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1982–83 North West Counties Football League

{{Infobox football league season

|competition=North West Counties Football League

|winners=

|relegated=

|matches=

|total goals=

|league topscorer=

|biggest home win=

|biggest away win=

|highest scoring=

|longest wins=

|longest unbeaten=

|longest losses=

|highest attendance=

|lowest attendance=

|average attendance=

|prevseason=1981–82 CCFL
1981–82 LC

|nextseason=1983–84

|season=

}}

The 1982–83 North West Counties Football League was the first in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into three divisions.

Division One

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= North West Counties
Football League
Division One

|season=1982–83

|winners= Burscough

|promoted= Rhyl
Horwich RMI

|relegated= Nantwich Town

|matches=

|total goals=

|prevseason= 1981–82 CCFL
1981–82 LC

|nextseason= 1983–84

}}

The division featured 20 new teams:

=League table=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|show_limit=5

|winpoints=2

|team1=BUR|name_BUR=Burscough

|team2=RHL|name_RHL=Rhyl

|team3=HOR|name_HOR=Horwich RMI

|team4=STL|name_STL=Stalybridge Celtic

|team5=WNS|name_WNS=Winsford United

|team6=DAR|name_DAR=Darwen

|team7=LNC|name_LNC=Lancaster City

|team8=CNG|name_CNG=Congleton Town

|team9=PEN|name_PEN=Penrith

|team10=ACC|name_ACC=Accrington Stanley

|team11=LEE|name_LEE=Leek Town

|team12=CZA|name_CZA=Curzon Ashton

|team13=ASU|name_ASU=Ashton United

|team14=BTL|name_BTL=Bootle

|team15=PRC|name_PRC=Prescot Cables

|team16=FOR|name_FOR=Formby

|team17=LDS|name_LDS=Leyland Motors

|team18=GNE|name_GNE=Glossop

|team19=STH|name_STH=St Helens Town

|team20=NAN|name_NAN=Nantwich Town

|win_BUR=26|draw_BUR=7|loss_BUR=5|gf_BUR=93|ga_BUR=45|status_BUR=C

|win_RHL=23|draw_RHL=11|loss_RHL=4|gf_RHL=76|ga_RHL=30|status_RHL=P

|win_HOR=22|draw_HOR=10|loss_HOR=6|gf_HOR=77|ga_HOR=35|status_HOR=P

|win_STL=17|draw_STL=15|loss_STL=6|gf_STL=60|ga_STL=32

|win_WNS=18|draw_WNS=10|loss_WNS=10|gf_WNS=72|ga_WNS=48

|win_DAR=17|draw_DAR=12|loss_DAR=9|gf_DAR=68|ga_DAR=46

|win_LNC=17|draw_LNC=11|loss_LNC=10|gf_LNC=69|ga_LNC=54

|win_CNG=13|draw_CNG=14|loss_CNG=11|gf_CNG=52|ga_CNG=35

|win_PEN=17|draw_PEN=6|loss_PEN=15|gf_PEN=68|ga_PEN=61

|win_ACC=13|draw_ACC=12|loss_ACC=13|gf_ACC=56|ga_ACC=55

|win_LEE=14|draw_LEE=9|loss_LEE=15|gf_LEE=42|ga_LEE=44

|win_CZA=14|draw_CZA=8|loss_CZA=16|gf_CZA=46|ga_CZA=47

|win_ASU=13|draw_ASU=10|loss_ASU=15|gf_ASU=55|ga_ASU=69

|win_BTL=14|draw_BTL=6|loss_BTL=18|gf_BTL=55|ga_BTL=79|adjust_points_BTL=-2

|win_PRC=9|draw_PRC=13|loss_PRC=16|gf_PRC=50|ga_PRC=60

|win_FOR=10|draw_FOR=8|loss_FOR=20|gf_FOR=48|ga_FOR=68

|win_LDS=7|draw_LDS=10|loss_LDS=21|gf_LDS=34|ga_LDS=74

|win_GNE=6|draw_GNE=11|loss_GNE=21|gf_GNE=29|ga_GNE=67

|win_STH=5|draw_STH=10|loss_STH=23|gf_STH=29|ga_STH=80

|win_NAN=6|draw_NAN=5|loss_NAN=27|gf_NAN=43|ga_NAN=93|status_NAN=R

|hth_BTL=Bootle deducted 2 point

|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promotion to Northern Premier League

|result2=P|result3=P

|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegation to Division Two

|result20=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

|update=complete

|source=[http://fchd.info/lghist/nwc1983.htm]

