Leicestershire Senior League 1952/53
Measham Imperial are champions.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Division One | Measham Imperial | Earl Shilton Institute |
| Division Two | Bentley Engineering | Leicester Amateurs |
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Coalville & District Amateur Football League
Coalville Town Reserves.
From the Leicester City Football League
Bentley Engineering (actually resigned from the Leicester City League in 1951/52 due to a shortage of players but regrouped and joined the Senior League).
From the Melton Mowbray & District Amateur Football League
Midland Woodworkers.
Bedworth Town Reserves joined the league but I could find no record of the reserve team playing the previous season.
Division One
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Measham Imperial | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 98 | 54 | 44 | 46 |
| 2 | Earl Shilton Institute | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 130 | 76 | 54 | 44 |
| 3 | Rugby Town Reserves | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 105 | 53 | 52 | 41 |
| 4 | Quorn | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 68 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Holwell Works | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 71 | 65 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Loughborough Colleges | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 101 | 83 | 18 | 33 |
| 7 | Anstey Nomads | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 86 | 72 | 14 | 33 |
| 8 | Hinckley Athletic Reserves | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 76 | 72 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Leicester City ‘A’ | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 78 | 59 | 19 | 31 |
| 10 | Oadby Town | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 28 |
| 11 | Moira United | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 81 | 92 | -11 | 28 |
| 12 | Burgess Products | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 78 | -29 | 26 |
| 13 | Enderby Town | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 54 | 88 | -34 | 22 |
| 14 | Syston St. Peter’s | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 68 | 94 | -26 | 19 |
| 15 | Barwell AthleticR | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 37 | 110 | -73 | 13 |
| 16 | Ibstock Penistone RoversR | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 35 | 99 | -64 | 10 |
Division Two
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bentley EngineeringP | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 110 | 43 | 67 | 46 |
| 2 | Leicester AmateursP | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 116 | 46 | 70 | 44 |
| 3 | Cosby United | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 55 | 34 | 39 |
| 4 | Ellistown Colliery | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 109 | 53 | 56 | 37 |
| 5 | Midland Woodworkers | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 94 | 80 | 14 | 33 |
| 6 | Shepshed Albion | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 81 | 59 | 22 | 32 |
| 7 | Morris Sports | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Stoney Stanton | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 74 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Bedworth Town ReservesM | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 84 | -18 | 26 |
| 10 | Leicester YMCA | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Barrow Old Boys | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 71 | 74 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Desford Colliery | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 52 | 74 | -22 | 24 |
| 13 | Leicestershire Nomads | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 68 | 106 | -38 | 18 |
| 14 | Oakham Town | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 105 | -59 | 12 |
| 15 | Coalville Town ReservesL | 28 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 33 | 161 | -128 | 7 |
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Bedworth Town Reserves to the South Warwickshire Football League
Coalville Town Reserves left the league and no reserve team was fielded the next season.