Leicestershire Senior League 1939/40
Loughborough Colleges win the league as war forces a restart.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| League | Loughborough College | Quorn Methodists |
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Leicester & District Mutual Football League
Anstey Methodists.
The league changed it’s name to the Leicestershire Senior League for the start of the season.
The season started on Saturday August 26th. Matches were played midweek and the following Saturday before the league was suspended due to the outbreak of the 2nd World War. The table at that point was as follows:
Peacetime Season
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gresley RoversM | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 6 |
| 2 | HR Mansfields SportsL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Donisthorpe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Brush Sports | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Shepshed Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Whitwick White Cross | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Quorn Methodists | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 3 |
| 8 | Midland Woodworkers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Overseal InstituteM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Holwell Works | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Anstey Methodists | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
| 12 | Hugglescote United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 0 |
| 13 | Measham ImperialL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 |
| 14 | Moira UnitedM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | -17 | 0 |
The league remained suspended until a meeting on 18th October where it was decided to resume with a new membership.
Gresley Rovers, Moira United and Overseal Institute left the Senior League to play in the South Derbyshire Football League (to reduce the amount of travelling needed).
HR Mansfield Sports and Measham Imperial left the league.
Moving to the league were Coalville Town, Ibstock Penistone Rovers and Loughborough College, who had all started the season in the Central Amateur League, again to reduce the amount of travelling that was required.
Wartime Season
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loughborough College | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 56 | 32 | 31 |
| 2 | Quorn Methodists | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 88 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| 3 | Ibstock Penistone Rovers | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 35 | 32 | 27 |
| 4 | Brush Sports | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Whitwick White Cross | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 73 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Holwell Works | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 76 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Coalville Town | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 75 | -23 | 17 |
| 8 | Hugglescote UnitedL | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 68 | -25 | 16 |
| 9 | Shepshed Town | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 60 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Anstey Methodists | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 76 | -29 | 13 |
| 11 | Midland WoodworkersM | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 77 | -33 | 12 |
- Donisthorpe withdrew from the league in January.
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Midland Woodworkers to the Grantham & District Football League.
Hugglescote United left the league and no trace of them could be found in following seasons.