2016–17 North West Counties Football League

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2016–17
Champions	Widnes
Promoted	Widnes; Charnock Richard; City of Liverpool
Relegated	Ashton Town
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

North West Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2016–17
Champions	Atherton Collieries
Promoted	Atherton Collieries
Relegated	New Mills; Nelson; Cammell Laird 1907
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 North West Counties Football League season (known as the Hallmark Security League for sponsorship reasons^[1]) was the 35th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Premier Division and First Division.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs.^[2]

The following four clubs joined the division at the start of the season:

Barnton – promoted from the First Division
Hanley Town – promoted from the First Division
Irlam – promoted from the First Division
New Mills – relegated from the Northern Premier League First Division North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Atherton Collieries (C, P)	42	32	4	6	103	39	+64	100	Promoted to Northern Premier League Division One North
2	Bootle	42	30	2	10	134	57	+77	92
3	Runcorn Town	42	29	5	8	112	52	+60	92
4	Runcorn Linnets	42	27	9	6	105	45	+60	90
5	1874 Northwich	42	25	7	10	81	50	+31	82
6	West Didsbury & Chorlton	42	21	7	14	106	83	+23	70
7	Padiham	42	21	6	15	85	71	+14	69
8	Irlam	42	19	9	14	65	70	−5	66
9	Ashton Athletic	42	17	9	16	83	74	+9	60
10	Hanley Town	42	15	12	15	83	73	+10	57
11	Barnoldswick Town	42	16	8	18	78	75	+3	56
12	AFC Liverpool	42	16	9	17	79	84	−5	54^[a]
13	Winsford United	42	15	7	20	76	85	−9	52
14	Abbey Hey	42	15	7	20	63	76	−13	52
15	Maine Road	42	13	10	19	67	72	−5	49
16	Congleton Town	42	12	11	19	75	89	−14	47
17	Barnton	42	13	6	23	50	95	−45	45
18	AFC Darwen	42	10	11	21	50	110	−60	41
19	Squires Gate	42	10	10	22	80	106	−26	40
20	New Mills (R)	42	8	9	25	65	102	−37	33	Relegated to Division One
21	Nelson (R)	42	5	11	26	55	87	−32	25^[b]
22	Cammell Laird 1907 (R)	42	3	11	28	40	140	−100	20

Source: NWC Archive Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ AFC Liverpool have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their game against Barnoldswick Town on 13 August.^[3]
^ Nelson have been deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player in their game against Atherton Collieries of 10 October.^[4]

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:^[6]

Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following seven clubs achieved criterion 1:^[7]

Results

Home \ Away	18N	ABH	DAR	LVP	ASH	ACO	BWT	BNT	BTL	CAM	CNG	HAN	IRL	MNR	NEL	NWM	PAD	RNL	RNT	SQG	WDC	WIN
1874 Northwich	—	2–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–4	3–2	4–1	4–1	0–4
Abbey Hey	1–1	—	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–2	0–1	4–0	0–3	0–2	1–2	3–2	7–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–3
AFC Darwen	1–3	1–3	—	2–2	0–4	1–5	0–7	2–0	1–7	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–6	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	4–1	3–0	2–2
AFC Liverpool	0–1	1–2	0–2	—	3–1	1–2	5–2	1–2	1–4	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–5	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–4	4–2	3–2	2–0
Ashton Athletic	3–2	0–1	1–3	2–2	—	0–4	0–4	5–1	0–6	1–1	6–2	3–2	1–3	2–2	6–0	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–0
Atherton Collieries	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	3–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1
Barnoldswick Town	2–1	3–0	1–1	5–2	0–0	1–2	—	0–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	0–2	7–2	2–4	1–3	2–1
Barnton	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–5	1–0	—	0–3	6–0	0–0	0–6	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–6	0–4	0–3	0–0	0–3	3–2
Bootle	0–0	2–1	9–0	4–3	3–0	3–2	6–1	4–2	—	6–1	3–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	6–1	1–2	3–0	0–2	3–5	5–1
Cammell Laird 1907	1–6	0–2	4–1	2–2	0–6	2–6	1–1	0–1	1–7	—	2–7	1–0	2–5	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	0–4	1–3	2–7	1–4
Congleton Town	2–4	6–1	3–3	2–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	3–4	0–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–3	3–2	2–1	1–1
Hanley Town	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	4–3	1–4	2–3	4–1	1–7	3–0	4–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	0–0	1–3	4–2	1–2	2–0
Irlam	0–1	4–3	1–3	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	2–1	3–1	0–6	1–3
Maine Road	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–4	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	—	2–0	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	6–1	0–3	2–3
Nelson	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	4–0	1–4	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	—	7–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	4–4	0–2
New Mills	2–4	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–5	3–0	6–1	0–3	4–3	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–1	—	3–2	2–2	0–1	3–3	1–4	2–1
Padiham	1–3	6–3	1–1	3–0	2–4	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–3	4–0	2–1	1–5	3–2	4–1	1–0	4–2	—	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	4–2
Runcorn Linnets	1–1	2–2	8–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	5–2	5–0	3–0	5–2	2–5	4–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–2	—	1–1	4–3	2–2	0–2
Runcorn Town	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–4	4–1	3–2	8–0	3–4	3–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	3–1	—	1–1	6–2	4–0
Squires Gate	4–1	1–3	2–3	4–5	1–1	3–4	2–3	0–2	4–3	2–0	1–1	4–4	1–1	1–2	4–3	2–0	1–4	3–2	1–6	—	1–3	3–3
West Didsbury & C	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–5	1–3	3–3	4–1	2–4	6–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–3	1–0	1–4	4–1	2–3	—	4–2
Winsford United	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	6–1	4–2	1–3	2–3	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–5	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: NWC archive results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and Locations

