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

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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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

Holwell Sports F.C.

Holwell Sports Football Club is a football club based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.-History:Established in 1904. In 1988, Holwell Works F.C. changed their name to their present name of 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

East Midlands Counties Football League

The East Midlands Counties Football League is a football league at level 10 of the football league system in England. It commenced at the start of the 2008–09 season, drawing clubs from the Central Midlands League, Leicestershire Senior League and two teams from the Northern Counties East League.On...

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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

East Midlands Counties Football League

The East Midlands Counties Football League is a football league at level 10 of the football league system in England. It commenced at the start of the 2008–09 season, drawing clubs from the Central Midlands League, Leicestershire Senior League and two teams from the Northern Counties East League.On...

. The Football Association

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national 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

FA Vase

The Football Association Challenge Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing below Step 4 of the English National League System...

. 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

East Midlands Counties Football League

The East Midlands Counties Football League is a football league at level 10 of the football league system in England. It commenced at the start of the 2008–09 season, drawing clubs from the Central Midlands League, Leicestershire Senior League and two teams from the Northern Counties East League.On...

, 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
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
   Reserves
• 1897-98 Hinckley Town
• 1898-99 Swadlincote Town
• 1899-00 Hinckley Town
• 1900-01 Gresley Rovers
  Gresley Rovers F.C.
  Gresley Football Club are an English football club from Church Gresley, near Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Gresley are currently in the Midland Football Alliance, playing their home games at The Moat Ground...
  
  
• 1903-04 Loughborough Corinthians
• 1904-05 Leicester Fosse
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
   Reserves
• 1905-06 Leicester Fosse
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
   Reserves
• 1906-07 Leicester Fosse
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
   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
  Gresley Rovers F.C.
  Gresley Football Club are an English football club from Church Gresley, near Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Gresley are currently in the Midland Football Alliance, playing their home games at The Moat Ground...
  
   (Central Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
• 1947-48 Gresley Rovers
  Gresley Rovers F.C.
  Gresley Football Club are an English football club from Church Gresley, near Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Gresley are currently in the Midland Football Alliance, playing their home games at The Moat Ground...
  
   (Central Division) and Moira United (Western Division)
• 1948-49 Coalville Town
• 1949-50 Nuneaton Borough Reserves
• 1950-51 Quorn Methodists
  Quorn F.C.
  Quorn Football Club is an English football club based in the village of Quorn, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South.-History:...
  
  
• 1951-52 Anstey Nomads
  Anstey Nomads F.C.
  Anstey Nomads F.C. are a football club based in Anstey, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England.The Nomads were formed in 1947 and were champions of the Leicestershire Senior League in the seasons 1951-52 and 1953-54. The following season the Club recorded it’s highest ever attendance of 4,500...
  
  
• 1952-53 Measham Imps
• 1953-54 Anstey Nomads
  Anstey Nomads F.C.
  Anstey Nomads F.C. are a football club based in Anstey, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England.The Nomads were formed in 1947 and were champions of the Leicestershire Senior League in the seasons 1951-52 and 1953-54. The following season the Club recorded it’s highest ever attendance of 4,500...
  
  
• 1954-55 Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
   'A'
• 1955-56 Whitwick Colliery Reserves
• 1956-57 Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
   'A'
• 1957-58 Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
   'A'
• 1958-59 Stapenhill
  Stapenhill F.C.
  Stapenhill F.C. is a football club based in the Stapenhill area of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They joined the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two in 1957. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase four times in their history...
  
  
• 1959-60 Stapenhill
  Stapenhill F.C.
  Stapenhill F.C. is a football club based in the Stapenhill area of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They joined the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two in 1957. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase four times in their history...
  
