2019–20 North West Counties Football League

The 2019–20 North West Counties Football League season was the 38th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England, and the second season following the split of the lower level into two geographically separated divisions. Teams are divided into three divisions: Premier Division, at Step 5, and Divisions One North and South, at Step 6.

The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.[1] These were subject to appeal, and the North West Counties' constitution was subject to ratification at the league's AGM on 15 June.[2] As one appeal was not yet heard until after the AGM, ratification of the constitution had to be delayed until after the hearing was held.[3] The FA confirmed Carlisle City's transfer to the Northern League at its hearing, thereby rejecting the club's appeal against it[4] and ratifying the constitution.

As three new divisions (one at Step 4 and two at Step 5) were to be introduced to the English football pyramid for the 2020–21 season, at the end of this season three teams were to be promoted from the Premier Division, and four from each Division One.[5]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.[6] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[7] Consequently, the addition of three divisions in the football pyramid will be fulfilled in 2021–22 instead.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2019–20
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs.

The following 4 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

• Abbey Hey – relegated to Division One South
• City of Liverpool – promoted to the Northern Premier League
• Silsden – transferred to the Northern Counties East League
• West Didsbury & Chorlton – relegated to Division One South

The following 4 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

• Avro – promoted from Division One North
• Longridge Town – promoted from Division One North
• Rylands – promoted from Division One South
• Skelmersdale United – relegated from the Northern Premier League

Premier Division table at the time of abandonment

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	1874 Northwich	29	22	5	2	79	27	+52	71
2	Rylands	30	20	3	7	62	32	+30	63
3	Bootle	27	19	2	6	66	37	+29	59[lower-alpha 1]
4	Charnock Richard	31	20	2	9	73	50	+23	59[lower-alpha 2]
5	Ashton Athletic	29	16	5	8	64	38	+26	53
6	Longridge Town	26	17	2	7	62	44	+18	53
7	Runcorn Town	31	14	9	8	55	41	+14	51
8	Irlam	27	13	4	10	50	42	+8	43
9	Squires Gate	32	13	4	15	56	68	−12	43
10	Northwich Victoria	28	11	7	10	57	43	+14	40
11	Whitchurch Alport	29	10	8	11	43	44	−1	38
12	Avro	30	11	4	15	49	55	−6	37
13	Winsford United	29	9	5	15	51	57	−6	32
14	Congleton Town	30	8	7	15	54	60	−6	31
15	Barnoldswick Town	27	8	4	15	40	62	−22	28
16	Skelmersdale United	30	7	6	17	48	60	−12	27[lower-alpha 1]
17	Padiham	28	7	5	16	31	55	−24	26
18	Burscough	30	7	5	18	25	67	−42	26
19	Litherland REMYCA	31	5	7	19	30	77	−47	22
20	Hanley Town	30	5	6	19	34	70	−36	21

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: NWCFL Tables Non League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [9]
Notes:

1. Skelmerdale v Bootle match on 29 Feb was declared void, and its outcome has been removed from the table.[8]
2. Charnock Richard were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in a match won on 12 November.

