CHESHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE 1950-1968

 

Where an asterisk appears at the end of a team’s name, this means it was the reserve side of a Football League club.

 

1950-1951

 

1	Rhyl	42	31	6	5	99	36	68
2	Witton Albion	42	28	4	10	116	56	60
3	Northwich Victoria	42	27	5	10	116	58	59
4	Tranmere Rovers*	42	23	5	14	73	52	51
5	Macclesfield Town	42	20	11	11	90	67	51
6	Wellington Town	42	20	9	13	80	55	49
7	Bangor City	42	20	8	14	85	70	48
8	Port Vale*	42	19	10	13	71	66	48
9	Winsford United	42	19	9	14	84	67	47
10	Altrincham	42	19	8	15	77	63	46
11	Wrexham*	42	19	6	17	88	68	44
12	Ellesmere Port Town	42	17	6	19	73	78	40
13	Stockport County*	42	15	9	18	52	50	39
14	Runcorn	42	15	8	19	81	89	38
15	Buxton	42	14	9	19	55	69	37
16	Crewe Alexandra*	42	15	6	21	88	102	36
17	South Liverpool	42	13	6	23	65	101	32
18	Hyde United	42	11	6	25	51	90	28
19	Stalybridge Celtic	42	12	4	26	55	125	28
20	Mossley	42	11	5	26	51	91	27
21	Congleton Town	42	9	9	24	54	102	27
22	Chester*	42	6	9	27	65	114	21
		924	383	158	383	1669	1669	924

 

1951-1952

 

1	Wellington Town	42	26	9	7	85	44	61
2	Rhyl	42	25	8	9	101	58	58
3	Port Vale*	42	21	11	10	77	41	53
4	Witton Albion	42	22	7	13	77	46	51
5	Tranmere Rovers*	42	20	9	13	79	57	49
6	Northwich Victoria	42	21	6	15	78	70	48
7	Mossley	42	22	4	16	90	89	48
8	Altrincham	42	19	9	14	78	72	47
9	Crewe Alexandra*	42	19	8	15	114	83	46
10	Stockport County*	42	16	12	14	66	61	44
11	Bangor City	42	17	9	16	79	68	43
12	Wrexham*	42	16	10	16	88	83	42
13	Runcorn	42	16	10	16	75	76	42
14	Macclesfield Town	42	15	12	15	62	69	42
15	Winsford United	42	17	6	19	72	84	40
16	Congleton Town	42	17	5	20	66	93	39
17	Chester*	42	15	7	20	65	79	37
18	Stalybridge Celtic	42	13	7	22	56	83	33
19	Buxton	42	10	11	21	73	84	31
20	Ellesmere Port Town	42	11	4	27	70	104	26
21	South Liverpool	42	7	10	25	45	98	24
22	Hyde United	42	7	6	29	66	120	20
		924	372	180	372	1662	1662	924

 

South Liverpool left to join the Lancashire Combination.  Stafford Rangers from the Birmingham Combination took their place.

 

1952-1953

 

1	Macclesfield Town	42	27	8	7	103	63	62
2	Wellington Town	42	25	9	8	89	44	59
3	Stockport County*	42	24	9	9	85	52	57
4	Rhyl	42	20	14	8	104	76	54
5	Bangor City	42	23	7	12	87	68	53
6	Tranmere Rovers*	42	18	14	10	95	71	50
7	Port Vale*	42	17	14	11	77	65	48
8	Witton Albion	42	18	9	15	107	100	45
9	Buxton	42	17	10	15	76	81	44
10	Crewe Alexandra*	42	18	5	19	72	75	41
11	Stalybridge Celtic	42	16	9	17	84	88	41
12	Runcorn	42	18	3	21	83	97	39
13	Chester*	42	12	13	17	78	78	37
14	Wrexham*	42	15	7	20	69	78	37
15	Ellesmere Port Town	42	16	5	21	70	81	37
16	Northwich Victoria	42	13	8	21	61	82	34
17	Winsford United	42	13	7	22	70	82	33
18	Mossley	42	13	6	23	57	86	32
19	Hyde United	42	11	10	21	71	108	32
20	Stafford Rangers	42	11	9	22	67	73	31
21	Congleton Town	42	11	8	23	64	91	30
22	Altrincham	42	8	12	22	54	84	28
		924	364	196	364	1723	1723	924

 

1953-1954

 

