Lancashire Amateur League
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| Country |
England |
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| Founded |
1899 |
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| Divisions |
8 |
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| Number of teams |
96 teams from 39 clubs |
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| Levels on pyramid |
13 to 20 |
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| Website |
http://www.lancsam.fsnet.co.uk/ |
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The Lancashire Amateur Football League is an English association football league founded in 1899. Currently the league consists of eight divisions – Premier, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven. The Premier Division is at level 13 in the English football league system.
The top two teams from each division are promoted to the next division up and the bottom two teams are relegated to the next division down. Two teams from the same club are generally not permitted to compete in the same division.
About the League
The Lancashire Amateur Football League (more commonly known as the LAL) was founded in 1899[1] and consists of approx. 40 Clubs who run in the order of 100 teams. These clubs are situated throughout the old boundaries of Lancashire & Cheshire; stretching from Preston in the North, Southport in the West, Rochdale and Oldham in the East and Lymm in the South.
The League's Premier League has "feeder league status" within the FA Pyramid scheme for Referees. The Executive Committee and League Council are elected by clubs in membership of the League. Although clubs running a minimum of two teams are preferred, the League will consider applications for clubs running one team provided they match the League's standards expected for discipline, ground & facilities, fair play and standards of organisation/administration. The League has a strict policy of monitoring the discipline record of players (using a points system) and players whose conduct has not been considered acceptable are subject to their registration being withdrawn.
Member club Old Boltonians play on what has been recognised as the oldest football ground still in use in the world.[2]
Current member clubs
The member clubs for the 2013–14 season are as follows
| Premier Division |
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| Bury Grammar School Old Boys |
| Castle Hill |
| Failsworth Dynamos |
| Hesketh Casuals |
| Horwich Victoria |
| Howe Bridge Mills |
| Little Lever Sports Club |
| Old Blackburnians |
| Old Boltonians |
| Old Mancunians |
| Prestwich |
| Rochdale St. Clements |
| Rossendale Amateurs |
| Tottington United |
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| Division One |
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| Ainsworth |
| Hindley Juniors |
| Blackrod Town |
| Bolton Wyresdale |
| Chaddertonians |
| Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute |
| Mostonians |
| North Walkden |
| Old Boltonians Reserves |
| Oldham Hulmeians |
| Roach Dynamos |
| Rochdale St.Clements Reserves |
| Thornleigh |
| Tyldesley United |
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| Division Two |
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| Accrington Amateurs |
| Ashtonians |
| Bolton Sixth Form FC |
| Bury Grammar School Old Boys Reserves |
| Digmoor |
| Failsworth Dynamos Reserves |
| Farnworth Town |
| Little Lever Sports Club Reserves |
| Old Blackburnians Reserves |
| Old Mancunians Reserves |
| Oldham Hulmeians Reserves |
| Radcliffe Town |
| Wardle |
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| Division Three |
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| Bacup United |
| Bolton Lads Club |
| Castle Hill Reserves |
| Chaddertonians Reserves |
| Hesketh Casuals Reserves |
| Mostonians Reserves |
| Old Boltonians 'A' |
| Prestwich Reserves |
| Radcliffe Boys |
| Radcliffe Town Reserves |
| Rochdale St. Clements 'A' |
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| Division Four |
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| Accrington Amateurs Reserves |
| AFC Dobbies |
| Blackrod Town Reserves |
| Bolton Wyresdale Reserves |
| Horwich Railway Mechanics Inistitute Reserves |
| Horwich Victoria Reserves |
| Howe Bridge Mills Reserves |
| Old Blackburnians 'A' |
| Roach Dynamos Reserves |
| Thornleigh Reserves |
| Wardle Reserves |
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| Division Five |
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| Ainsworth Reserves |
| Ashtonians Reserves |
| Bury Grammar School Old Boys 'A' |
| Chaddertonians 'A' |
| Farnworth Town Reserves |
| Hesketh Casuals 'A' |
| Lymm |
| Old Boltonians 'B' |
| Old Mancunians 'A' |
| Rochdale St. Clements 'B' |
| Thornleigh 'A' |
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| Division Six |
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| AFC Dobbies Reserves |
| Bolton Wyresdale 'A' |
| Farnworth Town 'A' |
| Horwich Victoria 'A' |
| Howe Bridge Mills 'A' |
| Little Lever Sports Club 'A' |
| Mostonians 'A' |
| Old Mancunians 'B' |
| Oldham Hulmeians 'A' |
| Radcliffe Town 'A' |
| Tottington United Reserves |
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| Division Seven |
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| Bolton Wyresdale 'B' |
| Bury Grammar School Old Boys 'B' |
| Hesketh Casuals 'B' |
| Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute 'A' |
| Old Blackburnians 'B' |
| Oldham Hulmeians 'B' |
| Radcliffe Boys Reserves |
| Radcliffe Town 'B' |
| Thornleigh 'B' |
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References
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