West Cheshire Association Football League

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.

2025–26 member clubs

Division One

AFC Knowsley Aintree Villa Capenhurst Villa Chester Nomads Ellesmere Port Town FC Bootle FC Kirkby Helsby Heswall Litherland REMYCA (reserves) Mallaby Marshalls Mossley Hill Athletic Newton Rainhill Town South Liverpool (reserves)

Division Two

AFC Knowsley (under-23s) Cammell Laird 1907 (reserves) Chester Nomads (reserves) Great Sutton Higher Bebington Kelma Hooton Maghull (reserves) Mossley Hill Athletic (reserves) Neston Nomads Runcorn Sports Sefton Park Rangers Sutton Rangers Vauxhall Motors (reserves) West Kirby

Division Three

Athletico Blues Blacon Youth Club Capenhurst Villa (reserves) Christleton Ellesmere Port Town (under-23s) Helsby (under-23s) Heswall (under-23s) Kelsall Litherland Athletic Marine Academy Moreton Neston Nomads (under-23s) Rainhill Town (reserves) West Kirby (reserves)

Divisional champions

1890s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1892–93Ellesmere PortN/AN/A1893–94LNW Locomotives Cleveland Athletic N/A1894–95Port SunlightLNW Locomotives reservesN/A1895–96Ellesmere Port Seacombe SwiftsN/A1896–97Garston Copper Works Melrose reservesN/A1897–98Buckley Town Ellesmere PortN/A1898–99Flint TownEllesmere PortN/A1899–1900New Brighton Tower reservesWirral Railway reservesVictoria Swifts

1900s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1900–01Wheatlands St. NanthanielsBritannia reserves1901–02WheatlandsWallasey Village Rake Lane PSA1902–03West KirbyBirkenhead North EndMoreton1903–04Ellesmere Port Wallasey Village N/A1904–05Wrexham VictoriaRock FerryN/A1905–06Garston Gasworks Tranmere Rovers reservesN/A1906–07Harrowby HeswallN/A1907–08African Royal HoylakeN/A1908–09African RoyalBurnell IronworksN/A1909–10HoylakeBebington St. AndrewsN/A

1910s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1910–11Hoylake DomininionN/A1911–12HoylakeWallasey Rovers N/A1912–13HarrowbyPrescot NomadsN/A1913–14Garston Gasworks Hoylake Trinity N/A1914–15Harrowby*?N/A1915–16No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A1916–17No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A1917–18No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A1918–19No competition – WW1 No competition – WW1 N/A1919–20Harrowby?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 Three1946–47Port Sunlight N/AN/A1947–48Stork Port Sunlight reservesN/A1948–49StorkBromboroughN/A1949–50NewtonEastham AthleticN/A

1950s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1950–51Port Sunlight McAlpinesN/A1951–52BromboroughPort Sunlight reserves N/A1952–53Birkenhead DocksHoylake Athletic reservesN/A1953–54Everton 'C'Upton N/A1954–55Everton 'C'UptonN/A1955–56Newton AshvilleN/A1956–57Stork Newton reservesN/A1957–58Ellesmere Port Town reserves Cammell LairdN/A1958–59StorkCammell LairdN/A1959–60New Brighton reservesHoylake AthleticN/A

1960s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1960–61Newton Bromborough Pool N/A1961–62Newton Newton reserves N/A1962–63Stork Newton reserves N/A1963–64West Kirby Newton reserves N/A1964–65West Kirby Chester CollegeN/A1965–66Harrowby Shell N/A1966–67Poulton Victoria Christleton N/A1967–68Ashville BromboroughN/A1968–69Cammell Laird HeswallN/A1969–70Christleton HarrowbyN/A

1970s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1970–71Cammell Laird HarrowbyN/A1971–72Poulton VictoriaWillastonN/A1972–73Port SunlightCammell Laird reservesN/A1973–74Port SunlightCadburysN/A1974–75Cammell LairdPort Sunlight reservesN/A1975–76Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A1976–77Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A1977–78Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A1978–79Cammell LairdHoylake Athletic1979–80Poulton VictoriaHoylake AthleticN/A

1980s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1980–81Cammell LairdHoylake AthleticN/A1981–82Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A1982–83Cammell LairdMersey RoyalN/A1983–84Cammell LairdMersey RoyalN/A1984–85HeswallCammell Laird reservesN/A1985–86Vauxhall MotorsMerseyside PoliceN/A1986–87Cammell LairdRivacre Sports & SocialN/A1987–88HeswallHigher BebingtonN/A1988–89Cammell LairdHigher BebingtonN/A1989–90Cammell LairdHeswall ReservesN/A

1990s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three1990–91Cammell LairdHeswall reservesN/A1991–92Cammell LairdPoulton Victoria reservesN/A1992–93ChristletonCammell Laird reservesN/A1993–94Cammell LairdCammell Laird reservesN/A1994–95Vauxhall MotorsVauxhall Motors reservesN/A1995–96Poulton VictoriaPoulton Victoria reservesN/A1996–97Poulton VictoriaHeswall reservesN/A1997–98Poulton VictoriaGeneral ChemicalsN/A1998–99Cammell LairdHeswall reservesBICC Helsby1999–2000Poulton VictoriaBICC HelsbyPavilions

2000s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three2000–01Cammell LairdAintree VillaMallaby2001–02ChristletonMallabyMaghull reserves2002–03Vauxhall Motors reservesPoulton Victoria reservesAshville reserves2003–04NewtonMerseyside PoliceMANWEB reserves2004–05HeswallNew BrightonMond Rangers reserves2005–06Poulton VictoriaUpton Athletic AssociationWest Kirby reserves2006–07West KirbyRuncorn TownAFC Bebington Athletic2007–08West KirbyPoulton Victoria reservesMossley Hill Athletic2008–09West KirbyHelsbyFC Pensby2009–10Cammell Laird reservesSouthport TrinityHale

2010s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three2010–11West KirbyAshvilleRuncorn Linnets reserves2011–12AshvilleHaleSouth Liverpool2012–13HeswallSouth LiverpoolMarshalls reserves2013–14MaghullCapenhurst VillaRainhill Town2014–15South LiverpoolRainhill TownKirkby Town Railway2015–16South LiverpoolRichmond Raith RoversBootle reserves2016–17NewtonAshvilleRainhill Town reserves2017–18South LiverpoolHalePage Celtic2018–19NewtonPage CelticAintree Villa2019–20

2020s SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three2020–21Season cancelled – Covid pandemicSeason cancelled – Covid pandemicSeason cancelled – Covid pandemic2021–22Mersey RoyalMarine U23sSutton Athletic2022–23Mersey RoyalHelsbyAintree Villa Res2023–24Mossley Hill AthleticSouth Liverpool ResCammell Laird 1907 Res2024–25Mossley Hill AthleticFC KirkbySutton Rangers2025–26HelsbyCammell Laird 1907 ResMoreton

Sources FA Full-Time, Non League Matters

References

External links

F.A. Full Time website