Leicestershire Senior League
The Leicestershire Senior League (currently sponsored by Everards Brewery) is a football competition based in Leicestershire, England.
| Founded | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Divisions | Premier Division Division One Division Two |
| Number of teams | 40 |
| Level on pyramid | Levels 11 (Premier Division) |
| Feeder to | United Counties League |
| Promotion to | United Counties League Division One |
| Current champions | Rugby Borough (Premier Division) FC Wymeswold (Division One) North Kilworth Sports (Division Two) (2018–19) |
| Website | FA Full-Time |
History
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The league was formed in 1896,[1] had a two-year hiatus between 1901 and 1903, and has run continuously since 1903 apart from during the two world wars and a four-year spell in the 1930s.[2] A second division was added in 1948.[1]
The longest serving team in the league was Holwell Sports, who completed 76 seasons in the league, 60 of them in the top division[3] but left in 2008 to join the new East Midlands Counties Football League.
Current structure
editThe league currently has three divisions, the Premier Division, Division One and Division Two (increased from 2 divisions ahead of the 2018–19 season), and is a feeder to the United Counties League. It fed the East Midlands Counties Football League until its dissolution in 2021. The Football Association classified the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division as Step 7, due to the quality of football played and the standard of the grounds on which teams play. The First Division is therefore not part of the NLS, meaning that clubs in that division are not eligible to take part in the FA Vase. An application to re-grade the Premier Division to Step 6 was turned down by the FA in 2006. Step 7 was later abolished and the Premier Division was re-classified as an NLS county feeder.
For the 2008–09 season, eight of the leading sides left the league to join forces with eight clubs from the Central Midlands League to form a new league, the East Midlands Counties Football League, at Step 6 of the National League System. That league is now defunct.
Champions
editThe champions of the league's top division since its creation have been as follows:[4]
- 1896–97 Leicester Fosse Reserves
- 1897–98 Hinckley Town
- 1898–99 Swadlincote Town
- 1899–1900 Hinckley Town
- 1900–01 Gresley Rovers
- 1903–04 Loughborough Corinthians
- 1904–05 Leicester Fosse Reserves
- 1905–06 Leicester Fosse Reserves
- 1906–07 Leicester Fosse Reserves
- 1907–08 Coalville Town
- 1908–09 Hinckley United
- 1909–10 Hinckley United
- 1910–11 Shepshed Albion
- 1911–12 Holwell Works
- 1912–13 Loughborough Corinthians
- 1913–14 Hinckley United
- 1914–15 Whitwick Imps
- 1915–16 Coalville Swifts
- 1918–19 Coalville Swifts
- 1919–20 Whitwick Imps
- 1920–21 Shepshed Albion
- 1921–22 Whitwick Imps
- 1922–23 Whitwick Imps
- 1923–24 Ashby Town
- 1924–25 Whitwick Imps
- 1925–26 Barwell United
- 1926–27 Mountsorrel Town
- 1927–28 Burton Town Reserves
- 1928–29 Burton Town Reserves
- 1929–30 Burton Town Reserves
- 1934–35 New Lount Colliery
- 1935–36 HM Mansfields Sports
- 1936–37 Loughborough Brush
- 1937–38 HM Mansfields Sports
- 1938–39 Donisthorpe
