1978–79 Cheshire County Football League

Cheshire County League

Season	1978–79
← 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.^[1]

Division One

Cheshire County Football League
Division One

Season	1978–79
Champions	Horwich RMI
Promoted	Witton Albion Marine
Relegated	New Brighton Middlewich Athletic
← 1977-78 1979–80 →

The division featured 1 new team:

• Fleetwood Town

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: [1]
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

Cheshire County Football League
Division Two

Season	1978–79
Champions	Bootle
Promoted	Bootle Curzon Ashton
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The division featured 18 new teams:

• Accrington Stanley, from Lancashire Combination
• Anson Villa, from Manchester League Premier Division
• Ashton Town, from Lancashire Combination
• Atherton Collieries, from Lancashire Combination
• Bootle, from Lancashire Combination
• Congleton Town, from Mid-Cheshire League Division One
• Curzon Ashton, from Manchester League Premier Division
• Eastwood Hanley, from West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
• Ford Motors, from Lancashire Combination
• Glossop, from Manchester League Premier Division
• Irlam Town, from Manchester League Premier Division
• Kirkby Town, from Lancashire Combination
• Maghull, from Lancashire Combination
• Prescot BI, from Liverpool County Combination
• Prescot Town, from Mid-Cheshire League Division One
• Prestwich Heys, relegated from last seasons Cheshire County League
• Skelmersdale United, from Lancashire Combination
• Warrington Town, from Mid-Cheshire League Division One

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[a]
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[a]
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: [2]
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.