Central Midlands Football League

Central Midlands Football League
Countries  England
Founded 1971
Divisions
  • North Division
  • South Division
  • +2 Reserve divisions
Number of teams 33
17 (North Division)
16 (South Division)
Levels on pyramid 11th (North and South Divisions)
Feeder to
Promotion to Northern Counties East League
Relegation to
Current champions 2010–11:
Sheffield Parramore
(Supreme Division)
Yorkshire Main
(Premier Division)

The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before taking on its current name in 1983, it covers Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire. Since the 2004–05 season, their principal sponsor has been Abacus Lighting.

The number of divisions has varied over time as follows

Within the English football league system, the Central Midlands League's two divisions, called the North Division and South Division, are considered part of the National League System (at Step 7), while the two reserve divisions are not. Four clubs from the previously-named Premier Division had the distinction of being the lowest-ranked clubs, and only ones outside the NLS, accepted for the 2006–07 FA Vase.

Buckingham Insurance sponsor the Supreme Division, Vipond Fire Protection the Premier Division, and "Lee's" sponsor the Reserve Premier Division and 15-team Reserve Division One.

Champions of the North Division are eligible (if they meet ground standards) for promotion to the Northern Counties East League and champions of the South Division are eligible for promotion to the East Midlands Counties League, and some clubs have progressed from the CML to the Football Conference North and Northern Premier League. A representative side from the league takes part in the FA Inter-League Cup.

Five local leagues are below the CML on the pyramid. These are the Midlands Regional Alliance, the Humber Premier League, the Nottinghamshire Senior League, the Doncaster and District Senior League, and the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League. In most cases these have multiple divisions or feeder leagues of their own.

For the 2008–09 season, eight of the leading sides left the Central Midlands League to join forces with eight clubs from the Leicestershire Senior League to form a new league at Step 6 of the National League System.

Member clubs 2011–12

North Division

South Division

Champions

Season Supreme Division Premier Division Division One
1983–84 Ashbourne Derby Rolls Royce Shepshed Charterhouse reserves
1984–85 Graham St Prims reserves Ilkeston Town reserves Rossington Main
Season Supreme Division Premier Division
1985–86 Huthwaite Stanton
Season Supreme Division Premier Division Division One
1986–87 Hinckley Town Stanton Shirebrook Construction
Season Supreme Division Premier Division
1987–88 Harworth Colliery Institute Huthwaite
1988–89 Boston Priory Eastwood
1989–90 Hucknall Town Mickleover Royal British Legion
Season Supreme Division Premier Division Division One
1990–91 Hucknall Town Mickleover Royal British Legion Gedling Town
Season Supreme Division Premier Division North Premier Division South
1991–92 Lincoln United Fryston Colliery Welfare Slack & Parr
Season Supreme Division Premier Division
1992–93 Arnold Town Sandicare Town
1993–94 Glapwell Nuthall
1994–95 Heanor Town Clipstone Welfare
1995–96 Oakham United Killamarsh Juniors
1996–97 Heanor Town Clipstone Welfare
1997–98 Gedling Town Goole
1998–99 Mickleover Sports Lincoln Moorlands
1999–00 Lincoln Moorlands Holbrook
2000–01 Shirebrook Town North Notts
2001–02 Shirebrook Town Retford United
2002–03 Carlton Town Pelican
2003–04 Retford United Radcliffe Olympic
2004–05 Dunkirk AFC Barnsley
2005–06 Barton Town Old Boys Bilborough Pelican
2006–07 Bottesford Town Hatfield Main
2007–08 Askern Welfare Ollerton Town
2008–09 Radcliffe Olympic Louth Town
2009–10 Louth Town Church Warsop Miners Welfare
2010–11 Sheffield Parramore Yorkshire Main

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