2018–19 North West Counties Football League

The 2018–19 North West Counties Football League season (known as the Hallmark Security League for sponsorship reasons[1]) was the 37th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England, and the first season following the split of the lower level into two geographically separated divisions. Teams were divided into three divisions: Premier Division, at Step 5, and Divisions One North and South, at Step 6.

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by the FA on 25 May.[2] The constitution was ratified by the league at its AGM on 16 June.

Premier Division

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2018–19
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

At the end of the 2017–18 season, the following teams left the division:

• Promoted to Step 4
  • Runcorn Linnets, to NPL Division One West
  • Widnes, to NPL Division One West
• Relegated to Step 6
  • AFC Darwen, to Division One North
  • AFC Liverpool, to Division One North
  • Barnton, to Division One South
  • Maine Road, to Division One South

The remaining 17 teams, together with the following, formed the Premier Division for season 2018–19:

• Promoted from Step 6
  • Silsden, from Division One
  • Litherland REMYCA, from Division One
  • Whitchurch Alport, from Division One

Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	City of Liverpool (C, P)	38	29	4	5	89	37	+52	91	Promoted to Northern Premier League Division One North West
2	Bootle	38	28	5	5	98	36	+62	89
3	Congleton Town	38	25	3	10	86	37	+49	78
4	Northwich Victoria	38	20	7	11	85	49	+36	67
5	Ashton Athletic	38	19	4	15	69	49	+20	61
6	Charnock Richard	38	19	4	15	80	68	+12	61
7	Runcorn Town	38	19	3	16	68	65	+3	60
8	Squires Gate	38	17	7	14	79	62	+17	57[lower-alpha 1]
9	Silsden	38	17	6	15	59	65	−6	57	Transferred to Northern Counties East League
10	1874 Northwich	38	15	11	12	63	55	+8	56
11	Barnoldswick Town	38	17	5	16	72	75	−3	56
12	Burscough	38	14	9	15	74	66	+8	51
13	Irlam	38	13	10	15	57	62	−5	49
14	Whitchurch Alport	38	12	7	19	54	59	−5	43
15	Litherland REMYCA	38	11	7	20	51	78	−27	39[lower-alpha 2]
16	Winsford United	38	10	8	20	55	86	−31	38
17	Hanley Town	38	11	5	22	53	85	−32	38
18	Padiham	38	10	7	21	55	85	−30	37
19	West Didsbury & Chorlton (R)	38	10	4	24	55	89	−34	34	Relegated to Division One South
20	Abbey Hey (R)	38	5	2	31	26	120	−94	17

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2019. Source: NWCFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Squires Gate were deducted one point for contravening league rules.
2. Litherland REMYCA were deducted one point for contravening league rules.

Results

Home \ Away	18N	ABH	ASH	BWT	BTL	BUR	CHR	COL	CON	HAN	IRL	LIT	NWV	PAD	RNT	SIL	SQG	WDC	WHI	WIN
1874 Northwich	—	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–6	3–2	2–1	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	5–0	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–1
Abbey Hey	0–3	—	0–6	1–7	2–3	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–3	0–4	2–1	1–6	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–5	0–6	0–6	2–2
Ashton Athletic	2–2	3–0	—	0–3	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–3	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–0	8–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	5–0	2–1	4–1
Barnoldswick Town	3–2	6–0	2–1	—	0–1	2–0	0–5	2–3	1–6	1–4	2–2	4–1	3–4	1–3	5–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	4–1
Bootle	2–0	5–1	4–2	4–0	—	0–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	4–2	2–0	3–5	3–0	5–2	2–1
Burscough	1–1	5–0	2–4	5–0	0–3	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	5–3	3–3	4–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–3	4–0
Charnock Richard	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–5	4–1	—	0–3	2–1	4–1	1–3	4–0	1–2	3–5	1–4	0–2	5–2	1–0	2–1	6–2
City of Liverpool	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	5–3	—	2–1	3–2	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	3–2	4–0	1–0	5–2
Congleton Town	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–3	3–0	—	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0 *	1–2	5–0	1–3	4–1	1–3	3–0
Hanley Town	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–5	2–4	0–4	—	4–2	1–3	0–3	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–6	2–0
Irlam	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–2	2–2	2–4	0–2	1–0	1–2	—	2–2	0–4	1–0	0–1	3–3	0–2	2–3	1–0	3–1
Litherland REMYCA	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–3	1–3	5–1	—	0–5	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1
Northwich Victoria	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	—	2–2	5–1	2–0	2–1	6–0	2–0	4–1
Padiham	1–2	4–0	0–2	1–2	1–6	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	4–1	0–0	4–0	0–4	—	2–5	1–4	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–2
Runcorn Town	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–3	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	—	0–2	2–3	5–0	2–1	3–0
Silsden	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–7	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–5	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–3	—	1–1	3–0	1–2	4–2
Squires Gate	3–0	4–1	6–2	5–2	0–1	6–1	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–5	3–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	3–4	—	0–1	4–0	0–2
West Didsbury & Chorlton	1–2	4–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–3	0–5	4–0	0–1	2–2	3–5	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	—	3–1	1–2
Whitchurch Alport	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	—	0–3
Winsford United	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–1	0–3	3–3	0–2	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–2	2–3	3–3	3–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• Congleton Town v Padiham: match was abandoned at 65 minutes with the score at 3–0; result was allowed to stand

