The Lincolnshire Football League is an English football league. The league has one division, which stands at level 11 of the English football league system).
History
There are records of a Lincolnshire football league taking place as early as the 1884–1885 season but before the Second World War the league had several different formats, including being a reserve league for Football League clubs in Lincolnshire from 1933 to 1939.
The league officially formed at the start of the 1948–49, following a proposal from Grimsby Town Football club back in 1947 to create a county wide league offering a higher level of football than the Grimsby Football League.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001121/19470417/003/0003 Discussions took place throughout the football season and the league was formed on Monday 2 February 1948 with 14 clubs initially joining.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001520/19480207/176/0008
The league also ran a "Lincolnshire Premier Division" from 1961 to 1968 again catering for Reserve sides of Football League Clubs.https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3EE/Linc48.html
The League runs a representative side that competes 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.
In May 2017 the Lincolnshire League became a member of the English football league system 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, Central Midlands League and the United Counties League.
Member clubs (2026–27) Barton Town Reserves Bottesford Town Reserves Brigg Town Reserves Cleethorpes Town Reserves Fulbeck United Grimsby Borough Reserves Horncastle Town Lincoln Moorlands Railway Lincoln United Development Louth Town Reserves Nettleham (Sat) Skegness Town Reserves Sleaford Town Development Spilsby Town Wyberton
Champions Season Champions 1948–49 Alford United 1949–50 Brigg Town 1950–51 Alford United 1951–52 Skegness Town 1952–53 Grimsby Town A 1953–54 Brigg Town 1954–55 Gainsborough Trinity Reserves 1955–56 Skegness Town 1956–57 Ashby Institute 1957–58 Louth United 1958–59 Grimsby Borough Police 1959–60 Grimsby Borough Police 1960–61 Barton Town 1961–62 Grimsby Borough Police 1962–63 Appleby Frodingham 1963–64 Lincoln United 1964–65 Boston United 1965–66 Ashby Institute 1966–67 Louth United 1967–68 Louth United 1968–69 Brigg Town 1969–70 Brigg Town 1970–71 Brigg Town 1971–72 Brigg Town 1972–73 Louth United 1973–74 Brigg Town 1974–75 Ruston Buycrus 1975–76 Brigg Town 1976–77 Appleby Frodingham 1977–78 Appleby Frodingham 1978–79 Drewery Sports Grimsby 1979–80 Gainsborough United 1980–81 Sleaford Town 1981–82 Hykeham Town 1982–83 Ross Sports 1983–84 Ross Sports 1984–85 Skegness Town 1985–86 Louth United 1986–87 Louth United 1987–88 Ruston Sports 1988–89 Ruston Sports 1989–90 Bottesford Town 1990–91 Bottesford Town 1991–92 Bottesford Town 1992–93 Humberside United 1993–94 Appleby Frodingham 1994–95 Wyberton 1995–96 Lincoln United Colts 1996–97 Barton Town Old Boys 1997–98 Lincoln United Reserves 1998–99 Limestone Rangers 1999–00 Boston United Reserves 2000–01 Grantham Town Reserves 2001–02 Lincoln United Reserves 2002–03 Grimsby Amateurs 2003–04 Sleaford Town 2004–05 Wyberton 2005–06 Hykeham Town 2006–07 Skegness Town 2007–08 Skegness Town 2008–09 CGB Humbertherm 2009–10 Harvest 2010–11 Boston United Reserves 2011–12 Cleethorpes Town 2012–13 Skegness United 2013–14 Skegness Town 2014–15 Hykeham Town 2015–16 Skegness Town 2016–17 Skegness Town 2017–18 Ruston Sports 2018–19 Lincoln Moorlands Railway 2019–20 None, seasons curtailed 2020–21 2021–22 Wyberton 2022–23 Louth Town 2023–24 Nettleham 2024–25 Nettleham 2025–26 Nettleham
References
External links Lincolnshire Football League at FA Full Time