Cammell Laird 1907 were relegated from Premier Division to Division One
Charnock Richard were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
City of Liverpool were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
New Mills were relegated from Premier Division to Division One
Nelson were relegated from Premier Division to Division One
Northwich Victoria joined Premier Division
Widnes were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Final League Tables
Premier Division
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Runcorn Linnets 44 31 7 6 122 36 100
2 Widnes 44 30 6 8 102 52 96
3 Runcorn Town 44 29 6 9 107 65 93
4 City of Liverpool 44 25 9 10 115 58 84
5 Bootle 44 25 8 11 122 61 83
6 Charnock Richard 44 24 7 13 103 72 79
7 1874 Northwich 44 24 7 13 85 56 79
8 Hanley Town 44 23 7 14 94 59 76
9 Barnoldswick Town 44 22 5 17 102 78 71
10 West Didsbury & Chorlton 44 21 4 19 99 120 67
11 Squires Gate 44 19 7 18 79 94 64
12 Ashton Athletic 44 19 5 20 86 69 62
13 Irlam 44 18 5 21 66 80 59
14 Winsford United 44 16 10 18 77 87 58
15 Congleton Town 44 16 8 20 83 85 56
16 Northwich Victoria 44 17 5 22 77 93 56
17 Padiham 44 16 5 23 85 96 53
18 Burscough 44 15 5 24 82 103 50
19 Abbey Hey 44 13 6 25 65 84 45
20 A F C Liverpool 44 12 6 26 77 94 42
21 Maine Road 44 11 4 29 59 117 37
22 Barnton 44 4 7 33 61 171 19
23 A F C Darwen 44 3 7 34 42 160 16
Division One
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Silsden 42 33 4 5 110 38 103
2 Litherland R E M Y C A 42 31 6 5 117 39 99
3 Prestwich Heys 42 29 4 9 124 50 91
4 Whitchurch Alport 42 28 4 10 91 38 88
5 Sandbach United 42 27 3 12 90 57 84
6 Cammell Laird 1907 42 22 6 14 84 58 72
7 A F C Blackpool 42 21 5 16 92 78 68
8 Alsager Town 42 19 10 13 84 71 67
9 Holker Old Boys 42 19 8 15 72 89 65
10 Stockport Town 42 15 8 19 81 87 53
11 Carlisle City 42 16 5 21 71 80 53
12 Cheadle Town 42 14 11 17 72 83 53
13 Abbey Hulton United 42 14 8 20 56 66 50
14 New Mills 42 14 7 21 68 95 49
15 Eccleshall 42 13 8 21 66 105 47
16 Chadderton 42 12 10 20 83 93 46
17 Bacup Borough 42 14 4 24 65 95 46
18 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 42 13 5 24 61 81 44
19 F C Oswestry Town 42 11 7 24 60 101 40
20 St Helens Town 42 8 8 26 55 98 32
21 Nelson 42 7 10 25 50 91 31
22 Daisy Hill 42 8 7 27 49 108 31
Play-offs
Semi-Finals
Whitchurch Alport 1-0 Sandbach United
Prestwich Heys 1-4 Cammell Laird
Final (@ Whitchurch Alport, 17/5/17)
Whitchurch Alport 2-1 Cammell Laird
After this season
Division One was split North/South, with the existing teams split thus:
North - AFC Blackpool, AFC Darwen, AFC Liverpool, Atherton Laburnum Rovers,
Bacup Borough, Carlisle City, Chadderton, Daisy Hill, Holker OB, Nelson,
Prestwich Heys and St Helens Town
South - Abbey Hulton United, Alsager Town, Cammell Laird 07, Cheadle Town,
Eccleshall, FC Oswestry Town, New Mills, Sandbach United and Stockport Town
In addition:
Ashton Town joined Division One North
Avro joined Division One North
Barnton were relegated from Premier Division to Division One South
Cheadle Heath Nomads joined Division One South
Cleator Moor Celtic joined Division One North
Ellesmere Rangers joined Division One South
Garstang joined Division One North
Litherland REMYCA were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Longridge Town joined Division One North
Lower Breck joined Division One North
Maine Road were relegated from Premier Division to Division One South
Runcorn Linnets left from Premier Division
Rylands joined Division One South
St Martins joined Division One South
Shelley joined Division One North
Silsden were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Steeton joined Division One North
Stockport Town were relegated from Premier Division to Division One Souh
Stone Dominoes joined Division One South
Stone Old Alleynians joined Division One South
Vauxhall joined Division One South
Whitchurch Alport were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Widnes left from Premier Division
Wythenshawe Amateurs joined Division One South
Wythenshawe Town joined Division One South
League Challenge Cup (Macron)
Round 1
Stockport Town 7-1 Maine Road
Whitchurch Alport 1-1 Northwich Victoria (Northwich Victoria won 5-4 on penalties)
Winsford United 4-3 Barnton
AFC Blackpool 0-0 Nelson (Nelson won 3-2 on penalties)
Ashton Athletic 6-3 Daisy Hill
Atherton LR 0-4 Carlisle City
Cammell Laird 1907 2-1 Congleton Town
FC Oswestry Town 2-1 Chadderton
Prestwich Heys 4-0 St Helens Town
Silsden 0-3 Burscough
AFC Darwen 1-0 City of Liverpool
Runcorn Town 3-3 Alsager Town (Alsager Town won 4-3 on penalties)
Sandbach United 2-3 Irlam
Round 2
Nelson 1-1 Prestwich Heys (@ Prestwich Heys. Nelson won 3-0 on penalties)
Stockport Town 2-1 Runcorn Linnets
Widnes 1-1 Carlisle City (Widnes won 3-1 on penalties)
Winsford United 5-1 West Didsbury & Chorlton
1874 Northwich 4-1 Abbey Hulton United (@ Abbey Hulton United)
Abbey Hey 5-3 New Mills
Barnoldswick Town 0-4 Charnock Richard
Bootle 4-2 Litherland REMYCA
Irlam 1-1 Cammell Laird 1907 (@ Cammell Laird 1907. Irlam won 5-4 on penalties)
Squires Gate 1-2 Burscough
AFC Darwen 1-2 Padiham (@ Padiham)
Cheadle Town 2-1 Alsager Town
Eccleshall 0-3 FC Oswestry Town
Hanley Town 3-5 Northwich Victoria
Holker Old Boys 2-7 AFC Liverpool (@ AFC Liverpool)