Stadia and locations

Abbey Hey

Ashton Athletic

Barnoldswick Town

Bootle and City of Liverpool

Burscough

Charnock Richard

Congleton Town

Hanley Town

Irlam

Litherland REMYCA

Northwich Victoria

Padiham

Runcorn Town

Silsden

Squires Gate

West Didsbury & Chorlton

Whitchurch Alport

Winsford United and 1874 Northwich

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

Team	Stadium
1874 Northwich	Barton Stadium (groundshare with Winsford United)
Abbey Hey	The Abbey Stadium, Gorton
Ashton Athletic	Brockstedes Park
Barnoldswick Town	Greenberfield Lane
Bootle	New Bucks Park
Burscough	Victoria Park
Charnock Richard	Mossie Park
City of Liverpool	New Bucks Park (groundshare with Bootle)
Congleton Town	Ivy Gardens
Hanley Town	Abbey Lane
Irlam	Silver Street
Litherland REMYCA	Litherland Sports Park
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (groundshare with Witton Albion)
Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground
Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex
Silsden	Keighley Road Stadium
Squires Gate	School Road
West Didsbury & Chorlton	Brookburn Road, Chorlton
Whitchurch Alport	Yockings Park
Winsford United	Barton Stadium

Division One

At the end of the 2017–18 season, the following teams left the division:

• Promoted to Step 5
  • Silsden, to the Premier Division
  • Litherland REMYCA, to the Premier Division
  • Whitchurch Alport, to the Premier Division

The remaining 19 teams were split into the two new geographically separated divisions - Division One North and Division One South

Division One North

North West Counties
Football League
Division One North

Season	2018–19
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The newly formed Division One North consisted of 20 clubs:

• 2 clubs relegated from 2017–18 Premier Division
  • AFC Darwen
  • AFC Liverpool

• 10 clubs from the 2017–18 Division One
  • AFC Blackpool
  • Atherton Laburnum Rovers
  • Bacup Borough
  • Carlisle City
  • Chadderton
  • Daisy Hill
  • Holker Old Boys
  • Nelson
  • Prestwich Heys
  • St Helens Town

• 8 clubs promoted from Step 7
  • Ashton Town, from the Cheshire League
  • Avro, from the Manchester League
  • Cleator Moor Celtic, from the Wearside League
  • Garstang, from the West Lancashire League
  • Longridge Town, from the West Lancashire League
  • Lower Breck, from the Liverpool County Premier League
  • Shelley, from the West Yorkshire League
  • Steeton, from the West Riding County Amateur League

Division One North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Longridge Town (C, P)	38	28	6	4	144	52	+92	90	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Avro (P)	38	28	4	6	118	44	+74	88
3	AFC Liverpool	38	25	4	9	97	67	+30	79
4	Lower Breck	38	24	5	9	130	57	+73	77
5	Prestwich Heys	38	22	3	13	82	52	+30	69
6	Carlisle City	38	21	4	13	82	76	+6	67	Transferred to Northern League
7	Garstang	38	18	6	14	87	68	+19	60
8	Bacup Borough	38	18	6	14	84	71	+13	59[lower-alpha 1]
9	Ashton Town	38	16	7	15	82	88	−6	55
10	AFC Darwen	38	16	6	16	76	86	−10	54
11	Cleator Moor Celtic	38	15	6	17	78	87	−9	51
12	Shelley	38	13	9	16	59	76	−17	48
13	AFC Blackpool	38	13	8	17	57	79	−22	47
14	Nelson	38	12	9	17	60	66	−6	45
15	Steeton	38	11	11	16	80	93	−13	44
16	Chadderton	38	11	7	20	77	82	−5	40
17	St Helens Town	38	9	7	22	82	100	−18	34
18	Holker Old Boys	38	9	4	25	54	113	−59	31
19	Daisy Hill	38	6	7	25	58	124	−66	25	Reprieved from relegation
20	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	38	3	5	30	30	136	−106	13[lower-alpha 2]

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2019. Source: NWCFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Bacup Borough were deducted one point for contravening league rules.
2. Atherton LR were deducted one point for contravening league rules.

