Central Combination
The Central Combination was a short-lived football league in central England. The league was established in 1933 to create a stepping stone for clubs looking to progress from county leagues to the Midland League and initially had 17 members.[1][2] However, after losing around a third of its members in 1935, the league was reduced to nine clubs.[2] Although it gained an extra member for the 1936–37 season,[1] the league folded in the summer of 1937.[2]
List of champions
[edit]- 1933–34: Nottingham Forest Reserves
- 1934–35: Heanor Town
- 1935–36: Ollerton Colliery
- 1936–37: Ollerton Colliery
Member clubs
[edit]- Bolsover Colliery (1933–1935; 1936–1937)
- Burton Town Reserves (1935–1936)
- Chesterfield 'A' (1933–1937)
- Danesmoor Welfare (1936–1937)
- Grantham (1933–1934)
- Gresley Rovers (1933–1935)
- Heanor Town (1933–1937)
- Ilkeston (1933–1937)
- Kettering Town (1933–1935)
- Loughborough Corinthians (1933–1934)
- Mansfield Town Reserves (1933–1936)
- Matlock Town (1933–1935)
- Newark Town (1933–1936)
- North Derbyshire Ramblers (1936–1937)
- Nottingham Forest Reserves (1933–1935)
- Ollerton Colliery (1934–1937)
- RAF Cranwell (1933–1935)
- Ripley Town & Athletic (1933–1937)
- Staveley Welfare (1936–1937)
- Sutton Junction (1933–1934)
- Sutton Town (1933–1937)
- Worksop Town (1933–1935)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Central Combination 1933–1937 Non-League Matters
- ^ a b c Ilkeston F.C. Ilson Football