Leicestershire Senior League
The Leicestershire Senior League is a football competition based in Leicestershire, England.
History
The league was formed in 1896, 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. A second division was added in 1948.The longest serving team in the league was Holwell Sports, who completed 76 seasons in the league, 60 of them in the top division 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, 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:- 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
- 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
2018–19 members
Premier Division (16 teams)
- Allexton & New Parks
- Asfordby FC
- Barlestone St. Giles
- Blaby and Whetstone FC
- Cottesmore Amateurs
- Desford FC
- Ellistown
- FC Khalsa
- Friar Lane & Epworth
- GNG
- Hathern
- Kirby Muxloe Reserves
- Rugby Borough
- Saffron Dynamo
- Sileby Town
- Thurnby Rangers
Division One (13 teams)
- Anstey Nomads Reserves
- Anstey Town
- Ashby Ivanhoe Knights
- Barrow Town Reserves
- Birstall United Reserves
- County Hall
- Earl Shilton Albion FC
- FC Wymeswold
- Highfield Rangers
- Holwell Sports Reserves
- Loughborough FC
- Lutterworth Town Reserves
- Magna 73 FC
Division Two (11 teams)
- Allexton & New Parks Reserves
- Blaby & Whetstone Reserves
- Cottesmore Amateurs Reserves
- Desford Development
- FC GNG Development
- Friar Lane & Epworth Reserves
- Ingles Reserves
- North Kilworth Sports FC
- Saffron Dynamo Reserves
- Sileby Town Reserves
- Thingstone Miners Welfare FC