Founded | 1892 |
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Country | England |
Divisions | Division One Division Two Division Three Youth Division |
Number of teams | 46 |
Level on pyramid | Level 11 (Division One) |
Feeder to | North West Counties League |
Promotion to | North West Counties League |
Relegation to | None |
Domestic cup(s) | Pyke Cup West Cheshire Bowl West Cheshire Shield Youth Plate |
Current champions | Mossley Hill (Division One) South Liverpool reserves (Division Two) Cammell Laird 1907 Res. (Division Three) Cammel Laird U18 (Youth Division) (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.
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1892–93 | Ellesmere Port | N/A | N/A |
1893–94 | LNW Locomotives | Cleveland Athletic | N/A |
1894–95 | Port Sunlight | LNW Locomotives reserves | N/A |
1895–96 | Ellesmere Port | Seacombe Swifts | N/A |
1896–97 | Garston Copper Works | Melrose reserves | N/A |
1897–98 | Buckley Town | Ellesmere Port | N/A |
1898–99 | Flint Town | Ellesmere Port | N/A |
1899–1900 | New Brighton Tower reserves | Wirral Railway reserves | Victoria Swifts |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1900–01 | Wheatlands | St. Nanthaniels | Britannia reserves |
1901–02 | Wheatlands | Wallasey Village | Rake Lane PSA |
1902–03 | West Kirby | Birkenhead North End | Moreton |
1903–04 | Ellesmere Port | Wallasey Village | N/A |
1904–05 | Wrexham Victoria | Rock Ferry | N/A |
1905–06 | Garston Gasworks | Tranmere Rovers reserves | N/A |
1906–07 | Harrowby | Heswall | N/A |
1907–08 | African Royal | Hoylake | N/A |
1908–09 | African Royal | Burnell Ironworks | N/A |
1909–10 | Hoylake | Bebington St. Andrews | N/A |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1910–11 | Hoylake | Domininion | N/A |
1911–12 | Hoylake | Wallasey Rovers | N/A |
1912–13 | Harrowby | Prescot Nomads | N/A |
1913–14 | Garston Gasworks | Hoylake Trinity | N/A |
1914–15 | Harrowby* | ? | N/A |
1915–16 | No competition – WW1 | No competition – WW1 | N/A |
1916–17 | No competition – WW1 | No competition – WW1 | N/A |
1917–18 | No competition – WW1 | No competition – WW1 | N/A |
1918–19 | No competition – WW1 | No competition – WW1 | N/A |
1919–20 | Harrowby | ? | N/A |
No known league tables found although it is believed that the competition did operate in the period.
No known league tables found although it is believed that the competition did operate in the period.
All football competitions were suspended in for the seasons from 1940–41 to 1945–46 due to the Second World War.
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1946–47 | Port Sunlight | N/A | N/A |
1947–48 | Stork | Port Sunlight reserves | N/A |
1948–49 | Stork | Bromborough | N/A |
1949–50 | Newton | Eastham Athletic | N/A |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1950–51 | Port Sunlight | McAlpines | N/A |
1951–52 | Bromborough | Port Sunlight reserves | N/A |
1952–53 | Birkenhead Docks | Hoylake Athletic reserves | N/A |
1953–54 | Everton 'C' | Upton | N/A |
1954–55 | Everton 'C' | Upton | N/A |
1955–56 | Newton | Ashville | N/A |
1956–57 | Stork | Newton reserves | N/A |
1957–58 | Ellesmere Port Town reserves | Cammell Laird | N/A |
1958–59 | Stork | Cammell Laird | N/A |
1959–60 | New Brighton reserves | Hoylake Athletic | N/A |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1960–61 | Newton | Bromborough Pool | N/A |
1961–62 | Newton | Newton reserves | N/A |
1962–63 | Stork | Newton reserves | N/A |
1963–64 | West Kirby | Newton reserves | N/A |
1964–65 | West Kirby | Chester College | N/A |
1965–66 | Harrowby | Shell | N/A |
1966–67 | Poulton Victoria | Christleton | N/A |
1967–68 | Ashville | Bromborough | N/A |
1968–69 | Cammell Laird | Heswall | N/A |
