Lancashire League is a name used to refer to two different competitions in which clubs from Northern England have participated (and are now participating).
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Lancashire League (1889-1903)
Initially, the Lancashire League was founded in 1889 due to the success of the Football League , which appeared just a year earlier. The initiators of the creation of the new competition were representatives of Bury , who wanted the regional competition to help prepare local clubs for joining the Football League.
Although most of the clubs really represented Lancashire , the league also included several teams from neighboring Cheshire , Workington , representing Cumberland , played in the league for two seasons. He also made an application for joining the Yorkshire Doncaster Rovers League.
The league lasted fourteen years, and before the 1903/1904 season it became the Second Division of the Lancashire Combination . At that time, the stronger clubs of the two leagues played in the Lancashire League, and therefore several years later many of its teams became leaders of the Lancashire combination.
The Lancashire League included many clubs that later played in the Football League. Among them are Accrington Stanley , Bury , Blackpool , Crew Alexandra , Liverpool , Nelson, New Brighton Tower, Southport Central and Stockport County .
Champions of the Lancashire League (1889-1903)
| Season | |
|---|---|
| 1889/1890 | Hayer Walton |
| 1890/1891 | Take it |
| 1891/1892 | Take it |
| 1892/1893 | Liverpool |
| 1893/1894 | Blackpool |
| 1894/1895 | Fairfield |
| 1895/1896 | Nelson |
| 1896/1897 | Chorley |
| 1897/1898 | New Brighton Tower |
| 1898/1899 | Chorley |
| 1899/1900 | Stockport County |
| 1900/1901 | Stalibridge rovers |
| 1901/1902 | Darwen |
| 1902/1903 | Southport Central |
Lancashire League (since 1939)
The Second Lancashire League was founded in 1939 and still exists today. The league initially included youth teams from Lancashire clubs. However, after the first season, the tournament was canceled due to the outbreak of World War II . In 1949, the league was rebuilt and for the next almost fifty years it was a tournament, which was attended mainly by youth teams of clubs based in Lancashire . Most of the time, the league consisted of two divisions, although for several seasons in the late fifties there were even three divisions. Later, the reserve teams of some teams also joined the draw, however, since the Football League in the recent past has taken part in holding tournaments among youth teams, the Lancashire League is currently a competition for reserve teams of clubs that are not part of the Football League.