# 2002–03 North West Counties Football League

The 2002–03 North West Counties Football League season was the 21st in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

## Division One

Division One featured two new teams, promoted as runners-up of Division Two:
* Alsager Town
* Squires Gate

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Prescot Cables (C, P) | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 110 | 38 | +72 | 96 | Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One |
| 2 | Clitheroe | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 97 | 38 | +59 | 92 | |
| 3 | Mossley | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 100 | 41 | +59 | 88 | |
| 4 | Newcastle Town | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 81 | |
| 5 | Skelmersdale United | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 91 | 51 | +40 | 74 | |
| 6 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 90 | 74 | +16 | 68 | |
| 7 | St Helens Town | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 65 | |
| 8 | Congleton Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 62 | +10 | 65 | |
| 9 | Salford City | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 84 | 63 | +21 | 63 | |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 73 | 70 | +3 | 60 | |
| 11 | Alsager Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 56 | |
| 12 | Squires Gate | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 51 | |
| 13 | Abbey Hey | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 49 | |
| 14 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 65 | 86 | −21 | 45 | |
| 15 | Ramsbottom United | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 73 | 83 | −10 | 44 | |
| 16 | Warrington Town | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 48 | 66 | −18 | 44 | |
| 17 | Woodley Sports | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 85 | −23 | 42 | |
| 18 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 87 | −27 | 42 | |
| 19 | Atherton Collieries | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 52 | 85 | −33 | 40 | |
| 20 | Glossop North End | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 55 | 104 | −49 | 39 | |
| 21 | Flixton (R) | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 44 | 112 | −68 | 38 | Relegation to Division Two |
| 22 | Winsford United (R) | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 48 | 91 | −43 | 37 | Relegation to Division Two |

## Division Two

Division Two featured two new teams, relegated from Division One:
* Maine Road
* Great Harwood Town

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Bacup Borough (C, P) | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 91 | 32 | +59 | 77 | Promotion to Division One |
| 2 | Stone Dominoes (P) | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 94 | 34 | +60 | 75 | Promotion to Division One |
| 3 | Maine Road | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 71 | |
| 4 | Padiham | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 63 | |
| 5 | Holker Old Boys | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 61 | |
| 6 | Great Harwood Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 52 | |
| 7 | Nelson | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 51 | |
| 8 | Darwen | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 49 | |
| 9 | Norton United | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 48 | |
| 10 | Colne | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 47 | |
| 11 | Ashton Town | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 45 | |
| 12 | Castleton Gabriels | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 38 | |
| 13 | Cheadle Town | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 38 | |
| 14 | Blackpool Mechanics | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 37 | |
| 15 | Leek County School Old Boys | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 33 | |
| 16 | Daisy Hill | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 93 | −51 | 26 | |
| 17 | Oldham Town | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 86 | −46 | 24 | |
| 18 | Chadderton | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 33 | 80 | −47 | 21 | |