football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league in England, covering the
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Li ...
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History
The league was established in 1911 with twelve clubs, most of which had previously been members of the Notts & Derbyshire League; Derby County Reserves,
Grantham
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, Grantham Avenue, Ilkeston United, Long Eaton St Helens, Mansfield Mechanics,
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...
World War I
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the league was played in two series in 1915–16, with the nine clubs playing each other once; however, three clubs dropped out before the second series, and the remaining six only played nine or ten matches before the league was abandoned. It restarted in 1919–20. However, at the end of the 1924–25 season the league was dissolved, with five clubs joining the
Midland League
The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid.
History
Th ...
Leicestershire Senior League
The Leicestershire Senior League (currently sponsored by Everards Brewery) is a football competition based in Leicestershire, England.
History
The league was formed in 1896, had a two-year hiatus between 1901 and 1903, and has run continuously ...
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In 1947 the league was re-established with 14 clubs.The Central Alliance 1947–1962 Non-League Matters By 1950 it had expanded to the extent that a second division was added. A third division was added in 1956, with Division One split into North and South sections, above Division Two. This system remained in place until 1961 when several clubs moved to the reformed Midland League, and the league reverted to two divisions, a Premier Division and Division One. The following season Division One was divided into A and B sections. Non-League Matters However, the two were combined for the 1963–64 season.
The league lost all but four of its Premier Division clubs to the new