1978–79 Cheshire County Football League

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

Cheshire County Football League
Division One

Season	1978–79
← 1977-78 1979–80 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 1
1	Horwich RMI	42	35	2	5	89	45	+44	72
2	Witton Albion	42	30	4	8	114	38	+76	64	Promotion to NPL
3	Marine	42	29	5	8	104	38	+66	63	Promotion to NPL
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	42	5	5	34	36	115	-79	11
22	Middlewich Athletic	42	3	4	35	43	120	-77	10

^{1 The points system up until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

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

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