Gloucestershire Northern Senior League

Association football league in England

Football league
Gloucestershire Northern Senior League
Founded1922
CountryEngland
Divisions2
Number of teams32
Level on pyramidLevels 12 to 13
Feeder toGloucestershire County League
Promotion toGloucestershire County League
Relegation toCheltenham Association League Division One
North Gloucestershire League Premier Division
Stroud and District League Division One
League cup(s)Reg Davis Memorial Cup
Current championsChalford
(2022–23)
WebsiteOfficial 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 2018–19 season, Sharpness won the Division One title, while Woolaston were top 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 members 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
1986–87 ICI Fibres Worrall Hill
1987–88 Tuffley Rovers Longlevens


Season Division One Division Two
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 Whitminster
1997–98 Whitminster Lydbrook Athletic
1998–99 Tuffley Rovers Reserves Kingswood
1999–2000 Whitminster 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
2017–18 Charlton Rovers Welland
2018–19 Sharpness Woolaston

Sources [3][4]

Members 2022–23

Source[4]

Division One

  • Berkeley Town - BTFC

Division Two

  • Barnwood United
  • Charlton Rovers
  • Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves
  • Chesterton
  • Falcons
  • Frampton United Reserves
  • Gala Wilton Reserves
  • Harrow Hill
  • Kings Stanley
  • Leonard Stanley
  • Lydbrook Athletic
  • Mushet & Coalway United
  • Rodborough Old Boys
  • Staunton & Corse
  • Viney St Swithins
  • Whaddon United

External links

  • Official Website
  • TheFA.com

References

  1. ^ "Football Club History Database – Harrow Hill". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Football Club History Database – Stonehouse". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Gloucestershire Northern Senior League – Previous NSL Seasons". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Gloucestershire Northern Senior League". FA (Full-Time League). 2016–2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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