Winsford Utd
& 1874 Northwich

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Locations of the 2016–17 North West Counties Football League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Darwen	The Anchor Ground	4,000
A.F.C. Liverpool	Marine Travel Arena, Crosby (groundshare with Marine)	3,185
1874 Northwich	Barton Stadium (groundshare with Winsford United)	3,000
Winsford United	Barton Stadium	3,000
Atherton Collieries	Alder Street	2,500
Bootle	Delta Taxis Stadium	2,500
Cammell Laird 1907	North West Construction Stadium, Birkenhead	2,000
Maine Road	Brantingham Road, Chorlton	2,000
Nelson	Victoria Park	2,000
Padiham	Arbories Memorial Sports Ground	1,688
Runcorn Linnets	Millbank Linnets Stadium	1,600
Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex	1,530
Congleton Town	Richborough Estates Stadium	1,450
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Abbey Hey	The Abbey Stadium, Gorton	1,000
Ashton Athletic	Brockstedes Park	1,000
Irlam	Silver Street	1,000
Squires Gate	School Road	1,000
West Didsbury & Chorlton	Brookburn Road, Chorlton	1,000
Hanley Town	Abbey Lane	750
Barnoldswick Town	Silentnight Beds Stadium
Barnton	Townfield

Division One

The Division One consisted of 22 teams.^[2]^[8]

The following nine clubs joined the division at the start of the season:

AFC Blackpool – relegated from the Premier Division
Alsager Town – relegated from the Premier Division
Carlisle City – promoted from the Northern Football Alliance
Charnock Richard – promoted from the West Lancashire League
City of Liverpool – new team
FC Oswestry Town – promoted from the Mercian Regional League
Prestwich Heys – promoted from the Manchester League
Sandbach United – promoted from the Cheshire League
Silsden – relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Widnes (C, P)	42	30	6	6	117	50	+67	96	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Charnock Richard (P)	42	29	5	8	117	51	+66	92	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Litherland REMYCA	42	27	8	7	107	60	+47	89	Qualified for the play-offs
4	City of Liverpool (O, P)	42	27	7	8	119	45	+74	88	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division^[a]
5	Whitchurch Alport	42	26	7	9	97	45	+52	85	Qualified for the play-offs
6	Sandbach United	42	25	6	11	81	51	+30	81	Qualified for the play-offs
7	Alsager Town	42	23	5	14	98	66	+32	74
8	Prestwich Heys	42	22	3	17	87	62	+25	69
9	Chadderton	42	20	7	15	103	80	+23	67
10	Stockport Town	42	19	8	15	92	89	+3	64^[b]
11	Silsden	42	20	2	20	83	77	+6	62
12	Cheadle Town	42	18	7	17	97	83	+14	61
13	St Helens Town	42	16	8	18	88	95	−7	56
14	Carlisle City	42	16	6	20	72	92	−20	54
15	FC Oswestry Town	42	16	5	21	73	97	−24	53
16	Daisy Hill	42	14	7	21	82	111	−29	49
17	Holker Old Boys	42	12	7	23	65	94	−29	43
18	Bacup Borough	42	11	7	24	45	78	−33	40
19	AFC Blackpool	42	7	11	24	48	114	−66	32
20	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	42	8	4	30	44	95	−51	28
21	Eccleshall	42	4	6	32	55	145	−90	18
22	Ashton Town (R)	42	5	2	35	42	132	−90	17	Relegated to the Cheshire Association League

Source: NWC archive tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the Premier Division.
^ Stockport Town have been deducted 1 point for a rule contravention.

