1979–80 Cheshire County Football League

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.[1]

Cheshire County League
Season1979–80

Division One
Cheshire County Football League
Division One
Season1979–80
ChampionsStalybridge Celtic
RelegatedRhyl
Radcliffe Borough

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

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 63 52 +11 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
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Division Two
Cheshire County Football League
Division Two
Season1979–80
ChampionsPrescot Town
PromotedPrescot Town
Kirkby Town

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

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
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) Champion; (P) Promoted.

References
  1. "1979-80 Cheshire County Football Leagues". rsssf.com.
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