1993–94 North West Counties Football League

April 2026 April 2026 The 1993–94 North West Counties Football League season (known as the Carling North West Counties League for sponsorship reasons 26 June 1993 Morris pledges his future 6 Manchester Evening News: The Pink Manchester) was the 12th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. The league comprised two divisions, Division One and Division Two (at levels 8 and 9 respectively of the English football league system), and there were additionally three cup competitions: the League Challenge Cup knockout competition (known as the Carling League Cup for sponsorship reasons), open to all the league's clubs; the Second Division Trophy (known as the Lamot Pils Trophy for sponsorship reasons), a knockout trophy competition for Division Two clubs only; and the Floodlit Trophy competition (known as the Tennents Floodlit Trophy for sponsorship reasons) for all the league's clubs with floodlights. The league also had a reserves team section. Division One North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision One 1993–94 22 Atherton Laburnum Rovers Atherton Laburnum Rovers Flixton 462 1395 1992–93 1994–95 Division One featured 22 clubs, 20 remaining from the previous season plus 2 additions: Rossendale United, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Bootle, promoted as runners-up from Division Two At the end of the season the champions for the second successive season Atherton Laburnum Rovers, who had improved their ground facilities since rejection the previous season, were automatically promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One. Third placed Burscough set a Division One record by scoring 107 league goals, the first to exceed 100 goals in a season in the division. As no club was relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One only Flixton were relegated to Division Two.Geoff Howard 2 June 1994 The great escape 13 Ormskirk Advertiser Ormskirk League table main WDL Season End Notes 5 ALR Atherton Laburnum Rovers ROS Rossendale United BUR Burscough NAN Nantwich Town EWH Eastwood Hanley BTL Bootle PEN Penrith BWR Blackpool Rovers CLT Clitheroe KID Kidsgrove Athletic STH St Helens Town PRC Prescot MNR Maine Road NEW Newcastle Town BPA Bradford Park Avenue DAR Darwen GNE Glossop North End SLC Salford City CHA Chadderton BAC Bacup Borough SKU Skelmersdale United FLX Flixton 25 13 4 83 34 C,P 25 9 8 76 46 22 13 7 107 50 22 11 9 80 54 22 11 9 75 52 21 10 11 77 61 20 11 11 62 44 19 10 13 64 57 19 9 14 75 58 16 10 16 70 61 14 13 15 60 55 14 13 15 46 47 14 13 15 58 64 14 10 18 66 67 12 12 18 54 79 12 8 22 38 61 12 8 22 58 86 11 10 21 50 67 10 8 24 49 85 9 9 24 57 85 8 8 26 55 92 9 5 28 35 90 R #ACE1AF Promoted to Northern PremierLeague Division One P #FFCCCC Relegated to Division Two R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete NWCFL: Final Tables, Season 1993/94 Division Two North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision Two 1993–94 18 Haslingden Holker Old BoysNorth Trafford None 306 1125 1992–93 1994–95 Division Two featured 18 clubs, 16 remaining from the previous season plus 2 additions: Blackpool Mechanics, relegated from Division One Haslingden, joined from the West Lancashire Football League Over the season a new league record of 3.68 average goals per match was established (fractionally exceeding the 3.64 from Division Two the previous season). At the end of the season the champions Haslingden established a new league season goalscoring record with 117 goals scored in 34 matches beating the previous best of 110 from 38 matches by Radcliffe Borough eleven years previously in the 1982–83 season. However they were not promoted as their ground did not meet the Division One ground grading requirements; runners-up North Trafford and third placed Holker Old Boys (the latter benefiting from Haslingden's shortcoming) were both were promoted.Tony Glennon 18 June 1994 Double Whammy! • Carling NWCL second division… 4 Manchester Evening News: Pink Final Manchester Two clubs, Ellesmere Port Town 18 June 1994 Port fold after just two seasons 23 The Chronicle Chester and