Premier Division Results

Home \ Away	18N	ASH	AVR	BWT	BTL	BUR	CHR	CON	HAN	IRL	LIT	LON	NWV	PAD	RNT	RYL	SKE	SQG	WHI	WIN
1874 Northwich	—	0–0		0–0	2–0		5–0	2–1	2–1	2–4	1–0	3–2		4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	24 Mar	31 Mar	3–1
Ashton Athletic	0–1	—	2–1		2–3	3–1			2–1	1–0			3–1	0–1	4–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	3–3	24 Mar
Avro	1–1	1–2	—	3–4		5–2		1–0	3–1		0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	3–2	3–2	1–2	2–2
Barnoldswick Town	4–8	1–0		—		4–2	21 Mar	3–3	3–1	0–3	2–0	3–1		17 Mar	1–2			2–2	2–4	2–1
Bootle	1–4	0–4	7–2	3–1	—	4–1		21 Mar	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	27 Mar		4–0	0–3	1–1	7–3	1–0	1–0
Burscough	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–5	—	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1		0–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	2–0	1–3
Charnock Richard	0–5	3–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–1	—	1–3	4–0	2–0	4–3		2–2	2–0	24 Mar	3–1	4–0		4–0	4–1
Congleton Town		0–0	1–5	5–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	—			4–3	1–3	2–4	4–0	4–2		3–1	2–3	0–1	4–3
Hanley Town	0–4	2–6	0–2	3–0	0–4		0–1	4–3	—	24 Mar	0–0	1–3	2–2	28 Mar	0–3	2–1		1–3		21 Mar
Irlam		2–4	0–2	3–2	31 Mar	21 Mar	2–4	1–0	1–0	—	2–2	4–2	17 Mar		1–2	1–2	4–0		4–2	1–0
Litherland REMYCA	0–9	1–7	0–2	1–0			2–5	3–0	4–1	28 Mar	—	0–5	21 Mar	0–2		0–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	1–3
Longridge Town	2–1	2–3			28 Mar	25 Mar	3–2		4–3	4–2	3–2	—	2–1	2–1	21 Mar	4–1	1–0			5–3
Northwich Victoria	3–3		1–0	2–0	1–2	6–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–3	8–0	1–2	—	3–1		0–2	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–1
Padiham		0–1	1–1		1–3	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	2–4	1–2	1–4
Runcorn Town	2–3	0–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	—		0–0	2–1	18 Mar	2–2
Rylands	21 Mar	2–1	5–0	0–1	2–3		2–2	4–2		1–0	1–1	31 Mar	1–2	5–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–1	2–1
Skelmersdale United	2–3	21 Mar	28 Mar	3–0	2–1 †	4–0	2–4	2–1	2–2	0–1		1–4	2–4	3–2		2–3	—	3–3	2–3	0–1
Squires Gate	0–4	0–4	2–1	3–1	2–4	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–5	1–0		2–1	21 Mar	2–0	0–3	3–1	—	0–0	3–1
Whitchurch Alport	0–1		21 Mar	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	23 Mar		0–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	—
Winsford United	0–2	3–2	3–1	28 Mar		6–0	0–2	2–2	1–2		4–1	0–0		4–1	0–1	0–2	0–5	5–4	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

† Skelmersdale v Bootle, 29 Feb: match declared void.[8]

Stadia and locations

1874 Northwich

Ashton Athletic

AVRO

Barnoldswick Town

Bootle

Burscough

Charnock Richard

Congleton Town

Hanley Town

Irlam

Litherland REMYCA

Longridge Town

Northwich Victoria

Padiham

Runcorn Town

Rylands

Skelmersdale United

Squires Gate

Whitchurch Alport

Winsford United

Locations of the 2018–19 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium
1874 Northwich	Townfield (groundshare with Barnton)
Ashton Athletic	Brockstedes Park
Avro	Whitebank Stadium, Oldham
Barnoldswick Town	Greenberfield Lane
Bootle	New Bucks Park
Burscough	Victoria Park
Charnock Richard	Mossie Park
Congleton Town	Ivy Gardens
Hanley Town	Abbey Lane
Irlam	Silver Street
Litherland REMYCA	Litherland Sports Park
Longridge Town	Mike Riding Ground
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (groundshare with Witton Albion)
Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground
Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex
Rylands	Gorsey Lane
Skelmersdale United	Valerie Park
Squires Gate	School Road
Whitchurch Alport	Yockings Park
Winsford United	Barton Stadium

Division One North

North West Counties
Football League
Division One North

Season	2019–20
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Division One North consists of 20 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One North before the season -

• Avro – promoted to the Premier Division
• Carlisle City – transferred to the Northern League
• Longridge Town – promoted to the Premier Division

The following 3 clubs joined Division One North before the season -

• Emley – transferred from the Northern Counties East League
• Golcar United – promoted from the West Riding Amateur League
• Pilkington – promoted from the Cheshire League

