West Cheshire Association Football League Explained

West Cheshire Association Football League
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Founded:1892
Divisions:Division One
Division Two
Division Three
Youth Division
Teams:46
Feeds:North West Counties League
Promotion:North West Counties League
Relegation:None
Levels:Level 11 (Division One)
Domest Cup:Pyke Cup
West Cheshire Bowl
West Cheshire Shield
Youth Plate
Champions:Mossley Hill (Division One)
South Liverpool reserves (Division Two)
Cammell Laird 1907 Res. (Division Three)
Cammel Laird U18 (Youth Division)
Season:2023–24

The West Cheshire Association Football League (commonly known as the West Cheshire League) is an English football league in the county of Cheshire, which also includes teams from Merseyside. Its current principal sponsor is Carlsberg, also sponsor of the South West Peninsula League. It has a Division One, Division Two and Division Three. Division One sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.

The top five teams may be eligible for promotion to the North West Counties Football League Division One. After several triumphs in Division One, Cammell Laird was promoted to the North West Counties League in 2004, and its reserve team, which had won Division Two, was promoted to Division One. It was the only team since Vauxhall Motors to be promoted from the league, until Runcorn Town was promoted in 2010. In 2014, Vauxhall Motors returned to the league.

The league also runs cup competitions.

2024–25 member clubs

Division One

Division Two

Division Three

Divisional champions

1890s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1892–93Ellesmere PortN/AN/A
1893–94LNW Locomotives Cleveland Athletic N/A
1894–95Port SunlightLNW Locomotives reservesN/A
1895–96Ellesmere Port Seacombe SwiftsN/A
1896–97Garston Copper Works Melrose reservesN/A
1897–98Buckley Town Ellesmere PortN/A
1898–99Flint TownEllesmere PortN/A
1899–1900New Brighton Tower reservesWirral Railway reservesVictoria Swifts

1900s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1900–01Wheatlands St. NanthanielsBritannia reserves
1901–02WheatlandsWallasey Village Rake Lane PSA
1902–03West KirbyBirkenhead North EndMoreton
1903–04Ellesmere Port Wallasey Village N/A
1904–05Wrexham VictoriaRock FerryN/A
1905–06Garston Gasworks Tranmere Rovers reservesN/A
1906–07Harrowby HeswallN/A
1907–08African Royal HoylakeN/A
1908–09African RoyalBurnell IronworksN/A
1909–10HoylakeBebington St. AndrewsN/A

1910s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1910–11Hoylake DomininionN/A
1911–12HoylakeWallasey Rovers N/A
1912–13HarrowbyPrescot NomadsN/A
1913–14Garston Gasworks Hoylake Trinity N/A
1914–15Harrowby*?N/A
1915–16No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A
1916–17No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A
1917–18No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A
1918–19No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A
1919–20Harrowby?N/A

1920s

No known league tables found although it is believed that the competition did operate in the period.

1930s

No known league tables found although it is believed that the competition did operate in the period.

1940s

All football competitions were suspended in for the seasons from 1940–41 to 1945–46 due to the Second World War.

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1946–47N/AN/A
1947–48Stork Port Sunlight reservesN/A
1948–49StorkBromboroughN/A
1949–50NewtonEastham AthleticN/A

1950s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1950–51Port Sunlight McAlpinesN/A
1951–52BromboroughPort Sunlight reserves N/A
1952–53Birkenhead DocksHoylake Athletic reservesN/A
1953–54Everton 'C'Upton N/A
1954–55Everton 'C'UptonN/A
1955–56Newton AshvilleN/A
1956–57Stork Newton reservesN/A
1957–58Ellesmere Port Town reserves Cammell LairdN/A
1958–59StorkCammell LairdN/A
1959–60New Brighton reservesHoylake AthleticN/A

1960s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1960–61Newton Bromborough Pool N/A
1961–62Newton Newton reserves N/A
1962–63Stork Newton reserves N/A
1963–64West Kirby Newton reserves N/A
1964–65West Kirby Chester CollegeN/A
1965–66Harrowby Shell N/A
1966–67Poulton Victoria Christleton N/A
1967–68Ashville BromboroughN/A
1968–69Cammell Laird HeswallN/A
1969–70Christleton HarrowbyN/A

1970s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1970–71Cammell Laird HarrowbyN/A
1971–72Poulton VictoriaWillastonN/A
1972–73Port SunlightCammell Laird reservesN/A
1973–74Port SunlightCadburysN/A
1974–75Cammell LairdPort Sunlight reservesN/A
1975–76Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A
1976–77Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A
1977–78Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A
1978–79Cammell LairdHoylake Athletic
1979–80Poulton VictoriaHoylake AthleticN/A

1980s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1980–81Cammell LairdHoylake AthleticN/A
1981–82Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A
1982–83Cammell LairdMersey RoyalN/A
1983–84Cammell LairdMersey RoyalN/A
1984–85HeswallCammell Laird reservesN/A
1985–86Vauxhall MotorsMerseyside PoliceN/A
1986–87Cammell LairdRivacre Sports & SocialN/A
1987–88HeswallHigher BebingtonN/A
1988–89Cammell LairdHigher BebingtonN/A
1989–90Cammell LairdHeswall ReservesN/A

1990s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1990–91Cammell LairdHeswall reservesN/A
1991–92Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A
1992–93ChristletonCammell Laird reservesN/A
1993–94Cammell LairdCammell Laird reservesN/A
1994–95Vauxhall MotorsVauxhall Motors reservesN/A
1995–96Poulton VictoriaPoulton Victoria reservesN/A
1996–97Poulton VictoriaHeswall reservesN/A
1997–98Poulton VictoriaGeneral ChemicalsN/A
1998–99Cammell LairdHeswall reservesBICC Helsby
1999–2000Poulton VictoriaBICC HelsbyPavilions

2000s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
2000–01Cammell LairdAintree VillaMallaby
2001–02ChristletonMallabyMaghull reserves
2002–03Vauxhall Motors reservesPoulton Victoria reservesAshville reserves
2003–04NewtonMerseyside PoliceMANWEB reserves
2004–05HeswallNew BrightonMond Rangers reserves
2005–06Poulton VictoriaUpton Athletic AssociationWest Kirby reserves
2006–07West KirbyRuncorn TownAFC Bebington Athletic
2007–08West KirbyPoulton Victoria reservesMossley Hill Athletic
2008–09West KirbyHelsbyFC Pensby
2009–10Cammell Laird reservesSouthport TrinityHale

2010s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
2010–11West KirbyAshvilleRuncorn Linnets reserves
2011–12AshvilleHaleSouth Liverpool
2012–13HeswallSouth LiverpoolMarshalls reserves
2013–14MaghullCapenhurst VillaRainhill Town
2014–15South LiverpoolRainhill TownKirkby Town Railway
2015–16South LiverpoolRichmond Raith RoversBootle reserves
2016–17NewtonAshvilleRainhill Town reserves
2017–18South LiverpoolHalePage Celtic
2018-19NewtonPage CelticAintree Villa
2019-20

2020s

SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
2020-21Season cancelled – Covid pandemicSeason cancelled – Covid pandemicSeason cancelled – Covid pandemic
2021-22Mersey RoyalMarine U23sSutton Athletic
2022-23Mersey RoyalHelsbyAintree Villa Res
2023-24Mossley Hill AthleticSouth Liverpool ResCammell Laird 1907 Res

Sources FA Full-Time,Non League Matters

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