Loughborough & District Amateur Football Alliance / North Leicestershire Football League
The Loughborough & District Amateur Alliance was formed at the start of the 1931/32 season, at a time when there were already two established football leagues in the Loughborough area, the Loughborough & District Football League and the Loughborough & District Sunday School League.
From the newspaper article below it seemed that there were a number of clubs from the Loughborough area who were not in leagues.
NEW LOUGHBORO’ LEAGUE
Leicester Evening Mail, Thursday 3rd September 1931
Eight Clubs Attend the Inaugural Meeting
It is hoped that a new Association football league, formed at the Loughborough Adult School, last night, will absorb many of the clubs in Loughborough and district which at present do not operate in competitive football.
The league will be known as the Loughborough and District Alliance.
Mr. D. Stocker presided over a representation of eight clubs, which figure, it is expected, will be augumented before next Wednesday, the closing date for application for membership.
A nominal entrance fee of 2s. 6d. a team was fixed and it was agreed that the treasurer, Mr. F. Edgington, should be allowed to call upon teams for a further shilling should the funds become exhausted.
OFFICIALS
So far as could be seen, however, the expenses would not necessitate the request for this extra sum.
Mr. Arthur Freeman was elected secretary and Mr. J. Layfield was appointed to the executive committee. Members of the executive committee and other officers are to be elected later.
A meeting is to be held in Loughborough Adult School on Wednesday, September 9, when fixtures will be arranged and rules formulated.
Clubs which were represented last night are: Willowbrook, Loughborough Athletic, Hathern United Reserves, Shelthorpe Reserves, Ibstock Rovers, Loughborough Rovers, Loughborough West End and the Corporation Electricity Department.
Initially the league started off with one division but quickly added a second and third before the start of the Second World War.
The Loughborough Alliance was one of the few leagues in the county to continue playing football during the war years and only stopped for a single season in 1941/42.
After the war the league contained four divisions until it was restructured in the 1972/73 season, also changing its name to the North Leicestershire Football League.
It absorbed the Coalville & District League in 1975 and grew to five divisions shortly after.
Team numbers declined from 2013/14 until the final season of when only two divisions existed. After this season it was decided to merge with the Leicester & District League to form the Leicestershire County Football League.
What do we know about this league ?
I have all the teams that competed plus all division winners apart from the 1946/47 season. There are quite a few seasons where I don’t have all the final league positions.
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931/32 | Kingston & District | – | – |
| 1932/33 | Shepshed Imperial | Loughborough Rovers | – |
| 1933/34 | Quorn Methodists | Loughborough Bedouins | – |
| 1934/35 | Hathern United | Loughborough North End | – |
| 1935/36 | Quorn Methodists | – | – |
| 1936/37 | Quorn Methodists | Beacon Sports | – |
| 1937/38 | Sileby Old Boys | Clarence Sports Club | – |
| 1938/39 | Sileby Old Boys | Beacon Sports | Shepshed Swifts |
| 1939/40 | Whitwick Holy Cross | Hathern United | Sileby Rangers |
| 1940/41 | Barrow Old Boys | – | – |
No competition for the 1941/42 season due to the Second World War. During the war the league ran with a single division, which in 1946/47 was split on a regional North/South basis.
