Leicester & District League 1979/80

Desford Colliery win the league for the 4th time in a row.

Honours

	Winners	Runners Up
Premier Division	Desford Colliery	Leicestershire Constabulary
Division One	Welby Lane United	Frisby United
Division Two	Petfoods	Fleckney Athletic
Reserve Premier Division	Earl Shilton Town Reserves	Bentley Engineering Reserves
Reserve Division One	Welby Lane United Reserves	Burgess Products Reserves

Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:

From the Leicester & District Mutual Football League

Huncote Sports & Social (+Reserves).

From the Leicester City Football League

Apollo RTH (+Reserves).

From the Melton & Rutland District Football League

Welby Lane United Reserves.

The following new teams joined the league:

Burgess Products Reserves and Whissendine.

Cockspur Rum Premier Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Desford CollieryM	26	21	3	2	95	21	74	45
2	Leicestershire Constabulary (-2)	26	19	5	2	73	31	42	41
3	Anstey Town	26	17	5	4	65	31	34	39
4	Kegworth Rovers	26	18	2	6	84	40	44	38
5	New Parks Boys Club	26	13	3	10	63	51	12	29
6	Barlestone St. Giles	26	12	4	10	68	52	16	28
7	City Gas	26	12	4	10	64	62	2	28
8	British Shoe Corporation	26	11	5	10	52	53	-1	27
9	Uppingham Town	26	9	4	13	37	56	-19	22
10	Husbands Bosworth	26	6	4	16	39	77	-38	16
11	Earl Shilton Town	26	6	4	16	34	71	-37	16
12	Braunstone TownR	26	3	7	16	30	71	-41	13
13	Wigston Fields ‘A’R	26	5	2	19	37	73	-36	12
14	Bentley EngineeringR	26	2	4	20	30	78	-48	8

Burgess Products Division One

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Welby Lane UnitedP	22	15	3	4	89	37	52	33
2	Frisby UnitedP	22	15	2	5	62	35	27	32
3	Oakham TownP	22	12	5	5	51	34	17	29
4	Huncote Sports & SocialP	22	13	2	7	64	27	37	28
5	Loughborough Dynamo	22	14	0	8	67	48	19	28
6	Leicestershire Fire Services	22	11	3	8	65	51	14	25
7	Equity United	22	10	3	9	47	37	10	23
8	Blaby United	22	9	2	11	39	47	-8	20
9	Burgess Products	22	8	3	11	41	50	-9	19
10	Hinckley Nomads	22	8	1	13	41	46	-5	17
11	Cosby UnitedR	22	1	3	18	17	72	-55	5
12	Ibstock WelfareR	22	2	1	19	19	118	-99	5

NR Fitchett Homes Division Two

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	PetfoodsP	20	14	4	2	65	20	45	32
2	Fleckney AthleticP	20	13	5	2	69	30	39	31
3	Coventry Road SportsP	20	12	3	5	45	25	20	27
4	Heather St. JohnP	20	11	4	5	46	33	13	26
5	Apollo RTH	20	8	7	5	49	32	17	25
6	Whissendine	20	9	2	9	41	31	10	20
7	N. Corah	20	8	1	11	38	58	-20	17
8	Stoney Stanton	20	7	2	11	40	39	1	16
9	Countesthorpe United	20	6	3	11	49	68	-19	15
10	Asfordby	20	2	5	13	27	70	-43	9
11	Sapcote WMC	20	2	0	18	25	84	-59	4

Reserve Premier Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Earl Shilton Town Reserves	26	18	8	0	97	28	69	44
2	Bentley Engineering Reserves	26	18	6	2	77	34	43	42
3	British Shoe Corporation Reserves	26	15	7	4	76	45	31	37
4	City Gas Reserves	26	16	2	8	72	37	35	34
5	Anstey Town Reserves	26	14	6	6	64	44	20	34
6	New Parks Boys Club Reserves	26	12	4	10	78	57	21	28
7	Braunstone Town ReservesL	26	11	5	10	66	47	19	27
8	Uppingham Town Reserves	26	11	5	10	65	63	2	27
9	Coventry Road Sports Reserves	26	9	3	14	46	54	-8	21
10	Blaby United Reserves	26	8	3	15	43	67	-24	19
11	Stoney Stanton Reserves	26	6	5	15	43	79	-36	17
12	Oakham Town ReservesR	26	5	2	19	42	101	-59	12
13	Fleckney Athletic ReservesR	26	3	5	18	39	89	-50	11
14	Cosby United ReservesR	26	4	3	19	28	94	-66	11

Reserve Division One

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Welby Lane United ReservesP	22	17	2	3	78	27	51	36
2	Burgess Products ReservesP	22	15	4	3	66	33	33	34
3	Apollo RTH ReservesP	22	16	1	5	63	29	34	33
4	Petfoods ReservesP	22	14	3	5	57	22	35	31
5	Barlestone St. Giles Reserves	22	8	5	9	48	40	8	21
6	Hinckley Nomads Reserves	22	10	1	11	44	52	-8	21
7	Huncote Sports & Social Reserves	22	8	3	11	39	34	5	19
8	Equity United Reserves	22	9	0	13	39	58	-19	18
9	Loughborough Dynamo Reserves	22	5	6	11	38	59	-21	16
10	Countesthorpe United Reserves	22	6	1	15	38	71	-33	13
11	Husbands Bosworth Reserves	22	4	4	14	31	55	-24	12
12	Heather St. John Reserves	22	4	2	16	22	83	-61	10

• Ibstock Welfare Reserves resigned from the league some time during September or October (last known game was played on 8th September).

After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:

• Desford Colliery to the Leicestershire Senior League.

Braunstone Town Reserves also left the league.