Division One North table at the time of abandonment

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lower Breck	29	21	4	4	95	38	+57	67
2	AFC Liverpool	29	17	6	6	91	43	+48	57
3	Shelley	31	17	6	8	67	47	+20	57
4	Emley AFC	27	17	5	5	68	43	+25	56
5	Golcar United	28	14	4	10	71	49	+22	46
6	Ashton Town	29	14	4	11	68	54	+14	46
7	Prestwich Heys	29	14	4	11	49	48	+1	46
8	Pilkington	30	14	2	14	62	61	+1	44
9	AFC Blackpool	29	13	2	14	58	60	−2	41
10	Holker Old Boys	30	12	4	14	55	63	−8	40
11	Daisy Hill	31	11	5	15	63	86	−23	38
12	Chadderton	29	11	3	15	56	66	−10	36
13	AFC Darwen	32	14	4	14	65	74	−9	35[lower-alpha 1]
14	Nelson	28	10	5	13	47	57	−10	35
15	Garstang	29	11	1	17	57	69	−12	34
16	Cleator Moor Celtic	26	8	7	11	52	64	−12	31
17	Atherton LR	29	8	7	14	36	58	−22	31
18	Bacup Borough	27	7	6	14	50	58	−8	27
19	Steeton	29	7	5	17	40	75	−35	26
20	St Helens Town	31	7	4	20	53	90	−37	25

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: NWCFL Tables, Non League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [9]
Notes:

1. AFC Darwen were penalised eleven points for use of an ineligible player in a number of games.[8]

Division One North Results

Home \ Away	BLP	DAR	LVP	ASH	ALR	BAC	CHA	CLE	DSH	EML	GAR	GOL	HOL	LOW	NEL	PIL	PRE	SHE	STH	STE
AFC Blackpool	—	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–3	2–2		0–3		1–2	1–1	2–1	1–5	4–1	4–1	3–1	28 Mar	1–2
AFC Darwen	2–1	—	1–0	21	4–1	3–1	4–3	0–3	3–3	2–3	3–2		3–0	0–4	1–1	1–5	2–1	0–2	21 Mar
AFC Liverpool	4–2	8–0	—	25 Mar	4–1	1–0	4–1	4–2	7–1	4–4	2–1	2–2	8–2			3–3	3–0	1–2	6–2	8–0
Ashton Town	2–0		5–1	—	28 Mar	5–3	2–3		3–0	2–2	1–2	1–6	1–0		5–0	3–2		5–0	4–1	1–1
Atherton LR	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	—	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2		1–2	2–1		0–2	0–2	0–2		0–4	3–2	3–1
Bacup Borough		1–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	—	5–1			2–2			4–2	1–2	2–3	1–0		0–1	4–0	27 Mar
Chadderton	2–3	4–3	31 Mar	0–2		3–4	—	7–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3			1–1	1–1	3–2	5–3
Cleator Moor Celtic		1–3	1–3	0–3	21 Mar	3–2	4–1	—	3–1	2–3	3–4	4–4		3–3		2–2	3–5	3–1	24 Mar
Daisy Hill	1–2	4–1	1–4			3–1	21 Mar		—	2–4	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–6	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	0–0
Emley AFC	4–1	3–1			2–3		1–0	1–1	4–2	—	2–1	1–4	3–2	28 Mar	2–1		4–1	1–3		5–1
Garstang		2–5	0–2	4–2		4–4			7–1	0–2	—	1–5		2–0	2–0	0–8	2–3	1–2		3–1
Golcar United	1–3	3–1	17 Mar	5–3		3–3		1–1				—	2–1	21 Mar	5–3	28 Mar	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–3
Holker Old Boys	2–6	1–6		3–3	1–0	2–0		1–3	8–0	21 Mar	0–2	2–1	—	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1		1–3
Lower Breck	4–3	1–0	3–3	4–3	6–1		5–1		4–3	3–1	5–1	5–2	4–1	—	4–1	3–0	2–2		5–1
Nelson	1–2		1–4	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	3–6	31 Mar	21 Mar	3–2	28 Mar		—	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1
Pilkington	1–2			0–2	3–1	4–1	1–2	0–3	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–5	3–2	3–1	3–2	—	21 Mar		3–2	2–0
Prestwich Heys		2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0			31 Mar	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–4	0–2	4–0	—	2–2	2–1
Shelley	21 Mar	4–1			1–1	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–1		2–1		2–3	2–0	5–3	4–1	1–2	—	0–2	5–2
St Helens Town	4–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–2	6–0	3–8	2–3	1–5	0–2	0–0	0–8	0–1		1–3	2–3	—	3–1
Steeton	18 Mar	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	21 Mar	1–4	0–1		0–5	1–4	2–1	1–4	1–1		2–0	1–3	3–3	5–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