| Champions | |
|---|---|
| 1942/43 | RAOC Stanford Park |
| 1943/44 | Quorn Methodists |
| 1944/45 | Quorn Methodists |
| 1945/46 | Thringstone Imperial |
| 1946/47 | unknown |
| 1947/48 | North – Thringstone Imperial South – Sileby British Legion Res |
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948/49 | Thringstone Imperial | Hathern United | – | – |
| 1949/50 | Thringstone Imperial | Rosebery Street Youth Club | – | – |
| 1950/51 | Loughborough College AFC Res | Loughborough British Legion | St. Mary’s | – |
| 1951/52 | Quorn Methodists Res | St. Mary’s | Shelthorpe Vics | St. Mary’s Res |
| 1952/53 | Quorn Res | Shepshed Amateurs | Shelthorpe Social Club | Shepshed Parish Church |
| 1953/54 | Holwell Works Res | Shelthorpe Social Club | Shepshed Parish Church | Loughborough YMCA |
| 1954/55 | Shelthorpe Social Club | Cotton Sports | Glenmore Rangers Res | – |
| 1955/56 | Loughborough College AFC Res | Yeates SC | Brush Colts | – |
| 1956/57 | Glenmore Rangers | Loughborough College of FE | Mountsorrel Amateurs | – |
| 1957/58 | Glenmore Rangers | Glenmore Rangers Res | Genatosan Sports | – |
| 1958/59 | Glenmore Rangers | Mountsorrel Amateurs | Falcon Swifts | Morris Apprentices |
| 1959/60 | Glenmore Rangers | Fisons Sports | Loughborough Dynamo | Sileby Town ‘A’ |
| 1960/61 | Glenmore Rangers | Shepshed Swifts | Loughborough Wanderers | Wills & Hepworth |
| 1961/62 | Glenmore Rangers | Brush Amateurs | Wymeswold | Shepshed Albion HL |
| 1962/63 | Shepshed Amateurs | Cossington | Sileby Town ‘A’ | Shelthorpe Social Club Res |
| 1963/64 | Cotton Sports | Phoenix Sports | Belton Villa | Woodhouse Imperial |
| 1964/65 | Loughborough Dynamo | Belton Villa | Woodhouse Imperial | Moss Sports |
| 1965/66 | Loughborough College of Tech | Thringstone Miners Welfare | Loughborough Rovers | Loughborough WMC |
| 1966/67 | Cotton Sports | Kings Athletic | Loughborough WMC | Hathern |
| 1967/68 | Thringstone Miners Welfare | Loughborough Rovers | Hathern | Castle Donington Town Res |
| 1968/69 | Thringstone Miners Welfare | Hathern | Thringstone Miners Welfare Res | George Braunds Ltd. Res |
| 1969/70 | Loughborough Colleges Res | Thringstone Miners Welfare Res | Thorpe Wanderers | Rolls Royce Mountsorrel Res |
| 1970/71 | Thringstone Miners Welfare | Thringstone Miners Welfare Res | Belton Villa Res | Shepshed Albion HL |
| 1971/72 | Belton Villa | Loughborough Colleges ‘A’ | Rolls Royce Mountsorrel | Loughborough Rovers Res |
Name changed to North Leicestershire Football League.
| Premier Division | Division One | Reserve Premier | Reserve One | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972/73 | Quorn Hall | Wills & Hepworth | Loughborough Colleges ‘A’ | Brush Amateurs Res |
| Premier Division | Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973/74 | Belton Villa | Belton Villa Res | Thringstone ‘A’ | Ingles | – |
| 1974/75 | Loughborough Colleges Res | Belton Villa Res | Ingles | Pegsons Res | – |
| 1975/76 | Belton Villa | – Belton Villa Res – Markfield Rovers | Quorn Park Rangers | Markfield Rovers Res | – |
| 1976/77 | Pegsons | Coalville Town | Markfield Rovers Res | Thornton | – |
| 1977/78 | Pegsons | Morris Sports | Sileby Saints | Coalville Park Rangers | – |
| 1978/79 | Markfield Rovers | Cotton Sports | Bardon Hill Sports | Morris Sports Res | Bardon Hill Sports Res |
| 1979/80 | Markfield Rovers | Old Edwardians | Corinthians | Thorpe Acre | Shepshed Athletic Res |
| 1980/81 | Markfield Rovers | Quorn Park Rangers | Thorpe Acre | Bagworth Colliery | Lodge Farm YC |
| 1981/82 | Belton Villa | Thorpe Acre | Shepshed Athletic | Lodge Farm YC | Quorn Park Rangers Res |