Results

Home \ Away	BLP	ALS	AST	ALR	BAC	CAR	CHD	CHR	CHE	LIV	DSH	ECC	OSW	HOB	LIT	PRH	SAN	SIL	STH	STK	WHI	WID
AFC Blackpool	—	2–1	0–5	1–1	2–3	2–3	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–3	0–1	3–5	0–5	2–1	0–6	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–5
Alsager Town	6–1	—	3–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–2	4–2	6–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–2
Ashton Town	3–0	0–4	—	2–3	1–2	3–2	1–4	1–5	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–3	2–0	0–4	0–2	0–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–9	0–6
Atherton LR	1–2	0–2	2–1	—	1–1	6–1	1–4	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	4–2	0–2	0–1	2–4
Bacup Borough	4–0	0–4	4–0	2–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–4	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–3	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1
Carlisle City	3–1	5–3	4–2	3–0	0–0	—	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–6	6–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	0–3	2–1	4–3	2–2	0–0	0–3
Chadderton	7–0	1–3	5–1	3–5	1–0	4–0	—	1–2	1–1	1–3	5–4	9–0	4–2	3–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–2	2–5	2–3	3–0	1–2
Charnock Richard	2–3	1–4	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	—	6–1	4–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	8–0	0–1	5–2	3–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	2–3	4–2
Cheadle Town	2–2	1–2	3–0	6–0	0–1	2–1	5–4	2–5	—	1–5	4–0	3–5	1–4	3–1	0–3	2–0	1–2	5–2	3–3	2–0	3–3	1–4
City of Liverpool	6–2	2–0	0–0	8–0	3–2	6–1	5–1	1–1	1–2	—	2–2	4–0	1–0	6–1	2–4	4–0	0–0	2–1	5–1	4–2	2–3	1–2
Daisy Hill	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–7	1–4	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	3–3	5–4	2–2	5–2	3–7	2–2
Eccleshall	0–4	4–4	5–4	0–1	1–2	2–4	1–7	0–3	1–5	1–2	3–3	—	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–6	2–4	0–4	2–3	0–5	1–3
FC Oswestry Town	2–2	2–4	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	4–5	0–5	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–2	—	4–2	0–4	4–0	1–5	6–6	3–2	0–0	0–3	1–3
Holker Old Boys	0–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–3	1–4	0–3	2–5	1–2	3–2	4–1	7–1	—	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–1
Litherland REMYCA	2–2	4–1	5–1	3–0	4–2	3–0	2–2	2–3	3–3	2–3	3–2	3–1	4–2	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	5–3	2–2	6–5
Prestwich Heys	0–1	1–2	2–1	6–0	5–0	4–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–2	5–2	5–1	2–3	—	0–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–3
Sandbach United	1–0	3–3	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	4–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	—	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–0
Silsden	5–2	2–1	6–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	7–2	2–1	0–3	3–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	—	1–4	1–2	0–3	1–4
St Helens Town	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–4	1–3	2–3	4–2	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	2–4	2–2	2–4	2–6	—	2–0	2–3	1–1
Stockport Town	3–1	3–2	7–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–4	1–0	1–5	0–10	3–4	7–1	2–3	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	—	1–5	2–3
Whitchurch Alport	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	—	2–5
Widnes	7–0	1–4	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	5–0	5–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	8–0	2–2	1–3	—

Source: NWC archive results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Source for this subsection: NWC results archives

Semifinals			Final

3	Litherland REMYCA	1

6	Sandbach United	0
			3	Litherland REMYCA	0

			4	City of Liverpool	3
4	City of Liverpool	1

5	Whitchurch Alport	0

Semifinals

6 May 2017	City of Liverpool	1–0	Whitchurch Alport	Bootle
	Roberts 58'			Stadium: New Bucks Park Attendance: 747

6 May 2017	Litherland REMYCA	1–0	Sandbach United	Litherland
	Ryan 19'			Stadium: Litherland Sports Park Attendance: 201

Final

13 May 2017	Litherland REMYCA	0–3	City of Liverpool	Litherland
			McDonald 47', 50' Williams 56'	Stadium: Litherland Sports Park Attendance: 1,303

