Reading Football League
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The Reading Football League is a football competition based in England
. It has a total of six divisions – the Senior Division, the Premier Division, then Divisions One to Four.
The league was founded in 1989, as a merger of the two leagues in the town – Reading & District League and the Reading Combination Leagues. The league ran 10 divisions in the 1989–90 season, but that has reduced over the years to the current six divisions.
The Senior Division sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System
. It is a feeder to the Combined Counties League
and the Hellenic League
.
Reserves | Marlow United
| Mortimer | Park United | Reading YMCA | Sandhurst Devels | South Reading | Taplow United | Theale | Unity | Westwood United | Woodcote & Stoke Row
Reserves
'A' | Hurst | Sonning | Theale Reserves | Wargrave | Woodcote & Stoke Row Reserves | Woodley Saints Reserves | Woodley Town
'A'
'B'
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...
. It has a total of six divisions – the Senior Division, the Premier Division, then Divisions One to Four.
The league was founded in 1989, as a merger of the two leagues in the town – Reading & District League and the Reading Combination Leagues. The league ran 10 divisions in the 1989–90 season, but that has reduced over the years to the current six divisions.
The Senior Division sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System
National League System
The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the Premier League and The Football League. It contains 91 league competitions and more than 1,600 clubs. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association...
. It is a feeder to the Combined Counties League
Combined Counties Football League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional English football league currently comprising teams from southwestern Greater London, Surrey, small parts of Hampshire and Berkshire, and Guernsey...
and the Hellenic League
Hellenic Football League
The Hellenic Football League is an English football league covering an area including the English counties of Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern Buckinghamshire, southern Herefordshire, western Greater London, and northern Wiltshire. There is also one team from Hampshire.The league...
.
Senior Division 14 clubs
Cookham Dean | Frilsham & Yattendon | Highmoor IbisHighmoor Ibis F.C.
Highmoor Ibis F.C. are a football club, who are currently members of the Hellenic Football League Division One East who play their home games at the Palmer Park Stadium in Reading....
Reserves | Marlow United
Marlow United F.C.
Marlow United F.C. is a football club based in Marlow, England. They were established in 1977 and were among the founding members of the Reading Football League in 1989. In the 2004-05 season, they were the Reading Football League Senior Division champions. The following season they finished...
| Mortimer | Park United | Reading YMCA | Sandhurst Devels | South Reading | Taplow United | Theale | Unity | Westwood United | Woodcote & Stoke Row
Premier Division 9 clubs
Ashridge Park | Barton Rovers | Reading YMCA Rapids | Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Arborfield | South Reading Cricket Club | West Reading | Westwood United Reserves | Woodley Saints | Woodley TownWoodley Town F.C.
Woodley Town F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Berkshire, England. The club can trace its history back to 1904 although it is thought that it existed in the 19th century. Currently it is a member of the Hellenic Football League Division One East having won promotion by winning the Reading...
Reserves
Division One 11 clubs
AFC Corinthians | Cookham Dean Reserves | Goring United | Highmoor IbisHighmoor Ibis F.C.
Highmoor Ibis F.C. are a football club, who are currently members of the Hellenic Football League Division One East who play their home games at the Palmer Park Stadium in Reading....
'A' | Hurst | Sonning | Theale Reserves | Wargrave | Woodcote & Stoke Row Reserves | Woodley Saints Reserves | Woodley Town
Woodley Town F.C.
Woodley Town F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Berkshire, England. The club can trace its history back to 1904 although it is thought that it existed in the 19th century. Currently it is a member of the Hellenic Football League Division One East having won promotion by winning the Reading...
'A'
Division Two 11 clubs
Berkshire United | Frilsham & Yattendon Reserves | Hurst Reserves | Mortimer Reserves | Park United Reserves | Royal Albion | Taplow United Reserves | Turnpike Sports | Twyford & Ruscombe | Winnersh Rangers | Wokingham & Emmbrook ReservesDivision Three 11 clubs
AFC Corinthians Reserves | Compton | Goring United Reserves | Pinewood | Sandhurst Devels Reserves | Sonning 'A' | Sonning Sports | Taplow United 'A' | The Hop Leaf | Woodley Hammers | Woodley TownWoodley Town F.C.
Woodley Town F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Berkshire, England. The club can trace its history back to 1904 although it is thought that it existed in the 19th century. Currently it is a member of the Hellenic Football League Division One East having won promotion by winning the Reading...
'B'
Division Four 9 clubs
Bracknell Cavaliers | Eldon Celtic | Emmbrook | Riverside Blues | Shinfield | South Reading Cricket Club Reserves | The Hop Leaf Reserves | Unity Reserves | Winnersh Rangers Reserves. Also Highmoor Ibis B who withdrew during the season.Senior Division champions
- 1989–90 – West Reading
- 1990–91 – Forest Old Boys
- 1991–92 – Reading Exiles
- 1992–93 – Woodley Arms
- 1993–94 – Mortimer
- 1994–95 – Mortimer
- 1995–96 – Reading Exiles
- 1996–97 – Mortimer
- 1997–98 – Forest Old Boys
- 1998–99 – Forest Old Boys
- 1999–2000 – Forest Old Boys
- 2000–01 – Forest Old Boys
- 2001–02 – Mortimer
- 2002–03 – Forest Old Boys
- 2003–04 – Highmoor & Ibis
- 2004–05 – Marlow UnitedMarlow United F.C.Marlow United F.C. is a football club based in Marlow, England. They were established in 1977 and were among the founding members of the Reading Football League in 1989. In the 2004-05 season, they were the Reading Football League Senior Division champions. The following season they finished...
- 2005–06 – Cookham Dean
- 2006–07 – Ascot UnitedAscot United F.C.Ascot United F.C. are a football club based in Ascot, Berkshire, England. They were established in 1965. Currently they are members of the Hellenic Football League Premier Division.-History:...
- 2007–08 – Westwood United
- 2008–09 – Woodley TownWoodley Town F.C.Woodley Town F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Berkshire, England. The club can trace its history back to 1904 although it is thought that it existed in the 19th century. Currently it is a member of the Hellenic Football League Division One East having won promotion by winning the Reading...
- 2009–10 – Reading YMCA
- 2010–11 – Highmoor Ibis