# 1979–80 Cheshire County Football League

The 1979–80 Cheshire County Football League was the 56th in the history of the Cheshire County League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

## Division One

The division featured two new teams, both promoted from last season's Division Two:
* Bootle (1st)
* Curzon Ashton (2nd)

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Stalybridge Celtic (C) | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 94 | 46 | +48 | 59 | |
| 2 | Winsford United | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 41 | +31 | 52 | |
| 3 | Chorley | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 51 | |
| 4 | Ashton United | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 71 | 65 | +6 | 45 | |
| 5 | Burscough | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 43 | |
| 6 | Hyde United | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 42 | |
| 7 | Droylsden | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 40 | |
| 8 | Horwich RMI | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 38 | |
| 9 | Curzon Ashton | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 36 | |
| 10 | Darwen | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 36 | |
| 11 | Rossendale United | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 36 | |
| 12 | St Helens Town | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 35 | |
| 13 | Bootle | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 35 | |
| 14 | Nantwich Town | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 35 | |
| 15 | New Mills | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 35 | |
| 16 | Formby | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 33 | |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 31 | |
| 18 | Leek Town | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 29 | |
| 19 | Rhyl (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 54 | 66 | −12 | 27 | Relegation to Division Two |
| 20 | Radcliffe Borough (R) | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 82 | −37 | 22 | Relegation to Division Two |

## Division Two

The division featured two new teams, both relegated from last season's Division One:
* New Brighton (21st)
* Middlewich Athletic (22nd)

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Prescot Town (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 25 | +64 | 51 | Promotion to Division One |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 49 | |
| 3 | Kirkby Town (P) | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 49 | Promotion to Division One |
| 4 | Prescot BI | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 45 | |
| 5 | Congleton Town | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 44 | |
| 6 | Eastwood Hanley | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 40 | |
| 7 | Glossop | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 35 | |
| 8 | Maghull | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 | Ford Motors | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 32 | |
| 10 | New Brighton | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 32 | |
| 11 | Atherton Collieries | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 32 | |
| 12 | Irlam Town | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 31 | |
| 13 | Middlewich Athletic | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 30 | |
| 14 | Skelmersdale United | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 28 | |
| 15 | Warrington Town | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 48 | 80 | −32 | 24 | |
| 16 | Prestwich Heys | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 71 | −35 | 22 | |
| 17 | Ashton Town | 34 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 83 | −48 | 18 | |
| 18 | Anson Villa | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 76 | −47 | 16 | Merged with Salford Amateurs |