Leicestershire Senior League 1971/72
Friar Lane Old Boys win the league for the second season in a row.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Division One | Friar Lane Old Boys | Oadby Town |
| Division Two | Thringstone | Stapenhill |
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Leicester & District Football League
Barwell Athletic.
From the Loughborough & District Amateur Football Alliance
Thringstone.
Division One
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friar Lane Old Boys | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 27 | 82 | 56 |
| 2 | Oadby Town | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 77 | 25 | 52 | 45 |
| 3 | Blaby Old BoysL | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 41 | 27 | 40 |
| 4 | Newfoundpool WMC | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 40 | 24 | 38 |
| 5 | Midland Athletic | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 47 | 28 | 37 |
| 6 | Ibstock Penistone Rovers | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 51 | 11 | 34 |
| 7 | Jones & Shipman | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 32 |
| 8 | Northfield UnitedL | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Wigston Fields | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 53 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | Measham Social Welfare | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 25 |
| 11 | Cosby United | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 60 | -29 | 23 |
| 12 | Earl Shilton Albion | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 58 | -17 | 22 |
| 13 | Sileby Town | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 62 | -25 | 22 |
| 14 | Melton Old Grammarians | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 77 | -41 | 17 |
| 15 | Lutterworth TownR | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 94 | -58 | 16 |
| 16 | Whetstone AthleticR | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 38 | 74 | -36 | 12 |
Division Two
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ThringstoneP | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 140 | 27 | 113 | 54 |
| 2 | StapenhillP | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 46 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | St. Margaret’s WorksP | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 75 | 37 | 38 | 40 |
| 4 | Cotton SportsP | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 38 | 23 | 40 |
| 5 | Shepshed Albion | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 61 | 43 | 18 | 37 |
| 6 | Quorn | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 59 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Holwell Works | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 71 | 7 | 31 |
| 8 | Barrow Old Boys | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Barwell Athletic | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Wellington Victoria | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 45 | 72 | -27 | 26 |
| 11 | Leicester YMCA | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Bentley EngineeringM | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 52 | 62 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | English Electric Whetstone | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 73 | -44 | 21 |
| 14 | Midland Woodworkers | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 62 | -26 | 20 |
| 15 | Loughborough UniversityM | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 42 | 69 | -27 | 19 |
| 16 | Earl Shilton InstituteM | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 103 | -87 | 5 |
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Bentley Engineering to the Leicester & District Football League
- Earl Shilton Institute to the Nuneaton & District Amateur Football League
- Loughborough University to the Derbyshire Premier League
Blaby Old Boys and Northfield United both left the league after this season and disbanded.
Melton Old Grammarians and Midland Woodworkers merged after the end of the season to form Melton Town (who took the place of Melton Old Grammarians in Division One)