- 1946–47 Gresley Rovers (Central) and Moira United (Western)
- 1947–48 Gresley Rovers (Central) and Moira United (Western)
- 1948–49 Coalville Town
- 1949–50 Nuneaton Borough Reserves
- 1950–51 Quorn Methodists
- 1951–52 Anstey Nomads
- 1952–53 Measham Imperial
- 1953–54 Anstey Nomads
- 1954–55 Leicester City 'A'
- 1955–56 Whitwick Colliery Reserves
- 1956–57 Leicester City 'A'
- 1957–58 Leicester City 'A'
- 1958–59 Stapenhill
- 1959–60 Stapenhill
- 1960–61 Whitwick Colliery
- 1961–62 Syston St Peters
- 1962–63 Enderby Town
- 1963–64 Oadby Town
- 1964–65 Enderby Town
- 1965–66 Newfoundpool WMC
- 1966–67 Enderby Town
- 1967–68 Oadby Town
- 1968–69 Oadby Town
- 1969–70 Newfoundpool WMC
- 1970–71 Friar Lane Old Boys
- 1971–72 Friar Lane Old Boys
- 1972–73 Oadby Town
- 1973–74 Friar Lane Old Boys
- 1974–75 Friar Lane Old Boys
- 1975–76 Friar Lane Old Boys
- 1976–77 Friar Lane Old Boys
- 1977–78 Friar Lane Old Boys
- 1978–79 Shepshed Charterhouse
- 1979–80 Shepshed Charterhouse
- 1980–81 Shepshed Charterhouse
- 1981–82 Anstey Nomads
- 1982–83 Anstey Nomads
- 1983–84 Melton Town
- 1984–85 Thringstone
- 1985–86 Thringstone
- 1986–87 Stapenhill
- 1987–88 Holwell Works
- 1988–89 Stapenhill
- 1989–90 St Andrews SC
- 1990–91 Lutterworth Town
- 1991–92 Holwell Sports
- 1992–93 Holwell Sports
- 1993–94 St Andrews SC
- 1994–95 Oadby Town
- 1995–96 St Andrews SC
- 1996–97 Oadby Town
- 1997–98 Oadby Town
- 1998–99 Oadby Town
- 1999–2000 Highfield Rangers
- 2000–01 Quorn
- 2001–02 Coalville Town
- 2002–03 Coalville Town
- 2003–04 Loughborough Dynamo
- 2004–05 Thurnby Rangers
- 2005–06 Friar Lane & Epworth
- 2006–07 Stapenhill
- 2007–08 Kirby Muxloe SC
- 2008–09 Anstey Nomads
- 2009–10 Thurmaston Town
- 2010–11 Ashby Ivanhoe
- 2011–12 Rothley Imperial
- 2012–13 Rothley Imperial
- 2013–14 Allexton & New Parks
- 2014–15 Sileby Town
- 2015–16 Birstall United
- 2016–17 Lutterworth Town
- 2017–18 Ingles
- 2018–19 Rugby Borough
- 2019–20 not completed due to COVID-19
- 2020–21 Friar Lane & Epworth
- 2021–22 Rugby Borough
- 2022–23 Asfordby
- 2023–24 Allexton & New Parks
2024–25 members
editPremier Division (15 teams)
edit- Anstey Town
- Aylestone Park Reserves
- Burbage & Huncote
- Cottesmore AFC
- Desford FC
- Ellistown
- Friar Lane & Epworth
- Hathern
- Highfield Rangers
- FC Khalsa GAD
- Leicester Atletico
- Magna 73
- AFC North Kilworth
- Sileby Town
- Thurnby Rangers
Division One (16 teams)
edit- Barrow Town
- Birstall United Reserves
- Dunton & Broughton United
- Heather St. John's Reserves
- Hinckley LRFC Reserves
- Holwell Sports Reserves
- Ingles FC Development
- Kirby Muxloe Reserves
- Loughborough Dynamo
- Loughborough Students Development
- Lutterworth Athletic Reserves
- Mountsorrel Amateurs
- Saffron Dynamo Development
- Sileby Town Reserves
- St. Patricks
- Sutton Bonington
Division Two (13 teams)
edit- Barrow Town Reserves
- Brookside Athletic
- Community Football Academy
- Friar Lane & Epworth Reserves
- Glen Villa
- Highfield Rangers Reserves
- Hinckley Burough
- Leicester Nirvana Reserves
- Leicester United
- Loughborough
- Magna 73 Reserves
- Rothley Imperial
- Whetstone Athletic
References
editExternal links
edit- LSL Premier Division at nonleaguematters.co.uk
- LSL Division 1 at nonleaguematters.co.uk
- LSL at Full-Time TheFA.com