Country England Level on pyramid 11–13 | Founded 1983 | |
Divisions Premier Division (step 7)
Division One
Division Two North
Division Two South Number of teams 52
14 (Premier Division)
14 (Division One)
12 (Division Two North)
12 (Division Two South) Feeder to Northern Counties East League | ||
The Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League is a football competition for clubs in the South Yorkshire area of England. The competition is administered by the Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association.
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It has a total of four divisions, with the highest, the Premier Division, lying at Step 7 (level 11 overall) of the English football league system.
History
The competition was formed in 1983 as the result of a merger between two long standing competitions -
- The Hatchard League, formed in 1894 and named after a local politician who donated the trophy to the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA. It disbanded in 1923 but reformed after the Second World War.
- The Sheffield Association League, formed in 1897. In 1960 the league was renamed the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League, a name that was retained by the new competition.
In the summer of 1983 the two competitions decided to join forces and merge, opting to retain the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League name.
In 2011 the Football Association awarded the league's top division Step 7 status (level 11 overall) in the English football league system.
Format
For the first nine seasons of its existence the league ran with four divisions, but since 1992 there have been three divisions. For the 2015-16 season there are 40 member clubs.
Teams play each other twice a season, and there is promotion and relegation between each division at the end of the season. As a Step 7 league, one Premier Division club per season can gain promotion to Step 6 (usually the Northern Counties East League), but the applying club must finish inside the top five at the end of the season and achieve the required ground grading standard.
Reserve teams of clubs higher up the league pyramid play in the league, but only three are allowed to play in the step 7 Premier Division.
The league also runs the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Cup, a cup competition open to all clubs in the league.
Promoted
Since the league's formation in 1983, the following clubs (with their league position in brackets) have won promotion to the Northern Counties East League -