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	Chalford (2023–24)
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 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:

• Bishop's Cleeve
• Brimscombe & Thrupp
• Cheltenham Town
• Cinderford Town
• Cirencester Town
• Forest Green Rovers
• Gloucester City
• Longlevens
• Lydney Town
• Newent Town
• Shortwood United
• Slimbridge
• Tuffley Rovers

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. "Gloucestershire Northern Senior League". FA (Full-Time League). 2016–2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.