The 2008–09 North West Counties Football League season (known as the 2008–09 Vodkat League for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th in the history of the

North West Counties Football League The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, northern Staffordshire, northern S ...

, a

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competition in

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. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First. This was a change from previous seasons when the divisions were known as Division One and Division Two respectively.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new teams: *

AFC Fylde AFC Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Farm. Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wes ...

promoted as runners-up of Division Two (renamed from Kirkham & Wesham F.C.) * Alsager Town relegated from the

Northern Premier League Division One South The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

Ashton Athletic Ashton Athletic Football Club is a association football, football club based in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of the and play at Brocstedes Park. They are full members of the Lancashire County Fo ...

promoted as third in Division Two *

New Mills New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut thro ...

promoted as champions of Division Two

League table

Division One

Division One featured three new teams: *

A.F.C. Liverpool Affordable Football Club Liverpool is a semi-professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club were formed in 2008 by 1,000 supporters of Liverpool Football Club; a not-for-profit organisation, it is run on a one-member, one-vote ...

admitted as a new team *

Irlam Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, southwest of Salford ...

promoted as 8th in the

Manchester League The Manchester Football League is a football league in England, affiliated with Manchester FA, covering a 30-mile radius from Manchester Town Hall. It was formed in 1893, although play ceased between 1912 and 1920. Currently it consists of fiv ...

Wigan Robin Park Wigan Robin Park FC was a semi-professional football club from Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The Robins had two senior sides, the first team competed in the North West Counties League Division One, and the reserve team competed in the Fou ...

promoted as champions of the Manchester League Two existing teams underwent name changes for this season: * Blackpool Mechanics changed their name to AFC Blackpool * Castleton Gabriels changed their name to Rochdale Town

League table

References

External links

NWCFL Official Site
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