A supplementary football league is an
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
competition set up by clubs which are already members of more senior leagues to give the clubs a larger fixture list and fill in "spare" Saturdays which were not being used for cup-ties or league games.
In England
The
United League existed as a supplementary league in London and the south-east of England between 1896 and 1902 and again from 1905 until 1909.
In Scotland
A number of supplementary leagues were created in the early days of organised football in Scotland by
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...
clubs as, with only 10 member clubs each playing just 18 games per season, there were plenty of spare Saturdays to fill. The gradual expansion of the Scottish League after 1900 eventually killed these off.
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Edinburgh / East of Scotland League
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Glasgow League
*Glasgow & District Midweek League
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Glasgow & West of Scotland League
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Inter City League
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Inter City Midweek League
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Inter County League
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Lanarkshire League
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Renfrewshire League
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Scottish County League
See also
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List of defunct leagues in Scotland
References
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External links
SCOTTISH LEAGUESScottish Football Historical Archive.
Defunct football leagues in Scotland
Defunct football leagues in England