Leicestershire Senior League 1960/61
The league title goes to Whitwick Colliery.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Division One | Whitwick Colliery | Stapenhill |
| Division Two | Syston St. Peter’s | Midland Athletic |
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Leicester & District Mutual Football League
Midland Athletic.
From the Leicester City Football League
St. Margaret’s Works.
From the Melton Mowbray & District Amateur Football League
Melton Old Grammarians.
Division One
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitwick Colliery | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 34 | 32 | 45 |
| 2 | Stapenhill | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 90 | 47 | 43 | 43 |
| 3 | Donisthorpe Colliery Welfare | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 101 | 61 | 40 | 42 |
| 4 | Loughborough Colleges | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 75 | 60 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Oadby Town | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 81 | 62 | 19 | 34 |
| 6 | Bentley Engineering | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | Holwell Works | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 70 | 75 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Morris SportsM | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 68 | 73 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Enderby Town | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 61 | -8 | 31 |
| 10 | Midland Woodworkers | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 82 | 80 | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | Sileby Town | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 59 | 62 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Ibstock Penistone Rovers | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 71 | 72 | -1 | 24 |
| 13 | Wigston Fields | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 60 | 75 | -15 | 23 |
| 14 | Newfoundpool WMC | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 45 | 73 | -28 | 21 |
| 15 | Wellington VictoriaR | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 40 | 81 | -41 | 19 |
| 16 | Leicester City ‘B’L | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 44 | 87 | -43 | 16 |
- Atherstone Town Reserves started the season but resigned later.
Division Two
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syston St. Peter’sP | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 135 | 34 | 101 | 59 |
| 2 | Midland AthleticP | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 126 | 37 | 89 | 58 |
| 3 | Measham ImperialP | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 109 | 44 | 65 | 50 |
| 4 | Cosby United | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 124 | 64 | 60 | 50 |
| 5 | Earl Shilton Institute | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 84 | 69 | 15 | 39 |
| 6 | Loughborough United Reserves | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 98 | 65 | 33 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Margaret’s Works | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 86 | 72 | 14 | 35 |
| 8 | Shepshed Albion | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 65 | 68 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Quorn | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 83 | 81 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Lutterworth Town | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 79 | 85 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Burgess Products | 34 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 84 | 108 | -24 | 28 |
| 12 | Barrow Old Boys | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 96 | -30 | 27 |
| 13 | Melton Old Grammarians | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 63 | 95 | -32 | 27 |
| 14 | Anstey Nomads Reserves | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 75 | 96 | -21 | 26 |
| 15 | Barwell Athletic | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 86 | -22 | 24 |
| 16 | Loughborough College of Technology | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 70 | 124 | -54 | 23 |
| 17 | Earl Shilton Albion | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 46 | 125 | -79 | 16 |
| 18 | Desford CollieryM | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 34 | 126 | -92 | 13 |
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Desford Colliery to the Coalville & District Amateur Football League.
- Morris Sports to the Loughborough & District Amateur Football Alliance (due to a ruling being introduced that playing members must be employed by Herbert Morris Ltd.)
Leicester City ‘B’ left the league after the end of the season. I think they disbanded (in that City only ran three teams after this season) but I need to do more investigation in the Midland Intermediate League and other youth leagues to prove this.