Rutland & District Football League
There appear to be two separate instances of the Rutland & District Football League. The first ran from 1907/08 until 1923/24, the second which was formed in 1930/31 ran until 1977/78, after which the league merged with the Melton & District Football League to form the Melton & Rutland District Football League.
Rutland & District League (1907 to 1924)
What do we know about this league ?
Most of the teams are known but I do not have any final tables, just a list of the champions of the league.
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1907/08 | Oakham Town | unknown |
| 1908/09 | Stamford Albion | unknown |
| 1909/10 | Oakham Town | unknown |
| 1910/11 | Oakham Town | unknown |
| 1911/12 | Oakham Town | Uppingham Town |
| 1912/13 | Stamford Town Reserves | unknown |
| 1913/14 | abandoned |
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920/21 | Ketton United | unknown |
| 1921/22 | Ryhall | Oakham Town |
| 1922/23 | Stamford Territorials | unknown |
| 1923/24 | unknown | unknown |
Rutland & District Football League (1930 to 1978)
What do we know about this league ?
There are large gaps in the 1960s where I don’t have information about which teams competed, let alone the winners or runners up of the league.
Some complete information in the 1970s as I do have some league handbooks but even there the tables do not add up correctly.
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930/31 | Exton | Belton |
| 1931/32 | Oakham Rovers | Exton |
| 1932/33 | Burley | unknown |
| 1933/34 | Exton | Burley |
| 1934/35 | Market Overton | Langham |
| 1935/36 | Oakham Rovers | Market Overton |
| 1936/37 | Burley | Market Overton |
| 1937/38 | Burley | North Luffenham |
| 1938/39 | unknown | unknown |
The league did not play for seven seasons due to the Second World War and started again in the 1946/47 season.
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1946/47 | Uppingham Town | Greetham |
| 1947/48 | Greetham | unknown |
| 1948/49 | Greetham | Market Overton |
| 1949/50 | Somerby Res | Uppingham Town |
| 1950/51 | Uppingham Town | unknown |
| 1951/52 | unknown | unknown |
| 1952/53 | unknown | unknown |
| 1953/54 | unknown | unknown |
| 1954/55 | Uppingham Town | Market Overton |
| 1955/56 | Market Overton | Somerby |
| 1956/57 | Market Overton | Whissendine |
| 1957/58 | Exton | Whissendine |
| 1958/59 | Somerby | Cottesmore |
| 1959/60 | unknown | unknown |
| 1960/61 | Ketton Cement | Empingham |
| 1961/62 | unknown | unknown |
| 1962/63 | unknown | unknown |
| 1963/64 | unknown | unknown |
| 1964/65 | Ridlington | unknown |
| 1965/66 | Ketton Cement | RAF North Luffenham |
For two seasons the Rutland & District League ran with two divisions.
| Division One | Division Two | |
|---|---|---|
| 1966/67 | RAF Cottesmore | unknown |
| 1967/68 | RAF Cottesmore | Exton United |
The league reverted back to a single division for the remaining seasons.
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1968/69 | RAF Cottesmore | unknown |
| 1969/70 | unknown | unknown |
| 1970/71 | Uppingham Town | RAF North Luffenham |
| 1971/72 | RAF North Luffenham | Cottesmore Amateurs |
| 1972/73 | Langham | Cottesmore Amateurs |
| 1973/74 | Langham | unknown |
| 1974/75 | Ashwell Athletic | unknown |
| 1975/76 | RAF North Luffenham | unknown |
| 1976/77 | unknown | unknown |
| 1977/78 | unknown | unknown |