AFC Blackpool

AFC Darwen

AFC Liverpool

Ashton Town

Atherton LR

Bacup Borough

Chadderton

Cleator Moor Celtic

Daisy Hill

Emley

Garstang

Golcar United

Holker Old Boys

Lower Breck

Nelson

Pilkington & St Helens Town

Prestwich Heys

Shelley Community

Steeton

Locations of the 2019–20 North West Counties Football League Division One North teams

Team	Stadium
AFC Blackpool	The Mechanics
AFC Darwen	The Anchor Ground
AFC Liverpool	Rossett Park, Crosby (groundshare with Marine)
Ashton Town	Edge Green Street
Atherton Laburnum Rovers	Crilly Park
Bacup Borough	West View
Chadderton	MCA Stadium
Cleator Moor Celtic	McGrath Park
Daisy Hill	New Sirs, Westhoughton
Emley	Welfare Ground
Garstang	The Riverside
Golcar United	Longfield Avenue
Holker Old Boys	Rakesmoor Lane, Barrow-in-Furness
Lower Breck	Anfield Sports and Community Centre
Nelson	Victoria Park
Pilkington	Ruskin Drive Sportsground
Prestwich Heys	Adie Moran Park
Shelley Community	Storthes Hall Park
St Helens Town	Ruskin Drive Sportsground
Steeton	Cougar Park

Division One South

North West Counties
Football League
Division One South

Season	2019–20
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Division One South consists of 20 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left Division One South before the season -

• Rylands – promoted to the Premier Division
• Stone Dominoes – relegated to the Staffordshire County Senior League

The following 2 clubs joined Division One South before the season -

• Abbey Hey – relegated from the Premier Division
• West Didsbury & Chorlton – relegated from the Premier Division

Division One South table at the time of abandonment

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vauxhall Motors	31	27	1	3	83	28	+55	82
2	FC Oswestry Town	30	21	3	6	68	37	+31	66	Resigned[10]
3	Stone Old Alleynians	30	18	5	7	65	32	+33	59
4	Wythenshawe Town	27	17	5	5	71	25	+46	56
5	Abbey Hey	29	16	5	8	56	44	+12	53
6	West Didsbury & Chorlton	28	14	5	9	51	34	+17	47
7	Eccleshall	29	14	3	12	55	47	+8	45
8	Cheadle Town	30	13	5	12	50	47	+3	44
9	Stockport Town	29	13	4	12	57	52	+5	40[lower-alpha 1]
10	Maine Road	30	11	5	14	57	54	+3	38
11	Cheadle Heath Nomads	30	10	5	15	44	59	−15	35
12	Wythenshawe Amateurs	26	10	4	12	38	34	+4	34
13	Cammell Laird	29	9	7	13	56	58	−2	34
14	New Mills	28	9	6	13	49	63	−14	33
15	Abbey Hulton United	31	10	1	20	40	80	−40	31
16	Sandbach United	26	10	0	16	37	45	−8	30
17	Barnton	29	9	1	19	30	59	−29	28
18	Ellesmere Rangers	28	7	5	16	37	73	−36	26
19	Alsager Town	28	6	7	15	31	63	−32	25
20	St Martins	30	5	3	22	34	75	−41	18

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: NWCFL Tables, Non League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [9] res_col_header=PR
Notes:

1. Stockport Town were deducted three points for transgression of league rules.

Division One South Results

Home \ Away	AHY	AHU	ALS	BNT	CAM	CHN	CHT	ECC	ELL	OSW	MNR	NWM	SAN	STM	STK	SOA	VAU	WDC	WYA	WYT
Abbey Hey	—	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	1–4		21 Mar	24 Mar	1–1	2–1		3–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–4	1–3	3–3	1–1
Abbey Hulton United		—	28 Mar	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–2	0–4	2–1	2–6	5–3	1–4	2–0	14 Mar	2–5		0–1	0–9
Alsager Town	0–3	3–2	—	24 Mar	0–3	1–4	21 Mar	0–3	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–3		1–2	0–0
Barnton	2–3	0–2	1–1	—	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	4 Mar	2–3		3–2	1–0	11 Mar	1–6	1–4	0–1		2–1
Cammell Laird	31 Mar	3–1	2–3	0–2	—	1–1	2–0		2–2		4–1	4–5		4–2	2–3	21 Mar	2–3	1–2	24 Mar	3–3
Cheadle Heath Nomads	0–1	5–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	—		1–0	3–0	2–4		2–0	1–4	3–2	1–5	1–1		0–5	1–1
Cheadle Town	0–1	4–1	1–2			3–1	—	2–2	3–0	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1		0–7
Eccleshall	4–1	2–0	8–1		2–4	2–0	0–4	—	9–0	0–5	1–0	1–2		3–2	2–0		0–1	0–4	0–4	25 Mar
Ellesmere Rangers	2–3	0–2		0–3	2–2		28 Mar		—	0–1	1–6	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–2	3–2	7 Mar	1–2
FC Oswestry Town	2–1	1û0	5–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	1–3		3–3	—	2–1			2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–1
Maine Road	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–2		6–1	3–1	—	1–2	1–2	28 Mar		0–3	1–3		1–1	30 Mar
New Mills		6–1	1–1	1–0	4–4	1–1	1–2	0–3	21 Mar	2–3	1–1	—	1–3			1–2	1–3	3–3		2–4
Sandbach United	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–3		24 Mar	1–2		4–0		0–2	—		5–2	0–1	1–2	28 Mar	1–3
St Martins			2–2	1–2	2–0	21 Mar	1–6	0–2	4–2		1–2	3–1	2–2	—	2–3	1–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–0
Stockport Town	2–1	1–5			4–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	8–2	4–1	30 Mar	2–0	—	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1~2
Stone Old Alleynians	0–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–1	0–2		3–0	5–0		—	1–3	0–1	2–1
Vauxhall Motors	2–1	21 Mar	2–0	4–0		2–1	4–2		2–4	24 Mar	3–1	8–0		5–0	2–0		—	3–0		1–2
West Didsbury & Chorlton		5–0	4–1	21 Mar	2–1	0–0	2–1	4–0		17 Mar	0–3		31 Mar		1–0	0–2	0–1	—	2–1	1–1
Wythenshawe Amateurs	2–5	0–1		3–0	1–0	28 Mar	0–1	0–2	17 Mar	0–1		0–2	0–2	5–0	21 Mar	2–4	1–2	1–0	—
Wythenshawe Town	3–2			5–0	28 Mar	5–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–2	2–0		3–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Greater Manchester

Abbey Hulton United

Alsager Town

Barnton

Cammell Laird

Eccleshall

Ellesmere Rangers

FC Oswestry Town and St Martins

New Mills

Rylands

Sandbach United

Stone Dominoes

Stone Old Alleynians

Vauxhall Motors

Locations of the 2019–20 North West Counties Football League Division One South teams

Abbey Hey

Cheadle Town

Cheadle HN

Maine Road

Stockport Town

West Didsbury & Chorlton

Wythenshawe Amateurs

Wythenshawe Town

Locations of North West Counties Division One South 2018–19 teams (Greater Manchester)

