1988–89 North West Counties Football League

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
Season	1988–89
Champions	Vauxhall Motors
Promoted	Vauxhall Motors; Chadderton; Nantwich Town
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

North West Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1988–89
Champions	Rossendale United
Promoted	Rossendale United
Relegated	Formby
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 North West Counties Football League was the seventh in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

Division One

Kirkby Town changed their name to Knowsley United

Division One featured 2 new teams:

Ashton United promoted as champions from Division Two
Flixton promoted as runners-up from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rossendale United (C, P)	34	24	8	2	84	27	+57	56	Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One
2	Knowsley United	34	21	8	5	85	43	+42	50
3	St Helens Town	34	20	8	6	60	25	+35	48
4	Colwyn Bay	34	19	9	6	77	45	+32	47
5	Darwen	34	19	9	6	64	36	+28	47
6	Warrington Town	34	16	10	8	47	37	+10	42
7	Flixton	34	15	8	11	61	44	+17	38
8	Leyland Motors	34	15	8	11	53	44	+9	38
9	Bootle	34	14	4	16	49	54	−5	32
10	Burscough	34	11	10	13	40	51	−11	32
11	Ellesmere Port & Neston	34	9	12	13	36	42	−6	30	Resigned
12	Clitheroe	34	8	12	14	38	41	−3	28
13	Skelmersdale United	34	8	9	17	39	68	−29	25
14	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	34	9	6	19	47	74	−27	24
15	Prescot Cables	34	7	9	18	36	60	−24	23
16	Salford	34	7	8	19	33	70	−37	22
17	Ashton United	34	7	6	21	37	72	−35	18^[a]
18	Formby (R)	34	3	4	27	24	77	−53	10	Relegation to Division Two

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1989–90 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ashton United had 2 points deducted.

Division Two

Division Two featured 1 new team:

Glossop, relegated from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Vauxhall Motors (C, P)	34	25	8	1	68	17	+51	58	Promotion to Division One
2	Maine Road	34	22	7	5	96	40	+56	51
3	Chadderton (P)	34	20	9	5	71	29	+42	49	Promotion to Division One
4	Wren Rovers	34	19	10	5	77	45	+32	48
5	Nantwich Town (P)	34	20	4	10	66	28	+38	44	Promotion to Division One
6	Newcastle Town	34	15	10	9	53	37	+16	40
7	Great Harwood Town	34	16	6	12	52	40	+12	38
8	Maghull	34	12	13	9	46	44	+2	37
9	Bacup Borough	34	11	12	11	55	57	−2	34
10	Daisy Hill	34	12	6	16	36	49	−13	30
11	Atherton Collieries	34	9	11	14	52	58	−6	29
12	Padiham	34	9	10	15	39	57	−18	28
13	Glossop	34	10	7	17	42	60	−18	27
14	Cheadle Town	34	10	7	17	46	67	−21	27
15	Oldham Town	34	6	11	17	46	66	−20	23
16	Blackpool Mechanics	34	9	5	20	46	72	−26	23
17	Ashton Town	34	4	11	19	31	68	−37	19
18	Newton	34	1	5	28	23	111	−88	7

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The points system until the 1989–90 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion and relegation

Division One

Rossendale United were promoted to the Northern Premier League while Formby were relegated to the Second Division. Ellesmere Port & Neston left the League at the end of the season.