Results

Home \ Away	BLP	DAR	LVP	ASH	ALR	AVR	BAC	CAR	CHA	CLE	DSH	GAR	HOL	LON	LOW	NEL	PRE	SHE	STH	STE
AFC Blackpool	—	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–0	0–4	2–3	3~0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–8	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
AFC Darwen	2–3	—	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	2–1	2–2	5–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–6	3–2	2–1	2–3	2–0	7–1	2–4
AFC Liverpool	3–1	3–2	—	1–3	7–0	1–0	3–2	6–2	3–5	0–5	5–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–3
Ashton Town	3–2	3–4	3–4	—	1–1	1–5	6–2	0–3	3–2	1–1 *	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–4	5–2
Atherton LR	3–2	4–4	1–3	0–6	—	0–2	0–5	0–3	2–2	0–3	1–4	0–5	0–1	0–6	1–7	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–3
Avro	3–3	5–1	2–0	5–0	7–0	—	3–3	7–1	1–0	5–0	5–0	4–2	6–0	3–2	1–4	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–1	0–1
Bacup Borough	4–3	3–2	0–2	3–2	4–0	0–3	—	3–2	1–2	4–2	4–2	3–1	3–1	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	5–1
Carlisle City	1–2	1–3	4–0	5–4	3–0	4–2	2–1	—	1–0	3–0	6–3	1–3	2–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	4–0	5–4	4–3
Chadderton	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–3	6–2	1–1	3–3	1–2	—	6–1	1–1	4–2	5–0	1–2	1–7	0–1	1–2	3–4	3–2	1–0
Cleator Moor Celtic	4–1	7–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	4–1	—	5–0	0–3	1–0	3–6	1–4	5–1	0–3	4–4	2–1	5–4
Daisy Hill	0–1	2–3	0–6	1–4	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–2	3–2	3–1	—	2–0	0–3	3–3	4–1	1–4	3–3	1–2	0–5	2–2
Garstang	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–4	2–1	1–0	1–3	5–4	3–3	2–0	—	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	8–2	1–0	4–2
Holker Old Boys	5–0	0–3	3–3	0–2	5–0	0–3	2–1	3–5	3–0	0–4	3–3	0–4	—	2–11	6–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	2–1	1–2
Longridge Town	1–1	1–2	5–3	7–2	8–1	3–0	5–0	7–0	3–1	4–0	8–1	0–3	4–1	—	4–1	3–2	5–1	4–2	5–1	5–2
Lower Breck	3–1	5–0	4–2	6–1	8–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	4–2	8–1	2–1	5–1	7–1	3–0	—	1–0	3–0	6–0	1–2	5–1
Nelson	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	2–2	4–2	8–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	—	1–5	0–2	4–0	1–1
Prestwich Heys	8–1	1–0	1–2	2–4	6–0	2–6	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	6–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	—	0–2	2–2	3–1
Shelley	3–0	1–3	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–4	0–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	2–4	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–4	1–0	—	3–1	1–1
St Helens Town	3–2	2–2	3–3	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–6	0–2	2–4	1–3	4–2	1–3	9–0	4–4	3–5	2–2	1–2	2–2	—	4–0
Steeton	1–0	2–2	2–3	3–3	5–3	2–4	0–2	2–2	4–2	0–2	6–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–3	3–3	4–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• Ashton Town v Cleator Moor Celtic: match was abandoned with the score at 1–1; result was allowed to stand

Stadia and locations

AFC Blackpool

AFC Darwen

AFC Liverpool

Ashton Town

Atherton Laburnum Rovers

AVRO

Bacup Borough

Carlisle City

Chadderton

Cleator Moor Celtic

Daisy Hill

Garstang

Holker Old Boys

Longridge Town

Lower Breck

Nelson

Prestwich Heys

Shelley Community

St Helens Town

Steeton

Locations of the 2018–19 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
Avro	Whitebank Stadium, Oldham
Bacup Borough	West View
Carlisle City	Gillford Park Stadium
Chadderton	MCA Stadium
Cleator Moor Celtic	McGrath Park
Daisy Hill	New Sirs, Westhoughton
Garstang	The Riverside
Holker Old Boys	Rakesmoor Lane, Barrow-in-Furness
Longridge Town	Mike Riding Ground
Lower Breck	Anfield Sports and Community Centre
Nelson	Victoria Park
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	2018–19
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The newly formed Division One South consisted of 20 clubs:

