Leicestershire Senior League 1948/49
Coalville Town win the new Division One championship.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Division One | Coalville Town | Gresley Rovers |
| Division Two | Measham Imperial | Symington’s Reserves |
This season the league moved from having Central & Western Divisions, which were both at the same level, to having a two tiered Division One and Division Two arrangement.
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Coventry & North Warwickshire Football League
Bedworth Town Reserves and Rugby Oakfield.
From the Kettering & District Amateur Football League
Desborough Town Reserves, Rothwell Town and Symington’s Reserves.
From the Nuneaton Football Combination
Atherstone Town Reserves and Barwell Athletic.
From the South Leicestershire Football League
Stoney Stanton.
Division One
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coalville Town | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 100 | 51 | 49 | 43 |
| 2 | Gresley RoversM | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 101 | 66 | 35 | 41 |
| 3 | Ellistown Colliery | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 58 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | Anstey Nomads | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 46 | 47 | 40 |
| 5 | Rothwell Town | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 88 | 74 | 14 | 40 |
| 6 | Nuneaton Borough Reserves | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 82 | 50 | 32 | 37 |
| 7 | Moira United | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 85 | 66 | 19 | 32 |
| 8 | Earl Shilton Institute | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 74 | 77 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Bedworth Town Reserves | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 61 | 70 | -9 | 29 |
| 10 | Barlestone United | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 60 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Rugby Oakfield | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 83 | 79 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Corby Town Reserves | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 87 | -21 | 28 |
| 13 | Atherstone Town ReservesM | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 67 | 105 | -38 | 20 |
| 14 | Hinckley Athletic Reserves | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 53 | 84 | -31 | 16 |
| 15 | Morris SportsR | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 54 | 98 | -44 | 16 |
| 16 | Holwell WorksR | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 30 | 114 | -84 | 11 |
Division Two
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Measham ImperialP | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 50 | 38 | 37 |
| 2 | Symington’s ReservesP | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 91 | 61 | 30 | 32 |
| 3 | Wellingborough Town ReservesP | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 45 | 30 | 30 |
| 4 | Barwell AthleticP | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 58 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Loughborough Colleges | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 74 | 59 | 15 | 29 |
| 6 | Desborough Town Reserves | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 48 | 22 | 27 |
| 7 | Melton Town | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 66 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | Stoney Stanton | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 75 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Shepshed Albion | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 66 | -12 | 21 |
| 10 | Quorn Methodists | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 79 | -25 | 18 |
| 11 | Sileby British Legion | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 48 | 93 | -45 | 16 |
| 12 | Barrow Old Boys | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 69 | 84 | -15 | 15 |
| 13 | Syston St. Peter’s | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 94 | -58 | 9 |
- Overseal Institute resigned from the league before the season started.
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Atherstone Town Reserves to the Birmingham Football Alliance.
- Gresley Rovers to the Central Alliance