Leicestershire Football Combination
The Leicestershire Football Combination was formed at the start of the 1972/73 season to provide a competition for the reserve teams of clubs playing in Senior Leagues (e.g. the Leicestershire Senior League and above).
Most of the teams joined from the Leicester & District League (which had been set up as a similar competition for the reserve teams back in the 1950’s). Initially starting out with a single division it expanded to two divisions after a couple of seasons. A third division was added for one season in 1997/78.
I’m a bit unclear about when the league ended as it was administered by the same comittee that ran the Leicestershire Senior League. It looks like the Senior League absorbed the Combination for the 2018/19 season but I’m not sure if this is the official joining point as the lower Senior League divisions were referred to as Combination for a few seasons before on the FA Full Time Website.
What do we know about this league ?
I have all the participants for each season and I have final positions for quite a few seasons but need to fill in the details for the final tables.
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972/73 | Ibstock Penistone Rovers Reserves | – | – |
| 1973/74 | Oadby Town Reserves | – | – |
| 1974/75 | Friar Lane Old Boys Reserves | Hinckley Town Reserves | – |
| 1975/76 | Friar Lane Old Boys Reserves | Anstey Nomads Reserves | – |
| 1976/77 | Friar Lane Old Boys Reserves | Sileby Town Reserves | – |
| 1977/78 | Friar Lane Old Boys Reserves | Birstall United Reserves | – |
| 1978/79 | Friar Lane Old Boys Reserves | Wigston Fields Reserves | – |
| 1979/80 | Anstey Nomads Reserves | Houghton Rangers Reserves | – |
| 1980/81 | Shepshed Charterhouse Reserves | Barwell Athletic Reserves | – |
| 1981/82 | Birstall United Reserves | Holwell Works Reserves | – |
| 1982/83 | Birstall United Reserves | Narborough & Littlethorpe Reserves | – |
| 1983/84 | Narborough & Littlethorpe Reserves | Houghton Rangers Reserves | – |
| 1984/85 | Birstall United Reserves | Syston St. Peter’s Reserves | – |
| 1985/86 | Birstall United Reserves | Thringstone Reserves | – |
| 1986/87 | Wigston Fields Reserves | St. Andrews Reserves | – |
| 1987/88 | Narborough & Littlethorpe Reserves | Earl Shilton Albion Reserves | – |
| 1988/89 | Wigston Fields Reserves | Stapenhill Reserves | – |
| 1989/90 | Syston St. Peter’s Reserves | Pedigree Petfoods Reserves | – |
| 1990/91 | Oadby Town Reserves | Houghton Rangers Reserves | – |
| 1991/92 | Birstall United Reserves | Burbage Old Boys Reserves | – |
| 1992/93 | Friar Lane Old Boys Reserves | Thringstone Reserves | – |
| 1993/94 | Anstey Nomads Reserves | Highfield Rangers Reserves | – |
| 1994/95 | Birstall United Reserves | Thringstone Reserves | – |
| 1995/96 | Birstall United Reserves | Asfordby Amateurs Reserves | – |
| 1996/97 | Friar Lane Old Boys Reserves | Coalville Reserves | – |
| 1997/98 | Birstall United Reserves | Cottesmore Amateurs Reserves | Sileby Town Reserves |
| 1998/99 | Oadby Town Reserves | Stoney Stanton Reserves | – |
| 1999/00 | Birstall United Reserves | Quorn Reserves | – |
| 2000/01 | Quorn Reserves | Coalville Town Reserves | – |
| 2001/02 | Quorn Reserves | Leicester YMCA Reserves | – |
| 2002/03 | St. Andrews Reserves | Ratby Sports Reserves | – |
| 2003/04 | Loughborough Dynamo Reserves | Rothley Imperial Reserves | – |
| 2004/05 | Barrow Town Reserves | Friar Lane & Epworth Reserves | – |
| 2005/06 | Barrow Town Reserves | Lutterworth Athletic Reserves | – |
| 2006/07 | Barrow Town Reserves | Earl Shilton Albion Reserves | – |
| 2007/08 | Barrow Town Reserves | Ellistown Reserves | – |
| 2008/09 | Kirby Muxloe Reserves | Anstey Nomads Reserves | – |
| 2009/10 | Thurmaston Town Reserves | Ashby Ivanhoe Reserves | – |
| 2010/11 | Thurnby Nirvana Reserves | Aylestone Park Reserves | – |
| 2011/12 | Aylestone Park Reserves | St. Andrews Reserves | – |
| 2012/13 | Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Reserves | Allexton & New Parks Reserves | – |
| 2013/14 | Sileby Town Reserves | Friar Lane & Epworth Reserves | – |
| 2014/15 | Desford Development | – | – |
| 2015/16 | Friar Lane & Epworth Reserves | – | – |
| 2016/17 | Lutterworth Town Reserves | – | – |
| 2017/18 | Saffron Dynamo Reserves | – | – |