# 2009–10 North West Counties Football League

The 2009–10 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2009–10 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions the Premier Division and Division One.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new teams:
* Bootle promoted as champions of Division One
* Padiham promoted as runners-up of Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Newcastle Town (P) | 42 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 121 | 21 | +100 | 114 | Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One South |
| 2 | New Mills | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 108 | 38 | +70 | 90 | |
| 3 | Bootle | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 92 | 41 | +51 | 85 | |
| 4 | Ramsbottom United | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 69 | +23 | 81 | |
| 5 | Congleton Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 90 | 46 | +44 | 80 | |
| 6 | Maine Road | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 59 | +23 | 70 | |
| 7 | Glossop North End | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 69 | |
| 8 | Colne | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 65 | +5 | 67 | |
| 9 | St Helens Town | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 74 | 75 | −1 | 66 | |
| 10 | Padiham | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 60 | |
| 11 | Runcorn Linnets | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 75 | 78 | −3 | 57 | |
| 12 | Bacup Borough | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 75 | −12 | 57 | |
| 13 | Squires Gate | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 61 | 74 | −13 | 53 | |
| 14 | Silsden | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 53 | 75 | −22 | 46 | |
| 15 | Formby | 42 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 57 | 81 | −24 | 45 | |
| 16 | Flixton | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 85 | −31 | 44 | |
| 17 | Nelson | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 87 | −40 | 44 | Club folded at end of season |
| 18 | Alsager Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 60 | 79 | −19 | 40 | |
| 19 | Winsford United | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 40 | |
| 20 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 53 | 96 | −43 | 37 | |
| 21 | Ashton Athletic | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 51 | 101 | −50 | 32 | |
| 22 | Abbey Hey (R) | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 49 | 106 | −57 | 27 | Relegation to Division One |

## Division One

Division One featured two new teams:
* Atherton Collieries relegated from the Premier Division
* Barnoldswick Town promoted from the West Lancashire League
Oldham Town changed their name mid-season to Oldham Boro

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Stone Dominoes (P) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 81 | 37 | +44 | 69 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Barnoldswick Town (P) | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 67 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 3 | Norton United | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 54 | |
| 4 | Chadderton | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 50 | |
| 5 | A.F.C. Liverpool | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 49 | |
| 6 | Atherton Collieries | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 49 | |
| 7 | Holker Old Boys | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 47 | |
| 8 | Leek County School Old Boys | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 46 | |
| 9 | Eccleshall | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 | |
| 10 | Irlam | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 43 | |
| 11 | Daisy Hill | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 43 | |
| 12 | Wigan Robin Park | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 41 | |
| 13 | Ashton Town | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 73 | −11 | 40 | |
| 14 | Cheadle Town | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 33 | |
| 15 | A.F.C. Blackpool | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 32 | |
| 16 | Oldham Boro | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 29 | |
| 17 | Rochdale Town | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 91 | −55 | 20 | |
* ↑ Cheadle Town were docked 3 points.