1	Witton Albion	42	27	7	8	117	62	61
2	Bangor City	42	23	7	12	104	63	53
3	Stockport County*	42	22	7	13	93	75	51
4	Hyde United	42	19	12	11	86	73	50
5	Altrincham	42	21	7	14	75	67	49
6	Macclesfield Town	42	20	9	13	97	78	49
7	Crewe Alexandra*	42	19	10	13	87	65	48
8	Tranmere Rovers*	42	18	11	13	79	62	47
9	Wrexham*	42	21	5	16	85	69	47
10	Wellington Town	42	21	5	16	80	66	47
11	Rhyl	42	19	9	14	70	61	47
12	Chester*	42	16	8	18	67	70	40
13	Port Vale*	42	17	6	19	69	75	40
14	Winsford United	42	15	8	19	70	76	38
15	Ellesmere Port Town	42	13	9	20	54	75	35
16	Stalybridge Celtic	42	14	7	21	62	88	35
17	Mossley	42	11	12	19	66	89	34
18	Runcorn	42	13	8	21	63	86	34
19	Northwich Victoria	42	13	7	22	72	97	33
20	Stafford Rangers	42	11	10	21	73	89	32
21	Congleton Town	42	11	5	26	66	109	27
22	Buxton	42	10	7	25	58	98	27
		924	374	176	374	1693	1693	924

 

1954-1955

 

1	Hyde United	42	25	10	7	125	64	60
2	Wellington Town	42	24	7	11	91	59	55
3	Stafford Rangers	42	19	14	9	74	50	52
4	Wrexham*	42	20	11	11	105	68	51
5	Stockport County*	42	22	6	14	96	65	50
6	Stalybridge Celtic	42	21	8	13	73	68	50
7	Macclesfield Town	42	20	7	15	103	82	47
8	Ellesmere Port Town	42	18	9	15	62	63	45
9	Runcorn	42	20	4	18	86	74	44
10	Tranmere Rovers*	42	19	5	18	82	85	43
11	Port Vale*	42	17	8	17	71	71	42
12	Altrincham	42	15	11	16	71	77	41
13	Witton Albion	42	17	5	20	98	95	39
14	Chester*	42	13	13	16	76	86	39
15	Bangor City	42	16	7	19	78	96	39
16	Rhyl	42	14	9	19	66	75	37
17	Winsford United	42	16	5	21	68	78	37
18	Mossley	42	11	13	18	65	75	35
19	Crewe Alexandra*	42	11	12	19	75	97	34
20	Congleton Town	42	12	8	22	65	88	32
21	Northwich Victoria	42	11	6	25	68	117	28
22	Buxton	42	7	10	25	59	124	24
		924	368	188	368	1757	1757	924

 

1955-1956

 

1	Hyde United	42	27	7	8	138	78	61
2	Rhyl	42	22	12	8	93	68	56
3	Wellington Town	42	22	10	10	112	59	54
4	Northwich Victoria	42	22	10	10	99	70	54
5	Ellesmere Port Town	42	20	13	9	81	51	53
6	Port Vale*	42	21	8	13	94	80	50
7	Witton Albion	42	16	16	10	91	80	48
8	Wrexham*	42	19	8	15	109	88	46
9	Chester*	42	16	13	13	90	74	45
10	Runcorn	42	20	5	17	93	88	45
11	Buxton	42	19	6	17	94	78	44
12	Winsford United	42	16	11	15	73	76	43
13	Stockport County*	42	17	8	17	82	76	42
14	Altrincham	42	15	8	19	74	78	38
15	Tranmere Rovers*	42	13	12	17	59	74	38
16	Stalybridge Celtic	42	13	10	19	64	82	36
17	Bangor City	42	13	7	22	71	107	33
18	Stafford Rangers	42	12	9	21	52	80	33
19	Mossley	42	10	13	19	68	114	33
20	Congleton Town	42	10	6	26	68	104	26
21	Macclesfield Town	42	10	6	26	70	115	26
22	Crewe Alexandra*	42	8	4	30	55	110	20
		924	361	202	361	1830	1830	924

 

1956-1957

 

