Leicestershire Senior League 1953/54
Anstey Nomads win the league again.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Division One | Anstey Nomads | Leicester City ‘A’ |
| Division Two | Shepshed Albion | Ibstock Penistone Rovers |
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Loughborough & District Amateur Football Alliance
Sileby Town.
From the South Leicestershire Football League
Earl Shilton Albion.
Whitwick Colliery Reserves rejoined the league again after a one year absence (they either didn’t play last year or I have not been able to trace them)
Division One
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anstey Nomads | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 53 | 69 | 48 |
| 2 | Leicester City ‘A’ | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 95 | 48 | 47 | 42 |
| 3 | Bentley Engineering | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 45 | 26 | 40 |
| 4 | Moira United | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 93 | 63 | 30 | 38 |
| 5 | Rugby Town ReservesM | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 84 | 52 | 32 | 37 |
| 6 | Earl Shilton Institute | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 103 | 78 | 25 | 33 |
| 7 | Oadby Town | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 58 | 14 | 33 |
| 8 | Measham Imperial | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 67 | 51 | 16 | 30 |
| 9 | Leicester Amateurs | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 78 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | Syston St. Peter’s | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 63 | 80 | -17 | 27 |
| 11 | Holwell Works | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 83 | 79 | 4 | 26 |
| 12 | Burgess Products | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 59 | 85 | -26 | 23 |
| 13 | Hinckley Athletic ReservesL | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 50 | 96 | -46 | 22 |
| 14 | Loughborough Colleges | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 87 | -17 | 21 |
| 15 | QuornR | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 53 | 100 | -47 | 16 |
| 16 | Enderby TownR | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 53 | 111 | -58 | 14 |
Division Two
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shepshed AlbionP | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 26 | 109 | 54 |
| 2 | Ibstock Penistone RoversP | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 110 | 35 | 75 | 47 |
| 3 | Desford CollieryP | 28 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 95 | 38 | 57 | 42 |
| 4 | Midland Woodworkers | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 141 | 52 | 89 | 41 |
| 5 | Barrow Old Boys | 28 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 88 | 72 | 16 | 35 |
| 6 | Cosby United | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 94 | 55 | 39 | 32 |
| 7 | Barwell Athletic | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 80 | 71 | 9 | 31 |
| 8 | Ellistown Colliery | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 69 | 53 | 16 | 29 |
| 9 | Stoney Stanton | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 65 | -12 | 27 |
| 10 | Morris Sports | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 64 | 59 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Whitwick Colliery Reserves | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 87 | -33 | 21 |
| 12 | Sileby Town | 28 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 37 | 103 | -66 | 11 |
| 13 | Earl Shilton Albion | 28 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 50 | 140 | -90 | 10 |
| 14 | Leicester NomadsL | 28 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 50 | 143 | -93 | 10 |
| 15 | Oakham Town | 28 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 49 | 154 | -105 | 8 |
- Leicester YMCA resigned from the league pre-season.
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Rugby Town Reserves to the Warwickshire Combination
Hinckley Athletic Reserves left the league. They rejoined the Senior League in 1956/57 but I’m unsure if they played any league football for the two seasons in between.
Leicester Nomads disbanded at the end of the season.