• 2 clubs relegated from 2017–18 Premier Division
  • Barnton
  • Maine Road

• 9 clubs from the 2017–18 Division One
  • Abbey Hulton United
  • Alsager Town
  • Cammell Laird 1907
  • Cheadle Town
  • Eccleshall
  • FC Oswestry Town
  • New Mills
  • Sandbach United
  • Stockport Town

• 7 clubs promoted from Step 7
  • Cheadle Heath Nomads, from the Cheshire League
  • Rylands, from the Cheshire League
  • St Martins, from the West Midlands (Regional) League
  • Stone Dominoes, from the Staffordshire County Senior League
  • Vauxhall Motors, from the West Cheshire League
  • Wythenshawe Amateurs, from the Manchester League
  • Wythenshawe Town, from the Cheshire League

• 2 clubs moved laterally from another Step 6 division
  • Ellesmere Rangers, from the West Midlands (Regional) League
  • Stone Old Alleynians, from the West Midlands (Regional) League

Division One South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Rylands (C, P)	38	28	4	6	111	27	+84	85[lower-alpha 1]	Promotied to Premier Division
2	Vauxhall Motors	38	23	9	6	86	46	+40	78
3	Stone Old Alleynians	38	21	9	8	92	56	+36	72
4	Wythenshawe Amateurs	38	21	8	9	92	53	+39	71
5	Wythenshawe Town	38	21	5	12	92	58	+34	68
6	FC Oswestry Town	38	20	8	10	76	52	+24	68
7	Sandbach United	38	19	10	9	88	54	+34	67
8	Abbey Hulton United	38	20	4	14	71	65	+6	64
9	Cheadle Heath Nomads	38	19	5	14	77	66	+11	62
10	Stockport Town	38	16	5	17	76	62	+14	53
11	St Martins	38	15	7	16	71	68	+3	52
12	Barnton	38	15	5	18	71	72	−1	50
13	Eccleshall	38	14	4	20	65	91	−26	46
14	Maine Road	38	14	0	24	71	98	−27	42
15	Cammell Laird	38	10	11	17	55	73	−18	41
16	Cheadle Town	38	11	10	17	61	67	−6	40[lower-alpha 2]
17	Alsager Town	38	11	7	20	47	80	−33	40
18	New Mills	38	10	5	23	74	113	−39	35
19	Ellesmere Rangers	38	6	7	25	43	97	−54	25	Reprieved from relegation
20	Stone Dominoes (R)	38	4	1	33	25	146	−121	13	Relegation to Step 7

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2019. Source: NWCFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Rylands were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
2. Cheadle Town were deducted three points for contravening league rules.

