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Cheshire County League

UK football league

Summary

UK football league

Field	Value
name	Cheshire County League
founded	1919
first	1919-1920
folded	1982
country	England
other countries	Wales
confed	The Football Association
divisions	Division One
Division Two
teams	82
levels	Six
domest_cup	FA Trophy
league_cup	Cheshire Senior Cup
most_champs	Macclesfield Town

Division Two The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties and North Wales.

Initially the league was dominated by the reserve teams of Football League clubs, but as the Central League became established for these teams, the non-league clubs won every title after 1938.

The outbreak of World War II in 1939 led to the league being split into Eastern and Western sections, with the winners of each playing for the overall championship in 1939–40, with the league then closing down for the duration of the combat until restarting in 1945.

In 1968 the league lost several clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. Despite this the league expanded in 1978 by adding a Division Two, but in 1982 the league ceased to exist after it merged with the Lancashire Combination to form the North West Counties Football League.

Honours

League champions

Season	Champions
1919–20	Runcorn
1920–21	Winsford United
1921–22	Chester
1922–23	Crewe Alexandra reserves
1923–24	Crewe Alexandra reserves
1924–25	Port Vale reserves
1925–26	Chester
1926–27	Chester
1927–28	Port Vale reserves
1928–29	Port Vale reserves
1929–30	Port Vale reserves
1930–31	Port Vale reserves
1931–32	Macclesfield
1932–33	Macclesfield
1933–34	Wigan Athletic
1934–35	Wigan Athletic
1935–36	Wigan Athletic
1936–37	Runcorn
1937–38	Tranmere Rovers reserves
1938–39	Runcorn
1939–40	Runcorn
1940–45	No competition due to World War II
1945–46	Wellington Town
1946–47	Wellington Town
1947–48	Rhyl
1948–49	Witton Albion
1949–50	Witton Albion
1950–51	Rhyl
1951–52	Wellington Town
1952–53	Macclesfield Town
1953–54	Witton Albion
1954–55	Hyde United
1955–56	Hyde United
1956–57	Northwich Victoria
1957–58	Ellesmere Port Town
1958–59	Ellesmere Port Town
1959–60	Ellesmere Port Town
1960–61	Macclesfield Town
1961–62	Ellesmere Port Town
1962–63	Runcorn
1963–64	Macclesfield Town
1964–65	Wigan Athletic
1965–66	Altrincham
1966–67	Altrincham
1967–68	Macclesfield Town
1968–69	Skelmersdale United
1969–70	Skelmersdale United
1970–71	Rossendale United
1971–72	Rhyl
1972–73	Buxton
1973–74	Marine
1974–75	Leek Town
1975–76	Marine
1976–77	Winsford United
1977–78	Marine
1978–79	Horwich RMI
1979–80	Stalybridge Celtic
1980–81	Nantwich Town
1981–82	Hyde United

Division Two Champions

Season	Champions
1978–79	Bootle
1979–80	Prescot Town
1980–81	Accrington Stanley
1981–82	Congleton Town

Members

During the league's history, 82 clubs and reserve teams played in the league:

Accrington Stanley
Altrincham
Anson Villa
Ashton National
Ashton Town
Ashton United
Atherton Collieries
Atherton Laburnum Rovers
Bangor City
Bootle
Burscough
Buxton
Chester
Chester Reserves
Chorley
Congleton Town
Connah's Quay & Shotton
Crewe Alexandra Reserves
Curzon Ashton
Darwen
Droylsden
Eastwood Hanley
Eccles United
Ellesmere Port & Neston
Ellesmere Port Cement
Ellesmere Port Town
Fleetwood Town
Ford Motors
Formby
Frickley Colliery
Glossop
Horwich RMI
Hyde United
Irlam Town
Kirkby Town
Leek Town
Leyland Motors
Macclesfield Town
Maghull
Manchester Central
Manchester North End
Marine
Middlewich
Middlewich Athletic
Monk's Hall
Mossley
Nantwich Town
New Brighton
New Mills
Northwich Victoria
Oldham Athletic Reserves
Ormskirk
Oswestry Town
Port Vale Reserves
Prescot BI
Prescot Cables
Prestwich Heys
Radcliffe Borough
Rhyl
Rossendale United
Runcorn
Salford
Saltney Athletic
Sandbach Ramblers
Sankeys of Wellington
Skelmersdale United
South Liverpool
St Helens Town
Stafford Rangers
Stalybridge Celtic
Stalybridge Celtic Reserves
Stockport County Reserves
Tranmere Rovers Reserves
Wallasey United
Warrington Town
Wellington Town
Whitchurch
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Rovers
Winsford United
Witton Albion
Wrexham Reserves

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcheshirehist.html Cheshire County League] RSSSF

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