Leicestershire Senior League 1946/47
Gresley Rovers & Moira United are champions.
Honours
| Winners | Runners Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Central Division | Gresley Rovers | Anstey MM |
| Western Division | Moira United | Measham Imperial |
For this season the league was split into two separate divisions, (very) loosly based on the geographical location of the clubs (I’m not sure how the Melton based teams ended up in the Western Division while Gresley Rovers & Coalville Town were in the Central Division !)
Before the start of the season the following teams moved to the league:
From the Coalville & District Amateur Football League
Moira United and Whitwick Colliery.
From the Kettering & District Amateur Football League
Kettering Town Reserves and Market Harborough Sports.
From the Loughborough & District Amateur Football Alliance
Barrow Old Boys, Quorn Methodists and Shepshed Albion.
From the South Derbyshire Football League
Overseal Institute.
Anstey MM (Formed by the merger of pre-war teams Anstey Methodists & Anstey St Mary’s) and Sileby British Legion were newly formed clubs.
Measham Imperial previously played in the league in 1939/40 and Whitwick White Cross previously played in the league in 1941/42 but neither had played since then during the war years.
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Reserves also joined the league.
Central Division
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gresley Rovers | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 45 | 77 | 36 |
| 2 | Anstey MM | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 85 | 54 | 31 | 31 |
| 3 | Kettering Town ReservesM | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 99 | 50 | 49 | 29 |
| 4 | Brush SportsM | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 56 | 34 | 29 |
| 5 | Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Reserves | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 46 | 15 | 26 |
| 6 | Quorn Methodists | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Coalville Town | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 61 | 84 | -23 | 17 |
| 8 | Morris Sports | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 55 | 82 | -27 | 16 |
| 9 | Market Harborough SportsL | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 64 | 89 | -25 | 16 |
| 10 | Holwell Works | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 73 | -25 | 15 |
| 11 | Pegson’s | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 53 | 105 | -52 | 13 |
| 12 | Ellistown Colliery | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 47 | 102 | -55 | 11 |
Western Division
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moira United | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 30 | 73 | 31 |
| 2 | Measham Imperial | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 36 | 31 | 28 |
| 3 | Overseal Institute | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 54 | 43 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Sileby British Legion | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 59 | -7 | 19 |
| 5 | Shepshed Albion | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 57 | 69 | -12 | 19 |
| 6 | Midland Woodworkers | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Melton Town | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 64 | -27 | 15 |
| 8 | Barrow Old Boys | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Whitwick Colliery | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 66 | -33 | 10 |
| 10 | Whitwick White Cross | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 76 | -45 | 7 |
- Central Ordnance Depot Old Dalby resigned from the league mid-season.
After the season finished the following teams moved from the league:
- Brush Sports to the United Counties League
- Kettering Town Reserves to the United Counties League
Market Harborough Sports disbanded at the end of the season.