	2	27	30	94	−64	17

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2000. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive99-00/nwc1.htm
• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive99-00/nwc2.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site