St. Edmundsbury Football League

The St. Edmundsbury Football League was a football competition based around the town of Bury St Edmunds in England. It has one division. It sits at level 18 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Suffolk and Ipswich Football League and is currently sponsored by Glasswells World of Furniture.

St. Edmundsbury Football League
Founded1907 (as the Bury & District Football League)
Folded2019
CountryEngland
DivisionsDivision One
Number of teams7
Level on pyramidLevel 18
Feeder toSuffolk and Ipswich Football League
Promotion toSuffolk and Ipswich Football League
Division decided by SIFL Committee
League cup(s)Mick McNeil Cup
Bill Utting Cup
Division 1 KO Cup
St Edmunds Fair Play Cup
Last championsWalsham Le Willows 'B'
(2018–19)
Websitehttp://www.stedmundsburyfootballleague.co.uk/

The league is affiliated to the Suffolk County FA.

History

The league was founded in 1907 and for most of its history has been known as the Bury & District Football League. In its early years the league had a much higher status and served a good standard of football in the West Suffolk area. However, in the last 25 years those clubs with better facilities have left the league for higher standard competitions with Bacton Utd 89, Bartons, Cockfield Utd, Elmswell, Sporting 87, Stanton, St. Edmunds 65 (now returned), Thurston, Walsham-le-Willows moving to the Suffolk and Ipswich Football League and Barton Mills, Exning Athletic, Lakenheath, Tuddenham Rovers and West Row Gunners moving to the Cambridgeshire League. A consequence has been a reduction in the number of divisions from three in the 1990s to two over the last decade (with the exception of 2006–07). At the same time the number of teams participating in the league has halved from around 40 teams in the 1990s to 20 teams in the 2011–12 season. The league re-added Division Three for the 2014–15 season though.

In 2007 the Bury & District Football League celebrated its centenary and in the same year made the decision to rename the league as the St. Edmundsbury Football League.

Among the clubs that at one time played in the Bury & District Football League and now compete at a higher level are:

Current clubs in the St. Edmundsbury Football League have very basic facilities and in recent years the champion club has not taken advantage of seeking promotion to the Suffolk and Ipswich League competition. This trend has been broken by Bartons, the 2011–12 champions, who moved up to Division Three of the Suffolk & Ipswich League for the 2012–13 season. Bartons subsequently gained promotion from Division Three to the Suffolk and Ipswich League Division Two in their first season.

Final member clubs

Champions
SeasonDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10Cambridge Town[2]
1910–11Cambridge Town[2]
1911–12
1912–13Cambridge Town[2]
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20Cambridge Town[2]
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26Sudbury Town
1926–27Newmarket Town[3]
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36Sudbury Town
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51Town Street, Brandon
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56Town Street, Brandon
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04Fornham St MartinBarons
2004–05
2005–06Black EaglesWestbury United
2006–07Black EaglesPriors InnElephant & Castle
2007–08Ixworth PykkerellElveden Phoenix
2008–09PriorsHaughley United Reserves
2009–10Ixworth PykkerellElephant & Castle
2010–11St. Edmund'sGarboldisham
2011–12BartonsTollgate Inn
2012–13Home GuardRF Saints
2013–14St. Edmund'sAFC Hoxne 'A'
2014–15Home GuardRam MeadowCedars Park 'A'
2015–16Bedrics WorthTrunkVipers
2016–17St Edmund's 1965Bury Town Rams 'B'
2017–18St Edmund's 1965
2018–19Walsham Le Willows 'B'

References
  1. "Cambridge City – Club History Playing Record". Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. Cambridge Town playing record Cambridge City F.C.
  3. History Newmarket Town F.C.
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