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1939-40 |
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Cheshire County League |
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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.
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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