| 1982/83 | Thorpe Acre | Shepshed Athletic | Lodge Farm YC | Coleorton | Thorpe Acre Res |
| 1983/84 | Bardon Hill Sports | Lodge Farm YC | Coleorton | Thorpe Acre Res | Shepshed Athletic Res |
| 1984/85 | Lodge Farm YC | Old Dalby Coronation | Lodge Farm YC Res | Golden Fleece Rams | Hillside Rangers |
| 1985/86 | Lodge Farm YC | Phoenix Sports | Corinthians | Ravenstone Res | Bagworth Colliery Res |
| 1986/87 | Lodge Farm YC | G&D United | Sammy’s Res | Fisons Sports | G&D United Res |
| 1987/88 | Lodge Farm YC | Bagworth Colliery | Ellistown Colliery | Mountsorrel Amateurs | Mountsorrel Amateurs Res |
| 1988/89 | Ravenstone | Hillside Rangers | Mountsorrel Amateurs | Beavers Lodge | Loughborough Dynamo ‘A’ |
| 1989/90 | Ravenstone | Wheatsheaf | G&D United Res | Ellistown Colliery Res | Soar Valley Swifts |
| 1990/91 | Wheatsheaf | G&D United Res | Schlegel UK | Loughborough Dynamo ‘A’ | Schlegel UK Res |
| 1991/92 | Hillside Rangers | Loughborough Town | Shepshed Amateurs | Blackbird Res | Loughborough Town Res |
| 1992/93 | Ingles | Three Horse Shoes | Loughborough Dynamo ‘A’ | Old Edwardians Res | Groby |
| 1993/94 | Hillside Rangers | West End United | Charnwood Sportsmen | Loughborough Town Res | Rockhouse Rovers |
| 1994/95 | Ashby Ivanhoe | Hathern Three Crowns | Loughborough Town Res | East Leake Albion | Shepshed Amateurs Res |
| 1995/96 | Ingles | Woodhouse Imperial | Ashby Ivanhoe Res | Measham Imperial Res | Hathern Three Crowns Res |
| 1996/97 | Ashby Ivanhoe | Ashby Ivanhoe Res | Markfield Red Lion | Shelthorpe Kings Church | Pegg’s Green Res |
| 1997/98 | Hillside Rangers | Ashby Ivanhoe Res | Measham Imperial | Groby | Crown & Cushion |
| 1998/99 | Ashby Ivanhoe | Measham Imperial | Shelthorpe Kings Church | Dynamo Roshal | Azzurri |
| 1999/00 | Hathern | Shelthorpe Kings Church | Pegg’s Green | Azzurri | FC Ricks |
| 2000/01 | Sileby United WMC | Kegworth Town | Ravenstone | FC Ricks | East Leake Villa |
| 2001/02 | Hathern | Azzurri | Astrazeneca R&D Charnwood | East Leake Villa | Peacock United |
| 2002/03 | Ashby Ivanhoe | New Inn Woodville | East Leake Villa | Newbold Jubilee | Sileby United WMC Res |
| 2003/04 | Hathern | Dynamo Roshall | Sileby Saints | Sutton Bonington | Anstey Town ‘A’ |
| 2004/05 | Hathern | Sileby Saints | Loughborough Dynamo ‘A’ | The Railway | Lithuanian-Scandinavian |
| 2005/06 | Hathern | Genesis | Radmoor | Lithuanian-Scandinavian | 3M Loughborough |
| 2006/07 | Sileby Saints | Radmoor | Newbold Jubilee | Kegworth Imperial | Ingles Res |
| 2007/08 | FC Dynamo | Caterpillar | Whitwick Wanderers | The Railway EWM | Greenhill YC |
| 2008/09 | Melton Mowbray Building Society | Falcons | Birstall Old Boys | Ingles Reserves | Whitwick Wanderers Res |
| 2009/10 | Caterpillar | Birstall Old Boys | Bagworth Colliery | Greenhill Youth Club | Markfield ‘A’ |
| 2010/11 | Sileby Saints | East Leake Athletic | Greenhill Youth Club | Coalville Labour Club | Shepshed Amateurs Res |
| 2011/12 | Falcons | Greenhill Youth Club | ATI Garryson | Ferrari | Anstey Crown Res |
| 2012/13 | Anstey Town | Loughborough | Whitwick White Horse | Loughborough United | Shelthorpe |
| 2013/14 | Ingles | Shelthorpe | Ravenstone United | Mountsorrel Amateurs Res | – |
| 2014/15 | Shelthorpe Dynamo | Ravenstone United | Sileby WMC | Shepshed Amateurs | – |
| 2015/16 | Ravenstone United | Bottesford | Birstall Old Boys | Sporting Markfield | – |
| 2016/17 | Caterpillar | Wymeswold | Kegworth Imperial | FC Polonia | – |
| 2017/18 | Greenhill Youth Club | Shelthorpe Dynamo | Market Bosworth | Wymeswold Res | – |
| 2018/19 | Greenhill Youth Club | Shepshed Amateurs | Wymeswold Res | Sporting Markfield Res | – |
| 2019/20 | East Leake Robins | Quorn Rangers | – | – | – |