Lancashire Amateur League
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| Countries |
England |
| Founded |
1899 |
| Divisions |
8 |
| Number of teams |
104 teams from 37 clubs |
| Levels on pyramid |
14 to 21 |
| Website |
http://www.lancsam.fsnet.co.uk/ |
The Lancashire Amateur Football League is an English association football league founded in 1899. Currently the league consists of eight divisions - Premier, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven. The Premier Division is at level 14 in the English football league system.
The top two teams from each division are promoted to the next division up and the bottom two teams are relegated to the next division down. Two teams from the same club are generally not permitted to compete in the same division.
[edit] About the League
The Lancashire Amateur Football League (more commonly known as the LAL) was founded in 1899[1] and consists of approx. 40 Clubs who run in the order of 140 teams. These clubs are situated throughout the old boundaries of Lancashire & Cheshire; stretching from Preston in the North, Southport in the West, Rochdale and Oldham in the East and Lymm in the South.
The League's Premier League has "feeder league status" within the FA Pyramid scheme for Referees. The Executive Committee and League Council are elected by clubs in membership of the League. Although clubs running a minimum of two teams are preferred, the League will consider applications for clubs running one team provided they match the League's standards expected for discipline, ground & facilities, fair play and standards of organisation/administration. The League has a strict policy of monitoring the discipline record of players (using a points system) and players whose conduct has not been considered acceptable are subject to their registration being withdrawn.
Member club Old Boltonians play on what has been recognised as the oldest football ground still in use in the world.[2]
[edit] Current member clubs
The member clubs for the 2011–12 season are as follows
| Premier Division |
| Bury Grammar School Old Boys |
| Castle Hill |
| Chaddertonians |
| Chew Moor Brook |
| Failsworth Dynamos |
| Hesketh Casuals |
| Horwich Victoria |
| Howe Bridge Mills |
| Little Lever Sports Club |
| Old Boltonians |
| Old Mancunians |
| Prestwich |
| Rochdale St. Clements |
| Rossendale Amateurs |
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| Division One |
| Ainsworth |
| Bolton Wyresdale |
| Broughton Amateurs |
| Hindley Juniors |
| Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute |
| Mostonians |
| Old Blackburnians |
| Prairie United |
| Radcliffe Town |
| Roach Dynamos |
| Rochdale St.Clements Reserves |
| Rossendale Amateurs Reserves |
| Thornleigh |
| Tyldesley United |
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| Division Two |
| Accrington Amateurs |
| Ashtonians |
| Bury Grammar School Old Boys Reserves |
| Cadley |
| Chadderton 'A' |
| Chaddertonians Reserves |
| Little Lever Sports Club Reserves |
| North Walkden |
| Old Blackburnians Reserves |
| Old Boltonians Reserves |
| Old Mancunians Reserves |
| Old Standians |
| Oldham Hulmeians |
| Radcliffe Boys |
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| Division Three |
| Bacup United |
| Blackrod Town |
| Bolton Lads Club |
| Castle Hill Reserves |
| Chaddertonians 'A' |
| Chew Moor Brook Reserves |
| Failsworth Dynamoes Reserves |
| Hesketh Casuals Reserves |
| Lymm |
| Old Boltonians 'A' |
| Radcliffe Town Reserves |
| Rossendale Amateurs 'A' |
| Tottington United |
| Westhoughton Town |
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| Division Four |
| Accrington Amateurs Reserves |
| Astley Bridge |
| Bolton Wyresdale Reserves |
| Broughton Amateurs Reserves |
| Dobbies |
| Horwich Railway Mechanics Inistitute Reserves |
| Horwich Victoria Reserves |
| Mostonians Reserves |
| Old Blackburnians 'A' |
| Old Standians Reserves |
| Oldham Hulmeians Reserves |
| Prestwich Reserves |
| Rochdale St. Clements 'A' |
| Rossendale Amateurs 'B' |
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| Division Five |
| Ainsworth Reserves |
| Ashtonians Reserves |
| Bury Grammar School Old Boys 'A' |
| Hesketh Casuals 'A' |
| Howe Bridge Mills Reserves |
| Lymm Reserves |
| Old Mancunians 'A' |
| Prestwich 'A' |
| Radcliffe Boys Reserves |
| Radcliffe Town 'A' |
| Roach Dynamos Reserves |
| Rochdale St. Clements 'B' |
| Rossendale Amateurs 'C' |
| Thornleigh Reserves |
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| Division Six |
| Bolton Wyresdale 'A' |
| Broughton Amateurs 'A' |
| Lymm 'A' |
| Mostonians 'A' |
| Old Blackburnians 'B' |
| Old Boltonians 'B' |
| Old Mancunians 'B' |
| Oldham Hulmeians 'A' |
| Radcliffe Town 'B' |
| Thornleigh 'A' |
| Tottington United Reserves |
| Tyldesley United Reserves |
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| Division Seven |
| Bolton Wyresdale 'B' |
| Broughton Amateurs 'B' |
| Bury Grammar School Old Boys 'B' |
| Chaddertonians 'B' |
| Hesketh Casuals 'B' |
| Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute 'A' |
| Horwich Victoria 'A' |
| Howe Bridge Mills 'A' |
| Little Lever Sports Club 'A' |
| Old Blackburnians 'C' |
| Oldham Hulmeians 'B' |
| Thornleigh 'B' |
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