2008–09 North West Counties Football League

The 2008–09 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2008–09 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First. This was a change from previous seasons when the divisions were known as Division One and Division Two respectively.

Premier Division
North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsA.F.C. Fylde
PromotedA.F.C. Fylde
RelegatedAtherton Collieries
Matches played462
Goals scored1,510 (3.27 per match)

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

  • A.F.C. Fylde promoted as runners-up of Division Two (renamed from Kirkham & Wesham F.C.)
  • Alsager Town relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One South
  • Ashton Athletic promoted as third in Division Two
  • New Mills promoted as champions of Division Two

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 A.F.C. Fylde (P) 42 33 5 4 122 35 +87 104 Promotion to NPL Division One North
2 New Mills 42 34 2 6 92 33 +59 104
3 Newcastle Town 42 26 9 7 91 33 +58 87
4 Congleton Town 42 26 8 8 85 44 +41 86
5 Glossop North End 42 25 7 10 83 49 +34 82
6 Ashton Athletic 42 18 7 17 67 68 −1 61
7 Alsager Town 42 18 5 19 66 72 −6 59
8 Bacup Borough 42 16 10 16 71 71 0 58
9 Silsden 42 16 10 16 62 67 −5 58
10 Squires Gate 42 14 15 13 56 56 0 57
11 Runcorn Linnets 42 16 7 19 64 84 −20 55
12 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 42 12 15 15 70 77 −7 51
13 Maine Road 42 14 9 19 60 74 −14 51
14 Ramsbottom United 42 13 12 17 56 72 −16 50[lower-alpha 1]
15 Formby 42 15 3 24 57 67 −10 48
16 St Helens Town 42 14 4 24 64 97 −33 46
17 Nelson 42 11 12 19 68 86 −18 45
18 Colne 42 11 10 21 64 75 −11 43
19 Flixton 42 9 14 19 58 86 −28 41
20 Winsford United 42 10 9 23 52 82 −30 39
21 Abbey Hey 42 11 5 26 60 89 −29 38
22 Atherton Collieries (R) 42 7 8 27 42 93 −51 29 Relegation to Division One
Updated to match(es) played on May 2009. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Ramsbottom United were docked 3 points.

Division One
North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2008–09
ChampionsBootle
PromotedBootle
Padiham
RelegatedNone
Matches played306
Goals scored1,055 (3.45 per match)

Division One featured two new teams:

Two existing teams underwent name changes for this season:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Bootle (P) 34 25 5 4 78 27 +51 80 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Padiham (P) 34 22 7 5 93 41 +52 73
3 Stone Dominoes 34 23 2 9 85 51 +34 71
4 A.F.C. Liverpool 34 22 3 9 82 39 +43 69
5 Wigan Robin Park 34 18 5 11 61 49 +12 59
6 Oldham Town 34 16 5 13 60 54 +6 53
7 Cheadle Town 34 16 4 14 54 44 +10 52
8 Irlam 34 13 13 8 51 43 +8 52
9 Holker Old Boys 34 14 8 12 59 61 −2 50
10 Chadderton 34 14 6 14 60 54 +6 48
11 Eccleshall 34 14 5 15 44 44 0 47
12 Norton United 34 12 6 16 63 60 +3 42
13 Darwen 34 11 7 16 51 74 −23 40
14 Leek County School Old Boys 34 7 10 17 51 72 −21 31
15 A.F.C. Blackpool 34 7 8 19 34 59 −25 29
16 Rochdale Town 34 6 6 22 55 91 −36 24
17 Daisy Hill 34 6 4 24 39 101 −62 22
18 Ashton Town 34 4 8 22 35 91 −56 20
Updated to match(es) played on May 2009. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted.
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