Results

Home \ Away	ABH	ALS	BNT	CAM	CHN	CHT	ECC	ELL	OSW	MNR	NWM	RYL	SAN	STM	STK	STD	SOA	VAU	WYA	WYT
Abbey Hulton United	—	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–5	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	Canc *
Alsager Town	2–0	—	1–1	3–3	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–5	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–4
Barnton	0–3	5–1	—	0–1	2–0	0–4	5–1	2–0	2–5	5–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	2–4	0–2	0–3	0–3
Cammell Laird	2–3	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	8–1	3–3	1–4	1–3	1–3
Cheadle Heath Nomads	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	—	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–3	2–5	2–4	3–2	2–0	3–2	2–5	5–2	3–2	2–0
Cheadle Town	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	—	3–2	4–1	1–0	2–3	1–4	0–0	0–7	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2
Eccleshall	2–4	3–1	5–2	0–4	1–4	0–0	—	2–4	2–0	4–2	3–2	0–3	1–4	3–0	4–3	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–3	3–11
Ellesmere Rangers	1–1	2–0	0–5	1–4	1–1	0–1	0–1	—	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–5	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–4	2–4
FC Oswestry Town	2–1	4–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	5–2	—	3–2	5–5	0–0	2–0	3–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–4
Maine Road	6–5	4–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	5–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	—	1–4	0–5	0–2	3–4	1–2	4–0	2–3	1–3	2–6	2–3
New Mills	2–0	2–3	2–5	5–2	2–4	1–3	1–5	3–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–6	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	3–1	1–4	3–2	0–4
Rylands	6–0	3–0	5–0	1–0	3–5	1–3	3–0	7–0	3–0	4–0	5–0	—	2–0	1–0	4–1	6–0	1–0	0–3	5–1	3–0
Sandbach United	1–2	0–0	3–3	6–2	3–0	2–2	4–2	3–1	1–3	5–1	2–2	1–3	—	5–3	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
St Martins	1–4	3–2	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–6	2–0	1–3	—	0–2	9–1	2–2	0–0	0–4	1–1
Stockport Town	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	5–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	0–4	1–2	1–2	—	1–1	8–0	1–2	2–3	3–4
Stone Dominoes	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–6	0–13	0–4	3–0	0–5	0–5	2–1	1–3	0–6	0–4	0–3	—	0–6	0–3	0–4	1–7
Stone Old Alleynians	6–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	0–0	6–1	7–0	0–5	2–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	—	3–3	2–1	1–0
Vauxhall Motors	2–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	4–3	3–2	5–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–1
Wythenshawe Amateurs	3–2	7–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	4–1	4–5	1–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	5–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	—	1–0
Wythenshawe Town	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	5–1	0–5	1–2	5–2	0–3	2–3	1–4	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April. Source: results and fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• Abbey Hulton United v Wythenshawe Town: match cancelled due to "legal entity issues"[4] Abbey Hulton United awarded a win and three points.

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 2018–19 North West Counties Football League Division One South teams

Cheadle Town

Cheadle Heath Nomads

Maine Road

Stockport Town

Wythenshawe Amateurs

Wythenshawe Town

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

Team	Stadium
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
Rylands	Gorsey Lane, Warrington
Sandbach United	Sandbach Community Football Centre
St Martins	The Venue, Oswestry
Stockport Town	Stockport Sports Village
Stone Domines	Yarnfield Lane
Stone Alleynians	Yarnfield Lane
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park, Ellesmere Port
Wythenshawe Amateurs	Hollyhedge Park
Wythenshawe Town	Ericstan Stadium

League Challenge Cup

Also called the Macron Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons.[5] Source for this section: NWCFL web site

First Round

Home team Score Away team Abbey Hey 3–3 (6–5 p) Daisy Hill Bacup Borough 2–3 Avro Barnton 0–4 Congleton Town Bootle 2–2 (4–2 p) Vauxhall Motors Burscough 5–1 New Mills Chadderton 3–4 1874 Northwich Charnock Richard 0–0 (1–3 p) Runcorn Town Cheadle Heath Nomads 3–1 Litherland REMYCA City of Liverpool 3–1 Ashton Athletic Cleator Moor Celtic 5–2 Winsford United Eccleshall 3–2 AFC Darwen FC Oswestry Town † 2–2 (5–4 p) West Didsbury & Chorlton Holker Old Boys 0–9 Lower Breck

Home team Score Away team Irlam 1–3 Abbey Hulton United Longridge Town 1–3 Squires Gate Maine Road 4–0 Steeton Nelson 2–1 Hanley Town Northwich Victoria 5–1 Alsager Town Padiham † 5–1 Shelley † Rylands 5–1 Carlisle City Sandbach United 4–1 AFC Liverpool Silsden 0–2 Garstang St Helens Town 0–2 Cheadle Town St Martins 2–4 Cammell Laird 1907 Stockport Town 3–2 Ellesmere Rangers Stone Dominoes 2–4 Ashton Town † Stone Old Alleynians 1–3 AFC Blackpool Whitchurch Alport 1–1 (3–5 p) Prestwich Heys

† eliminated due to playing ineligible player

The following teams received byes to the second round:

• Atherton LR
• Barnoldswick Town
• Wythenshawe Amateurs
• Wythenshawe Town

Second Round

Home team Score Away team 1874 Northwich 5–0 AFC Blackpool Abbey Hey 2–0 Atherton LR Avro 7–0 Wythenshawe Town Barnoldswick Town 3–0 Wythenshawe Amateurs Burscough 3–1 Sandbach United Cammell Laird 1907 0–0 (5–6 p) Lower Breck Cheadle Town 5–0 Bootle City of Liverpool 1–0 Squires Gate

Home team Score Away team Eccleshall 1–2 West Didsbury & Chorlton † Maine Road 0–5 Nelson Northwich Victoria 3–1 Runcorn Town Prestwich Heys 5–0 Cleator Moor Celtic Rylands 5–0 Cheadle Heath Nomads Stockport Town 2–2 (3–5 p) Garstang Stone Dominoes 0–4 Congleton Town

