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==History==
==History==
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The league was formed in 1896,<ref name="LF">[http://www.leicsfootball.co.uk/league-lsfl.html Leicestershire Football History]</ref> 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.<ref name="LF2">[http://www.leicsfootball.co.uk/const-lsfl.html Leicestershire Football History]</ref> A second division was added in 1948.<ref name="LF" />
The league was formed in 1896,<ref name="LF">[http://www.leicsfootball.co.uk/league-lsfl.html Leicestershire Football History]</ref> 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.<ref name="LF2">[http://www.leicsfootball.co.uk/const-lsfl.html Leicestershire Football History]</ref> A second division was added in 1948.<ref name="LF" />


The longest serving team in the league was [[Holwell Sports F.C.|Holwell Sports]], who completed 76 seasons in the league, 60 of them in the top division<ref name="LF3">[http://www.leicsfootball.co.uk/leaguestats-lsfl.html Leicestershire Football History]</ref> but left in 2008 to join the new [[East Midlands Counties Football League]].
The longest serving team in the league was [[Holwell Sports F.C.|Holwell Sports]], who completed 76 seasons in the league, 60 of them in the top division<ref name="LF3">[http://www.leicsfootball.co.uk/leaguestats-lsfl.html Leicestershire Football History]</ref> but left in 2008 to join the new [[East Midlands Counties Football League]].


==Current structure==
==Current structure==
The league currently has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, and is a feeder to the [[East Midlands Counties Football League]]. [[The Football Association]] classifies 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.
The league currently has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, and is a feeder to the East Midlands Counties Football League. [[The Football Association]] classifies 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.


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.
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.


