Leicestershire Realm / Leicester & District Spartan Football League
This league ran from 1926/27 until the 1939/40 season and consisted of teams throughout the county.
It started off life as the Leicester Boys’ Realm Football League with two divisions. This league appeared to only run for three seasons as I can find no reference to it between 1929 and 1931.
In October 1931 there was a meeting for a newly formed Leicestershire Realm League which ended up having four divisions during the first season.
From the 1933/34 season the league appeared to have geographically based divisions, one for the Coalville area, one for the Wreake Valley and three city based divisions. This changed back to having four divisions in 1935/36, along with a name change to the Leicester & District Spartan Football League.
The league appeared to be going strong filling the gap of the disbanded Leicester & District League, with the top division teams playing in the Junior Cup.
Progress was halted by the start of the Second World War with a reduced competition in 1939/40 which ended with only 9 teams. The league stopped for the rest of the war period and did not start up again when peace resumed.
What do we know about this league ?
Leicester Boys’ Realm Football League
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926/27 | Coalville Albert Villa | Coalville Albert Villa Res | ||
| 1927/28 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Asfordby Old Boys |
| 1928/29 | Markfield Institute | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Leicestershire Realm Football League
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931/32 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Park Rangers |
| 1932/33 | Cliffe Hill Granite | Peckleton United | Braunstone WMC Res | Uplands Road |
The format changed for the 1933/34 season with geographical based divisions.
| Charnwood | Wreake | De Montfort | Wolsey | Newton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933/34 | Stanton-under-Bardon | Asfordby Valley Old Boys | Leicester Super | Stonesby Athletic | Sileby Wanderers |
| 1934/35 | Stanton-under-Bardon | Asfordby Valley Old Boys | Bradgate Imperial | Asfordby Valley Old Boys Res | Dunton Bassett United |
Leicester & District Spartan Football League
The league changed it’s name and the format of the divisions with four divisions covering a single geographic region.
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | Division Five | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935/36 | Asfordby Valley Old Boys | Bedford United | Bagworth Town Res | Barrow Old Boys | |
| 1936/37 | Bedford United | Barrow Old Boys | Newbold Verdon United SS | Ibstock Juniors | Barrow Gunners Res |
| 1937/38 | Clarendon Park Athletic | Syston Imperial | Clarendon Park Athletic Res | ||
| 1938/39 | Syston Imperial | Clarendon Park Athletic Res | Aylestone United | North End United | |
| 1939/40 | Kirby Muxloe | Newarke Athletic |