The 1984–85 North West Counties Football League was the third in the history of the
North West Counties Football League, a
football competition in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Teams were divided into three divisions.
Division One
Division One featured 2 new teams:
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Fleetwood Town promoted as champions from Division Two
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Eastwood Hanley promoted as runners-up from Division Two
League table
Division Two
Division Two featured 4 new teams:
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Ashton United, relegated from Division One
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Darwen
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the s ...
, relegated from Division One
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Clitheroe
Clitheroe () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists visiting the area. In 2018, the Cl ...
promoted as champions from Division Three
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Padiham
Padiham ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It forms part of the Borough of Burnley. Originally by the River Calder, it is edged by the foothills of Pendle Hill to the north-west ...
promoted as runners-up from Division Three
League table
Division Three
Division Three featured 3 new teams:
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Lytham
Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population at the 2011 census was 42,954. The town is almost contiguous with ...
, relegated from Division Two
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Kirkby Town
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Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay ( cy, Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county of Denbighshire. Eight neighbouring communities are incorpo ...
, joined from Welsh League (North)
League table
Promotion and relegation
Division One
Caernarfon Town moved to the
Northern Premier League while Lancaster City were relegated to Division Two.
Division two
Division Two champions Clitheroe and second placed Irlam Town were promoted to Division One while Padiham were relegated to Division Three.
Division Three
Division Three champions Kirkby Town and second placed Colwyn Bay were promoted to Division Two while Urmston Town, Lytham and Ashton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted
Huyton Town. Oldham Dew changed their name to Oldham Town.
External links
North West Counties Football League Tables at RSSSF
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North West Counties Football League seasons
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