The Cheshire County League was a
football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from
Cheshire
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, surrounding English counties and North
Wales
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.
Initially the league was dominated by the reserve teams of
Football League
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clubs, but as the
Central League
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became established for these teams, the non-league clubs won every title after 1938.
The outbreak of
World War II
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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
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. 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
Division Two Champions
Members
During the league's history, 82 clubs and reserve teams played in the league:
Cheshire County League
RSSSF
* Accrington Stanley
*Altrincham
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* Anson Villa
* Ashton National
* Ashton Town
*Ashton United
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* Atherton Collieries
* Atherton Laburnum Rovers
*Bangor City
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*Bootle
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*Burscough
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* Buxton
*Chester
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* Chester Reserves
* Chorley
*Congleton Town
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* Connah's Quay & Shotton
* Crewe Alexandra Reserves
*Curzon Ashton
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* Darwen
* Droylsden
* Eastwood Hanley
* Eccles United
* Ellesmere Port & Neston
* Ellesmere Port Cement
* Ellesmere Port Town
*Fleetwood Town
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* Ford Motors
* Formby
* Frickley Colliery
* Glossop
* Horwich RMI
* Hyde United
* Irlam Town
* Kirkby Town
* Leek Town
* Leyland Motors
*Macclesfield Town
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* Maghull
* Manchester Central
*Manchester North End
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*Marine
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* Middlewich
* Middlewich Athletic
* Monk's Hall
* Mossley
* Nantwich Town
* New Brighton
* New Mills
*Northwich Victoria
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, country ...
* Oldham Athletic Reserves
*Ormskirk
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* Oswestry Town
* Port Vale Reserves
* Prescot BI
*Prescot Cables
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* Prestwich Heys
* Radcliffe Borough
* Rhyl
* Rossendale United
* Runcorn
* Salford
*Saltney Athletic
* Sandbach Ramblers
* Sankeys of Wellington
*Skelmersdale United
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* South Liverpool
* St Helens Town
*Stafford Rangers
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*Stalybridge Celtic
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In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...
* Stalybridge Celtic Reserves
* Stockport County Reserves
* Tranmere Rovers Reserves
*Wallasey United
* Warrington Town
*Wellington Town
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* Whitchurch
*Wigan Athletic
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* Wigan Rovers
*Winsford United
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* Witton Albion
* Wrexham Reserves
References
External links
ZFE Web
{{Cheshire County League
Football in Cheshire
Defunct football leagues in England
North West Counties Football League