| Founded | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Country |  England |
| Number of teams | 17 |
| Level on pyramid | 11 |
| Promotion to | Level 10 Northern Counties East League United Counties League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Challenge Cup |
| Current champions | Louth Town (2022-23) |
| Website | FA Full-Time |
The Lincolnshire Football League is an English football league. The league has one division, which stands at level 11 of the English football league system).
The League runs a representative side that compete in the FA Inter League Cup. In their first venture into the competition, they reached the quarter-final stage where they lost to the Cheshire League. In the 2012–13 campaign, they also lost in the quarter-finals to the Humber Premier League.
In May 2017 the Lincolnshire League became a member of the English football league system and initially National League System (NLS) following the FA elevating it to Step 7 status (level 11 overall), [1] which was abolished in 2020 and the league redesignated as an NLS feeder, subject to the league champions having the necessary ground grading and desire to do so. Clubs had, in recent years, moved up to the Northern Counties East Football League, Central Midlands League and the United Counties League.
| Season | Champions |
|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Bottesford Town |
| 1992–93 | Humberside United |
| 1993–94 | Appleby Frodingham |
| 1994–95 | Wyberton |
| 1995–96 | Lincoln United Colts |
| 1996–97 | Barton Town Old Boys |
| 1997–98 | Lincoln United Reserves |
| 1998–99 | Limestone Rangers |
| 1999–00 | Boston United Reserves |
| 2000–01 | Grantham Town Reserves |
| 2001–02 | Lincoln United Reserves |
| 2002–03 | Grimsby Amateurs |
| 2003–04 | Sleaford Town |
| 2004–05 | Wyberton |
| 2005–06 | Hykeham Town |
| 2006–07 | Skegness Town |
| 2007–08 | Skegness Town |
| 2008–09 | CGB Humbertherm |
| 2009–10 | Harvest |
| 2010–11 | Boston United Reserves |
| 2011–12 | Cleethorpes Town |
| 2012–13 | Skegness United |
| 2013–14 | Skegness Town |
| 2014-15 | Hykeham Town |
| 2015–16 | Skegness Town |
| 2016–17 | Skegness Town |
| 2017–18 | Ruston Sports |
| 2018-19 | Lincoln Moorlands Railway |
| 2019–20 | None, seasons curtailed |
| 2020–21 | |
| 2021-22 | Wyberton |
| 2022-23 | Louth Town |
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