Leicestershire Senior League 1978/79
Newly promoted Shepshed Charterhouse are champions.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Division One | Shepshed Charterhouse | Anstey Nomads |
| Division Two | Ibstock Penistone Rovers | Quorn |
| League Cup | Anstey Nomads | Shepshed Charterhouse |
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Leicester & District Football League
Narborough & Littlethorpe and Rolls-Royce Mountsorrel.
Wigston Town was formed by the merger of Midland Athletic (Leicestershire Senior League) and Wigston Council Old Boys (Leicester & District League). They took the place of Midland Athletic in Division Two.
Division One
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shepshed Charterhouse | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 15 | 49 | 47 |
| 2 | Anstey Nomads | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 18 | 45 | 43 |
| 3 | Friar Lane Old Boys | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 27 | 30 | 40 |
| 4 | Oadby Town | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 58 | 37 | 21 | 39 |
| 5 | Hinckley Town | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 37 | 22 | 38 |
| 6 | Stapenhill | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 37 |
| 7 | Wigston Fields | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Hillcroft | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 58 | -14 | 31 |
| 9 | Newfoundpool WMC | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Enderby Town Reserves | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 36 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Melton Town | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Birstall United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Thringstone | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 53 | -22 | 22 |
| 14 | Lutterworth Town | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 63 | -28 | 19 |
| 15 | Earl Shilton AlbionR | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 65 | -39 | 13 |
| 16 | Corby Town ReservesR | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 91 | -63 | 9 |
Division Two
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibstock Penistone RoversP | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 22 | 28 | 44 |
| 2 | QuornP | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 26 | 30 | 39 |
| 3 | Whetstone Athletic | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 38 |
| 4 | Houghton Rangers | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Rolls-Royce Mountsorrel | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 44 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Syston St. Peter’s | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | Wigston Town | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 30 |
| 8 | Victoria YMCA | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 28 |
| 9 | Harborough Town Imperial | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 27 |
| 10 | Narborough & Littlethorpe | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 48 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Sileby Town | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 56 | -11 | 22 |
| 12 | Thurmaston PWMC | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 47 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | Barwell Athletic | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 51 | -20 | 21 |
| 14 | Dainite Sports | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 71 | -36 | 17 |
| 15 | Barrow Old Boys | 28 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 81 | -60 | 9 |
- Wellington Victoria resigned from the league during the season.