# 2004–05 North West Counties Football League

The 2004–05 North West Counties Football League season was the 23rd 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 four new teams promoted from Division Two
* Colne,
* Formby
* Great Harwood Town
* Maine Road

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Fleetwood Town (C, P) | 42 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 107 | 42 | +65 | 99 | Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One |
| 2 | Newcastle Town | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 94 | 51 | +43 | 92 | |
| 3 | St Helens Town | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 75 | 48 | +27 | 76 | |
| 4 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 76 | |
| 5 | Ramsbottom United | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 75 | |
| 6 | Skelmersdale United | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 94 | 57 | +37 | 74 | |
| 7 | Alsager Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 68 | |
| 8 | Maine Road | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 76 | 69 | +7 | 67 | |
| 9 | Bacup Borough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 65 | |
| 10 | Colne | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 75 | 61 | +14 | 64 | |
| 11 | Stone Dominoes | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 63 | |
| 12 | Trafford | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 56 | |
| 13 | Glossop North End | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 79 | 75 | +4 | 55 | |
| 14 | Abbey Hey | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 54 | |
| 15 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 64 | 82 | −18 | 48 | |
| 16 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 71 | 91 | −20 | 44 | |
| 17 | Squires Gate | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 44 | |
| 18 | Salford City | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 68 | 90 | −22 | 42 | |
| 19 | Congleton Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 54 | 88 | −34 | 34 | |
| 20 | Formby | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 47 | 99 | −52 | 32 | |
| 21 | Atherton Collieries | 42 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 57 | 102 | −45 | 31 | |
| 22 | Great Harwood Town (R) | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 48 | 96 | −48 | 29 | Relegation to Division Two |
* ↑ Great Harwood Town were docked 4 points.

## Division Two

Division Two featured three new teams:
* Cammell Laird, promoted as a runners-up of the West Cheshire League
* New Mills, joined from the Manchester Football League
* Silsden, promoted as champions of the West Riding County Amateur League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Cammell Laird (C, P) | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 142 | 34 | +108 | 87 | Promotion to NWCFL Division One |
| 2 | Silsden (P) | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 93 | 42 | +51 | 77 | Promotion to NWCFL Division One |
| 3 | Winsford United | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 76 | |
| 4 | Padiham | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 84 | 56 | +28 | 70 | |
| 5 | Norton United | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 60 | |
| 6 | Nelson | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 75 | 52 | +23 | 59 | |
| 7 | Ashton Town | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 47 | |
| 8 | Daisy Hill | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 46 | |
| 9 | New Mills | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 45 | |
| 10 | Blackpool Mechanics | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 42 | |
| 11 | Eccleshall | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 41 | |
| 12 | Cheadle Town | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 80 | −33 | 40 | |
| 13 | Oldham Town | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 39 | |
| 14 | Leek County School Old Boys | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 68 | −9 | 37 | |
| 15 | Holker Old Boys | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 65 | 81 | −16 | 37 | |
| 16 | Darwen | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 35 | |
| 17 | Chadderton | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 94 | −54 | 28 | |
| 18 | Flixton | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 79 | −7 | 27 | |
| 19 | Castleton Gabriels | 36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 111 | −79 | 17 | |
* 1 2 3 4 Silsden, Norton United, Blackpool Mechanics and Cheadle Town were docked 3 points.
* ↑ Darwen were docked 9 points.
* ↑ Flixton were docked 21 points.