1	Northwich Victoria	42	25	7	10	139	72	57
2	Hyde United	42	25	5	12	129	102	55
3	Wellington Town	42	22	10	10	92	58	54
4	Witton Albion	42	22	9	11	84	66	53
5	Rhyl	42	22	6	14	111	71	50
6	Stockport County*	42	19	12	11	105	73	50
7	Chester*	42	20	8	14	86	87	48
8	Winsford United	42	20	6	16	92	77	46
9	Buxton	42	19	7	16	79	86	45
10	Macclesfield Town	42	17	10	15	102	73	44
11	Ellesmere Port Town	42	17	10	15	86	77	44
12	Wrexham*	42	15	10	17	98	101	40
13	Runcorn	42	13	13	16	67	88	39
14	Stalybridge Celtic	42	15	9	18	86	111	39
15	Tranmere Rovers*	42	16	6	20	99	95	38
16	Altrincham	42	14	7	21	94	102	35
17	Port Vale*	42	13	9	20	78	96	35
18	Mossley	42	10	15	17	62	96	35
19	Congleton Town	42	12	10	20	79	111	34
20	Stafford Rangers	42	12	9	21	57	74	33
21	Bangor City	42	10	8	24	73	115	28
22	Crewe Alexandra*	42	9	4	29	72	139	22
		924	367	190	367	1970	1970	924

 

1957-1958

 

1	Ellesmere Port Town	42	24	10	8	91	53	58
2	Hyde United	42	26	6	10	106	68	58
3	Northwich Victoria	42	22	10	10	91	66	54
4	Port Vale*	42	22	8	12	80	51	52
5	Chester*	42	22	7	13	91	63	51
6	Tranmere Rovers*	42	21	7	14	103	72	49
7	Buxton	42	20	9	13	86	66	49
8	Bangor City	42	19	11	12	81	68	49
9	Rhyl	42	22	4	16	94	76	48
10	Witton Albion	42	19	8	15	91	84	46
11	Wrexham*	42	19	8	15	71	67	46
12	Wellington Town	42	19	8	15	89	88	46
13	Winsford United	42	17	8	17	87	83	42
14	Runcorn	42	15	10	17	71	74	40
15	Altrincham	42	14	10	18	70	78	38
16	Stafford Rangers	42	14	8	20	68	104	36
17	Crewe Alexandra*	42	12	11	19	86	95	35
18	Congleton Town	42	13	8	21	52	76	34
19	Stockport County*	42	11	10	21	67	84	32
20	Stalybridge Celtic	42	7	7	28	57	96	21
21	Macclesfield Town	42	6	9	27	71	136	21
22	Mossley	42	7	5	30	57	112	19
		924	371	182	371	1760	1760	924

 

League membership was reduced to 20 clubs by the departures of Stockport County Reserves to the new North Regional League, for Football League club second elevens, and Wellington Town, who joined the Southern League.

 

1958-1959

 

1	Ellesmere Port Town	38	25	7	6	106	41	57
2	Bangor City	38	22	5	11	85	61	49
3	Tranmere Rovers*	38	21	5	12	90	55	47
4	Port Vale*	38	20	6	12	90	51	46
5	Chester*	38	20	6	12	73	63	46
6	Wrexham*	38	20	3	15	85	75	43
7	Rhyl	38	15	12	11	72	76	42
8	Hyde United	38	19	3	16	73	69	41
9	Buxton	38	16	8	14	87	71	40
10	Northwich Victoria	38	16	7	15	96	74	39
11	Winsford United	38	15	9	14	80	69	39
12	Runcorn	38	13	11	14	67	57	37
13	Altrincham	38	14	6	18	57	64	34
14	Crewe Alexandra*	38	13	8	17	73	94	34
15	Mossley	38	13	5	20	78	97	31
16	Witton Albion	38	12	6	20	71	90	30
17	Stafford Rangers	38	11	8	19	60	98	30
18	Macclesfield Town	38	11	5	22	67	99	27
19	Congleton Town	38	12	3	23	60	104	27
20	Stalybridge Celtic	38	8	5	25	60	122	21
		760	316	128	316	1530	1530	760

 

Two more clubs transferred their reserve elevens to the North Regional League at the end of the season – Crewe Alexandra and Port Vale.  Oswestry Town, from the Birmingham League, and new club Wigan Rovers replaced the departees.

