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 |
| Domestic cup(s) | FA Vase |
| Current champions | Rugby Borough (Premier Division) FC Wymeswold (Division One) North Kilworth Sports (Division Two) (2018–19) |
| Website | FA Full-Time |
History
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
The 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
The 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
2022–23 members
Premier Division (17 teams)
- Allexton & New Parks
- Asfordby
- Blaby & Whetstone
- Burbage & Huncote
- Cottesmore AFC
- Desford & Caterpillar
- Ellistown
- FC Khalsa GAD
- Friar Lane & Epworth
- Glenfield United
- Hathern
- Highfield Rangers
- Magna 73
- Northfield Emerald
- ProChance Football Club
- Sileby Town
- Thurnby Rangers
Division One (15 teams)
- AFC North Kilworth
- Anstey Town
- Ashby Ivanhoe Knights
- Aylestone Park Reserves
- Barlestone St Giles
- Barrow Town Reserves
- Birstall United Social Reserves
- Dunton & Broughton United
- Earl Shilton Albion
- Fleckney Athletic
- Holwell Sports Reserves
- Ingles Reserves
- Kibworth Town
- Kirby Muxloe Reserves
- Sporting Markfield
Division Two (13 teams)
- Anstey Nomads Reserves
- Blaby & Whetstone Reserves
- Bottesford
- Desford & Caterpillar Reserves
- Hinckley LRFC Reserves
- Leicester Atletico
- Loughborough
- Lutterworth Town Reserves
- Rothley Imperial
- Rugby Borough Development
- Sileby Town Reserves
- St Andrews Reserves
- Sutton Bonington
References
External links
- LSL Premier Division at nonleaguematters.co.uk
- LSL Division 1 at nonleaguematters.co.uk
- LSL at Full-Time TheFA.com