1992–93 North West Counties Football League

April 2026 April 2026 The 1992–93 North West Counties Football League season (known as the Bass North West Counties League for sponsorship reasons for the final occasion after seven seasons) was the 11th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. The league comprised two divisions (at levels 8 and 9 of the English football league system) and there were additionally three cup competitions: the League Challenge Cup knockout competition (known as the Bass 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 for all the league's clubs with floodlights (known as the Tennents Floodlit Trophy for sponsorship reasons). The league also had a reserves team section. Division One North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision One 1992–93 22 Atherton Laburnum Rovers Bamber Bridge Blackpool Mechanics 462 1356 1991–92 1993–94 Division One was expanded to 22 clubs (from 18 the previous season) which comprised 14 remaining from the previous season plus 8 additional, all from Division Two: of these Bamber Bridge and Newcastle Town were promoted as champions and runners-up respectively and the 6 others were advanced not solely on the basis of their position in the final table but also having suitable ground grading.Richard Frost 27 June 1992 Famous names join Bass circuit! 7 Manchester Evening News: Pink Manchester The 8 clubs were: Bamber Bridge, promoted as champions Blackpool Mechanics Burscough Chadderton Glossop North End (who changed their name from Glossop) Kidsgrove Athletic Newcastle Town, promoted as runners-up Salford City Over the season the champions Atherton Laburnum Rovers with 33 league wins and 106 points from their 42 matches established three records: firstly for league victories in a season; secondly as the first club in the league's history to exceed a century of points, establishing a high of 106 points; and with a total of 2 defeats they established a Division One record for the fewest league defeats over a 42 match season. However as their ground did not meet the grading requirements of the Northern Premier League they were not promoted and in their place Bamber Bridge took the automatic promotion to the Northern Premier League Division OneGareth Jawad 22 June 1993 Salute to prize guys 47 Liverpool Echo Liverpool – their second promotion since joining the league in 1990. Only one club was relegated, one of this season's expansion clubs Blackpool Mechanics: they conceded 137 goals in the season a new league record (eclipsing the 111 by Darwen in the 1982–83 season and by Newton in the 1988–89 season); and with a negative goal difference of 110 established a league record and league first for a negative goal difference of greater than 100 goals; additionally their total of two league wins was the least recorded to date by a Division One club. League table main WDL Season End Notes 5 ALR Atherton Laburnum Rovers BAM Bamber Bridge CHA Chadderton PRC Prescot NEW Newcastle Town BPA Bradford Park Avenue CLT Clitheroe STH St Helens Town SLC Salford City BUR Burscough FLX Flixton BWR Blackpool Rovers NAN Nantwich Town PEN Penrith BAC Bacup Borough GNE Glossop North End DAR Darwen EWH Eastwood Hanley MNR Maine Road KID Kidsgrove Athletic SKU Skelmersdale United BLK Blackpool Mechanics 33 7 2 75 25 C 24 11 7 81 37 P 24 11 7 99 64 20 12 10 68 44 20 8 14 70 57 19 8 15 54 43 17 8 17 61 40 16 11 15 79 62 15 13 14 58 61 16 10 16 58 68 14 15 13 50 42 16 9 17 66 64 14 15 13 60 60 15 11 16 62 67 14 13 15 66 59 16 9 17 70 67 -3 14 10 18 54 61 14 10 18 45 57 12 9 21 55 63 9 8 25 53 94 7 10 25 45 84 2 4 36 27 137 R Glossop North End had three points deducted #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 1992/93 Division Two North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision Two 1992–93 18 Maghull Bootle None 306 1115 1991–92 1993–94 Division Two featured 18 clubs, 10 remaining from the previous season plus 8 additional (only one of whom were league members the previous season): Bootle, relegated from Division One Burnley Bank Hall, promoted as champions of the West Lancashire League Division One Ellesmere Port Town, a newly formed clubKevin McRoberts 24 June 1992 Talking Sport 43 Ellesmere Port Pioneer Chester Irlam Town, resigned from the Northern Premier League Division One 25 June 1992 Irlam Town back to square one 64 Salford City Reporter and Advertiser Eccles K Chell, promoted as champions of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two Nelson, from sixteenth in the West Lancashire Football League Division Two – returning to the league following a ground grading related expulsion following the 1987–88 season North Trafford, from fourth in the Mid-Cheshire League Division One Stantondale, from third in the Liverpool County Combination Division OneFHDB – Stantondale Over the season a league record of average goals per match (3.64) was established (exceeding the 3.43 from Division Three ten seasons previously in the league's inaugural 1982–83 season). At the end of the season the champions Maghull were denied promotion as their ground which lacked floodlights did not meet Division One ground grading requirements; runners-up Bootle (who had been relegated into the division this season) were the only club promoted to Division One. On the eve of the following season Burnley Bank Hall resigned from the league as they had suffered a fire at their ground and were unable to find a suitable alternative.Dennis Wall 4 August 1993 Blaze forces soccer change 38 Ellesmere Port Pioneer Chester League table main WDL Season End Notes 5 MAG Maghull BTL Bootle OLD Oldham Town EPT Ellesmere Port Town STA Stantondale RCH Castleton Gabriels TRA North Trafford FOR Formby ACO Atherton Collieries BBH Burnley Bank Hall DSH Westhoughton Town CHT Cheadle Town SQG Squires Gate KCH K Chell HOB Holker Old Boys AST Ashton Town NEL Nelson IRL Irlam Town 21 9 4 77 26 C 20 8 6 89 49 P 20 6 8 79 47 16 9 9 65 46 16 9 9 59 49 15 10 9 61 48 14 9 11 67 63 14 9 11 49 49 14 7 13 63 67 14 4 16 87 77 14 3 17 65 75 -3 12 7 15 44 48 -3 11 5 18 56 73 10 8 16 52 72 8 13 13 57 60 8 8 18 51 74 7 7 20 47 82 4 5 25 47 110 Cheadle Town and Westhoughton Town had three points deducted DSH #ACE1AF Promoted to Division One P #FFCCCC Resigned RES 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete NWCFL: Final Tables, Season 1992/93 League Challenge Cup The 1992–93 League Challenge Cup (known as the Bass League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a knockout competition open to all the league's clubs. The all Division One club final, played at Bury F.C., was won by the previous season's losing finalist Burscough who defeated Nantwich Town 2–1.Alan Jervis 28 April 1993 Dabbers dream is Bury'd 28 Crewe Chronicle Chester Semi-finals and Final The semi-finals were decided on aggregate score from two legs played n 2 n 3 score 1 Semi-finals Burscough grey (D1) 1 2 RD1-score1-agg Prescot grey (D1) 0 2 RD1-score2-agg Nantwich Town grey (D1) 3 2 RD1-score3-agg Glossop North End grey (D1) 1 1 RD1-score4-agg Finalf1 Played at Bury F.C. Burscough grey (D1) 2 Nantwich Town grey (D1) 1 Club's division appended to team name: (D1)=Division One sources: Semi-finals: 15 March 1993 Semi-pro results: Saturday: Bass Cup semi-finals 2nd leg 39 Manchester Evening News Manchester Final: Alan Jervis 28 April 1993 Dabbers dream is Bury'd 28 Crewe Chronicle Chester Second Division Trophy The 1992–93 Second Division Trophy (known as the Lamot Pils Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was a knockout competition for Division Two clubs only. League newcomers Stantondale defeated Maghull 2–1 in the final played at Burscough F.C.Gareth Jawad 1 May 1993 Roy's green light for a Maghull title 6 Football 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 0 2 RD1-score1-agg Maghull 5 1 RD1-score2-agg Atherton Collieries 2 4sf1 After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 4–1 RD1-score3-agg Stantondale 5 2sf1 RD1-score4-agg Finalf1 Played at Burscough F.C. Maghull 1 Stantondale 2 sources: Semi-finals: 5 April 1993 Saturday Amateur: Bass NW Counties: Lamot Pils Trophy semi-finals 24 Liverpool Echo Liverpool Final: Gareth Jawad 1 May 1993 Roy's green light for a Maghull title 6 Football Echo Liverpool Floodlit Trophy The 1992–93 Floodlit Trophy (known as the Tennents Floodlit Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was a competition open to all the league's clubs with floodlights. The final which featured clubs from Division One was held at Wigan Athletic F.C. and won by Newcastle Town who defeated Chadderton 2–0. 12 May 1993 Town take charge 44 Evening Sentinel Stoke-on-Trent Reserves Section Main honours for the 1992–93 season:https://www.nwcfl.com/league-honours.php League Honours The NWCFL 27 March 2026 Reserves Division (regionalised competition) North Division Winners: Bamber Bridge Reserves Runners-up: Atherton Laburnum Rovers Reserves South Division Winners: Flixton Reserves Runners-up: North Trafford Reserves Reserves Division Cup Winners: Bamber Bridge Reserves Runners-up: Flixton 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