Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average	Points
1	Macclesfield Town	42	28	10	4	96	39	2.46	66
2	Altrincham	42	28	7	7	108	64	1.69	63
3	Bangor City	42	24	9	9	99	61	1.62	57
4	WITTON ALBION	42	21	12	9	90	65	1.38	54
5	Mossley	42	20	13	9	90	62	1.45	53
6	Tranmere Rovers Res	42	22	6	14	71	50	1.42	50
7	Northwich Victoria	42	22	6	14	82	64	1.28	50
8	Wigan Athletic	42	18	12	12	62	48	1.29	48
9	Stafford Rangers	42	18	11	13	88	58	1.52	47
10	Hyde United	42	17	12	13	97	74	1.31	46
11	New Brighton	42	16	10	16	60	69	0.87	42
12	Ellesmere Port Town	42	15	11	16	68	67	1.01	41
13	Runcorn	42	16	8	18	99	95	1.04	40
14	Wrexham Res	42	16	8	18	72	77	0.94	40
15	Buxton	42	14	8	20	71	86	0.83	36
16	Rhyl	42	12	10	20	63	78	0.81	34
17	Winsford United	42	13	7	22	50	82	0.61	33
18	Oswestry Town	42	13	6	23	63	106	0.59	32
19	Frickley	42	10	10	22	61	83	0.73	30
20	Stockport County Res	42	10	7	25	55	92	0.60	27
21	Stalybridge Celtic	42	6	14	22	54	93	0.58	26
22	Chester Res	42	2	5	35	48	134	0.36	9

At the end of the season seven Cheshire league sides joined the new Northern Premier League, which was set up to give non-league soccer in the North parity with the South, where the Southern League had run for many years.

The Cheshire League therefore lost Altrincham, Bangor City, Hyde United, Macclesfield Town, Northwich Victoria, Runcorn and Wigan Athletic.

With Stockport County and Wrexham withdrawing their reserve elevens, the Cheshire League admitted seven new clubs to restore the competition’s viability. Five teams came from the Lancashire Combination – Ashton United, Droylsden, Guinness Exports, Horwich RMI and Skelmersdale United. Two former members of the competition rejoined - Nantwich Town from the Manchester League and Sandbach Ramblers from the Mid-Cheshire League.