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The North West Counties Football League (currently known as the Moore and Co Construction Solicitors League because of a sponsorship arrangement) is a football league in the north west of England. As of 2005, the league covers the whole of the North West England region, and part of the West Midlands region, from Stoke-on-Trent up to the Lake District. The league currently has two divisions: Division One, at level nine in the English football league system, and Division Two at level ten.
The league was formed in 1982 by the merger of the Cheshire County League and the Lancashire Combination. It originally consisted of three divisions, but this was reduced to two in 1987, partly because of the creation of an extra division in the Northern Premier League. At the same time, promotion and relegation between the two leagues were introduced, with either the first or second placed club in the North West Counties Football League being entitled to a place in the NPL, subject to their ground meeting that league's requirements. There are two other feeder leagues to the Northern Premier League, the Northern League and the Northern Counties East League.
The NWCFL has six feeder leagues of its own, eligibility for promotion to the North West Counties Football League Division Two being accorded to champions of the Liverpool County Premier League, Mid-Cheshire League, West Cheshire Amateur Football League, Staffordshire County Senior League, West Lancashire League, and Manchester League, again subject to their grounds meeting the NWCFL's requirements.
The record attendance for a North West Counties League match is 6,023 for a division two match between FC United of Manchester and Great Harwood Town on 23 April2006.
The only club to have played in the North West Counties Football League Division One every season since its inception is St Helens Town. The league is home to three ex-Football League clubs; Darwen, Glossop North End and Nelson, and perhaps uniquely, home to two supporter-created teams; Maine Road (formed by Manchester City fans) and FC United (formed by Manchester United fans).
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North West Counties Football League | English football competitions
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