Team	Stadium
Abbey Hey	The Abbey Stadium, Gorton
Abbey Hulton United	Birches Head Road
Alsager Town	Wood Park Stadium
Barnton	Townfield
Cammell Laird 1907	Kirklands, Birkenhead
Cheadle Heath Nomads	The Heath
Cheadle Town	Park Road Stadium
Eccleshall	Pershall Park
Ellesmere Rangers	Beech Grove
FC Oswestry Town	Park Hall Stadium
Maine Road	Brantingham Road, Chorlton
New Mills	Church Lane
Sandbach United	Sandbach Community Football Centre
St Martins	The Venue, Oswestry
Stockport Town	Stockport Sports Village
Stone Alleynians	Yarnfield Lane
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park, Ellesmere Port
West Didsbury & Chorlton	Brookburn Road, Chorlton
Wythenshawe Amateurs	Hollyhedge Park
Wythenshawe Town	Ericstan Stadium

League Challenge Cup

Also called the Macron Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons.[11]

Sources for this section: fixtures and results

First Round

Home team Score Away team Abbey Hey 2–1 Holker Old Boys Ashton Town 5–1 Golcar United Avro 0–6 Vauxhall Motors Bacup Borough 1–1 (3–1 p) Charnock Richard Bootle 3–2 Eccleshall Burscough 0–5 Ashton Athletic Cheadle Heath Nomads 1–5 1874 Northwich Congleton Town 2–3 AFC Darwen† Daisy Hill 3–6 AFC Blackpool Ellesmere Rangers 3–2 Cleator Moor Celtic Emley AFC 2–1 Squires Gate Garstang 1–1 (4–2 p) Stockport Town Hanley Town 1–2 Abbey Hulton United † AFC Darwen fielded ineligible player, and forfeit place in next season's competition.[8]

Home team Score Away team Lower Breck 2–1 Cammell Laird Maine Road 3–0 FC Oswestry Town Northwich Victoria 3–1 Barnoldswick Town Padiham 9–1 St Martins Pilkington 1–3 Steeton Prestwich Heys 1–0 Winsford United Runcorn Town 5–0 Atherton LR Rylands 5–0 Barnton Sandbach United 2–4 AFC Liverpool Shelley 3–2 Wythenshawe Town Skelmersdale United 1–3 Irlam St Helens Town 2–1 Nelson Stone Old Alleynians 1–2 Litherland REMYCA West Didsbury & Chorlton 3–1 New Mills Wythenshawe Amateurs 2–1 Chadderton

Second Round

Home team Score Away team Abbey Hey 2–1 Bacup Borough Abbey Hulton United 0–2 * AFC Liverpool Ashton Athletic 4–2 Ashton Town Emley AFC 1–2 Ellesmere Rangers Garstang 4–2 Steeton Irlam 0–4 ** 1874 Northwich Litherland REMYCA 2–0 Bootle Longridge Town 0–3 Vauxhall Motors * Played at AFC Liverpool's home ground, following postponements ** Played at 1874 Northwich's home ground, following postponements

Home team Score Away team Lower Breck 2–4 Maine Road Northwich Victoria 0–2 Runcorn Town Prestwich Heys 2–1 AFC Darwen Rylands 4–3 Padiham St Helens Town 0–1 AFC Blackpool West Didsbury & Chorlton 6–1 Alsager Town Whitchurch Alport 2–3 Shelley Wythenshawe Amateurs 3–2 Cheadle Town

Third Round

Home team Score Away team AFC Blackpool 1–2 Ellesmere Rangers Ashton Athletic 6–0 Wythenshawe Amateurs Garstang 0–2 * Maine Road Prestwich Heys 0–2 AFC Liverpool * Played at Maine Road's home ground, following postponements

Home team Score Away team Rylands 1–1 (2–3 p) 1874 Northwich Shelley 3–2 Abbey Hey Vauxhall Motors 1–2 Litherland REMYCA West Didsbury & Chorlton 1–4 Runcorn Town

Quarter Finals

Home team Score Away team Ashton Athletic 2–2 (2–4) p Runcorn Town Litherland REMYCA 1–5 AFC Liverpool

