The Cheshire Association Football League is a
football
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competition based in
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
, England, which until 2007 was known as the Mid-Cheshire Association Football League. From season 2017–18, the league operates four divisions: the Premier Division, Divisions One and Two, and a Reserve Division. Founded in 1948, only one club (
Knutsford
Knutsford () is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East district, in Cheshire, England; it is located south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and south-east of Warrington. The population of the parish at the 2021 Uni ...
) have maintained continuous membership since the formation of the league. Two other founder members have only recently left the league –
Whitchurch Alport in 2012 and
Barnton in the summer of 2014 .
The Premier Division sits at step 7 of the National League Pyramid, level 11 in the
English Football Pyramid.
2024–25 members
Source:
Premier Division
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Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester, southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2021 United Kingdom ce ...
(reserves)
*Broadheath Central
*Crewe
*Denton Town
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Garswood United
*Golborne Sports
*Eagle Sports
*Lostock Gralam
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Middlewich Town
*Parklands
*Poynton
*St. Michael’s DHFC
*Vulcan
*Whaley Bridge Athletic
*Whalley Range
*Winstanley Warriors
League One
*Billinge New Street
*Bollington Town
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Cheadle Heath Nomads (reserves)
*Clay Brow
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Congleton Town (reserves)
*Daten
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Egerton
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F.C. St Helens (reserves)
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Knutsford
Knutsford () is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East district, in Cheshire, England; it is located south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and south-east of Warrington. The population of the parish at the 2021 Uni ...
*Malpas
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Pilkington
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(Under-23s)
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Sandbach United (reserves)
*Styal
*Upton
*Winsford Town
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Wythenshawe Amateurs (reserves)
League Two
*Hartford
*Haydock
*Halton Farnworth Hornets
*Lymm Rovers
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Maine Road
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(reserves)
*Mersey Valley
*Moore United
*Newton Athletic
*Newton-Le-Willows
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St Helens Town
*Sandbach Town
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Stretford Paddock
*Warrington Rylands (development)
*Wigan Town
Previous Divisional Champions
''(The league ran only a single division from 1983 to 1987)''
References
External links
Official websiteFA Full-timeCheshire Football League
Football in Cheshire
1948 establishments in England
Football leagues in England
Sports leagues established in 1948
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