1959-1960

 

1	Ellesmere Port Town	38	25	6	7	80	46	56
2	Hyde United	38	22	8	8	100	56	52
3	Winsford United	38	19	11	8	85	48	49
4	Buxton	38	21	7	10	85	56	49
5	Runcorn	38	21	5	12	87	70	47
6	Northwich Victoria	38	17	11	10	70	44	45
7	Bangor City	38	18	6	14	86	58	42
8	Mossley	38	18	6	14	77	70	42
9	Altrincham	38	14	11	13	65	73	39
10	Oswestry Town	38	15	8	15	82	84	38
11	Tranmere Rovers*	38	16	5	17	72	73	37
12	Rhyl	38	15	7	16	50	58	37
13	Macclesfield Town	38	15	6	17	83	81	36
14	Wrexham*	38	14	7	17	70	83	35
15	Stalybridge Celtic	38	13	6	19	65	86	32
16	Witton Albion	38	13	4	21	86	96	30
17	Chester*	38	12	6	20	57	83	30
18	Congleton Town	38	9	8	21	59	87	26
19	Stafford Rangers	38	11	4	23	54	83	26
20	Wigan Rovers	38	4	4	30	41	119	12
		760	312	136	312	1454	1454	760

 

Frickley Colliery, from the defunct Midland League, and Sankeys (Wellington), from the Shropshire County League, joined the newcompetition, restoring membership to 22 clubs.

 

1960-1961

 

1	Macclesfield Town	42	26	9	7	133	69	61
2	Ellesmere Port Town	42	25	6	11	111	61	56
3	Frickley Colliery	42	24	8	10	103	65	56
4	Mossley	42	23	7	12	93	66	53
5	Oswestry Town	42	23	7	12	113	84	53
6	Bangor City	42	22	8	12	103	65	52
7	Wrexham*	42	22	6	14	109	83	50
8	Buxton	42	21	7	14	96	76	49
9	Hyde United	42	19	10	13	91	60	48
10	Runcorn	42	18	10	14	89	77	46
11	Witton Albion	42	16	14	12	89	78	46
12	Northwich Victoria	42	20	6	16	93	84	46
13	Tranmere Rovers*	42	19	5	18	93	90	43
14	Winsford United	42	14	9	19	76	101	37
15	Chester*	42	14	8	20	67	85	36
16	Sankeys (Wellington)	42	13	10	19	77	98	36
17	Congleton Town	42	14	7	21	67	91	35
18	Rhyl	42	11	7	24	65	85	29
19	Stalybridge Celtic	42	11	5	26	85	123	27
20	Stafford Rangers	42	8	10	24	54	84	26
21	Altrincham	42	8	6	28	68	125	22
22	Wigan Rovers	42	7	3	32	44	169	17
		924	378	168	378	1919	1919	924

 

Wigan Rovers moved to the Lancashire Combination, from which Wigan Athletic joined the Cheshire League.

 

1961-1962

 

1	Ellesmere Port Town	42	25	13	4	103	52	63
2	Macclesfield town	42	25	10	7	109	61	60
3	Runcorn	42	27	3	12	108	60	57
4	Northwich Victoria	42	25	5	12	103	56	55
5	Wigan Athletic	42	24	7	11	86	51	55
6	Hyde United	42	24	4	14	81	65	52
7	Buxton	42	21	6	15	98	79	48
8	Mossley	42	20	7	15	87	78	47
9	Stalybridge Celtic	42	17	7	18	79	74	41
10	Bangor City	42	15	11	16	86	86	41
11	Altrincham	42	15	10	17	58	64	40
12	Sankeys (Wellington)	42	16	7	19	76	74	39
13	Stafford Rangers	42	12	13	17	72	84	37
14	Rhyl	42	12	11	19	52	63	35
15	Congleton Town	42	12	11	19	57	78	35
16	Wrexham*	42	12	11	19	53	79	35
17	Oswestry Town	42	13	8	21	76	103	34
18	Winsford United	42	12	8	22	73	100	32
19	Chester*	42	11	10	21	66	106	32
20	Tranmere Rovers*	42	10	9	23	73	111	29
21	Frickley Colliery	42	10	9	23	65	108	29
22	Witton Albion	42	11	6	25	70	99	28
		924	369	186	369	1731	1731	924

 

1962-1963

 