  
• 1960-61 Whitwick Colliery
• 1961-62 Syston St. Peters
• 1962-63 Enderby Town
• 1963-64 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1964-65 Enderby Town
• 1965-66 Newfoundpool WMC
• 1966-67 Enderby Town
• 1967-68 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1968-69 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1969-70 Newfoundpool WMC
• 1970-71 Friar Lane Old Boys
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• 1971-72 Friar Lane Old Boys
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• 1972-73 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1973-74 Friar Lane Old Boys
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• 1974-75 Friar Lane Old Boys
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• 1975-76 Friar Lane Old Boys
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• 1976-77 Friar Lane Old Boys
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  

• 1977-78 Friar Lane Old Boys
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• 1978-79 Shepshed Charterhouse
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C.
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C. is a football team based in the small town of Shepshed in the North West of Leicestershire, England.Their home ground is called The Dovecote, which is situated on Butthole Lane. Football has been played on this ground for over 100 years...
  
  
• 1979-80 Shepshed Charterhouse
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C.
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C. is a football team based in the small town of Shepshed in the North West of Leicestershire, England.Their home ground is called The Dovecote, which is situated on Butthole Lane. Football has been played on this ground for over 100 years...
  
  
• 1980-81 Shepshed Charterhouse
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C.
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C. is a football team based in the small town of Shepshed in the North West of Leicestershire, England.Their home ground is called The Dovecote, which is situated on Butthole Lane. Football has been played on this ground for over 100 years...
  
  
• 1981-82 Anstey Nomads
  Anstey Nomads F.C.
  Anstey Nomads F.C. are a football club based in Anstey, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England.The Nomads were formed in 1947 and were champions of the Leicestershire Senior League in the seasons 1951-52 and 1953-54. The following season the Club recorded it’s highest ever attendance of 4,500...
  
  
• 1982-83 Anstey Nomads
  Anstey Nomads F.C.
  Anstey Nomads F.C. are a football club based in Anstey, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England.The Nomads were formed in 1947 and were champions of the Leicestershire Senior League in the seasons 1951-52 and 1953-54. The following season the Club recorded it’s highest ever attendance of 4,500...
  
  
• 1983-84 Melton Town
• 1984-85 Thringstone
• 1985-86 Thringstone
• 1986-87 Stapenhill
  Stapenhill F.C.
  Stapenhill F.C. is a football club based in the Stapenhill area of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They joined the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two in 1957. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase four times in their history...
  
  
• 1987-88 Holwell Works
  Holwell Sports F.C.
  Holwell Sports Football Club is a football club based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.-History:Established in 1904. In 1988, Holwell Works F.C. changed their name to their present name of Holwell Sports...
  
  
• 1988-89 Stapenhill
  Stapenhill F.C.
  Stapenhill F.C. is a football club based in the Stapenhill area of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They joined the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two in 1957. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase four times in their history...
  
  
• 1989-90 St. Andrews SC
• 1990-91 Lutterworth Town
• 1991-92 Holwell Sports
  Holwell Sports F.C.
  Holwell Sports Football Club is a football club based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.-History:Established in 1904. In 1988, Holwell Works F.C. changed their name to their present name of Holwell Sports...
  
  
• 1992-93 Holwell Sports
  Holwell Sports F.C.
  Holwell Sports Football Club is a football club based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.-History:Established in 1904. In 1988, Holwell Works F.C. changed their name to their present name of Holwell Sports...
  
  
• 1993-94 St. Andrews SC
• 1994-95 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1995-96 St. Andrews SC
• 1996-97 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1997-98 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1998-99 Oadby Town
  Oadby Town F.C.
  Oadby Town Football Club is an association football club based in Oadby, in central England.-History:The exact year of formation is unsure but it is believed to be either 1937 or 1939 under the guise of Oadby Imperial. The club did not have to wait long for their first honours winning the "City...
  
  
• 1999-00 Highfield Rangers
  Highfield Rangers F.C.
  Highfield Rangers F.C. is an English football club based in the Rushey Mead area of Leicester. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League.-History:...
  
  
• 2000-01 Quorn
  Quorn F.C.
  Quorn Football Club is an English football club based in the village of Quorn, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South.-History:...
  