Home team Score Away team Maine Road 0–4 1874 Northwich Shelley 3–2 Ellesmere Rangers

Semi Finals

Ties to be played over two legs, scheduled for weekends of 28 March and 4 April

First Leg

Home team Score Away team AFC Liverpool Runcorn Town

Home team Score Away team Shelley 1874 Northwich

Second Leg

Home team Score Away team Runcorn Town AFC Liverpool

Home team Score Away team 1874 Northwich Shelley

Division One Trophy

Also called The PlayerMatch.com Cup for sponsorship reasons.[12]

Sources for this section: fixtures and results

First Round

Home team Score Away team Abbey Hey 3–2 Bacup Borough Abbey Hulton United 4–1 Ellesmere Rangers AFC Liverpool 3–1 Shelley Cleator Moor Celtic 1–2 Cheadle Town Holker Old Boys 0–3 AFC Blackpool

Home team Score Away team Lower Breck 6–2 Vauxhall Motors New Mills 3–3 (4–5 p) Eccleshall Steeton 0–0 (3–5 p) FC Oswestry Town

All the remaining Division One teams received a bye to the second round.

Second Round

Home team Score Away team Abbey Hulton United 1–2 Cheadle Heath Nomads Alsager Town 2–5 Cheadle Town Ashton Town 9–2 Atherton LR Barnton 0–4 Abbey Hey Cammell Laird 0–0 (6–7 p) Sandbach United Chadderton 0–1 Pilkington Daisy Hill 5–3 Maine Road Emley AFC 4–0 AFC Blackpool

Home team Score Away team Garstang 2–3 (3–5 p) FC Oswestry Town Golcar United 4–4 (3–4 p) Wythenshawe Town Lower Breck 6–0 Eccleshall St Helens Town 8–3 AFC Darwen St Martins 0–5 AFC Liverpool Stone Old Alleynians 2–1 Prestwich Heys West Didsbury & Chorlton 4–0 Nelson Wythenshawe Amateurs 3–2 Stockport Town

Third Round

Home team Score Away team AFC Liverpool 2–1 Pilkington Ashton Town 2–2 (8–9 p) Abbey Hey Cheadle Town 4–2 Wythenshawe Amateurs Emley AFC 6–1 Daisy Hill

Home team Score Away team FC Oswestry Town 0–1 Lower Breck † Sandbach United 2–1 Stone Old Alleynians St Helens Town 1–2 West Didsbury & Chorlton Wythenshawe Town 4–1 Cheadle Heath Nomads † Eliminated due to playing ineligible player

Quarter Finals

Home team Score Away team Abbey Hey 1-3 Wythenshawe Town AFC Liverpool 3-0 Cheadle Town

Home team Score Away team FC Oswestry Town 1-0 Emley AFC West Didsbury & Chorlton 0-2 Sandbach United

Semi Finals

Ties to be played over two legs, scheduled for weekends of 14 and 21 March

First leg

Home team Score Away team FC Oswestry Town 0–3 AFC Liverpool

Home team Score Away team Wythenshawe Town 1–2 Sandbach United

Second leg

Home team Score Away team AFC Liverpool FC Oswestry Town

Home team Score Away team Sandbach United Wythenshawe Town

Division One Champions Cup

This will be played at the end of the season between the winners of Division One North and Division One South

References

1. "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
2. "League Allocations for Season 2019/20 Announced". NWCFL. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
3. "News From The AGM". NWCFL. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
4. "Carlisle City's lateral move confirmed after appeal hearing". nwcfl.com. NWCFL. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
5. "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non League Paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
6. "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
7. "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
8. "Alterations To League Tables". NWCFL. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
9. "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
10. FC Oswestry resigned and folded at the conclusion of the season "Resignation of FC Oswestry Town". NWCFL. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
11. "League announces 4-year partnership deal with Macron". NWCFL. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
12. "Announcement: PlayerMatch.com becomes Official Partner of The North West Counties Football League". NWCFL. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

External links

• The Official Website of The North West Counties League