}}

Division Two

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

|season=1982–83

|winners= Radcliffe Borough

|promoted= Radcliffe Borough
Caernarfon Town

|relegated= Padiham

|matches=

|total goals=

|prevseason=

|nextseason= 1983–84

}}

The division featured 20 new teams:

= League table =

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|show_limit=5

|winpoints=2

|team1=RAD|name_RAD=Radcliffe Borough

|team2=CRN|name_CRN=Caernarfon Town

|team3=BWR|name_BWR=Wren Rovers

|team4=EWH|name_EWH=Eastwood Hanley

|team5=KNO|name_KNO=Kirkby Town

|team6=IRL|name_IRL=Irlam Town

|team7=CHA|name_CHA=Chadderton

|team8=ROS|name_ROS=Rossendale United

|team9=FMO|name_FMO=Ford Motors

|team10=EPN|name_EPN=Ellesmere Port & Neston

|team11=SKU|name_SKU=Skelmersdale United

|team12=FLE|name_FLE=Fleetwood Town

|team13=ALR|name_ALR=Atherton Laburnum Rovers

|team14=LYT|name_LYT=Lytham

|team15=GHT|name_GHT=Great Harwood Town

|team16=SLC|name_SLC=Salford

|team17=DRO|name_DRO=Droylsden

|team18=PBI|name_PBI=Prescot BI

|team19=PAD|name_PAD=Padiham

|team20=NEM|name_NEM=New Mills

|win_RAD=33|draw_RAD=4|loss_RAD=1|gf_RAD=110|ga_RAD=25|status_RAD=C,P

|win_CRN=28|draw_CRN=7|loss_CRN=3|gf_CRN=85|ga_CRN=28|status_CRN=P

|win_BWR=23|draw_BWR=7|loss_BWR=8|gf_BWR=84|ga_BWR=38

|win_EWH=23|draw_EWH=7|loss_EWH=8|gf_EWH=81|ga_EWH=42

|win_KNO=22|draw_KNO=3|loss_KNO=13|gf_KNO=80|ga_KNO=60

|win_IRL=17|draw_IRL=8|loss_IRL=13|gf_IRL=79|ga_IRL=52

|win_CHA=18|draw_CHA=6|loss_CHA=14|gf_CHA=55|ga_CHA=51

|win_ROS=15|draw_ROS=10|loss_ROS=13|gf_ROS=75|ga_ROS=68

|win_FMO=18|draw_FMO=4|loss_FMO=16|gf_FMO=61|ga_FMO=59

|win_EPN=17|draw_EPN=5|loss_EPN=16|gf_EPN=56|ga_EPN=68

|win_SKU=13|draw_SKU=11|loss_SKU=14|gf_SKU=70|ga_SKU=63

|win_FLE=12|draw_FLE=8|loss_FLE=18|gf_FLE=54|ga_FLE=80

|win_ALR=11|draw_ALR=9|loss_ALR=18|gf_ALR=52|ga_ALR=70

|win_LYT=11|draw_LYT=5|loss_LYT=22|gf_LYT=54|ga_LYT=71

|win_GHT=8|draw_GHT=10|loss_GHT=20|gf_GHT=54|ga_GHT=76

|win_SLC=10|draw_SLC=6|loss_SLC=22|gf_SLC=43|ga_SLC=86

|win_DRO=11|draw_DRO=5|loss_DRO=22|gf_DRO=49|ga_DRO=71|adjust_points_DRO=-2

|win_PBI=10|draw_PBI=5|loss_PBI=23|gf_PBI=46|ga_PBI=81

|win_PAD=8|draw_PAD=6|loss_PAD=24|gf_PAD=41|ga_PAD=74|status_PAD=R

|win_NEM=7|draw_NEM=4|loss_NEM=27|gf_NEM=40|ga_NEM=106

|hth_DRO=Droylsden deducted 2 points.

|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promotion to Division One

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_RES=#FFCCCC|text_RES=Resigned

|result5=RES|result20=RES

|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegation to Division Three

|result19=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

|update=complete

|source=[http://fchd.info/lghist/nwc1983.htm]

