1984–85 North West Counties Football League

Division One featured 20 clubs, 18 remaining from the previous season plus 2 additional (both promoted from Division Two): • Fleetwood Town as champions • Eastwood Hanley as runners-up At the end of the season the champions Radcliffe Borough were unable to seek promotion owing to lack of floodlights at their ground. but runners-up Caernarfon Town were elected to the Northern Premier League. Next to bottom club Lancaster City were demoted to Division Two as their ground was ruled below the required standard for Division One whilst bottom club Penrith were repreived from relegation. League table ==Division Two==

Division Two featured 18 clubs, 14 remaining from the previous season plus 4 additional: • Ashton United, relegated from Division One • Darwen, relegated from Division One • Clitheroe promoted as champions from Division Three • Padiham promoted as runners-up from Division Three At the end of the season the two top clubs, champions Clitheroe (with their second successive promotion as champions) and runners-up Irlam Town were promoted to Division One. Next to bottom club Padiham, who had been promoted into the division this season, were demoted to Division Three as their ground was ruled below the required standard for Division Two whilst bottom club Ellesmere Port & Neston were repreived from relegation. League table ==Division Three==

Division Three featured 18 clubs, 15 remaining from the previous season plus 3 additional: • Lytham, relegated on ground grading criteria from Division Two • Kirkby Town, re-admitted with an uprated ground • Colwyn Bay, joined from Welsh League North At the end of the season the two top clubs, the champions Kirkby Town and runners-up Colwyn Bay were promoted to Division Two. Three clubs, Urmston Town, Lytham and Ashton Town were expelled from the league as their grounds were ruled below the required standard. League table ==League Challenge Cup==

The 1984–85 League Challenge Cup was a knockout competition open to all clubs in the League. The winners from an all Division One club final were Leek Town who defeated the season's Division One champions Radcliffe Borough in the final, played at Bury F.C., 5–4 on penalties after the match finished 1–1 after extra time (1–1 at 90 minutes). Semi-finals and Final Club's division appended to team name: (D1)=Division One; (D2)=Division Two source: NWCFL: All Results, 1984/85 Season ==Reserves Section==

Main honours for the 1984–85 season: • Reserves Division • Winners: Curzon Ashton Reserves • Runners-up: Warrington Town Reserves • Reserves Division Cup • Winners: Curzon Ashton Reserves • Runners-up: Oldham Dew Reserves ==References==