Leicester & District League 1975/76

Wigston COB win the league.

Honours

	Winners	Runners Up
Premier Division	Wigston Council Old Boys	Desford Colliery
Division One	Sapcote United	Wigston Fields ‘A’
Division Two	Syston St. Peter’s	Hillcroft Reserves
Reserve Premier Division	Wigston Council Old Boys Reserves	Thurmaston PWMC Reserves
Reserve Division One	Syston St. Peter’s Reserves	Ashby Road Sports Reserves

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

From the Coalville & District Amateur Football League

North Leicestershire Miners Welfare.

From the Leicester & District Mutual Football League

Ravenhurst Casuals (+Reserves).

From the Leicester City Football League

Wildt & Co. (+Reserves).

From the Melton Mowbray & District Amateur Football League

Oakham United and Petfoods Reserves.

Syston St. Peter’s who were formed by the merger of Syston Imperial and Syston Town (from the Mutual League) also joined the league.

Premier Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wigston Council Old Boys	30	27	3	0	112	24	88	57
2	Desford Colliery	30	23	3	4	108	33	75	49
3	Wigston Fields Reserves	30	21	3	6	73	28	45	45
4	Thurmaston PWMC	30	21	1	8	95	42	53	43
5	City Gas	30	16	3	11	69	63	6	35
6	Leicestershire Constabulary	30	13	6	11	50	58	-8	32
7	Witherley United	30	15	2	13	67	64	3	32
8	Rolls-Royce & District	30	11	9	10	78	60	18	31
9	Hathern	30	9	6	15	58	82	-24	24
10	New Parks Boys Club	30	9	5	16	48	75	-27	23
11	Petfoods	30	8	5	17	55	83	-28	21
12	Kegworth Rovers	30	7	7	16	51	84	-33	21
13	DownesR	30	8	5	17	44	76	-32	21
14	Whetstone Athletic ReservesM	30	8	4	18	36	74	-38	20
15	Quorn ReservesM	30	5	6	19	47	83	-36	16
16	Countesthorpe UnitedR	30	3	4	23	33	95	-62	10

Division One

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sapcote UnitedP	28	17	9	2	78	42	36	43
2	Wigston Fields ‘A’	28	18	3	7	81	41	40	39
3	Ibstock WelfareP	28	16	4	8	56	38	18	36
4	Earl Shilton TownP	28	16	2	10	58	49	9	34
5	Bentley Engineering	28	13	6	9	65	49	16	32
6	Ashby Road Sports	28	13	5	10	42	42	0	31
7	Barlestone St. Giles	28	13	4	11	66	57	9	30
8	Heather St. John	28	10	6	12	58	59	-1	26
9	Sileby Town ReservesM	28	10	6	12	55	61	-6	26
10	Hinckley Athletic Reserves	28	10	5	13	45	54	-9	25
11	Burgess Products	28	10	4	14	45	49	-4	24
12	Moira United	28	9	5	14	58	60	-2	23
13	Bagworth CollieryR	28	9	5	14	55	65	-10	23
14	Holwell Works ReservesR	28	7	2	19	43	89	-46	16
15	Dunton BassettR	28	3	6	19	32	82	-50	12

Division Two

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Syston St. Peter’sM	28	27	1	0	117	21	96	55
2	Hillcroft ReservesM	28	22	5	1	101	30	71	49
3	Ravenhurst CasualsP	28	15	8	5	86	50	36	38
4	Narborough & LittlethorpeP	28	15	3	10	79	52	27	33
5	Burleigh Community CollegeP	28	13	5	10	69	54	15	31
6	British Shoe Corporation	28	12	5	11	88	67	21	29
7	Bardon Hill Sports Club	28	10	8	10	70	65	5	28
8	Wildt & Co.	28	10	6	12	58	63	-5	26
9	Oakham United	28	10	5	13	44	55	-11	25
10	Uppingham Town	28	9	6	13	52	69	-17	24
11	Frisby United	28	11	2	15	50	73	-23	24
12	Asfordby	28	8	6	14	68	96	-28	22
13	North Leicestershire Miners WelfareM	28	5	5	18	40	88	-48	15
14	Loughborough Dynamo	28	4	3	21	27	83	-56	11
15	Willowbank	28	3	4	21	30	113	-83	10

• Ellistown Colliery resigned from the league during the season (they reformed again for the 1977/78 season in the North Leicestershire Football League).

Reserve Premier Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wigston Council Old Boys Reserves	26	23	1	2	97	31	66	47
2	Thurmaston PWMC Reserves	26	20	1	5	91	45	46	41
3	Witherley United Reserves	26	18	1	7	96	44	52	37
4	Desford Colliery Reserves	26	15	7	4	75	39	36	37
5	New Parks Boys Club Reserves	26	12	5	9	69	54	15	29
6	City Gas Reserves	26	12	5	9	51	49	2	29
7	Hathern Reserves	26	10	7	9	57	64	-7	27
8	Rolls-Royce & District Reserves (-2)	26	10	6	10	57	53	4	24
9	Ibstock Welfare Reserves	26	11	0	15	60	70	-10	22
10	Downes Reserves	26	7	6	13	45	53	-8	20
11	Leicestershire Constabulary Reserves	26	7	4	15	61	80	-19	18
12	Sapcote United ReservesR	26	6	3	17	32	89	-57	15
13	Burgess Products ReservesR	26	1	9	16	30	72	-42	11
14	Countesthorpe United ReservesR	26	1	3	22	29	107	-78	5

Reserve Division One

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Syston St. Peter’s ReservesM	24	20	3	1	104	22	82	43
2	Ashby Road Sports ReservesP	24	15	4	5	79	36	43	34
3	Bentley Engineering ReservesP	24	15	2	7	62	31	31	32
4	Wildt & Co. ReservesP	24	13	6	5	76	39	37	32
5	Ravenhurst Casuals Reserves (-2)P	24	15	3	6	78	46	32	31
6	Petfoods Reserves	24	13	3	8	74	36	38	29
7	Earl Shilton Town Reserves	24	10	3	11	43	43	0	23
8	Heather St. John Reserves	24	10	2	12	47	87	-40	22
9	Barlestone St. Giles Reserves	24	6	5	13	33	58	-25	17
10	Bardon Hill Sports Reserves	24	3	9	12	41	58	-17	15
11	British Shoe Corporation Reserves	24	4	3	17	37	68	-31	11
12	Loughborough Dynamo Reserves	24	4	3	17	26	92	-66	11
13	Dunton Bassett Reserves	24	4	2	18	25	109	-84	10

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

• Syston St. Peter’s to the Leicestershire Senior League.
• Hillcroft Reserves, Quorn Reserves, Sileby Town Reserves, Syston St. Peter’s Reserves and Whetstone Athletic Reserves to the Leicestershire Football Combination.
• North Leicestershire Miners Welfare to the North Leicestershire Football League.

Name changes for next season

• Downes FC became Coventry Road Sports.
• Willowbank became Hinckley Nomads.