Loughborough & District Amateur Football League
This league was formed in 1896, at the time when there was already a junior league serving the Loughborough area (the North Leicestershire League which was formed a year earlier). The Loughborough & District League quickly took over as one of the top junior leages in the county, regularly promoting teams to the Leicestershire Senior League.
The number of divisions grew to up to three but a decline set in during the 1920’s.
Two events saw the demise of this league, the first being the creation of the Loughborough & District Amateur Football Alliance in 1931/32, and the reforming of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1934/35, both of which saw teams move from the Loughborough & District Amateur League.
What do we know about this league ?
I have all the division winners, and I think I have all the teams who played in this league, but I’m missing quite a lot of final tables.
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | Hathern Victoria | – | – |
| 1897/98 | Hathern Victoria | – | – |
| 1898/99 | Whitwick White Cross | Loughborough Corinthians | – |
| 1899/00 | Hathern Victoria | Loughborough Forest Rovers | – |
| 1900/01 | Loughborough Emmanuel | Loughborough Havelock | – |
| 1901/02 | Barrow Rising Star | Loughborough Victoria | – |
| 1902/03 | Barrow Rising Star | Loughborough Corinthians Res | – |
| 1903/04 | Loughborough Emmanuel | Shepshed Albion | – |
| 1904/05 | Sileby Victoria | Quorn Excelsior | Hathern Victoria Res |
| 1905/06 | Loughborough Corinthians Res | Loughborough Mutuals | Loughborough Empress Works |
| 1906/07 | Castle Donington Town | Loughborough Amateurs | – |
| 1907/08 | Quorn Havelock | Woodhouse Imperial | – |
| 1908/09 | Castle Donington Town | Castle Donington Amateurs | Kegworth Victoria |
| 1909/10 | Castle Donington Town | Belton Villa | Hathern Excelsior |
| 1910/11 | Sileby Victoria | Kegworth Victoria | Loughborough St. Peter’s |
| 1911/12 | Sileby Victoria | Barrow Trinity | Mountsorrel United |
| 1912/13 | Sileby Victoria | Hathern Excelsior | Shepshed Amateurs |
| 1913/14 | Barrow Trinity | Shepshed Amateurs | Shepshed United |
| 1914/15 | Shepshed Albion Res | Hemington | – |
The league stopped for three seasons during the First World War and commenced again in the 1918/19 season.
| Division One | Division Two | Division Three | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918/19 | Mountsorrel St. Peter’s | Shepshed Athletic | – |
| 1919/20 | Quorn Havelock | Barrow Trinity Res | Loughborough Villa |
| 1920/21 | Barrow Trinity | Woodhouse Imperial | Hemington |
| 1921/22 | Barrow Trinity | Belton Villa | Sileby Institute Excelsior |
| 1922/23 | Barrow Trinity | Shepshed Amateurs | Sutton Bonington |
| 1923/24 | Barrow Trinity | Shepshed Athletic | – |
| 1924/25 | Barrow Trinity | Thorpe Albion | – |
| 1925/26 | Barrow Trinity | Loughborough Brush Works | – |
| 1926/27 | Belton Villa | Loughborough Red Triangle | – |
| 1927/28 | Belton Villa | Mountsorrel Athletic | – |
| 1928/29 | Belton Villa | – | – |
| 1929/30 | Belton Villa | – | – |
| 1930/31 | Belton Villa | Osgathorpe Victoria | – |
| 1931/32 | Belton Villa | Loughborough Brush Works Res | – |
| 1932/33 | Belton Villa | Hathern United | – |
| 1933/34 | Whitwick White Cross | – | – |