1979–80 Cheshire County Football League

Football league season

Cheshire County League
Season	1979–80
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Cheshire County Football League was the 56th 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
Season	1979–80
Champions	Stalybridge Celtic
Relegated	Rhyl Radcliffe Borough
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The division featured two new teams, both promoted from last season's Division Two:

Bootle (1st)
Curzon Ashton (2nd)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Stalybridge Celtic (C)	38	26	7	5	94	46	+48	59
2	Winsford United	38	23	6	9	72	41	+31	52
3	Chorley	38	20	11	7	60	35	+25	51
4	Ashton United	38	15	15	8	71	65	+6	45
5	Burscough	38	16	11	11	67	54	+13	43
6	Hyde United	38	16	10	12	60	48	+12	42
7	Droylsden	38	15	10	13	63	45	+18	40
8	Horwich RMI	38	13	12	13	53	52	+1	38
9	Curzon Ashton	38	11	14	13	48	55	−7	36
10	Darwen	38	12	12	14	41	52	−11	36
11	Rossendale United	38	12	12	14	48	73	−25	36
12	St Helens Town	38	10	15	13	59	55	+4	35
13	Bootle	38	14	7	17	50	53	−3	35
14	Nantwich Town	38	14	7	17	53	62	−9	35
15	New Mills	38	11	13	14	44	57	−13	35
16	Formby	38	13	7	18	50	58	−8	33
17	Fleetwood Town	38	10	11	17	51	63	−12	31
18	Leek Town	38	10	9	19	45	66	−21	29
19	Rhyl (R)	38	10	7	21	54	66	−12	27	Relegation to Division Two
20	Radcliffe Borough (R)	38	6	10	22	45	82	−37	22	Relegation to Division Two

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; (R) Relegated

Division Two

Football league season

Cheshire County Football League
Division Two
Season	1979–80
Champions	Prescot Town
Promoted	Prescot Town Kirkby Town
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The division featured two new teams, both relegated from last season's Division One:

New Brighton (21st)
Middlewich Athletic (22nd)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Prescot Town (C, P)	34	22	7	5	89	25	+64	51	Promotion to Division One
2	Accrington Stanley	34	20	9	5	67	33	+34	49
3	Kirkby Town (P)	34	23	3	8	70	40	+30	49	Promotion to Division One
4	Prescot BI	34	19	7	8	77	54	+23	45
5	Congleton Town	34	18	8	8	61	42	+19	44
6	Eastwood Hanley	34	15	10	9	65	44	+21	40
7	Glossop	34	14	7	13	53	45	+8	35
8	Maghull	34	12	10	12	49	49	0	34
9	Ford Motors	34	13	6	15	48	44	+4	32
10	New Brighton	34	13	6	15	59	63	−4	32
11	Atherton Collieries	34	9	14	11	44	48	−4	32
12	Irlam Town	34	12	7	15	48	49	−1	31
13	Middlewich Athletic	34	12	6	16	55	64	−9	30
14	Skelmersdale United	34	9	10	15	46	69	−23	28
15	Warrington Town	34	9	6	19	48	80	−32	24
16	Prestwich Heys	34	8	6	20	36	71	−35	22
17	Ashton Town	34	3	12	19	35	83	−48	18
18	Anson Villa	34	5	6	23	29	76	−47	16	Merged with Salford Amateurs

References

"1979-80 Cheshire County Football Leagues". RSSSF.

1979–80 in English football

« 1978–79 1980–81 »

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Midland, Southern) (level 6 only)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Town & Country League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Lancashire Combination (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 8 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two)

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FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Birmingham City Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Leicester City Luton Town Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Ham United Wrexham
Third Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Mansfield Town Millwall Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southend United Swindon Town Wimbledon
Fourth Division	Aldershot Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City

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