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:

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 2024–25

Source^[4]

Division One

Bibury
Bredon
Brockworth Albion
Charfield
Dursley Town
English Bicknor
FC Lakeside
Hardwicke
Longlevens Reserves
Lydney Town Reserves
Rodborough Old Boys
Smiths Barometrics
Staunton & Corse
Tredworth Tigers
Tewkesbury Town
Whaddon United

Division Two

Barnwood United
Berkeley Town
Bream Amateurs
Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves
Falcons
Frampton United Reserves
Gala Wilton Reserves
Harrow Hill
Kings Stanley
Lydbrook Athletic
Mushet & Coalway United
Painswick
Stonehouse Town Reserves
Viney St Swithins
Winchcombe Town
Woolaston

External links

References

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

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[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.

[GNSL1-4] "Gloucestershire Northern Senior League". FA (Full-Time League). 2016–2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

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