Stadia & Locations

Locations of the 2016–17 North West Counties Football League Division One teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Widnes	Select Security Stadium (groundshare with Widnes Vikings Rugby League Club)	13,350
Carlisle City	Gillford Park Stadium	4,000
Atherton Laburnum Rovers	Crilly Park	3,000
Bacup Borough	West View	3,000
City of Liverpool	Delta Taxis Stadium (groundshare with Bootle)	2,500
Holker Old Boys	Rakesmoor Lane Barrow-in-Furness	2,500
Stockport Town	Stockport Sports Village	2,384
F.C. Oswestry Town	Park Hall Stadium	2,034
Ashton Town	Edge Green Street	2,000
Cheadle Town	Park Road Stadium	2,000
Daisy Hill	New Sirs Westhoughton	2,000
Eccleshall	Pershall Park	2,000
A.F.C. Blackpool	The Mechanics	1,500
Alsager Town	Wood Park Stadium	1,500
Chadderton	MCA Stadium	1,500
Silsden	Keighley Road Stadium	1,500
Charnock Richard	Mossie Park
Litherland REMYCA	Litherland Sports Park
Prestwich Heys	Aide Moran Park
Sandbach United	Sandbach Community Football Centre *
St Helens Town	Ruskin Drive Sportsground *
Whitchurch Alport	Yockings Park

As their ground was not ready, St Helens Town played the majority of their home matches in 2016–17 at Volair Park, home of Prescot Cables, with the remainder being played at Edge Green Street, home of Ashton Town.
Until their floodlight system was ready, Sandbach United played home evening matches at Alsager Town's ground.
Due to fixture congestion at their home ground, Widnes played some of their home games at Townfield, home of Barnton.

League Challenge Cup

Also called the Macron Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons.^[9] Source for this section: NWC results archives

First round

Atherton Collieries are exempt until the second round, as holders.

Home team	Score	Away team
Barnton	1–2	Nelson
Carlisle City	0–2	Ashton Athletic
Congleton Town	3–4 aet	Prestwich Heys
FC Oswestry Town	1–1 aet (5–4 pen)	Irlam
Padiham	2–3	1874 Northwich
Runcorn Linnets	4–2	Daisy Hill

Home team	Score	Away team
Sandbach United	4–2	Stockport Town
Squires Gate	0–1	New Mills
St Helens Town	4–2	AFC Darwen
West Didsbury & Chorlton	1–3	Barnoldswick Town
Widnes	5–3 ^*	Alsager Town
Winsford United	4–0	Atherton LR

^* Played at Alsager

All remaining teams received byes.

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
1874 Northwich	2–1	AFC Blackpool
Ashton Town	1–3	Abbey Hey
Barnoldswick Town	2–1	Cammell Laird 1907
Bootle	3–0	AFC Liverpool
Eccleshall	3–5	St Helens Town
Hanley Town	2–1 aet	Charnock Richard
Holker Old Boys	3–6	Chadderton
Nelson	1–0	FC Oswestry Town

Home team	Score	Away team
New Mills	2–8	Silsden
Prestwich Heys	1–3	City of Liverpool
Runcorn Linnets	2–3	Ashton Athletic
Runcorn Town	3–2	Bacup Borough
Sandbach United	1–2	Atherton Collieries
Whitchurch Alport	1–2	Maine Road
Widnes	3–0 ^*	Cheadle Town
Winsford United	1–0	Litherland REMYCA

^* Played at Barnton

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Abbey Hey	1–1 aet (3–4 pen) ^*	Barnoldswick Town
Ashton Athletic	2–0	Runcorn Town
City of Liverpool	2–0	Hanley Town
Maine Road	1–3	Chadderton

^* Played at Barnoldswick

Home team	Score	Away team
Nelson	3–0	Atherton Collieries
Silsden	1–0 aet	1874 Northwich
St Helens Town	1–5 ^*	Bootle
Winsford United	1–2 aet	Widnes

^* Played at Bootle

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Ashton Athletic	2–5 aet	Bootle
Nelson	1–3	Chadderton

Home team	Score	Away team
Silsden	0–2	City of Liverpool
Widnes	0–1	Barnoldswick Town

