Market Harborough & District Football League
What do we know about this league ?
For the early seasons I have quite a bit of information in terms of who won the league and the participating teams, however I have little information from the early 1950’s onwards.
| Winners | Runners-Up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1904/05 | Market Harborough Town Res | unknown |
| 1905/06 | Harborough Excelsior | unknown |
| 1906/07 | Desborough Victoria | Market Harborough Town Res |
At the end of the 1906/07 season only five teams were left, three of whcih moved to new leagues for the next season. I can’t find any reference to the Market Harborough & District League until the 1910/11 season.
| Winners | Runners-Up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910/11 | unknown | unknown |
| 1911/12 | Harborough Caxton | unknown |
| 1912/13 | Fleckney United Res | unknown |
| 1913/14 | Little Bowden Corinthians | Kibworth SS |
| 1914/15 | Symington’s | unknown |
Due to the First World War the league was suspended for four seasons, resuming again in 1919/20.
| Division One | Division Two | |
|---|---|---|
| 1919/20 | Market Harborough Congs | – |
| 1920/21 | Little Bowden Albion | – |
| 1921/22 | Billesdon & District (East) Saddington Athletic (West) | – |
| 1922/23 | Symingtons RC (East) Little Bowden Albion (West) | – |
| 1923/24 | Stoke Albany (East) unknown (West) | – |
| 1924/25 | Billesdon & District | – |
| 1925/26 | Little Bowden Albion | Fleckney Guild |
| 1926/27 | Symingtons Athletic Res | Stoke Albany |
| 1927/28 | Stoke & Wilbarston | – |
| 1928/29 | Stoke & Wilbarston | Great Bowden |
| 1929/30 | Little Bowden Albion | Free Church Institute Res |
| 1930/31 | Little Bowden BC | Symingtons RC Res |
| 1931/32 | Symingtons RC | Market Harborough Congs |
| 1932/33 | Welford Victoria | unknown |
| 1933/34 | Cottingham All Saints | – |
| 1934/35 | Little Bowden Albion | – |
| 1935/36 | Little Bowden Albion | – |
| 1936/37 | Little Bowden Albion | Kibworth Town Reserves |
| 1937/38 | Great Bowden Imperial | Welford Victoria |
| 1938/39 | Cottingham | Loomes Ltd. |
For the 1939/40 season a constitutio was proposed but the league went into temporary suspension from early September due to the outbreak of the Second World War. The suspension of games lasted seven seasons with the league returning for the start of the 1946/47 season.
| Division One | Division Two | |
|---|---|---|
| 1946/47 | Harborough Rubber Co. | – |
| 1947/48 | Great Bowden Imperial & Great Easton (joint winners) | – |
| 1948/49 | Cottingham | – |
| 1949/50 | Foxton United | Stoke & Wilbarston |
| 1950/51 | Langtons | – |
| 1951/52 | Langtons | – |
| 1952/53 | Langtons | – |
| 1953/54 | Cold Ashby Rovers | – |
| 1954/55 | Fleckney Athletic | – |
| 1955/56 | Fleckney Athletic | – |
| 1956/57 | Welford Victoria | – |
| 1957/58 | Spencers United | – |
| 1958/59 | Dainite Sports Reserves | – |
| 1959/60 | Medbourne | – |
| 1960/61 | Medbourne | – |
| 1961/62 | Medbourne | – |
| 1962/63 | Welford Victoria | – |
| 1963/64 | Welford Victoria | – |
| 1964/65 | Symingtons | – |
| 1965/66 | Wigston Town | – |
| 1966/67 | unknown | Gartree United |
| 1967/68 | unknown | unknown |
| 1968/69 | unknown | unknown |
| 1969/70 | Leicester Polytechnic ‘A’ | unknown |
| 1970/71 | unknown | |
| 1971/72 | unknown | unknown |
At the end of the 1971/72 season the Market Harborough & District Football League merged with the South Leicestershire Football League to form the Hinckley & Harborough Alliance Football League.