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1939-40

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Cheshire County League

 

Before this season

 

After the outbreak of World War II, two short seasons were run, one in the autumn of 1939 and the other in the spring of 1940. Each short season also saw the clubs divided into Eastern and Westen Sections to reduce the amount of travelling needing to be undertaken.

A series of play-offs was held to determine the overall champions. Runcorn won the Western Section in both halves of the season, so they automatically qualified to meet the winners of an Eastern Section play-off, where Droylsden beat Hyde United. Runcorn went on to beat Droylsden in the final 5-3 on aggregate.

 

Final League Tables


      1939 Series Eastern Section
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Droylsden                        14    9    2    3   52   31   20
   2  Ashton National                  13    7    3    3   47   35   17
   3  Hyde United                      14    7    3    4   27   24   17
   4  Hurst                            13    7    1    5   29   32   15
   5  Buxton                           14    5    4    5   29   31   14
   6  Stalybridge Celtic               14    5    1    8   34   38   11
   7  Mossley                          13    2    3    8   26   35    7
   8  Stockport County reserves        11    2    1    8   22   40    5

      1939 Series Western Section
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Runcorn                          14    7    6    1   46   28   20
   2  Altrincham                       14    7    3    4   45   29   17
   3  Witton Albion                    14    5    5    4   32   28   15
   4  Winsford United                  14    6    3    5   25   25   15
   5  Northwich Victoria               13    6    3    4   23   26   15
   6  Chester reserves                 13    5    1    7   32   40   11
   7  Wigan Athletic                   14    3    3    8   37   46    9
   8  Macclesfield                     14    3    2    9   28   46    8

      1940 Series Eastern Section
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Hyde United                      12    8    2    2   40   21   18
   2  Droylsden                        12    7    1    4   35   25   15
   3  Ashton National                  12    6    1    5   36   31   13
   4  Mossley                          12    5    3    4   24   27   13
   5  Hurst                            12    4    3    5   29   33   11
   6  Macclesfield                     12    4    0    8   23   42    8
   7  Stalybridge Celtic               12    1    4    7   26   36    6
Note - this table does not balance. Goals for add up to 213, goals against to 215

      1940 Series Western Section
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Runcorn                          14    9    4    1   49   21   22
   2  Witton Albion                    14    8    2    4   31   24   18
   3  Altrincham                       14    8    1    5   35   31   17
   4  Chester reserves                 14    6    2    6   31   33   14
   5  South Liverpool                  14    4    4    6   34   36   12
   6  Northwich Victoria               14    5    1    8   20   33   11
   7  Wigan Athletic                   14    4    3    7   32   46   11
   8  Winsford United                  14    2    3    9   16   24    7

Eastern Section Play-off
Droylsden 6-5 Hyde United
Hyde United 0-1 Droylsden
Droylsden won 7-5 on aggregate
	
Final play-off
Runcorn 4-1 Droylsden
Droylsden 2-1 Runcorn
Runcorn won 5-3 on aggregate

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