Semi-finals

First leg

Home team	Score	Away team
City of Liverpool	0–2	Chadderton

Home team	Score	Away team
Barnoldswick Town	1–0	Bootle

Second leg

Home team	Score	Away team
Chadderton	0–2 (pens 3–4)	City of Liverpool

City of Liverpool won on penalties following a 2–2 aggregate draw

Home team	Score	Away team
Bootle	2–3	Barnoldswick Town

Barnoldswick Town won 4–2 on aggregate

Final

Played at Highbury Stadium, home of Fleetwood Town

	Score
Barnoldswick Town	1–1 aet (2–3 pens)	City of Liverpool

First Division Trophy

Also called the Reusch First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons.^[10] Source for this section: NWC league archives

First round

All the remaining First Division teams received a bye to the second round.

Northern Section

Home team	Score	Away team
AFC Blackpool	2–3	Carlisle City
Bacup Borough	1–2 aet	Chadderton
Holker Old Boys	4–1	Ashton Town

Southern Section

Home team	Score	Away team
Eccleshall	1–7	Stockport Town
Prestwich Heys	2–1	Litherland REMYCA
Widnes	4–1	FC Oswestry Town

Second round

Northern Section

Home team	Score	Away team
Carlisle City	3–2	Atherton LR
Charnock Richard	2–0	Chadderton
Holker Old Boys	3–1	Silsden
St Helens Town	2–0	Daisy Hill

Southern Section

Home team	Score	Away team
City of Liverpool	2–1	Cheadle Town
Sandbach United	5–0	Stockport Town
Whitchurch Alport	4–0	Alsager Town
Widnes	4–0	Prestwich Heys

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Carlisle City	0–1	Sandbach United
Charnock Richard	1–4	Widnes

Home team	Score	Away team
Holker Old Boys	3–2 aet	Whitchurch Alport
St Helens Town	0–3	City of Liverpool

Semi-finals

First leg

Home team	Score	Away team
Holker Old Boys	1–3	Sandbach United

Home team	Score	Away team
Widnes	0–1	City of Liverpool

Second leg

Home team	Score	Away team
Sandbach United	2–3	Holker Old Boys

Sandbach United won 5–4 on aggregate

Home team	Score	Away team
City of Liverpool	3–0	Widnes

City of Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate

Final

	Score
City of Liverpool	1–0	Sandbach United

Played at Runcorn Linnets' stadium

References

^ "The NWCFL agree headline sponsorship deal with Hallmark Security". NWCFL. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "NWCFL Constitution – Season 2016–17". NWCFL. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ "Club Statement". AFC Liverpool. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "Club News". Nelson FC. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 174, Step 4 and Step 5)". The FA. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Applications for promotion to Step 4". NWCFL. 1 Dec 2016. Retrieved 1 Dec 2016.
^ "City of Liverpool FC Join Our League". NWCFL. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "League announces 4-year partnership deal with Macron". NWCFL. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ "Introducing The Reusch First Division Cup". NWCFL. 10 Nov 2014.

External links

nwcfl.com (The Official Website of The North West Counties Football League)

[table_hth_LVP0.80188688812865-4] AFC Liverpool have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their game against Barnoldswick Town on 13 August.^[3]

[table_hth_NEL0.80188688812865-6] Nelson have been deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player in their game against Atherton Collieries of 10 October.^[4]

[table_note_res_PLPOP0.79992724945765-11] Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the Premier Division.

[table_hth_STK0.79992724945765-12] Stockport Town have been deducted 1 point for a rule contravention.

[1] "The NWCFL agree headline sponsorship deal with Hallmark Security". NWCFL. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[2016–17_Constitution-2] "NWCFL Constitution – Season 2016–17". NWCFL. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

[3] "Club Statement". AFC Liverpool. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[5] "Club News". Nelson FC. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Standardised_rules-7] "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[Step_4_to_Step_5_promotion_criteria-8] "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 174, Step 4 and Step 5)". The FA. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[Promotion_applications-9] "Applications for promotion to Step 4". NWCFL. 1 Dec 2016. Retrieved 1 Dec 2016.

[10] "City of Liverpool FC Join Our League". NWCFL. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[Macro_Challenge_Cup-13] "League announces 4-year partnership deal with Macron". NWCFL. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[Reusch_First_Division_Cup-14] "Introducing The Reusch First Division Cup". NWCFL. 10 Nov 2014.

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