Gloucestershire Northern Senior League
The Gloucestershire Northern Senior League is a football competition based in England founded in 1922. The league is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. It has two divisions, Division One and Division Two, with Division One sitting at level 12 of the English football league system. This league is a feeder to the Gloucestershire County League. The Cheltenham League, Stroud and District League and North Gloucestershire League are feeders to the GNSL.
In the 2018–19 season, Sharpness won the Division One title, while Woolaston were top of Division Two.
History
The league was formed in 1922 and the founder members included Cheltenham Town, Gloucester City and Forest Green Rovers.A number of clubs in the NSL have played in the Gloucestershire County League or higher but have dropped back into lower tier football. Notable clubs include:
- Harrow Hill joined the County League in 1982/83 and gained promotion to the Hellenic Football League.
- Stonehouse Town were original member of the County League and competed in the competition for 20 years until 1988. From 1947 until 1960 the club played in the Western Football League.
- Bishop's Cleeve
- Brimscombe & Thrupp
- Cheltenham Town
- Cinderford Town
- Cirencester Town
- Forest Green Rovers
- Gloucester City
- Longlevens
- Lydney Town
- Shortwood United
- Slimbridge
- Tuffley Rovers
Champions
Season | Division One | Division Two |
1956–57 | Lydbrook Athletic | Cirencester Town |
1957–58 | Lydbrook Athletic | Synwell Rovers |
1958–59 | Lydbrook Athletic | Bream |
1959–60 | Lydbrook Athletic | Hoffman Athletic |
1960–61 | Cinderford Town | Wotton Rovers |
1961–62 | Lydbrook Athletic | Cirencester Town |
1962–63 | Sharpness | Shortwood United |
1963–64 | Harrow Hill | Dursley Town |
1964–65 | Harrow Hill | Bream |
1965–66 | Sharpness | Cheltenham Town Reserves |
1966–67 | Cirencester Town | Matson Athletic |
1967–68 | Cirencester Town | Bishops Cleeve |
1968–69 | Bishops Cleeve | Charlton Kings |
1969–70 | Bishops Cleeve | Forest Green Rovers Reserves |
1970–71 | Viney St Swithins | Cope Chat |
1971–72 | Harrow Hill | Wilton Rovers |
1972–73 | Bishops Cleeve | Newent Town |
1973–74 | Viney St Swithins | Charlton Kings reserves |
1974–75 | St Marks C.A. | Matson Athletic |
1975–76 | Matson Athletic Reserves | Forest Green Rovers Reserves |
1976–77 | Forest Green Rovers Reserves | Bymacks |
1977–78 | Chalford | Hilldene Athletic |
1978–79 | St Marks C.A. | Wilton Rovers Reserves |
1979–80 | Lydney Town | Frampton United reserves |
1980–81 | St Marks C.A. | Shortwood United Reserves |
1981–82 | Harrow Hill | Brimscombe & Thrupp |
1982–83 | Wotton Rovers | Viney St. Swithins |
1983–84 | St Marks C.A. | Berkeley Town |
1984–85 | Brimscombe & Thrupp | ICI Fibres |
1985–86 | ICI Fibres | Smiths Athletic |
1986–87 | ICI Fibres | Worrall Hill |
1987–88 | Tuffley Rovers | Longlevens |
Season | Division One | Division Two |
1988–89 | Berkeley Town | Cam Bulldogs |
1989–90 | St Marks C.A. | ICI Fibres |
1990–91 | Dowty Dynamos | Shortwood United Reserves |
1991–92 | Smiths Athletic | Endsleigh |
1992–93 | Endsleigh | Brockworth |
1993–94 | Broadwell Amateurs | Stonehouse Freeway |
1994–95 | Brockworth | Lydney Town |
1995–96 | Dursley Town | Tuffley Rovers Reserves |
1996–97 | Viney St Swithins | Whitminster |
1997–98 | Whitminster | Lydbrook Athletic |
1998–99 | Tuffley Rovers Reserves | Kingswood |
1999–2000 | Whitminster | Bourton Rovers |
2000–01 | Sharpness | Bredon |
2001–02 | Wotton Rovers | Longlevens |
2002–03 | Kings Stanley | Warden Hill United |
2003–04 | Warden Hill | Bourton Rovers |
2004–05 | Lydney Town | Brimscombe & Thrupp |
2005–06 | Berkeley Town | Tuffley Rovers |
2006–07 | Tuffley Rovers | Slimbridge Reserves |
2007–08 | Slimbridge | Gala Wilton |
2008–09 | Longlevens | Stonehouse Town |
2009–10 | Sharpness | Leonard Stanley |
2010–11 | Brockworth Albion | Frampton United |
2011–12 | Shortwood United Reserves | Cheltenham Civil Service |
2012–13 | Gala Wilton | Ruardean Hill Rangers |
2013–14 | Cam Bulldogs | FC Barometrics |
2014–15 | Broadwell Amateurs | Charlton Rovers |
2015–16 | Sharpness | Bibury |
2016–17 | Ruardean Hill Rangers | Chalford |
2017–18 | Charlton Rovers | Welland |
2018–19 | Sharpness | Woolaston |
Sources
Members 2019–20
SourceDivision One
- Berkeley Town
- Bredon
- Brockworth Albion
- Cam Bulldogs
- Chalford
- Charlton Rovers
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- English Bicknor
- Harrow Hill
- Leonard Stanley
- Longlevens Reserves
- Taverners
- Tuffley Rovers Reserves
- Upton St Leonards
- Whitcroft
- Woolaston
Division Two
- Abbeymead Rovers
- Andoversford
- Barnwood United
- Bibury
- Charfield
- Broadwell Amateurs Reserves
- Falcons
- Kings Stanley
- FC Lakeside
- Lydbrook Athletic
- Lydney Town Reserves
- Smiths Barometrics
- Broadwell Amateurs Reserves
- Stonehouse Town Reserves
- Staunton & Corse
- Winchcombe Town