Cheshire, County Palatine Of Chester, North West England County, United Kingdom

All four local education authorities in Cheshire operate only comprehensive state school systems. When Altrincham and Sale were moved from Cheshire to Trafford in 1974, they took some former Cheshire selective schools. Today, there are two universities based in the county, the University of Chester and the Crewe campus of Manchester Metropolitan University.
Culture, media and sport
Cheshire has one league football team, Crewe Alexandra who play in League One, and one Conference National team, Macclesfield Town. Chester City were also a League Two team until they were relegated to the Conference National in April 2009 and later dissolved. A new club, Chester F.C., was formed in 2010 and currently plays in the Conference North.