1979–80 Combined Counties Football League

The 1979–80 Combined Counties Football League season was the second in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England. This was the first season in which the "Combined Counties League" name was used after the inaugural season was held under the name of the "Home Counties League".[1]

The league was won by Guildford & Worplesdon for the first time.

League table

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Combined Counties
Football League
Season1979–80
ChampionsGuildford & Worplesdon
Matches played210
Goals scored831 (3.96 per match)

The league was expanded from 13 to 15 clubs as two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Guildford & Worplesdon 28 23 5 0 85 18 +67 51
2 Ash United 28 21 3 4 107 28 +79 45
3 Malden Town 28 19 4 5 64 37 +27 42
4 British Aerospace (Weybridge) 28 16 9 3 74 34 +40 41
5 Chessington United 28 17 1 10 70 38 +32 35
6 Westfield 28 13 8 7 66 40 +26 34
7 Cobham 28 12 7 9 48 47 +1 31
8 Lion Sports 28 11 3 14 55 45 +10 25
9 Godalming & Farncombe United 28 9 7 12 42 44 −2 25
10 Hartley Wintney 28 10 5 13 48 55 −7 25
11 Lightwater 28 9 5 14 44 61 −17 23
12 Sheerwater 28 6 5 17 34 72 −38 17
13 Yateley Town 28 4 1 23 35 109 −74 11[a]
14 Virginia Water 28 3 3 22 28 88 −60 9
15 Clarion 28 3 2 23 31 115 −84 6[b]
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.
Notes:
  1. ^ Yateley Town had two points awarded.
  2. ^ Clarion had two points deducted.

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. ^ "1979–80 Combined Counties League". fchd. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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