Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire

Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire

Current season or competition: 2024–25
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Widnes (2023–24)
Website	Website
Promotion to	Regional 2 North West
Relegation to	Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire

Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire is an English rugby union division, the seventh tier of the domestic competition, and the top level for local rugby union in parts of Lancashire and Cheshire. The champions are promoted to Regional 2 North West. Relegation is to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.

2024–25 season

Departing were Widnes (as champions) and Eccles, both promoted to Regional 2 North West. Warrington and Bolton were relegated to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.^[1][2] Joining were Liverpool St Helens, relegated from Regional 2 North West and Glossop, relegated from Regional 2 North East. Also coming in were Trafford MV and New Brighton were promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.^[3][4][5]

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 3rd Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 9th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 6th Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 8th Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire Relegated from Regional 2 North East (12th) Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester 10th Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane St. Helens, Lancashire Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th) New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (runners-up) Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 7th Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 5th Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire 4th

Aspull Glossop LSH Greater Manchester New Brighton Tarleton WPSH Wilmslow class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams Aldwinians Broughton Park Didsbury Heaton Moor Trafford MV class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams in Greater Manchester

2023–24 season

Departing were Liverpool St Helens promoted to Regional 2 North West.^[6] Southport,^[7] Sefton and Leigh were relegated to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.

Joining were Broughton Park and Wilmslow,^[8] relegated from Regional 2 North West. Eccles were promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire along with Heaton Moor.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 7th Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 8th Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester 9th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester Relegated from Regional 2 North West (11th) Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 2nd Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (runners-up) Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 3rd Warrington The Fortress Walton, Warrington, Cheshire 5th West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 6th Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 4th Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th)

Aspull Bolton Greater Manchester Tarleton Warrington WPSH Widnes Wilmslow class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams Aldwinians Broughton Park Didsbury Eccles Heaton Moor class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams in Greater Manchester

2022–23 season

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league had some similarities to North 2 West with five teams returning; of the remainder, four were promoted - three to Regional 2 North West (Anselmians, Rochdale^[9] and Winnington Park^[10] ) and one (Keswick) to Regional 2 North - whilst two were level transferred to Counties 1 Cumbria (Cockermouth and St. Benedict's), and one dropped to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (Orrell).

The remaining places were taken by five teams returning from the ADM Premier Division^[11] and two from the ADM Championship - two of the Lancashire RFU breakaway leagues formed in 2018–19.^[12]

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aldwinians RUFC Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 5th ADM Premier Division Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 1st ADM Championship Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester 10th North 2 West Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 1st ADM Premier Division Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester 8th North 2 West Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane St. Helens, Lancashire 4th ADM Premier Division Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 2nd ADM Championship Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside 9th North 2 West Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 6th North 2 West Warrington The Fortress Walton, Warrington, Cheshire 5th North 2 West West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 3rd ADM Premier Division Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 2nd ADM Premier Division

Aldwinians Aspull Bolton Didsbury Leigh LSH Sefton Southport Tarleton Warrington WPSH Widnes class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams

See also

• Lancashire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

Notes

References

1. "Widnes RUFC to join Regional 2 North West division next season". In Your Area Community. 4 June 2024.
2. "Eccles secure back to back promotion". Eccles RUFC. 11 April 2024.
3. "All change at Moss Lane ahead of LSH's first game of year". St Helens Star. 3 September 2024.
4. "FIXTURES ANNOUNCED FOR 2024/25 SEASON FOR NEWLY PROMOTED TRAFFORD MV 1st XV". Trafford MVRFCC. 14 June 2024.
5. "Back To Back Promotions Are Rare - Hard Work But We Did It!!!! A Toast To The Club". New Brighton RUFC. 18 April 2024.
6. "LSH promoted as champions after beating Widnes at Moss Lane". St Helens Star. 21 March 2023.
7. "The 2023/24 season". Southport RUFC. 12 June 2023.
8. "Glossop 16 Wilmslow 20". Glossop RUFC. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
9. "Rochdale Awarded Club of the Year". Rochdale RUFC. 31 May 2022.
10. "Park promoted to Regional 2 North West league – Level 6 rugby is back". Winnington Park RFC. 25 May 2022.
11. "Friends reunited for Widnes RUFC as league restructured". In Your Area Community. 21 June 2022.
12. "Lancashire Rugby Counties Leagues begin new era". Talking Rugby Union. 15 August 2018.