1	Runcorn	42	26	13	3	95	43	65
2	Buxton	42	24	7	11	104	71	55
3	Tranmere Rovers*	42	19	15	8	88	57	53
4	Stalybridge Celtic	42	22	9	11	98	71	53
5	Macclesfield Town	42	20	12	10	87	59	52
6	Ellesmere Port Town	42	19	14	9	78	57	52
7	Wigan Athletic	42	22	6	14	70	54	50
8	Altrincham	42	19	8	15	90	68	46
9	Northwich Victoria	42	15	15	12	77	68	45
10	Winsford United	42	16	11	15	69	73	43
11	Frickley Colliery	42	16	11	15	66	79	43
12	Hyde United	42	14	14	14	81	74	42
13	Bangor City	42	13	16	13	71	68	42
14	Witton Albion	42	16	10	16	84	86	42
15	Wrexham*	42	18	4	20	72	86	40
16	Congleton Town	42	16	7	19	73	80	39
17	Rhyl.	42	12	10	20	64	86	34
18	Sankeys (Wellington)	42	10	13	19	64	76	33
19	Mossley	42	10	9	23	55	81	29
20	Stafford Rangers	42	9	10	23	50	90	28
21	Chester*	42	7	7	28	62	105	21
22	Oswestry Town	42	6	5	31	53	119	17
		924	349	226	349	1651	1651	924

 

1963-1964

 

1	Macclesfield Town	42	30	9	3	112	38	69
2	Sankeys (Wellington)	42	23	10	9	98	57	56
3	Altrincham	42	22	8	12	94	68	52
4	Bangor City	42	21	9	12	75	55	51
5	Witton Albion	42	22	7	13	67	64	51
6	Tranmere Rovers*	42	19	10	13	108	71	48
7	Runcorn	42	19	10	13	81	71	48
8	Ellesmere Port Town	42	20	8	14	77	76	48
9	Buxton	42	18	11	13	92	77	47
10	Hyde United	42	18	11	13	64	60	47
11	Frickley Colliery	42	18	9	15	65	57	45
12	Wigan Athletic	42	18	7	17	94	82	43
13	Mossley	42	16	7	19	66	77	39
14	Rhyl	42	13	12	17	73	88	38
15	Oswestry Town	42	13	10	19	85	94	36
16	Stafford Rangers	42	15	6	21	66	89	36
17	Chester*	42	15	5	22	70	82	35
18	Stalybridge Celtic	42	14	6	22	66	80	34
19	Northwich Victoria	42	13	6	23	64	87	32
20	Winsford United	42	9	11	22	61	98	29
21	Congleton Town	42	4	13	25	43	95	21
22	Wrexham*	42	7	5	30	58	113	19
		924	367	190	367	1679	1679	924

 

1964-1965

 

1	Wigan Athletic	42	32	3	7	121	46	67
2	Macclesfield Town	42	28	6	8	115	45	62
3	Runcorn	42	27	5	10	121	60	59
4	Bangor City	42	25	4	13	94	58	54
5	Tranmere Rovers*	42	22	6	14	93	70	50
6	Hyde United	42	22	6	14	96	76	50
7	Frickley Colliery	42	21	8	13	79	74	50
8	Altrincham	42	18	12	12	74	55	48
9	Stalybridge Celtic	42	17	11	14	78	74	45
10	Ellesmere Port Town	42	19	6	17	79	60	44
11	Northwich Victoria	42	18	6	18	100	87	42
12	Rhyl	42	17	6	19	69	79	40
13	Oswestry Town	42	17	5	20	100	100	39
14	Mossley	42	13	12	17	57	62	38
15	Buxton	42	15	7	20	77	99	37
16	Witton Albion	42	14	8	20	79	90	36
17	Winsford United	42	15	5	22	66	96	35
18	Wrexham*	42	13	9	20	58	99	35
19	Sankeys (Wellington)	42	10	13	19	70	87	33
20	Chester*	42	11	8	23	65	99	30
21	Stafford Rangers	42	6	5	31	44	120	17
22	Congleton Town	42	3	7	32	46	145	13
		924	383	158	383	1781	1781	924

 

Congleton Town left at the end of the season to join the Manchester League, while Sankeys (Wellington) returned to the Shropshire County League.  New Brighton, from the Lancashire Combination, and Stockport County Reserves, from the North Regional League, filled the vacancies these departures had created.

