Cheshire County League Final Tables + Final Tables and changes/movements 1920-1930 are on this page.

 

CHESHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE 1920-1930

 

Final League Table 1920-1921

 

1	Winsford United	34	19	6	9	67	48	44
2	Congleton Town	34	17	8	9	68	56	42
3	Runcorn	34	17	7	10	64	42	41
4	Monk’s Hall	34	16	9	9	58	40	41
5	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	34	15	9	10	80	51	39
6	Macclesfield	34	16	7	11	67	50	39
7	Crichton’s Athletic	34	16	6	12	72	62	38
8	Mossley	34	14	8	12	49	48	36
9	Altrincham	34	14	8	12	59	70	36
10	Chester	34	15	5	14	72	74	35
11	Nantwich Town	34	14	6	14	82	72	34
12	Ashton National	34	14	5	15	69	64	33
13	Northwich Victoria	34	12	5	17	53	60	29
14	Tranmere Rovers Rserves	34	13	3	18	52	69	29
15	Stalybridge Celtic Reserves	34	11	5	18	61	74	27
16	Sandbach Ramblers	34	8	9	17	42	68	25
17	Witton Albion	34	10	3	21	48	77	23
18	Connah’s Quay & Shotton	34	6	9	19	44	82	21
		612	247	118	247	1107	1107	612

 

Ellesmere Port Cement and Whitchurch joined the Cheshire League.  Crichton’s Athletic became Saltney Athletic.

 

Final League Table 1921-1922

 

1	Chester	38	25	3	10	78	50	53
2	Congleton Town	38	22	6	10	82	49	50
3	Ashton National	38	23	2	13	78	63	48
4	Witton Albion	38	20	7	11	77	54	47
5	Stalybridge Celtic Reserves	38	18	8	12	71	59	44
6	Nantwich Town	38	15	13	10	71	57	43
7	Northwich Victoria	38	15	10	13	62	40	40
8	Macclesfield	38	13	13	12	60	64	39
9	Connah’s Quay & Shotton	38	13	12	13	51	52	38
10	Whitchurch	38	16	6	16	65	71	38
11	Winsford United	38	13	12	13	53	64	38
12	Altrincham	38	13	9	16	75	70	35
13	Sandbach Ramblers	38	13	9	16	51	54	35
14	Ellesmere Port Cement	38	14	6	18	61	63	34
15	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	38	13	8	17	61	70	34
16	Saltney Athletic	38	9	15	14	65	75	33
17	Mossley	38	11	7	20	54	84	29
18	Stockport County ‘A’*	38	11	6	21	57	102	28
19	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	38	10	7	21	59	66	27
20	Runcorn	38	10	7	21	56	80	27
		760	297	166	297	1287	1287	760

 

*The Monk’s Hall club folded during the season, with their record and fixtures being taken over by Stockport County ‘A’.  At the end of the season, Stockport County’s Reserves replaced the club’s ‘A’ team.  Connah’s Quay & Shotton left the Cheshire League to join the Welsh National league (North) and their place was taken by Middlewich.

 

Final League Table 1922-1923

 

1	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	38	27	6	5	102	42	60
2	Stockport County Reserves	38	20	8	10	89	58	48
3	Altrincham	38	19	10	9	86	60	48
4	Macclesfield	38	18	10	10	84	52	46
5	Ellesmere Port Cement	38	18	7	13	69	48	43
6	Saltney Athletic	38	20	3	15	75	83	43
7	Winsford United	38	17	7	14	51	52	41
8	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	38	16	9	13	69	71	41
9	Mossley	38	15	10	13	76	62	40
10	Stalybridge Celtic Reserves	38	15	9	14	56	49	39
11	Ashton National	38	14	10	14	75	57	38
12	Whitchurch	38	14	9	15	66	78	37
13	Congleton Town	38	14	8	16	64	71	36
14	Nantwich Town	38	15	5	18	61	84	35
15	Chester	38	13	8	17	59	60	34
16	Sandbach Ramblers	38	10	10	18	53	81	30
17	Runcorn	38	11	5	22	56	85	27
18	Northwich Victoria	38	8	10	20	47	75	26
19	Witton Albion	38	9	7	22	43	83	25
20	Middlewich	38	8	7	23	40	70	23
		760	301	158	301	1321	1321	760