  
• 2001-02 Coalville Town
  Coalville Town F.C.
  Coalville Town Football Club is a football club based in Coalville, Leicestershire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South.-History:...
  
  
• 2002-03 Coalville Town
  Coalville Town F.C.
  Coalville Town Football Club is a football club based in Coalville, Leicestershire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South.-History:...
  
  
• 2003-04 Loughborough Dynamo
  Loughborough Dynamo F.C.
  Loughborough Dynamo Football Club is a football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One South.-History:...
  
  
• 2004-05 Thurnby Rangers
  Thurnby Rangers F.C.
  Thurnby Nirvana F.C. is an English football club based in Thurnby, Leicestershire. Established in 2008 by a merger of Thurnby Rangers and Leicester Nirvana, the club are currently members of the East Midlands Counties League and play at Dakyn Road....
  
  
• 2005-06 Friar Lane & Epworth
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• 2006-07 Stapenhill
  Stapenhill F.C.
  Stapenhill F.C. is a football club based in the Stapenhill area of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They joined the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two in 1957. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase four times in their history...
  
  
• 2007-08 Kirby Muxloe SC
  Kirby Muxloe SC
  Kirby Muxloe Football Club are a football club based in Kirby Muxloe, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England. They currently play in the Midland Alliance, having joined from the East Midlands Counties League at the end of the 2008-09 season....
  
  
• 2008-09 Anstey Nomads
  Anstey Nomads F.C.
  Anstey Nomads F.C. are a football club based in Anstey, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England.The Nomads were formed in 1947 and were champions of the Leicestershire Senior League in the seasons 1951-52 and 1953-54. The following season the Club recorded it’s highest ever attendance of 4,500...
  
  
• 2009-10 Thurmaston Town
  Thurmaston Town F.C.
  Thurmaston Town F.C. is a football club based in Thurmaston, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England. In 1980, they changed their name from Thurmaston Progressive Working Mens Club F.C. to their present name...
  
  
• 2010-11 Ashby Ivanhoe

Premier Division

• Ashby Ivanhoe
• Aylestone Park
• Birstall United
  Birstall United F.C.
  Birstall United Football Club is an English football club based in Birstall, Leicestershire. The club are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division.-History:...
  
  
• Cottesmore Amateurs
• Desford
• Dunton & Broughton Rangers
• FC Dynamo
• Highfield Rangers
  Highfield Rangers F.C.
  Highfield Rangers F.C. is an English football club based in the Rushey Mead area of Leicester. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League.-History:...
  
  

• Kirby Muxloe Reserves
• Lutterworth Athletic
• Ratby Sports
• Rothley Imperial
• Saffron Dynamo
• Sileby Town
• Stapenhill
  Stapenhill F.C.
  Stapenhill F.C. is a football club based in the Stapenhill area of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They joined the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two in 1957. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase four times in their history...
  
  
• Thurmaston Town
  Thurmaston Town F.C.
  Thurmaston Town F.C. is a football club based in Thurmaston, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England. In 1980, they changed their name from Thurmaston Progressive Working Mens Club F.C. to their present name...
  
  

Division One

• Asfordby Amateurs
• Barlestone St Giles
• Belgrave
• Castle Donington Town
• Caterpillar

• Earl Shilton Albion
• FC Khalsa & Evington
• Friar Lane & Epworth
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C.
  Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. is a football club based in Aylestone, which is a suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.In 2004, Friar Lane Old Boys F.C. and Epworth F.C. merged to form the present club. They have reached the second round of the FA Vase twice in their short history...
  
  
• Hathern
• Lutterworth Town

• Melton Mowbray
• Narborough & Littlethorpe
• Newhall United
• Shepshed Dynamo
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C.
  Shepshed Dynamo F.C. is a football team based in the small town of Shepshed in the North West of Leicestershire, England.Their home ground is called The Dovecote, which is situated on Butthole Lane. Football has been played on this ground for over 100 years...
  
  Reserves
• Sileby Saints