 

1965-1966

 

1	Altrincham	42	33	7	2	132	49	73
2	Wigan Athletic	42	32	8	2	133	40	72
3	Macclesfield Town	42	26	8	8	102	48	60
4	Bangor City	42	24	6	12	91	67	54
5	Runcorn	42	22	7	13	105	77	51
6	Stalybridge Celtic	42	21	8	13	98	84	50
7	Northwich Victoria	42	20	6	16	93	77	46
8	Hyde United	42	16	11	15	74	72	43
9	Ellesmere Port Town	42	16	10	16	97	80	42
10	Stockport County*	42	14	13	15	61	65	41
11	New Brighton	42	17	6	19	76	86	40
12	Buxton	42	15	8	19	74	82	38
13	Tranmere Rovers*	42	13	11	18	85	88	37
14	Frickley Colliery	42	13	11	18	76	102	37
15	Mossley	42	13	10	19	66	72	36
16	Oswestry Town	42	15	6	21	78	102	36
17	Witton Albion	42	14	7	21	93	107	35
18	Wrexham*	42	15	5	22	92	107	35
19	Stafford Rangers	42	9	10	23	60	109	28
20	Rhyl	42	8	10	24	57	104	26
21	Chester*	42	9	7	26	52	116	25
22	Winsford United	42	6	7	29	66	127	19
		924	371	182	371	1861	1861	924

 

1966-1967

 

1	Altrincham	42	31	5	6	123	45	67
2	Wigan Athletic	42	26	8	8	101	61	60
3	Northwich Victoria	42	22	13	7	91	55	57
4	Hyde United	42	24	8	10	101	56	56
5	Macclesfield Town	42	24	8	10	78	47	56
6	Witton Albion	42	21	9	12	74	56	51
7	Bangor City	42	20	8	14	90	77	48
8	Frickley Colliery	42	18	10	14	71	69	46
9	Runcorn	42	16	11	15	75	75	43
10	New Brighton	42	16	7	19	69	73	39
11	Mossley	42	15	9	18	66	71	39
12	Chester*	42	13	12	17	72	71	38
13	Oswestry Town	42	15	8	19	64	89	38
14	Ellesmere Port Town	42	11	15	16	61	70	37
15	Stafford Rangers	42	12	12	18	59	66	36
16	Buxton	42	13	10	19	69	78	36
17	Tranmere Rovers*	42	14	8	20	66	84	36
18	Stockport County*	42	12	9	21	58	76	33
19	Rhyl	42	11	9	22	59	86	31
20	Stalybridge Celtic	42	11	8	23	52	85	30
21	Wrexham*	42	11	3	28	66	114	25
22	Winsford United	42	8	6	28	46	107	22
		924	364	196	364	1611	1611	924

 

1967-1968

 

1	Macclesfield Town	42	28	10	4	96	39	66
2	Altrincham	42	28	7	7	108	64	63
3	Bangor City	42	24	9	9	99	61	57
4	Witton Albion	42	21	12	9	90	65	54
5	Mossley	42	20	13	9	90	62	53
6	Tranmere Rovers*	42	22	6	14	71	50	50
7	Northwich Victoria	42	22	6	14	82	64	50
8	Wigan Athletic	42	18	12	12	62	48	48
9	Stafford Rangers	42	18	11	13	88	58	47
10	Hyde United	42	17	12	13	97	74	46
11	New Brighton	42	16	10	16	60	69	42
12	Ellesmere Port Town	42	15	11	16	68	67	41
13	Runcorn	42	16	8	18	99	95	40
14	Wrexham	42	16	8	18	72	77	40
15	Buxton	42	14	8	20	71	86	36
16	Rhyl	42	12	10	20	63	78	34
17	Winsford United	42	13	7	22	50	82	33
18	Oswestry Town	42	13	6	23	63	106	32
19	Frickley Colliery	42	10	10	22	61	83	30
20	Stockport County*	42	10	7	25	55	92	27
21	Stalybridge Celtic	42	6	14	22	54	93	26
22	Chester*	42	2	5	35	48	134	9
		924	361	202	361	1647	1647	924

 

At the end of the season seven Cheshire league sides joined the new Northern Premier League, which was set up to give non-league soccer in the North parity with the South, where the Southern League had run for many years.  The Cheshire League therefore lost Altrincham, Bangor City, Hyde United, Macclesfield Town, Northwich Victoria, Runcorn and Wigan Athletic.  With Stockport County and Wrexham withdrawing their reserve elevens, the Cheshire League admitted seven new clubs to restore the competition’s viability.  Five teams came from the Lancashire Combination – Ashton United, Droylsden, Guinness Exports, Horwich RMI and Skelmersdale United.  Two former members of the competition rejoined - Nantwich Town from the Manchester League and Sandbach Ramblers from the Mid-Cheshire League.