The Premier Division featured four new teams:[1] To be promoted at the end of the season a team must: The following five clubs achieved criterion 1:[3] Sources for this subsection: NWCFL web site and the websites of the participating clubs Division One featured four new teams:[1][4] One further club had changed its name since the previous season: Source for this subsection: NWCFL results Sources for this section: NWCFL web site and the websites of the participating clubs Also called the MEN United Cup for sponsorship reasons.
[7] Sources for this section: NWCFL web site results Bacup Borough and Rochdale Town received byes to the second round.
Ties played 28 November, with four delayed by bad weather.
Played 10 May at Fleetwood Town's Highbury Stadium Also called the Reusch First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons.
[8] Source for this section: NWCFL web site Each of the remaining Division One clubs received a bye to the second round.