Gloucestershire Northern Senior League

Gloucestershire Northern Senior League
Country England
Founded 1922
Divisions 2
Number of teams 32
Level on pyramid Levels 12 to 13
Feeder to Gloucestershire County League
Promotion to Gloucestershire County League
Relegation to Cheltenham Association League Division One
North Gloucestershire League Premier Division
Stroud and District League Division One
League cup(s) Reg Davis Memorial Cup
Current champions Cam Bulldogs (Division One)
FC Barometrics (Division Two)
(2013–14)
Website Official Website – glosnsl.co.uk

The Gloucestershire Northern Senior League is a football competition based in England founded in 1922. The league is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. It has two divisions, Division One and Division Two, with Division One sitting at level 12 of the English football league system. This league is a feeder to the Gloucestershire County League. The Cheltenham League, Stroud and District League and North Gloucestershire League are feeders to the NSL.

In the 2013–14 season, Cam Bulldogs won the Division One title (but they were not promoted to the County League), while FC Barometrics won the Division Two championship.

History

The league was formed in 1922 and the founder members included Cheltenham Town, Gloucester City and Forest Green Rovers.

A number of clubs in the NSL have played in the Gloucestershire County League or higher but have dropped back into lower tier football. Notable clubs include:

Among the clubs that have left the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League and now compete at a higher level are:

Champions

Season Division One Division Two
1956–57 Lydbrook Athletic Cirencester Town
1957–58 Lydbrook Athletic Synwell Rovers
1958–59 Lydbrook Athletic Bream
1959–60 Lydbrook Athletic Hoffman Athletic
1960–61 Cinderford Town Wotton Rovers
1961–62 Lydbrook Athletic Cirencester Town
1962–63 Sharpness Shortwood United
1963–64 Harrow Hill Dursley Town
1964–65 Harrow Hill Bream
1965–66 Sharpness Cheltenham Town Reserves
1966–67 Cirencester Town Matson Athletic
1967–68 Cirencester Town Bishops Cleeve
1968–69 Bishops Cleeve Charlton Kings
1969–70 Bishops Cleeve Forest Green Rovers Reserves
1970–71 Viney St Swithins Cope Chat
1971–72 Harrow Hill Wilton Rovers
1972–73 Bishops Cleeve Newent Town
1973–74 Viney St Swithins Charlton Kings reserves
1974–75 St Marks C.A. Matson Athletic
1975–76 Matson Athletic Reserves Forest Green Rovers Reserves
1976–77 Forest Green Rovers Reserves Bymacks
1977–78 Chalford Hilldene Athletic
1978–79 St Marks C.A. Wilton Rovers Reserves
1979–80 Lydney Town Frampton United reserves
1980–81 St Marks C.A. Shortwood United Reserves
1981–82 Harrow Hill Brimscombe & Thrupp
1982–83 Wotton Rovers Viney St. Swithins
1983–84 St Marks C.A. Berkeley Town
1984–85 Brimscombe & Thrupp ICI Fibres

Season Division One Division Two
1985–86 ICI Fibres Smiths Athletic
1986–87 ICI Fibres Worrall Hill
1987–88 Tuffley Rovers Longlevens
1988–89 Berkeley Town Cam Bulldogs
1989–90 St Marks C.A. ICI Fibres
1990–91 Dowty Dynamos Shortwood United Reserves
1991–92 Smiths Athletic Endsleigh
1992–93 Endsleigh Brockworth
1993–94 Broadwell Amateurs Stonehouse Freeway
1994–95 Brockworth Lydney Town
1995–96 Dursley Town Tuffley Rovers Reserves
1996–97 Viney St Swithins Whitminister
1997–98 Whitminister Lydbrook Athletic
1998–99 Tuffley Rovers Reserves Kingswood
1999–2000 Whitminister Bourton Rovers
2000–01 Sharpness Bredon
2001–02 Wotton Rovers Longlevens
2002–03 Kings Stanley Warden Hill United
2003–04 Warden Hill Bourton Rovers
2004–05 Lydney Town Brimscombe & Thrupp
2005–06 Berkeley Town Tuffley Rovers
2006–07 Tuffley Rovers Slimbridge Reserves
2007–08 Slimbridge Gala Wilton
2008–09 Longlevens Stonehouse Town
2009–10 Sharpness Leonard Stanley
2010–11 Brockworth Albion Frampton United
2011–12 Shortwood United Reserves Cheltenham Civil Service
2012-13 Gala Wilton Ruardean Hill Rangers
2013-14 Cam Bulldogs FC Barometrics

Source [4]

Members 2014–15

Division One

  • Broadwell Amateurs
  • Brockworth Albion
  • Cam Bulldogs
  • Dursley Town
  • FC Barometrics
  • Hardwicke
  • Harrow Hill
  • Lydbrook Athletic
  • Moreton Rangers
  • Newent Town
  • Ramblers
  • Ruardean Hill Rangers
  • Sharpness
  • Star
  • Stonehouse Town
  • Taverners

Division Two

  • Abbeymead Rovers
  • Avonvale United
  • Bibury
  • Bredon
  • Chalford
  • Charlton Rovers
  • Leonard Stanley
  • Longford
  • Lydney Town Reserves
  • Quedgeley Wanderers
  • Smiths Athletic
  • Tuffley Rovers Reserves
  • Viney St. Swithins
  • Winchcombe Town
  • Woolaston
  • Wotton Rovers[5]

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