2001–02 North West Counties Football League

The 2001–02 North West Counties Football League season was the 20th 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

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season 2001–02
Champions Kidsgrove Athletic
Promoted Kidsgrove Athletic
Relegated Great Harwood Town
Maine Road
Matches played 506
Goals scored 1763 (3.48 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Kidsgrove Athletic (C) (P) 44 31 9 4 125 47+78 102 Promotion to NPL Division One
2 Prescot Cables 44 29 10 5 110 42+68 97
3 Salford City 44 29 10 5 91 40+51 97
4 St Helens Town 44 28 6 10 101 44+57 90
5 Newcastle Town 44 22 11 11 97 66+31 77
6 Clitheroe 44 22 10 12 73 53+20 76
7 Winsford United 44 19 12 13 72 71+1 69
8 Mossley 44 18 14 12 82 63+19 68
9 Skelmersdale United 44 19 5 20 87 89−2 62
10 Woodley Sports 44 16 12 16 58 65−7 60
11 Warrington Town 44 16 11 17 78 72+6 59
12 Ramsbottom United 44 15 10 19 75 73+2 55
13 Curzon Ashton 44 16 7 21 74 72+2 55
14 Fleetwood Freeport 44 13 13 18 70 86−16 52
15 Nantwich Town 44 12 15 17 63 90−27 51
16 Congleton Town 44 13 11 20 71 79−8 50
17 Atherton Collieries 44 13 8 23 66 91−25 47
18 Abbey Hey 44 12 11 21 62 101−39 47
19 Glossop North End 44 13 7 24 78 105−27 46
20 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 44 11 11 22 62 88−26 44
21 Flixton 44 11 9 24 61 112−51 42
22 Maine Road (R) 44 8 7 29 68 115−47 31 Relegation to Division Two
23 Great Harwood Town (R) 44 5 11 28 39 99−60 26

Updated to games played on May 2002.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season 2001–02
Champions Stand Athletic
Promoted Alsager Town
Squires Gate
Relegated None
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1437 (3.42 per match)

Division Two featured four new teams:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Stand Athletic (C) 40 30 5 5 110 47+63 95 Resigned to the Manchester League
2 Alsager Town (P) 40 24 9 7 77 31+46 81 Promotion to Division One
3 Squires Gate (P) 40 24 9 7 103 60+43 81
4 Stone Dominoes 40 25 3 12 71 40+31 78
5 Formby 40 21 14 5 76 39+37 77 Resigned to the Liverpool County Combination
6 Bootle 40 19 7 14 82 64+18 64
7 Norton United 40 19 7 14 56 51+5 64
8 Blackpool Mechanics 40 18 9 13 69 48+21 63
9 Nelson 40 18 9 13 73 63+10 63
10 Leek County School Old Boys 40 17 8 15 62 65−3 59
11 Darwen 40 15 10 15 77 73+4 55
12 Bacup Borough 40 13 13 14 52 66−14 52
13 Padiham 40 14 8 18 69 66+3 50
14 Colne 40 14 8 18 61 72−11 50
15 Chadderton 40 15 5 20 65 81−16 50
16 Ashton Town 40 13 6 21 65 85−20 45
17 Cheadle Town 40 10 8 22 66 85−19 38
18 Castleton Gabriels 40 10 3 27 61 95−34 33
19 Holker Old Boys 40 7 9 24 43 79−36 30
20 Daisy Hill 40 8 4 28 49 114−65 28
21 Oldham Town 40 7 4 29 50 115−65 25

Updated to games played on 2 May 2002.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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