West Cheshire Association Football League
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| Country |
 England |
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| Founded | 1892 |
| Divisions |
Division One Division Two Division Three Youth Division |
| Number of teams | 47 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 11 to Level 13 |
| 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 |
South Liverpool (Division One) Richmond Raith Rovers (Division Two) Bootle Reserves (Division Three) tba (Youth Division) (2015–16) |
The West Cheshire Association Football League (commonly known as the West Cheshire League) is an English football league in the county of Cheshire. Its current principal sponsor is Carlsberg, also sponsor of the South West Peninsula League. It has a Division One, Divisions Two and Division Three. Division One sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
If they have floodlights, the league's clubs are eligible for the FA Vase but not the FA Cup, and its champions are 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 the 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.
2016–17 member clubs
Division One
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Division Two
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Division Three
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Youth Division
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Recent divisional champions
| Season | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
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| 1980–81 | Cammell Laird | Hoylake Athletic | N/A |
| 1981–82 | Cammell Laird | Poulton Victoria Reserves | N/A |
| 1982–83 | Cammell Laird | Mersey Royal | N/A |
| 1983–84 | Cammell Laird | Mersey Royal | N/A |
| 1984–85 | Heswall | Cammell Laird Reserves | N/A |
| 1985–86 | Vauxhall Motors | Merseyside Police | N/A |
| 1986–87 | Cammell Laird | Rivacre Sports & Social | N/A |
| 1987–88 | Heswall | Higher Bebington | N/A |
| 1988–89 | Cammell Laird | Higher Bebington | N/A |
| 1989–90 | Cammell Laird | Heswall Reserves | N/A |
| 1990–91 | Cammell Laird | Heswall Reserves | N/A |
| 1991–92 | Cammell Laird | Poulton Victoria Reserves | N/A |
| 1992–93 | Christleton | Cammell Laird Reserves | N/A |
| 1993–94 | Cammell Laird | Cammell Laird Reserves | N/A |
| 1994–95 | Vauxhall Motors | Vauxhall Motors Reserves | N/A |
| 1995–96 | Poulton Victoria | Poulton Victoria Reserves | N/A |
| 1996–97 | Poulton Victoria | Heswall Reserves | N/A |
| 1997–98 | Poulton Victoria | General Chemicals | N/A |
| 1998–99 | Cammell Laird | Heswall Reserves | BICC Helsby |
| 1999–2000 | Poulton Victoria | BICC Helsby | Pavilions |
| 2000–01 | Cammell Laird | Aintree Villa | Mallaby |
| 2001–02 | Christleton | Mallaby | Maghull Reserves |
| 2002–03 | Vauxhall Motors Reserves | Poulton Victoria Reserves | Ashville Reserves |
| 2003–04 | Newton | Merseyside Police | MANWEB Reserves |
| 2004–05 | Heswall | New Brighton | Mond Rangers Reserves |
| 2005–06 | Poulton Victoria | Upton Athletic Association | West Kirby Reserves |
| 2006–07 | West Kirby | Runcorn Town | AFC Bebington Athletic |
| 2007–08 | West Kirby | Poulton Victoria Reserves | Mossley Hill Athletic |
| 2008–09 | West Kirby | Helsby | FC Pensby |
| 2009–10 | Cammell Laird Reserves | Southport Trinity | Hale |
| 2010–11 | West Kirby | Ashville | Runcorn Linnets Reserves |
| 2011–12 | Ashville | Hale | South Liverpool |
| 2012–13 | Heswall | South Liverpool | Redgate Rovers |
| 2013–14 | Maghull | Capenhurst Villa | Rainhill Town |
| 2014–15 | South Liverpool | Rainhill Town | Kirkby Town Railway |
| 2015–16 | South Liverpool | Richmond Raith Rovers | Bootle Reserves |
Sources FA Full-Time,Non League Matters