1978–79 Home Counties League
# 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.

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

## Constitution and league table

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

* Ash United
* British Aerospace (Weybridge)
* Chessington United
* Clarion
* Cobham
* Lion Sports
* Malden Town
* Sheerwater
* Westfield

Four other teams also joined the league:

* Guildford & Worplesdon
* Hartley Wintney
* Lightwater
* Yateley Town

### League table

| 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 |
