West Cheshire Association Football League
Founded 1892
Divisions Division One Division Two Division Three Youth Division
Number of clubs 45
Level on pyramid Level 11 (Division One )Relegation to None
Domestic cup(s) Pyke Cup West Cheshire Bowl West Cheshire Shield Youth Plate
Current champions Mossley Hill Athletic (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.
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 Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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 reservesWirral Railway reserves Victoria Swifts
1900s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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 reservesN/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
1910s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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
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.
Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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
1950s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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 reservesCammell Laird N/A 1958–59 Stork Cammell Laird N/A 1959–60 New Brighton reserves Hoylake Athletic N/A
1960s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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
1970s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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
1980s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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
1990s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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
2000s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 2000–01 Cammell Laird Aintree Villa Mallaby 2001–02 Christleton Mallaby Maghull reserves 2002–03 Vauxhall Motors reservesPoulton 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
2010s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 2010–11 West Kirby Ashville Runcorn Linnets reserves2011–12 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 reserves2016–17 Newton Ashville Rainhill Town reserves 2017–18 South Liverpool Hale Page Celtic 2018–19 Newton Page Celtic Aintree Villa 2019–20
2020s Season Division One Division Two Division Three 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 2024–25 Mossley Hill Athletic FC Kirkby Sutton Rangers
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