}}

Division Three

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= North West Counties
Football League
Division Three

|season=1982–83

|winners= Colne Dynamoes

|promoted= Colne Dynamoes
Warrington Town

|relegated=

|matches=

|total goals=

|prevseason=

|nextseason= 1983–84

}}

The division featured 18 new teams:

= League table =

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=P

|show_limit=5

|winpoints=2

|team1=CDY|name_CDY=Colne Dynamoes

|team2=WAR|name_WAR=Warrington Town

|team3=CLT|name_CLT=Clitheroe

|team4=PWH|name_PWH=Prestwich Heys

|team5=VCN|name_VCN=Vulcan Newton

|team6=BLK|name_BLK=Blackpool Mechanics

|team7=BAC|name_BAC=Bacup Borough

|team8=ACO|name_ACO=Atherton Collieries

|team9=WWV|name_WWV=Whitworth Valley

|team10=NEL|name_NEL=Nelson

|team11=DSH|name_DSH=Daisy Hill

|team12=MAG|name_MAG=Maghull

|team13=AST|name_AST=Ashton Town

|team14=NWT|name_NWT=Newton

|team15=OLD|name_OLD=Oldham Dew

|team16=BST|name_BST=Bolton ST

|team17=WGR|name_WGR=Wigan Rovers

|team18=ASH|name_ASH=Ashton Athletic

|win_CDY=25|draw_CDY=5|loss_CDY=4|gf_CDY=95|ga_CDY=37|status_CDY=C,P

|win_WAR=24|draw_WAR=6|loss_WAR=4|gf_WAR=83|ga_WAR=33|status_WAR=P

|win_CLT=22|draw_CLT=7|loss_CLT=5|gf_CLT=87|ga_CLT=35

|win_PWH=18|draw_PWH=11|loss_PWH=5|gf_PWH=70|ga_PWH=37

|win_VCN=13|draw_VCN=10|loss_VCN=11|gf_VCN=70|ga_VCN=65

|win_BLK=11|draw_BLK=13|loss_BLK=10|gf_BLK=67|ga_BLK=56

|win_BAC=14|draw_BAC=7|loss_BAC=13|gf_BAC=53|ga_BAC=45

|win_ACO=12|draw_ACO=11|loss_ACO=11|gf_ACO=55|ga_ACO=57

|win_WWV=13|draw_WWV=9|loss_WWV=12|gf_WWV=54|ga_WWV=65

|win_NEL=7|draw_NEL=16|loss_NEL=11|gf_NEL=49|ga_NEL=56

|win_DSH=10|draw_DSH=10|loss_DSH=14|gf_DSH=47|ga_DSH=58

|win_MAG=10|draw_MAG=9|loss_MAG=15|gf_MAG=56|ga_MAG=61

|win_AST=12|draw_AST=5|loss_AST=17|gf_AST=53|ga_AST=73

|win_NWT=8|draw_NWT=12|loss_NWT=14|gf_NWT=59|ga_NWT=62

|win_OLD=10|draw_OLD=8|loss_OLD=16|gf_OLD=48|ga_OLD=61

|win_BST=9|draw_BST=6|loss_BST=19|gf_BST=50|ga_BST=84

|win_WGR=5|draw_WGR=7|loss_WGR=22|gf_WGR=35|ga_WGR=72

|win_ASH=3|draw_ASH=8|loss_ASH=23|gf_ASH=18|ga_ASH=92

|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promotion to Division Two

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_RES=#FFCCCC|text_RES=Resigned

|result17=RES

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

|update=complete

|source=[http://fchd.info/lghist/nwc1983.htm]

}}

Promotion and relegation

=Division One=

In the first season of the North West Counties Football League Division One second placed Rhyl and third placed Horwich RMI moved to the Northern Premier League while Nantwich Town were relegated to Division Two and Netherfield joined Division One from the Northern Premier League.

=Division Two=

Division Two champions Radcliffe Borough and second placed Caernarfon Town were promoted to Division One while Kirkby Town and already relegated New Mills left the League at the end of the season. Padiham were relegated to Division Three.

=Division Three=

Division Three champions Colne Dynamoes and second placed Warrington Town were promoted to Division Two while Wigan Rovers left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Cheadle Town and Urmston Town.

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engnwcleaghist.html North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF]

{{North West Counties League}}

{{1982–83 in English football}}

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