==Champions==
==Champions==
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*1897–98 [[Hinckley Town F.C.|Hinckley Town]]
*1897–98 [[Hinckley Town F.C.|Hinckley Town]]
*1898–99 Swadlincote Town
*1898–99 Swadlincote Town
*1899–1900 [[Hinckley Town F.C.|Hinckley Town]]
*1899–1900 Hinckley Town
*1900–01 [[Gresley Rovers F.C.|Gresley Rovers]]
*1900–01 [[Gresley Rovers F.C.|Gresley Rovers]]
*1903–04 Loughborough Corinthians
*1903–04 Loughborough Corinthians
*1904–05 [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester Fosse]] Reserves
*1904–05 Leicester Fosse Reserves
*1905–06 [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester Fosse]] Reserves
*1905–06 Leicester Fosse Reserves
*1906–07 [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester Fosse]] Reserves
*1906–07 Leicester Fosse Reserves
*1907–08 Coalville Town
*1907–08 Coalville Town
*1908–09 [[Hinckley Athletic F.C.|Hinckley United]]
*1908–09 [[Hinckley Athletic F.C.|Hinckley United]]
*1909–10 [[Hinckley Athletic F.C.|Hinckley United]]
*1909–10 Hinckley United
*1910–11 [[Shepshed Albion F.C.|Shepshed Albion]]
*1910–11 [[Shepshed Albion F.C.|Shepshed Albion]]
*1911–12 [[Holwell Sports F.C.|Holwell Works]]
*1911–12 Holwell Works
*1912–13 Loughborough Corinthians
*1912–13 Loughborough Corinthians
*1913–14 [[Hinckley Athletic F.C.|Hinckley United]]
*1913–14 Hinckley United
*1914–15 Whitwick Imps
*1914–15 Whitwick Imps
*1915–16 Coalville Swifts
*1915–16 Coalville Swifts
*1918–19 Coalville Swifts
*1918–19 Coalville Swifts
*1919–20 Whitwick Imps
*1919–20 Whitwick Imps
*1920–21 [[Shepshed Albion F.C.|Shepshed Albion]]
*1920–21 Shepshed Albion
*1921–22 Whitwick Imps
*1921–22 Whitwick Imps
*1922–23 Whitwick Imps
*1922–23 Whitwick Imps
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*1938–39 Donisthorpe
*1938–39 Donisthorpe
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*1946–47 [[Gresley Rovers F.C.|Gresley Rovers]] (Central Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
*1946–47 Gresley Rovers (Central Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
*1947–48 [[Gresley Rovers F.C.|Gresley Rovers]] (Central Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
*1947–48 Gresley Rovers (Central Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
*1948–49 Coalville Town
*1948–49 Coalville Town
*1949–50 [[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Borough]] Reserves
*1949–50 [[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Borough]] Reserves
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*1951–52 [[Anstey Nomads F.C.|Anstey Nomads]]
*1951–52 [[Anstey Nomads F.C.|Anstey Nomads]]
*1952–53 Measham Imps
*1952–53 Measham Imps
*1953–54 [[Anstey Nomads F.C.|Anstey Nomads]]
*1953–54 Anstey Nomads
*1954–55 [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] 'A'
*1954–55 Leicester City 'A'
*1955–56 Whitwick Colliery Reserves
*1955–56 Whitwick Colliery Reserves
*1956–57 [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] 'A'
*1956–57 Leicester City 'A'
*1957–58 Leicester City 'A'
*1957–58 [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] 'A'
*1958–59 [[Stapenhill F.C.|Stapenhill]]
*1958–59 [[Stapenhill F.C.|Stapenhill]]
*1959–60 [[Stapenhill F.C.|Stapenhill]]
*1959–60 Stapenhill
*1960–61 Whitwick Colliery
*1960–61 Whitwick Colliery
*1961–62 Syston St. Peters
*1961–62 Syston St. Peters
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*1965–66 Newfoundpool WMC
*1965–66 Newfoundpool WMC
*1966–67 Enderby Town
*1966–67 Enderby Town
*1967–68 [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]]
*1967–68 Oadby Town
*1968–69 Oadby Town
*1968–69 [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]]
*1969–70 Newfoundpool WMC
*1969–70 Newfoundpool WMC
*1970–71 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1970–71 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1971–72 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1971–72 Friar Lane Old Boys
*1972–73 [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]]
*1972–73 Oadby Town
*1973–74 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1973–74 Friar Lane Old Boys
*1974–75 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1974–75 Friar Lane Old Boys
*1975–76 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1975–76 Friar Lane Old Boys
*1976–77 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1976–77 Friar Lane Old Boys
*1977–78 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane Old Boys]]
*1977–78 Friar Lane Old Boys
*1978–79 [[Shepshed Albion F.C.|Shepshed Charterhouse]]
*1978–79 Shepshed Charterhouse
*1979–80 [[Shepshed Albion F.C.|Shepshed Charterhouse]]
*1979–80 Shepshed Charterhouse
*1980–81 [[Shepshed Albion F.C.|Shepshed Charterhouse]]
*1980–81 Shepshed Charterhouse
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*1981–82 [[Anstey Nomads F.C.|Anstey Nomads]]
*1981–82 Anstey Nomads
*1982–83 Anstey Nomads
*1982–83 [[Anstey Nomads F.C.|Anstey Nomads]]
*1983–84 Melton Town
*1983–84 Melton Town
*1984–85 Thringstone
*1984–85 Thringstone
*1985–86 Thringstone
*1985–86 Thringstone
*1986–87 [[Stapenhill F.C.|Stapenhill]]
*1986–87 Stapenhill
*1987–88 [[Holwell Sports F.C.|Holwell Works]]
*1987–88 Holwell Works
*1988–89 [[Stapenhill F.C.|Stapenhill]]
*1988–89 Stapenhill
*1989–90 [[St Andrews F.C.|St. Andrews SC]]
*1989–90 [[St Andrews F.C.|St. Andrews SC]]
*1990–91 [[Lutterworth Town F.C.|Lutterworth Town]]
*1990–91 [[Lutterworth Town F.C.|Lutterworth Town]]
*1991–92 [[Holwell Sports F.C.|Holwell Sports]]
*1991–92 Holwell Sports
*1992–93 Holwell Sports
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*1993–94 St. Andrews SC
*1992–93 [[Holwell Sports F.C.|Holwell Sports]]
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*1994–95 Oadby Town
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*1993–94 [[St Andrews F.C.|St. Andrews SC]]
⚫
*1995–96 St. Andrews SC
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*1994–95 [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]]
*1996–97 Oadby Town
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*1995–96 [[St Andrews F.C.|St. Andrews SC]]
*1996–97 [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]]
*1997–98 Oadby Town
*1997–98 [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]]
*1998–99 Oadby Town
*1998–99 [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]]
*1999–2000 [[Highfield Rangers F.C.|Highfield Rangers]]
*1999–2000 [[Highfield Rangers F.C.|Highfield Rangers]]
*2000–01 [[Quorn F.C.|Quorn]]
*2000–01 Quorn
*2001–02 [[Coalville Town F.C.|Coalville Town]]
*2001–02 [[Coalville Town F.C.|Coalville Town]]
*2002–03 [[Coalville Town F.C.|Coalville Town]]
*2002–03 Coalville Town
*2003–04 [[Loughborough Dynamo F.C.|Loughborough Dynamo]]
*2003–04 [[Loughborough Dynamo F.C.|Loughborough Dynamo]]
*2004–05 [[Thurnby Rangers F.C.|Thurnby Rangers]]
*2004–05 [[Thurnby Rangers F.C.|Thurnby Rangers]]
*2005–06 [[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane & Epworth]]
*2005–06 Friar Lane & Epworth
*2006–07 [[Stapenhill F.C.|Stapenhill]]
*2006–07 Stapenhill
*2007–08 [[Kirby Muxloe SC]]
*2007–08 [[Kirby Muxloe SC]]
*2008–09 [[Anstey Nomads F.C.|Anstey Nomads]]
*2008–09 Anstey Nomads
*2009–10 Thurmaston Town
*2009–10 Thurmaston Town
*2010–11 Ashby Ivanhoe
*2010–11 Ashby Ivanhoe
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*Desford
*Desford
*FC Guru Nanak Gurdwara
*FC Guru Nanak Gurdwara
*[[Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.|Friar Lane & Epworth]]
*Friar Lane & Epworth
*Ingles
*Ingles
*[[Kirby Muxloe F.C.|Kirby Muxloe]] Reserves
*[[Kirby Muxloe F.C.|Kirby Muxloe]] Reserves
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*[[Barrow Town F.C.|Barrow Town]] Reserves
*[[Barrow Town F.C.|Barrow Town]] Reserves
*[[Borrowash Victoria F.C.|Borrowash Victoria]] Reserves
*[[Borrowash Victoria F.C.|Borrowash Victoria]] Reserves
*[[Coalville Town F.C.|Coalville Town]] Reserves
*Coalville Town Reserves
*FC Khalsa GTB
*FC Khalsa GTB
*Hathern
*Hathern
*[[Highfield Rangers F.C.|Highfield Rangers]]
*Highfield Rangers
*[[Holwell Sports F.C.|Holwell Sports]] Reserves
*Holwell Sports Reserves
*Ibstock United
*Ibstock United
*Leicester Road
*Leicester Road
*[[Lutterworth Town A.F.C.|Lutterworth Town]]
*[[Lutterworth Town A.F.C.|Lutterworth Town]]
*National Kidney Federation Burbage
*National Kidney Federation Burbage
*[[Quorn F.C.|Quorn]] Reserves
*Quorn Reserves
*Ratby Sports
*Ratby Sports
*Shelthorpe Dynamo
*Shelthorpe Dynamo