 

A number of changes took place at the end of the season.  Saltney Athletic resigned, but the size of the competition was increased to 22 clubs through the election of three new clubs – Hurst, Port Vale Reserves and Wallasey United. After resigning from the 3^rd Division (North), Stalybridge Celtic replaced their reserve side with their first team in the league.

 

Final League Table 1923-1924

 

There is an error in the Final Table as the ‘goals for’ and ‘goals against’ columns do not match exactly.

 

1	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	42	28	5	9	96	62	61
2	Port Vale Reserves	42	24	10	8	109	60	58
3	Whitchurch	42	24	8	10	81	52	56
4	Stalybridge Celtic	42	24	6	12	93	50	54
5	Stockport County Reserves	42	21	12	9	92	56	54
6	Northwich Victoria	42	18	10	14	85	77	46
7	Congleton Town	42	18	9	15	86	59	45
8	Hurst	42	19	7	16	78	76	45
9	Macclesfield	42	18	6	18	82	67	42
10	Altrincham	42	19	4	19	69	75	42
11	Ashton National	42	15	11	16	59	60	41
12	Ellesmere Port Cement	42	14	12	16	66	64	40
13	Mossley	42	16	8	18	77	90	40
14	Winsford United	42	17	5	20	56	77	39
15	Wallasey United	42	13	12	17	50	71	38
16	Chester	42	11	15	16	59	66	37
17	Witton Albion	42	14	9	19	55	67	37
18	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	42	13	9	20	78	90	35
19	Runcorn	42	13	9	20	54	68	35
20	Middlewich	42	12	8	22	56	101	32
21	Nantwich Town	42	9	6	27	53	101	24
22	Sandbach Ramblers	42	7	9	26	41	85	23
		924	367	190	367	1575	1574	924

 

The Wallasey United club disbanded at the end of the season and Stockport County Reserves also withdrew from the competition.  Two new clubs entered the Cheshire league, however – Ellesmere Port Town and Manchester North End.

 

Final League Table 1924-1925

 

Once again the Final Table contains a mismatch between ‘goals for’ and goals against’ totals.

 

1	Port Vale Reserves	42	25	10	7	112	43	60
2	Northwich Victoria	42	25	6	11	94	58	56
3	Stalybridge Celtic	42	24	7	11	92	52	55
4	Ashton National	42	24	6	12	94	50	54
5	Hurst	42	22	10	10	101	61	54
6	Macclesfield	42	21	6	15	79	77	48
7	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	42	21	5	16	106	79	47
8	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	42	20	5	17	91	68	45
9	Mossley	42	17	8	17	85	83	42
10	Winsford United	42	18	6	18	83	87	42
11	Middlewich	42	18	6	18	67	71	42
12	Altrincham	42	16	7	19	70	93	39
13	Manchester North End	42	15	7	20	96	95	37
14	Congleton Town	42	14	8	20	77	93	36
15	Whitchurch	42	12	12	18	55	86	36
16	Sandbach Ramblers	42	12	11	19	57	81	35
17	Chester	42	14	7	21	59	103	35
18	Witton Albion	42	13	7	22	59	82	33
19	Nantwich Town	42	12	9	21	72	102	33
20	Runcorn	42	14	5	23	62	94	33
21	Ellesmere Port Cement	42	13	6	23	67	84	32
22	Ellesmere Port Town	42	12	6	24	56	88	30
		924	382	160	382	1734	1730	924

 

Ellesmere Port Cement left the Cheshire League.  Eccles United were admitted to the competition.

