Leicestershire Senior League

Leicestershire Senior League

Country	England
Founded	1896
Level on pyramid	11
Promotion to	East 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 Birstall United

2016–17 Members

The member clubs in the 2016–17 season are as follows:

Premier Division

• Allexton & New Parks
• Ashby Ivanhoe Reserves
• Barlestone St. Giles
• Bardon Hill
• Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Reserves
• Coalville Town Reserves
• Cottesmore Amateurs
• FC Guru Nanak Gurdwara
• Friar Lane & Epworth
• Ingles
• Kirby Muxloe Reserves
• Lutterworth Town
• Saffron Dynamo
• Sileby Town

Division One

• Anstey Nomads Reserves
• Anstey Town
• Aylestone Park Reserves
• Barrow Town Reserves
• Birstall United Reserves
• County Hall
• Desford
• FC Khalsa GTB
• Hathern
• Highfield Rangers
• Holwell Sports Reserves
• Ibstock United
• Leicester Road Reserves
• Loughborough
• Oadby Town Reserves
• Ratby Sports

References

1. Leicestershire Football History
2. Leicestershire Football History
3. Leicestershire Football History
4. Leicestershire Football History

External links

• LSL Premier Division at nonleaguematters.co.uk
• LSL Division 1 at nonleaguematters.co.uk
• LSL at Full-Time TheFA.com