The Suffolk and Ipswich Football League is a football competition based in Suffolk, England. The league has a total of nine divisions; the Senior Division, divisions 1-6 and two reserve divisions. The Senior Division is at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
The Senior Division champions may apply for promotion to the Eastern Counties League Division One. Clubs from the league to progress up the pyramid include Whitton United, Sudbury Town, Hadleigh United, Woodbridge Town, Needham Market, Walsham-le-Willows, and Debenham LC.
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History
The league was established in 1896 at the initiative of F C H Gibbons. Gibbons placed an advert in the East Anglian Daily Times stating that he intended to launch a Football League for Ipswich and the surrounding area.[1] A meeting on 10 September 1896 was attended by officials from 18 clubs:
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The league started in October that year, but without Ipswich Town.[1] The top division was known as Division One until 1950, when it became the Premier Division. It was re-named Senior Division in 1978.
List of champions
Senior Division
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2009-10 Members
Senior Division
Achilles | Capel Plough | Coplestonians | Crane Sports | East Bergholt United | Felixstowe United | Framlingham Town | Grundisburgh | Ipswich Athletic | Leiston St. Margaret's | Melton St. Audry's | Old Newton United | Ransomes Sports | Stowupland Falcons | Westerfield United | Woodbridge Athletic
Division One
Bramford Road Old Boys | BT Trimley | Cockfield United | Halesworth Town | Haughley United | Mendlesham | St. Edmunds | St. John's | Saxmundham Sports | Stanton | Stonham Aspal | Thurston | Wickham Market | Wenhaston United
Division Two
AFC Hoxne | Bacton United | Bramford United | Claydon | Elmswell | Henley Athletic | Ipswich Exiles | Parkside United | Salvation Army | Somersham | Sporting 87 | Stradbroke United | Trimley Red Devils | Willis
Division Three
Albion Mills | AFC Brickmakers | AFC Crowley | Benhall St. Mary | Bildeston Rangers | Coplestonians 'A' | Great Blakenham | Ipswich Exiles Reserves | Sizewell Associates | Sproughton Sports | Tacket Street Boys Brigade Old Boys | Ufford Sports | Waterside | Woolverstone United
Division Four
Aldeburgh Town | Bacton United Reserves | Claydon Reserves | Coddenham | Henley Athletic Reserves | St. Clement's Hospital | Salvation Army Reserves | Sporting 87 Reserves | Stonham Aspal 'A' | Stowupland Falcons 'A' | Tattingstone United | Walsham-le-Willows 'A' | Woolverstone United Reserves
Division Five
Albion Mills Reserves | AFC Hoxne Reserves | AFC Titans | Benhall St. Mary Reserves | Bramford United Reserves | Coddenham Reserves | Dennington United | East Bergholt United 'A' | Elmswell Reserves | Old Newton United 'A' | St. Clement's Hospital Reserves | Sizewell Associates Reserves | Somersham Reserves
Division Six
Aldeburgh Town Reserves | AFC Crowley Reserves | Cedars Park | Felixstowe Harpers | Halesworth Town Reserves | Ipswich Rovers | Needham Market Veterans | Shotley | Sproughton Sports Reserves | Stradbroke United Reserves | Trimley Red Devils Reserves | Westerfield United 'A'
League Cup
The league also runs a league cup, known since 1997 as the Omnico Cup for sponsorship purposes. Between 1976 and 1997 it was known as the McNeil League Knock-Out Cup.[1]
List of winners
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References
- ^ a b c League History Suffolk & Ipswich League
External links
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