2002–03 North West Counties Football League

North West Counties Football League Division Two
Season	2002–03
Champions	Bacup Borough
Promoted	Bacup Borough; Stone Dominoes
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,019 (3.33 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2002–03
Champions	Prescot Cables
Promoted	Prescot Cables
Relegated	Flixton; Winsford United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,559 (3.37 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 North West Counties Football League season was the 21st 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

Division One featured two new teams, promoted as runners-up of Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Prescot Cables (C, P)	42	30	6	6	110	38	+72	96	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2	Clitheroe	42	28	8	6	97	38	+59	92
3	Mossley	42	27	7	8	100	41	+59	88
4	Newcastle Town	42	23	12	7	83	52	+31	81
5	Skelmersdale United	42	22	8	12	91	51	+40	74
6	Nantwich Town	42	19	11	12	90	74	+16	68
7	St Helens Town	42	17	14	11	77	60	+17	65
8	Congleton Town	42	19	8	15	72	62	+10	65
9	Salford City	42	17	12	13	84	63	+21	63
10	Fleetwood Town	42	17	9	16	73	70	+3	60
11	Alsager Town	42	15	11	16	61	67	−6	56
12	Squires Gate	42	13	12	17	58	71	−13	51
13	Abbey Hey	42	12	13	17	56	73	−17	49
14	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	11	12	19	65	86	−21	45
15	Ramsbottom United	42	11	11	20	73	83	−10	44
16	Warrington Town	42	11	11	20	48	66	−18	44
17	Woodley Sports	42	11	9	22	62	85	−23	42
18	Curzon Ashton	42	11	9	22	60	87	−27	42
19	Atherton Collieries	42	11	7	24	52	85	−33	40
20	Glossop North End	42	10	9	23	55	104	−49	39
21	Flixton (R)	42	10	8	24	44	112	−68	38	Relegation to Division Two
22	Winsford United (R)	42	10	7	25	48	91	−43	37	Relegation to Division Two

Updated to match(es) played on May 2003. Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two featured two new teams, relegated from Division One:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bacup Borough (C, P)	34	25	2	7	91	32	+59	77	Promotion to Division One
2	Stone Dominoes (P)	34	24	3	7	94	34	+60	75	Promotion to Division One
3	Maine Road	34	23	2	9	74	55	+19	71
4	Padiham	34	19	6	9	69	42	+27	63
5	Holker Old Boys	34	18	7	9	65	42	+23	61
6	Great Harwood Town	34	15	7	12	64	61	+3	52
7	Nelson	34	13	12	9	50	40	+10	51
8	Darwen	34	14	7	13	59	64	−5	49
9	Norton United	34	14	6	14	50	52	−2	48
10	Colne	34	14	5	15	65	53	+12	47
11	Ashton Town	34	12	9	13	49	53	−4	45
12	Castleton Gabriels	34	10	8	16	43	60	−17	38
13	Cheadle Town	34	10	8	16	39	56	−17	38
14	Blackpool Mechanics	34	9	10	15	39	52	−13	37
15	Leek County School Old Boys	34	8	9	17	46	57	−11	33
16	Daisy Hill	34	7	5	22	42	93	−51	26
17	Oldham Town	34	4	12	18	40	86	−46	24
18	Chadderton	34	5	6	23	33	80	−47	21

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2003. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

External links

NWCFL Official Site