1978–79 Home Counties League

The 1978–79 Home Counties League season was the first in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England. This was the only season in which the "Home Counties League" name was used before the league was renamed as the Combined Counties League.[1]

There was one division of thirteen clubs, won by British Aerospace (Weybridge).

Constitution and league table

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Combined Counties
Football League
Season1978–79
ChampionsBritish Aerospace (Weybridge)
Matches played156
Goals scored499 (3.2 per match)

The league consisted of thirteen clubs, nine of which came from the Surrey Senior League:

Four other teams also joined the league:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 British Aerospace (Weybridge) 24 21 2 1 81 16 +65 44
2 Ash United 24 18 4 2 74 23 +51 40
3 Malden Town 24 15 4 5 49 19 +30 34
4 Lightwater 24 12 5 7 42 43 −1 29
5 Chessington United 24 10 8 6 33 13 +20 28
6 Guildford & Worplesdon 24 10 6 8 28 27 +1 26
7 Westfield 24 8 8 8 27 31 −4 24
8 Hartley Wintney 24 9 4 11 35 47 −12 22
9 Yateley Town 24 5 7 12 31 53 −22 17
10 Cobham 24 4 8 12 25 52 −27 16
11 Lion Sports 24 4 6 14 29 54 −25 14
12 Sheerwater 24 2 6 16 22 58 −36 10
13 Clarion 24 2 4 18 23 63 −40 8
Source: [2] There was no promotion or relegation.
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.

References

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  1. ^ "The History of the League". Combined Counties Football League. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  2. ^ "1978–79 Home Counties League". fchd. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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