1969–70 | Christleton | Harrowby | N/A |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1970–71 | Cammell Laird | Harrowby | N/A |
1971–72 | Poulton Victoria | Willaston | N/A |
1972–73 | Port Sunlight | Cammell Laird reserves | N/A |
1973–74 | Port Sunlight | Cadburys | N/A |
1974–75 | Cammell Laird | Port Sunlight reserves | N/A |
1975–76 | Cammell Laird | Poulton Victoria reserves | N/A |
1976–77 | Cammell Laird | Poulton Victoria reserves | N/A |
1977–78 | Cammell Laird | Poulton Victoria reserves | N/A |
1978–79 | Cammell Laird | Hoylake Athletic | |
1979–80 | Poulton Victoria | Hoylake Athletic | N/A |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1980–81 | Cammell Laird | Hoylake Athletic | N/A |
1981–82 | Cammell Laird | Poulton Victoria reserves | N/A |
1982–83 | Cammell Laird | Mersey Royal | N/A |
1983–84 | Cammell Laird | Mersey Royal | N/A |
1984–85 | Heswall | Cammell Laird reserves | N/A |
1985–86 | Vauxhall Motors | Merseyside Police | N/A |
1986–87 | Cammell Laird | Rivacre Sports & Social | N/A |
1987–88 | Heswall | Higher Bebington | N/A |
1988–89 | Cammell Laird | Higher Bebington | N/A |
1989–90 | Cammell Laird | Heswall Reserves | N/A |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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1990–91 | Cammell Laird | Heswall reserves | N/A |
1991–92 | Cammell Laird | Poulton Victoria reserves | N/A |
1992–93 | Christleton | Cammell Laird reserves | N/A |
1993–94 | Cammell Laird | Cammell Laird reserves | N/A |
1994–95 | Vauxhall Motors | Vauxhall Motors reserves | N/A |
1995–96 | Poulton Victoria | Poulton Victoria reserves | N/A |
1996–97 | Poulton Victoria | Heswall reserves | N/A |
1997–98 | Poulton Victoria | General Chemicals | N/A |
1998–99 | Cammell Laird | Heswall reserves | BICC Helsby |
1999–2000 | Poulton Victoria | BICC Helsby | Pavilions |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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2000–01 | Cammell Laird | Aintree Villa | Mallaby |
2001–02 | Christleton | Mallaby | Maghull reserves |
2002–03 | Vauxhall Motors reserves | Poulton Victoria reserves | Ashville reserves |
2003–04 | Newton | Merseyside Police | MANWEB reserves |
2004–05 | Heswall | New Brighton | Mond Rangers reserves |
2005–06 | Poulton Victoria | Upton Athletic Association | West Kirby reserves |
2006–07 | West Kirby | Runcorn Town | AFC Bebington Athletic |
2007–08 | West Kirby | Poulton Victoria reserves | Mossley Hill Athletic |
2008–09 | West Kirby | Helsby | FC Pensby |
2009–10 | Cammell Laird reserves | Southport Trinity | Hale |
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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2010–11 | West Kirby | Ashville | Runcorn Linnets reserves |
2011–12 | Ashville | Hale | South Liverpool |
2012–13 | Heswall | South Liverpool | Marshalls reserves |
2013–14 | Maghull | Capenhurst Villa | Rainhill Town |
2014–15 | South Liverpool | Rainhill Town | Kirkby Town Railway |
2015–16 | South Liverpool | Richmond Raith Rovers | Bootle reserves |
2016–17 | Newton | Ashville | Rainhill Town reserves |
2017–18 | South Liverpool | Hale | Page Celtic |
2018-19 | Newton | Page Celtic | Aintree Villa |
2019-20 | |||
Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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2020-21 | Season cancelled – Covid pandemic | Season cancelled – Covid pandemic | Season cancelled – Covid pandemic |
2021-22 | Mersey Royal | Marine U23s | Sutton Athletic |
2022-23 | Mersey Royal | Helsby | Aintree Villa Res |
2023-24 | Mossley Hill Athletic | South Liverpool Res | Cammell Laird 1907 Res |
Sources FA Full-Time,Non League Matters
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