Cheshire Association Football League

Cheshire Association Football League

Country	England
Founded	1948
Divisions	Premier Division League One League Two
Number of teams	39
Level on pyramid	Level 11–13
Feeder to	North West Counties League (Division One)
Promotion to	North West Counties League (Division One)
Current champions	Knutsford (Premier Division) Wythenshawe Town (League One) AFC Macclesfield (League Two) (2015–16)
Website	Official website

The Cheshire Association Football League is a football competition based in Cheshire, England, which until 2007 was known as the Mid-Cheshire Association Football League. It has three divisions: Divisions One and Two, and a Reserve Division. Founded in 1948, only one club Knutsford) have maintained continuous membership since the formation of the league.Two other founder members have only recently left the league - Whitchurch Alport resigned from the league in 2012 to join the Mercian Regional League and Barnton left in the summer of 2014 to join the North West Counties League Division One.^[1]

Division One sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System, and is a feeder to the North West Counties League Division One. The Cheshire League is fed by the Crewe & District League and the Warrington & District Football League.

Due to a sponsorship agreement, from the 2014–15 season the official name of the league is the Hallmark Security Cheshire Football League.

2015–16 members

Premier Division

• Congleton Vale Rovers
• Crewe
• Denton Town
• Eagle Sports
• Gamesley
• Garswood United
• Greenalls Padgate St. Oswalds
• Knutsford
• Linotype & Cheadle Heath Nomads
• Malpas
• Poynton
• Rudheath Social
• Rylands
• Sandbach United
• Styal
• Whaley Bridge Athletic

League One

• Altrincham Reserves
• Billinge
• Daten
• Egerton
• Golborne Sports
• Grappenhall Sports
• Maine Road Reserves
• Middlewich Town
• Pilkington
• Tarporley Victoria
• Wythenshawe Town

League Two

• AfC Macclesfield
• Cheadle Town Reserves
• Cuddington
• FC St. Helens
• Halebank
• Litherland Remyca Reserves
• Lostock Gralam
• Orford FC
• Mersey Valley
• Moore United
• Unicorn Athletic
• Warrington Town Reserves
• West Didsbury & Chorlton Reserves

Previous Divisional Champions

Season	Division One	Division Two
1979–80	Barnton	Prescot B I Reserves
1980–81	Rylands	Handforth Irwin
1981–82	Hanley Town	Intex
1982–83	Barnton	Newcastle Town
1983–84	Rylands	N/A
1984–85	Bramhall	N/A
1985–86	Newcastle Town	N/A
1986–87	Kidsgrove Athletic	N/A
1987–88	Kidsgrove Athletic	Leek Town Reserves
1988–89	Barnton	Wilmslow Albion
1989–90	Grove United	Garswood United
1990–91	Linotype	Newcastle Town Reserves
1991–92	Grove United	Broadheath Central
1992–93	Grove United	Malpas
1993–94	Linotype	Bollington Athletic
1994–95	Knutsford	Cheadle Heath Nomads
1995–96	Garswood United	Bollington Athletic
1996–97	Barnton	Lostock Gralam
1997–98	Barnton	Garswood United Reserves
1998–99	Barnton	Padgate St Oswalds
1999–2000	Barnton	Trafford Reserves
2000–01	Barnton	Broadheath Central
2001–02	Barnton	Crosfields
2002–03	Barnton	Golborne Sports
2003–04	Middlewich Town	Padgate St Oswalds
2004–05	Barnton	Penketh & Sankey Eagle
2005–06	Middlewich Town	Gamesley
2006–07	Middlewich Town	Stalybridge Celtic Reserves
2007–08	Styal	F.C. United of Manchester Reserves
2008–09	Woodley	Golborne Sports
2009–10	Club AZ	Lostock Gralam
2010–11	Greenalls Padgate St. Oswalds	Denton Town
2011–12	Knutsford	Whaley Bridge
2012–13	Knutsford	Barnton
2013–14	Garswood United	Poynton

Season	Premier Division	League One	League Two
2014–15	Linotype & Cheadle Heath Nomads	Congleton Vale Rovers	Wythenshawe Town
2015–16	Knutsford	Wythenshawe Town	AFC Macclesfield

(The league ran only a single division from 1983–87)

References

1. Whitchurch Alport FC Club Statement (1 August 2012)

External links

• Official website
• FA Full-time Cheshire Football League