Week 15: Stats Report

Sat 14th November 2026 | Statistics | By Kevin Lawton

League Statisticion Kevin Lawton looks at the latest stats and milestones from the last seven days in the NWCFL, week ending Saturday 7th November.

Overall Stats: Milestones reached so far this season

• Holker Old Boys played their 1,250^th game on Saturday, the 2-1 defeat at Cammel Laird 1907 was their 550^th loss.
• Abbey Hey reached 1,100 games this week.
• Ramsbottom Utd reached 850 games
• AFC Liverpool reached 700 games (and 350 at home)
• Sandbach United reached 350 games.
• AFC Blackpool conceded their 2,950^th goal in the defeat at Main Road
• Cheadle Heath Nomads scored their 50oth goal with the 1-1 against Bilston
• Euxton Villa hit their 300^th goal in the draw at South Liverpool

Home Milestones and Stats

• Eccleshall’s win against New Mills was their 400^th home game.
• FC Isle of Man conceded their 200^th home goal with the defeat by Longridge Town.

Away Milestones and Stats

• Holker’s goal, in the defeat at Cammell Laird 1907 was their 900^th on the road.
• Shawbury Utd scored their 50^th away goal in the win at Brereton Social.

Goal Heroes: All competitions

• George Cross (Allscott Heath) with three in the 4-0 win against Wednesfield Community
• Kyle Foley (Sandbach Unted), hit three of the six his side scored against Telford Town.

General Stats

• Prestwich Heys recorded their first 5-1 home win since March 2017, a run of 220 home games (they beat Holker Old Boys that day).
• Coincidence – Ashton Town’s 6-2 win against Darwen saw their first victory by this score since August 2023, when they beat … Darwen, 137 games ago. It was also the first time Darwen had been beaten by that score since that same game (130 game run)
• Stafford Town had gone 167 games since their last 1-4 defeat, a loss to Wythenshawe in January 2023.
• New Mills defeat at Eccleshall saw them fail to score for the first time in 14 games.
• In the Premier Division, only Droylsden and Prestwich Heys are unbeaten at home, no teams are unbeaten away.
• In the North Division, Maghull are the only unbeaten team at home and Flixton remain unbeaten away from home, whilst Ashton Town are the only team in the division yet to play out a draw.
• In the South Division, AFC Bridgnorth and Stafford Town are unbeaten at home, with the former having the only 100% home record. Barnton are the only team unbeaten away.

Manager Milestones

• Kevin Watkin and David Round have reached 300 games in charge of Holker Old Booys (though David only joined in June 22.
• Guy Heffernan managed his 100^th Garstang lineup with the win at AFC Knowsley.