The Lincolnshire Football League is an
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football
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league. The league has one division, which stands at level 11 of the
English football league system
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).
History
The League runs a representative side that compete in the
FA Inter League Cup. In their first venture into the competition, they reached the quarter-final stage where they lost to the Cheshire League. In the 2012–13 campaign, they also lost in the quarter-finals to the
Humber Premier League
The Humber Premier League is a football competition for clubs in the East Riding of Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire areas of England.
History
The league was formed in 2000. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its ex ...
.
In May 2017 the Lincolnshire League became a member of the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
and initially
National League System (NLS) following the FA elevating it to Step 7 status (level 11 overall),
which was abolished in 2020 and the league redesignated as an NLS feeder, subject to the league champions having the necessary ground grading and desire to do so. Clubs had, in recent years, moved up to the
Northern Counties East Football League
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,
Central Midlands League
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and the
United Counties League
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.
Current member clubs (2022–23)
*
Appleby Frodingham
*
Barton Town Reserves
*
Brigg Town CIC
* Cleethorpes Town Reserves
* Crowle Colts
*
Grimsby Borough Reserves
*
Horncastle Town
*
Immingham Town
* Keelby United (Sat)
*
Lincoln Moorlands Railway AFC
*
Lincoln United
Lincoln United Football Club is a football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Ashby Avenue. Nicknamed the Whites after their home kit colours, they have played at Ashby Avenue since th ...
Development
*
Louth Town
*
Nettleham
Nettleham is a large village and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, north-east from the city of Lincoln between the A46 and A158.
The population of the civil parish was 3,437 at the 2011 census.
History ...
(Sat)
* Nunsthorpe (Sat)
*
Skegness Town Reserves
* Sleaford Town Rangers
* Tetney Rovers
* Wyberton
Champions
References
External links
Lincolnshire Football League at FA Full Time{{Men's football in England
Football leagues in England
Football in Lincolnshire