† eliminated due to playing ineligible player
Abbey Hulton United received bye due to both Padiham and Shelley being eliminated in previous round

Third Round

Home team Score Away team Abbey Hey 1–4 1874 Northwich Abbey Hulton United 0–1 Congleton Town Avro 7–2 Garstang Barnoldswick Town 9–4 Eccleshall

Home team Score Away team Cammell Laird 1907 3–1 Rylands City of Liverpool 6–2 Burscough Nelson 2–1 Prestwich Heys Northwich Victoria 5–2 Cheadle Town

Quarter Finals

Home team Score Away team 1874 Northwich 3–2 Barnoldswick Town Avro 3–1 Nelson

Home team Score Away team City of Liverpool 2–1 Northwich Victoria Congleton Town 6–0 Cammell Laird 1907

Semi Finals

First Leg

Home team Score Away team Avro 1–3 City of Liverpool

Home team Score Away team Congleton Town 0–5 1874 Northwich

Second Leg

Home team Score Away team City of Liverpool 3–1 Avro City of Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate

Home team Score Away team 1874 Northwich 2–0 Congleton Town 1874 Northwich won 7–0 on aggregate

Final

Score 1874 Northwich 1–0 City of Liverpool Played at Altrincham's Moss Lane ground Division One Trophy First Round Home team Score Away team AFC Darwen 2–4 Carlisle City Alsager Town 5–3 Daisy Hill Atherton LR 1–6 Cheadle Town Holker Old Boys 0–6 Garstang Home team Score Away team Nelson 3–1 St Martins Sandbach United 6–0 New Mills Stone Old Alleynians 2–0 Shelley Wythenshawe Town 2–3 AFC Blackpool All the remaining Division One teams received a bye to the second round. Second Round Home team Score Away team Abbey Hulton United 2–3 (3–4 p) Rylands AFC Blackpool 2–1 Stockport Town AFC Liverpool 3–0 Cleator Moor Celtic Ashton Town 2–4 Wythenshawe Amateurs Avro 7–0 Stone Dominoes Chadderton 2–3 Alsager Town Cheadle Heath Nomads 5–2 St Helens Town Eccleshall 2–1 Nelson Home team Score Away team Ellesmere Rangers 1–1 (4–2 p) Stone Old Alleynians Longridge Town 1–1 (2–4 p) Garstang Lower Breck 0–3 Carlisle City Maine Road 2–2 (1–4 p) FC Oswestry Town † Prestwich Heys 1–6 Barnton Sandbach United 5–0 Cheadle Town Steeton 1–2 Bacup Borough Vauxhall Motors 1–0 Cammell Laird 1907 † Eliminated due to playing ineligible player Third Round Home team Score Away team AFC Blackpool 0–2 Ellesmere Rangers Alsager Town 0–2 Sandbach United Bacup Borough 2–2 (4–3 p) Barnton Carlisle City 11–2 Eccleshall Home team Score Away team Maine Road 1–1 (12–13 p) Garstang Rylands 0–2 Avro Vauxhall Motors 2–3 AFC Liverpool Wythenshawe Amateurs 1–2 Cheadle Heath Nomads Quarter Finals Home team Score Away team Avro 2–1 Garstang Carlisle City 2–1 Ellesmere Rangers Home team Score Away team Cheadle Heath Nomads 1–3 Sandbach United AFC Liverpool 1–1 (2–3 p) Bacup Borough Semi Finals First leg Home team Score Away team Bacup Borough 0–2 Avro Home team Score Away team Carlisle City 2–4 Sandbach United Second leg Home team Score Away team Avro 3–1 Bacup Borough Avro won 5–1 on aggregate Home team Score Away team Sandbach United 5–1 Carlisle City Sandbach United won 9–3 on aggregate Final Score Avro 2–4 Sandbach United Played at Vauxhall Motors' ground Division One Champions Cup Score Longridge Town 0–3 Rylands References "The NWCFL agree headline sponsorship deal with Hallmark Security". NWCFL. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018. "Provisional Step 5 and 6 club allocations confirmed". Non League Daily. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018. "The FA Handbook Chapter 30 Standardised Rules (section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 July 2018. "League Statement - Wythenshawe Town". NWCFL. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019. "League announces 4-year partnership deal with Macron". NWCFL. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018. External links nwcfl.com (The Official Website of The North West Counties Football League)