Founded | 1892 |
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Country | England |
Divisions | Division One Division Two Division Three Youth Division |
Number of teams | 46 |
Level on pyramid | Level 11 (Division One) |
Feeder to | North West Counties League |
Promotion to | North West Counties League |
Relegation to | None |
Domestic cup(s) | Pyke Cup West Cheshire Bowl West Cheshire Shield Youth Plate |
Current champions | Mossley Hill (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.