 

Final League Table 1925-1926

 

This was the first season in which games were played under the new ‘offside’ law.

 

1	Chester	42	29	5	8	110	57	63
2	Port Vale Reserves	42	26	6	10	115	58	58
3	Congleton Town	42	25	6	11	125	74	56
4	Stalybridge Celtic	42	24	4	14	133	77	52
5	Witton Albion	42	21	8	13	121	85	50
6	Ashton National	42	20	8	14	98	84	48
7	Winsford United	42	22	3	17	96	87	47
8	Nantwich Town	42	19	9	14	90	90	47
9	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	42	17	11	14	104	97	45
10	Manchester North End	42	18	7	17	92	111	43
11	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	42	18	6	18	96	75	42
12	Runcorn	42	19	4	19	79	92	42
13	Hurst	42	16	9	17	114	95	41
14	Mossley	42	14	8	20	80	106	36
15	Ellesmere Port Town	42	16	4	22	73	107	36
16	Altrincham	42	15	4	23	85	94	34
17	Sandbach Ramblers	42	14	6	22	81	92	34
18	Northwich Victoria	42	14	5	23	75	101	33
19	Whitchurch	42	14	4	24	85	124	32
20	Macclesfield	42	12	8	22	88	142	32
21	Middlewich	42	13	4	25	76	120	30
22	Eccles United	42	9	5	28	84	132	23
		924	395	134	395	2100	2100	924

 

Final League Table 1926-1927

 

There is a further case here of a Final table which does not quite balance.  In view of the goal-scoring totals, however, it is a wonder that the goals columns match as closely as they do.

 

1	Chester	42	31	3	8	147	67	65
2	Ashton National	42	29	4	9	119	63	62
3	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	42	28	4	10	163	72	60
4	Congleton Town	42	27	5	10	125	59	59
5	Stalybridge Celtic	42	26	6	10	136	79	58
6	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	42	26	6	10	118	81	58
7	Port Vale Reserves	42	24	5	13	119	74	53
8	Manchester North End	42	24	3	15	156	90	51
9	Altrincham	42	20	7	15	129	108	47
10	Runcorn	42	19	7	16	94	101	45
11	Macclesfield	42	19	5	18	113	112	43
12	Nantwich Town	42	16	10	16	95	86	42
13	Winsford United	42	18	5	19	120	97	41
14	Middlewich	42	15	6	21	99	132	36
15	Witton Albion	42	13	6	23	79	108	32
16	Eccles United	42	10	9	23	84	127	29
17	Mossley	42	11	7	24	88	146	29
18	Northwich Victoria	42	11	4	27	70	141	26
19	Whitchurch	42	10	6	26	62	134	26
20	Hurst	42	8	6	28	65	119	22
21	Sandbach Ramblers	42	7	7	28	59	124	21
22	Ellesmere Port Town	42	8	3	31	77	196	19
		924	400	124	400	2317	2316	924

 

Ellesmere Port Town resigned at the end of the campaign and the club folded.  Stockport County Reserves re-joined the Cheshire League to maintain its strength at 22 clubs.

 

Final League Table 1927-1928

 

The goals totals available for the season show the worst discrepancy between ‘for’ and ‘against’ in Cheshire League records, with a difference of 14 in the totals.

 