Revision as of 00:35, 19 August 2016

Leicestershire Senior League
Founded1896
CountryEngland
Level on pyramid11
Promotion toEast Midlands Counties Football League
Domestic cup(s)FA Cup
FA Vase

The Leicestershire Senior League (currently sponsored by Everards Brewery) is a football competition based in Leicestershire, England.

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 two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, and is a feeder to the East Midlands Counties Football League. The Football Association classifies 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.

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.

Champions

The champions of the league's top division since its creation have been as follows:[4]

Season Season Season
  • 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 Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
  • 1947–48 Gresley Rovers (Central Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
  • 1948–49 Coalville Town
  • 1949–50 Nuneaton Borough Reserves
  • 1950–51 Quorn Methodists
  • 1951–52 Anstey Nomads
  • 1952–53 Measham Imps
  • 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 Members

The member clubs in the 2015–16 season are as follows:

Premier Division

Division One

  • Anstey Town
  • Aylestone Park Reserves
  • Barrow Town Reserves
  • Borrowash Victoria Reserves
  • Coalville Town Reserves
  • FC Khalsa GTB
  • Hathern
  • Highfield Rangers
  • Holwell Sports Reserves
  • Ibstock United
  • Leicester Road
  • Lutterworth Town
  • National Kidney Federation Burbage
  • Quorn Reserves
  • Ratby Sports
  • Shelthorpe Dynamo

References

  1. ^ a b Leicestershire Football History
  2. ^ Leicestershire Football History
  3. ^ Leicestershire Football History
  4. ^ Leicestershire Football History

External links

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