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Football league season
Cheshire County League
Season1978–79
← 1977-78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Cheshire County Football League was the 55th in the history of the Cheshire County League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

Division One

Football league season
Cheshire County Football League
Division One
Season1978–79
ChampionsHorwich RMI
PromotedWitton Albion
Marine
RelegatedNew Brighton
Middlewich Athletic
← 1977-78 1979–80 →

The division featured 1 new team:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Horwich RMI (C) 42 35 2 5 89 45 +44 72
2 Witton Albion (P) 42 30 4 8 114 38 +76 64 Promotion to Northern Premier League
3 Marine (P) 42 29 5 8 104 38 +66 63
4 Stalybridge Celtic 42 25 5 12 93 47 +46 55
5 Burscough 42 19 15 8 59 31 +28 53
6 Winsford United 42 21 11 10 74 49 +25 53
7 Chorley 42 21 8 13 66 43 +23 50
8 Formby 42 20 9 13 73 57 +16 49
9 Leek Town 42 19 10 13 62 43 +19 48
10 Droylsden 42 18 9 15 62 61 +1 45
11 Nantwich Town 42 18 8 16 76 72 +4 44
12 Fleetwood Town 42 17 10 15 70 68 +2 44
13 Hyde United 42 15 12 15 59 57 +2 42
14 St Helens Town 42 16 9 17 59 57 +2 41
15 Darwen 42 15 9 18 52 53 −1 39
16 Rhyl 42 15 8 19 53 60 −7 38
17 Ashton United 42 13 5 24 63 94 −31 31
18 New Mills 42 9 11 22 58 82 −24 29
19 Rossendale United 42 11 6 25 51 108 −57 28
20 Radcliffe Borough 42 4 7 31 37 115 −78 15
21 New Brighton (R) 42 3 5 34 36 115 −79 11 Relegation to Division Two
22 Middlewich Athletic (R) 42 3 4 35 43 120 −77 10
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division Two

Football league season
Cheshire County Football League
Division Two
Season1978–79
ChampionsBootle
PromotedBootle
Curzon Ashton
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The division featured 18 new teams:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Bootle (C, P) 34 19 9 6 61 35 +26 47 Promotion to Division One
2 Curzon Ashton (P) 34 18 9 7 57 32 +25 45
3 Prescot Town 34 20 5 9 68 37 +31 43
4 Kirkby Town 34 18 6 10 66 42 +24 42
5 Accrington Stanley 34 18 6 10 65 43 +22 42
6 Irlam Town 34 16 10 8 47 33 +14 42
7 Congleton Town 34 14 13 7 52 31 +21 41
8 Prescot BI 34 15 11 8 55 42 +13 41
9 Eastwood Hanley 34 15 9 10 60 47 +13 39
10 Prestwich Heys 34 17 5 12 53 41 +12 37
11 Maghull 34 11 7 16 41 50 −9 29
12 Ford Motors 34 9 10 15 38 52 −14 28
13 Anson Villa 34 10 7 17 39 60 −21 27
14 Warrington Town 34 11 5 18 45 69 −24 27
15 Atherton Collieries 34 8 9 17 43 56 −13 25
16 Skelmersdale United 34 9 6 19 36 53 −17 24
17 Glossop 34 6 6 22 42 83 −41 18
18 Ashton Town 34 3 5 26 22 84 −62 11
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Deducted 2 points

References

  1. "1978-79 Cheshire County Football Leagues". RSSSF.
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