The Liverpool County Football Combination was a

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league based in

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. It was founded in 1908 and had its first season in 1909–10. A second division was quickly formed, and the league ran with two divisions for the majority of its existence. The league had a knockout competition, the George Mahon Cup, for the entire duration of its existence. The league's last season was 2005–06, when the league champions were Speke. At the conclusion of the 2005–06 season, the league merged with the

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to form a new competition – the

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, which took the County Combination's former place at step 7 (or level 11) of the

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and as a feeder to the North West Counties Football League First Division. The George Mahon Cup is still contested by teams in the new league.

Season summary

References

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