Leicestershire Senior League 1955/56
Whitwick Colliery Reserves win the league.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Division One | Whitwick Colliery Reserves | Leicester City ‘A’ |
| Division Two | Burton Albion Reserves | Leicester Amateurs |
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Leicester City Football League
Anstey Nomads Reserves and Lutterworth Town.
From the Loughborough & District Amateur Football Alliance
Shelthorpe Social Club.
From the Staffordshire County League
Burton Albion Reserves.
Division One
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitwick Colliery Reserves | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 42 | 51 | 44 |
| 2 | Leicester City ‘A’ | 28 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 103 | 36 | 67 | 42 |
| 3 | Earl Shilton Institute | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 89 | 74 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Holwell Works | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 67 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Loughborough Colleges | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 64 | 22 | 33 |
| 6 | Ibstock Penistone Rovers | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 55 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Shepshed Albion | 28 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 77 | 59 | 18 | 31 |
| 8 | Bentley Engineering | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 74 | 55 | 19 | 31 |
| 9 | Measham Imperial | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 63 | 75 | -12 | 25 |
| 10 | Oadby Town | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 71 | -16 | 23 |
| 11 | Desford Colliery | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 88 | -32 | 21 |
| 12 | Midland Woodworkers | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 73 | 93 | -20 | 20 |
| 13 | Wellington Victoria | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 52 | 74 | -22 | 19 |
| 14 | Syston St. Peter’sR | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 60 | 93 | -33 | 18 |
| 15 | Anstey Nomads ReservesR | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 35 | 104 | -69 | 11 |
Division Two
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burton Albion ReservesP | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 105 | 24 | 81 | 48 |
| 2 | Leicester AmateursP | 28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 104 | 51 | 53 | 43 |
| 3 | Sileby TownP | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 86 | 43 | 43 | 37 |
| 4 | Cosby United | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 94 | 56 | 38 | 35 |
| 5 | Oakham Imperial | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 89 | 80 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Burgess Products | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Enderby Town | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 70 | 50 | 20 | 30 |
| 8 | Lutterworth Town | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 66 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | Ellistown CollieryM | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 55 | 77 | -22 | 24 |
| 10 | Shelthorpe Social Club | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 90 | -38 | 22 |
| 11 | Quorn | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 74 | -18 | 21 |
| 12 | Morris Sports | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 84 | -32 | 21 |
| 13 | Earl Shilton Albion | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 59 | 101 | -42 | 16 |
| 14 | Barrow Old Boys | 28 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 49 | 84 | -35 | 15 |
| 15 | Barwell Athletic | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 51 | 104 | -53 | 11 |
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Ellistown Colliery to the Coalville & District Amateur Football League.