Cheshire County League
| Founded | 1919 |
|---|---|
| First season | 1919-1920 |
| Folded | 1982 |
| Country | England |
| Other club(s) from | Wales |
| Confederation | The Football Association |
| Divisions | Division One Division Two |
| Number of teams | 82 |
| Level on pyramid | Six |
| Domestic cup(s) | FA Trophy |
| League cup(s) | Cheshire Senior Cup |
| Most championships | Macclesfield Town |
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
[edit]League champions
[edit]Division Two Champions
[edit]| Season | Champions |
|---|---|
| 1978–79 | Bootle |
| 1979–80 | Prescot Town |
| 1980–81 | Accrington Stanley |
| 1981–82 | Congleton Town |
Members
[edit]During the league's history, 82 clubs and reserve teams played in the league:[1]
- 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
[edit]- ^ Cheshire County League RSSSF