K ChellChris Harper 7 May 1994 K Chell bite the dust to leave Reg disillusioned 18 Evening Sentinel: Green'Un Stoke-on-Trent folded and left the division. Last placed Squires Gate with only one league win equalled the league all time fewest wins in a season. League table main WDL Season End Notes 5 HAS Haslingden TRA North Trafford HOB Holker Old Boys STA Stantondale RCH Castleton Gabriels NEL Nelson ACO Atherton Collieries MAG Maghull EPT Ellesmere Port Town FOR Formby OLD Oldham Town CHT Cheadle Town BLK Blackpool Mechanics DSH Westhoughton Town AST Ashton Town IRL Irlam Town KCH K Chell SQG Squires Gate 26 5 3 117 39 C 24 2 8 95 36 P 23 3 8 75 40 P 20 8 6 88 45 19 6 9 55 46 16 8 10 75 52 15 9 10 58 40 15 8 11 70 46 14 8 12 62 63 12 11 11 59 50 13 6 15 61 68 11 9 14 69 62 10 5 19 50 69 9 3 22 53 100 7 8 19 42 91 8 4 22 41 73 4 6 24 35 97 1 9 24 20 108 #ACE1AF Promoted to Division One P P #CCCCCC Club folded FLD1 #CCCCCC Club folded FLD2 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete NWCFL: Final Tables, Season 1993/94 League Challenge Cup The 1993–94 League Challenge Cup (known as the Carling League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a knockout competition open to all the league's clubs. The final between Division One clubs, played at Bury F.C., was won by Rossendale United who defeated St Helens Town 1–0. 6 May 1994 We did it! 52 Rossendale Free Press Rochdale Semi-finals and Final The semi-finals were decided on aggregate score from two legs played n 2 n 3 score 1 Semi-finals Rossendale United grey (D1) 3 3 RD1-score1-agg Stantondale grey (D2) 0 0 RD1-score2-agg St Helens Town grey (D1) 2 3 RD1-score3-agg Blackpool Rovers grey (D1) 1 1 RD1-score4-agg Finalf1 Played at Bury F.C. Rossendale United grey (D1) 1 St Helens Town grey (D1) 0 Club's division appended to team name: (D1)=Division One; (D2)=Division Two sources: Semi-finals: 21 March 1994 Blackpool Rovers 1 St Helens Town 3 28 Daily Post Liverpool; 25 March 1994 Results Service: Carling North West Counties: Carling Cup semi-finals 54 Rossendale Free Press Rochdale Final: 6 May 1994 We did it! 52 Rossendale Free Press Rochdale Second Division Trophy The 1993–94 Second Division Trophy (known as the Lamot Pils Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was a knockout competition for Division Two clubs only. In the final North Trafford won 3–1 over Maghull (their second successive Trophy final loss) in the match played at Skelmersdale United F.C. 5 May 1994 Final Blow 75 Liverpool Echo Liverpool Semi-finals and Final The semi-finals were decided on aggregate score from two legs played n 2 n 3 score 1 Semi-finals Ellesmere Port Town 1 2 RD1-score1-agg Maghull 2 7 RD1-score2-agg Haslingden 2sf1 Haslingden's pitch unfit, their home tie played at North Trafford 0 RD1-score3-agg North Trafford 3 6 RD1-score4-agg Finalf1 Played at Skelmersdale United F.C. Maghull 1 North Trafford 3 sources: Semi-finals: 25 March 1994 Haslingden face cup final battle 54 Rossendale Free Press Rochdale; 28 March 1994 Post Results Service: Local Soccer: Lamot Pils Trophy semi-final 15 Wigan Evening Post Preston; 1 April 1994 Port pounded 34 The Chronicle (Chester edition) Chester Final: 5 May 1994 Final Blow 75 Liverpool Echo Liverpool Floodlit Trophy The 1993–94 Floodlit Trophy (known as the Tennents Floodlit Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was a competition open to all the league's clubs with floodlights. The all Division One club final was held at Skelmersdale United F.C. and was won by Bootle who defeated Atherton Laburnum Rovers 2–1. 5 May 1994 Steve's double nets trophy at last! 48 Bootle Times Liverpool Reserves Section Main honours for the 1993–94 season:https://www.nwcfl.com/league-honours.php League Honours The NWCFL 8 April 2026 Reserves Division Winners: North Trafford Reserves Runners-up: St Helens Town Reserves Reserves Division Cup Winners: Darwen Reserves Runners-up: Maghull Reserves References External links The official website of the North West Counties Football League North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF Category:North West Counties Football League seasons 8