1	Port Vale Reserves	42	31	5	6	147	48	67
2	Stockport County Reserves	42	26	9	7	158	81	61
3	Ashton National	42	28	5	9	145	78	61
4	Congleton Town	42	26	7	9	105	60	59
5	Chester	42	23	6	13	120	73	52
6	Winsford United	42	21	9	12	122	101	51
7	Stalybridge Celtic	42	21	6	15	120	93	48
8	Runcorn	42	19	10	13	86	81	48
9	Manchester North End	42	20	7	15	133	101	47
10	Hurst	42	19	7	16	105	101	45
11	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	42	21	3	18	104	101	45
12	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	42	17	9	16	112	98	43
13	Witton Albion	42	18	7	17	89	98	43
14	Middlewich	42	15	8	19	87	102	38
15	Sandbach Ramblers	42	13	8	21	89	101	34
16	Nantwich Town	42	15	3	24	103	133	33
17	Macclesfield	42	13	5	24	75	117	31
18	Northwich Victoria	42	10	9	23	88	136	29
19	Mossley	42	12	5	25	86	138	29
20	Altrincham	42	10	4	28	77	146	24
21	Whitchurch	42	8	2	32	77	166	18
22	Eccles United	42	7	4	31	64	153	18
		924	393	138	393	2292	2306	924

 

Eccles United and Stockport County Reserves both left the competition at the end of the season to play in other leagues.  The Cheshire League was reduced therefore to 20 clubs as there were no new entrants.

 

Final League Table 1928-1929

 

1	Port Vale Reserves	38	24	6	8	121	64	54
2	Ashton National	38	23	5	10	115	70	51
3	Winsford United	38	22	7	9	109	74	51
4	Congleton Town	38	21	7	10	97	76	49
5	Manchester North End	38	20	8	10	122	81	48
6	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	38	18	8	12	128	88	44
7	Stalybridge Celtic	38	19	6	13	92	75	44
8	Chester	38	19	5	14	99	75	43
9	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	38	18	5	15	92	84	41
10	Macclesfield	38	17	3	18	94	93	37
11	Runcorn	38	13	11	14	86	94	37
12	Hurst	38	14	8	16	126	119	36
13	Mossley	38	14	8	16	89	93	36
14	Northwich Victoria	38	13	7	18	85	90	33
15	Sandbach Ramblers	38	14	2	22	101	116	30
16	Whitchurch	38	13	4	21	96	115	30
17	Witton Albion	38	9	12	17	62	82	30
18	Middlewich	38	11	4	23	51	125	26
19	Altrincham	38	8	7	23	74	128	23
20	Nantwich Town	38	8	1	29	62	159	17
		760	318	124	318	1901	1901	760

 

Connah’s Quay & Shotton re-joined the Cheshire League and the competition returned to its 22-club format with the admission also of Manchester Central Reserves.

 

Final League Table 1929-1930

 

1	Port Vale Reserves	42	29	6	7	146	49	64
2	Connah’s Quay & Shotton	42	30	3	9	148	59	63
3	Tranmere Rovers Reserves	42	26	6	10	154	90	58
4	Macclesfield	42	24	7	11	139	109	55
5	Ashton National	42	24	4	14	118	70	52
6	Stalybridge Celtic	42	25	2	15	136	109	52
7	Runcorn	42	23	5	14	123	98	51
8	Sandbach Ramblers	42	21	5	16	112	108	47
9	Chester	42	18	5	19	120	109	41
10	Mossley	42	18	5	19	99	126	41
11	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	42	15	10	17	99	115	40
12	Northwich Victoria	42	19	2	21	95	111	40
13	Witton Albion	42	15	8	19	105	120	38
14	Winsford United	42	16	5	21	105	128	37
15	Manchester Central Reserves	42	15	4	23	92	125	34
16	Manchester North End	42	14	4	24	115	130	32
17	Congleton Town	42	11	10	21	69	92	32
18	Whitchurch	42	14	4	24	86	122	32
19	Hurst	42	14	2	26	96	130	30
20	Nantwich Town	42	12	5	25	69	112	29
21	Middlewich	42	12	5	25	70	125	29
22	Altrincham	42	12	3	27	81	140	27
		924	407	110	407	2377	2377	924

 

Middlewich resigned at the end of the season and their place was taken by Hyde United.  The Great Depression may have started during this season, but followers of Cheshire League football were treated to a record number of goals being scored – 5.15 goals per game.

 

 

July 26th - There will be more information soon, with more seasons covered.