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and initially had 17 members.Ilkeston F.C.
Ilson Football However, after losing around a third of its members in 1935, the league was reduced to nine clubs. Although it gained an extra member for the 1936–37 season,
Non-League Matters the league folded in the summer of 1937.

List of champions

*1933–34: Nottingham Forest Reserves *1934–35: Heanor Town *1935–36: Ollerton Colliery *1936–37: Ollerton Colliery

Member clubs

* Bolsover Colliery (1933–1935; 1936–1937) * Burton Town Reserves (1935–1936) * Chesterfield 'A' (1933–1937) * Danesmoor Welfare (1936–1937) *

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(1933–1934) * Gresley Rovers (1933–1935) * Heanor Town (1933–1937) *Ilkeston (1933–1937) *

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(1933–1935) * Loughborough Corinthians (1933–1934) * Mansfield Town Reserves (1933–1936) *

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(1933–1935) * Newark Town (1933–1936) *North Derbyshire Ramblers (1936–1937) * Nottingham Forest Reserves (1933–1935) * Ollerton Colliery (1934–1937) *

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(1933–1935) * Ripley Town & Athletic (1933–1937) * Staveley Welfare (1936–1937) * Sutton Junction (1933–1934) * Sutton Town (1933–1937) *

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(1933–1935)

References

{{reflist Defunct football leagues in England 1933 establishments in England 1937 disestablishments in England