Leicester & District League 1976/77

Desford Colliery are the champions.

Honours

	Winners	Runners Up
Premier Division	Desford Colliery	Wigston Fields Reserves
Division One	Wigston Fields ‘A’	Narborough & Littlethorpe
Division Two	Magpie Old Boys	Uppingham Town
Reserve Premier Division	Wigston Council Old Boys Reserves	Hathern Reserves
Reserve Division One	Magpie Old Boys Reserves	Petfoods Reserves

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

From the Leicestershire Senior League

Holwell Works.

From the Leicester & District Mutual Football League

Blaby United (+Reserves) and Equity United (+Reserves).

From the Leicester City Football League

Magpie Old Boys (+Reserves).

From the Nuneaton & District Amateur Football League

Burbage Old Boys (+Reserves).

N.Corah (a successor to the previously disbanded St. Margaret’s Works), Burleigh Community College Reserves and Narborough & Littlethorpe Reserves also joined the league.

Name changes for this season

• Coventry Road Sports – previously Downes FC.
• Hinckley Nomads – previously Willowbank.

Premier Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Desford Colliery	30	25	2	3	115	26	89	52
2	Wigston Fields Reserves	30	20	6	4	83	27	56	46
3	Thurmaston PWMCM	30	19	3	8	91	39	52	41
4	Rolls-Royce & District	30	18	4	8	69	51	18	40
5	Kegworth Rovers	30	16	6	8	81	43	38	38
6	Wigston Council Old Boys	30	13	8	9	63	57	6	34
7	Holwell Works	30	11	12	7	54	50	4	34
8	Leicestershire Constabulary	30	13	7	10	63	43	20	33
9	Hathern	30	11	11	8	58	56	2	33
10	Sapcote United	30	12	4	14	63	76	-13	28
11	City Gas	30	11	5	14	56	64	-8	27
12	Earl Shilton Town	30	8	6	16	56	82	-26	22
13	PetfoodsR	30	9	4	17	48	83	-35	22
14	New Parks Boys ClubR	30	4	7	19	55	89	-34	15
15	Ibstock WelfareR	30	3	5	22	28	102	-74	11
16	Witherley UnitedM	30	0	4	26	17	112	-95	4

Division One

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wigston Fields ‘A’	26	19	4	3	104	31	73	42
2	Narborough & LittlethorpeP	26	19	4	3	82	31	51	42
3	Barlestone St. GilesP	26	20	2	4	87	33	54	42
4	Hinckley Athletic ReservesP	26	16	5	5	87	40	47	37
5	Burleigh Community CollegeP	26	13	6	7	51	49	2	32
6	Ravenhurst Casuals (-2)	26	13	5	8	77	68	9	29
7	Coventry Road Sports	26	9	9	8	67	43	24	27
8	Moira United	26	9	5	12	53	79	-26	23
9	Bentley Engineering	26	10	2	14	42	50	-8	22
10	Equity United	26	9	4	13	60	75	-15	22
11	Burgess Products	26	5	6	15	37	69	-32	16
12	Ashby Road SportsR	26	4	4	18	42	88	-46	12
13	Heather St. JohnR	26	4	3	19	37	92	-55	11
14	Countesthorpe UnitedR	26	1	3	22	22	100	-78	5

Division Two

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Magpie Old BoysP	28	24	3	1	113	22	91	51
2	Uppingham TownP	28	17	5	6	74	43	31	39
3	Burbage Old BoysP	28	17	4	7	76	44	32	38
4	Oakham UnitedP	28	16	5	7	65	39	26	37
5	Wildt & Co.P	28	14	7	7	73	49	24	35
6	Frisby UnitedP	28	15	5	8	62	42	20	35
7	Blaby United	28	14	4	10	73	63	10	32
8	British Shoe Corporation	28	12	7	9	71	57	14	31
9	Hinckley Nomads	28	12	4	12	64	65	-1	28
10	Loughborough Dynamo	28	11	5	12	41	49	-8	27
11	Bardon Hill Sports	28	9	4	15	52	53	-1	22
12	Asfordby	28	6	4	18	53	94	-41	16
13	Dunton BassettM	28	4	6	18	38	82	-44	14
14	Bagworth Colliery	28	5	2	21	52	104	-52	12
15	N. Corah	28	1	1	26	24	125	-101	3

Reserve Premier Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wigston Council Old Boys Reserves	30	23	1	6	93	32	61	47
2	Hathern Reserves	30	17	7	6	74	49	25	41
3	Leicestershire Constabulary Reserves	30	17	3	10	91	58	33	37
4	Holwell Works Reserves	30	14	8	8	70	53	17	36
5	Desford Colliery Reserves	30	15	4	11	71	55	16	34
6	Thurmaston PWMC ReservesM	30	13	7	10	67	63	4	33
7	City Gas Reserves	30	12	8	10	53	45	8	32
8	Rolls Royce & District Reserves	30	12	6	12	64	58	6	30
9	Ravenhurst Casuals Reserves (-2)	30	12	7	11	60	62	-2	29
10	New Parks Boys Club Reserves	30	12	5	13	59	64	-5	29
11	Coventry Road Sports Reserves	30	12	5	13	49	58	-9	29
12	Witherley United ReservesM	30	10	9	11	54	74	-20	29
13	Bentley Engineering ReservesR	30	8	4	18	43	68	-25	20
14	Wildt & Co. ReservesR	30	8	3	19	54	95	-41	19
15	Ashby Road Sports ReservesR	30	5	7	18	53	80	-27	17
16	Ibstock Welfare ReservesR	30	6	4	20	54	95	-41	16

Reserve Division One

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Magpie Old Boys ReservesP	30	24	5	1	115	26	89	53
2	Petfoods ReservesP	30	22	2	6	97	49	48	46
3	Narborough & Littlethorpe Reserves	30	17	8	5	103	50	53	42
4	Burgess Products Reserves	30	15	5	10	70	44	26	35
5	Burleigh Community College Reserves	30	12	10	8	71	51	20	34
6	Equity United Reserves	30	12	9	9	68	47	21	33
7	Dunton Bassett ReservesM	30	13	7	10	67	59	8	33
8	Blaby United Reserves	30	11	10	9	76	70	6	32
9	Earl Shilton Town Reserves (-2)	30	12	7	11	62	64	-2	29
10	Bardon Hill Sports Reserves	30	9	8	13	54	74	-20	26
11	Sapcote United ReservesR	30	9	7	14	49	67	-18	25
12	Barlestone St. Giles ReservesR	30	8	8	14	61	74	-13	24
13	Countesthorpe United ReservesR	30	9	3	18	62	79	-17	21
14	British Shoe Corporation ReservesR	30	6	6	18	47	73	-26	18
15	Heather St. John ReservesR	30	5	5	20	47	114	-67	15
16	Loughborough Dynamo ReservesR	30	4	4	22	38	146	-108	12

• Burbage Old Boys Reserves resigned resigned from the league during the season.

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

• Thurmaston PWMC to the Leicestershire Senior League.
• Thurmaston PWMC Reserves to the Leicestershire Football Combination.
• Dunton Bassett (+Reserves) to the Leicester City Football League.
• Witherley United (+Reserves) to the Nuneaton & District Amateur Football League.

From next season the league would run with three reserve divisions.