Gloucestershire Northern Senior League

Gloucestershire Northern Senior League

Founded	1922
Country	England
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	Ruardean Hill Rangers (Division One) Chalford (Division Two) (2016–17)
Website	Official Website

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 GNSL.

In the 2015–16 season, Sharpness won the Division One title, while Bibury were champions of Division Two.

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:

Harrow Hill joined the County League in 1982/83 and gained promotion to the Hellenic Football League.^[1]
Stonehouse Town were original member of the County League and competed in the competition for 20 years until 1988. From 1947 until 1960 the club played in the Western Football League.^[2]

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
1985–86	ICI Fibres	Smiths Athletic

Season	Division One	Division Two
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
2014–15	Broadwell Amateurs	Charlton Rovers
2015–16	Sharpness	Bibury
2016-17	Ruardean Hill Rangers	Chalford

Sources ^[3]^[4]

Members 2016–17

Source^[5]

Division One

Avonvale United
Berkeley Town
Bibury
Bredon
Brockworth Albion
Cam Bulldogs
Charlton Rovers
FC Barometrics
Harrow Hill
Leonard Stanley
Newent Town
Ruardean Hill Rangers
Sharpness
Southside Star
Taverners
Tuffley Rovers Reserves

Division Two

Abbeymead Rovers
Chalford
Dursley Town
English Bicknor
FC Lakeside
Longlevens Reserves
Lydbrook Athletic
Lydney Town Reserves
Mitcheldean
Quedgeley Wanderers
Smiths Athletic
Stroud Athletic
Whaddon United
Winchcombe Town
Woolaston
Wotton Rovers

External links

References

↑ "Football Club History Database – Harrow Hill". Retrieved 2011-05-29.
↑ "Football Club History Database – Stonehouse". Retrieved 2011-05-29.
↑ "Gloucestershire Northern Senior League – Previous NSL Seasons". Retrieved 2011-05-31.
↑ "FA Full-Time Gloucestershire Northern Senior League". Retrieved 2016-06-04.
↑ "Gloucestershire Northern Senior League". Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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