The 1984–85 North West Counties Football League was the third in the history of the
North West Counties Football League
The North West Counties Football League is a association football, football league in the North West England, North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, ...
, a
football
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competition in
England
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. Teams were divided into three divisions.
Division One
Division One featured 2 new teams:
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Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Established in 1997, the current Flee ...
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
Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. Having been founded as Hurst in 1892, they folded in 1892, before being reformed in 1909. ...
, 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, A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to ...
, relegated from Division One
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Clitheroe
Clitheroe () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Ribble Valley, 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 to ...
promoted as champions from Division Three
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Padiham
Padiham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Calder, Lancashire, River Calder, in the Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, Lancashire, England. It is located north west of Burnley, and north ea ...
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 The Fylde, Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population of the built-up area at the 2021 United Kingdom census, ...
, relegated from Division Two
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Kirkby Town
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Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay () is a town, Community (Wales), community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic counties of Wales, historic county boundaries of Denbighshire (h ...
, joined from Welsh League (North)
League table
Promotion and relegation
Division One
Caernarfon Town moved to the
Northern Premier League
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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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