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24. 1977-78 Cheshire League Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
1	Marine	42	26	10	6	101	48	53	62
2	Stalybridge Celtic	42	23	12	7	75	47	28	58
3	WITTON ALBION	42	21	14	7	98	54	44	56
4	Hyde United	42	21	13	8	68	37	31	55
5	Winsford United	42	24	7	11	80	51	29	55
6	Ashton United	42	20	13	9	88	56	32	53
7	Horwich RMI	42	19	14	9	62	50	12	52
8	Leek Town	42	20	10	12	62	45	17	50
9	Chorley	42	19	11	12	69	48	21	49
10	Formby	42	18	11	13	71	57	14	47
11	Middlewich Athletic	42	15	15	12	67	66	1	45
12	St Helens Town	42	15	15	12	53	55	-2	45
13	Droylsden	42	15	10	17	54	56	-2	40
14	Burscough	42	13	12	17	56	63	-7	38
15	Darwen	42	14	6	22	50	68	-18	34
16	Nantwich Town	42	9	13	20	56	69	-13	31
17	Rhyl	42	10	10	22	44	67	-23	30
18	New Brighton	42	10	10	22	35	69	-34	30
19	New Mills	42	9	9	24	42	72	-30	27
20	Rossendale United	42	11	4	27	51	110	-59	26
21	Prestwich Heys	42	6	9	27	42	88	-46	21
22	Radcliffe Borough	42	7	6	29	46	94	-48	20

It was decided to extend the Cheshire County League to two divisions. With the exception of Prestwich Heys, who were placed in Division Two, the existing members were to form Division 1, with new club Fleetwood Town taking the vacant place in the top flight.

The other clubs forming the new Division 2 were Accrington Stanley, Anson Villa, Ashton Town, Atherton Collieries, Bootle, Congleton Town, Curzon Ashton, Eastwood Hanley, Ford Motors, Glossop, Irlam Town, Kirkby Town, Maghull, Prescot BI, Prescot Town, Skelmersdale United and Warrington Town.