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Leamington's History

Leamington
1985-1988 | 2000-Present

AP Leamington
1973-1979 | 1979-1985

Lockheed Leamington
1946-1949 | 1949-1959 | 1959-1969 | 1969-1973

Lockheed Borg & Beck
1944-1945

The War Years
1937-1946

Leamington Town
1892-1899 | 1899-1909 | 1909-1919 | 1919-1929 | 1929-1937

Leamington
1891-1892

Leamington 1985-Present
Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
2007-2008 British Gas Business Football League Midland Division 2/21 40 27 8 5 74 27 89 Winners of Joe McGorian Cup
League runners up
2006-2007 Midland Football Alliance 1/22 42 33 4 5 105 36 103 League champions
League Cup winners
FA Vase Quarter finalists
2005-2006 Midland Football Alliance 5/22 42 21 11 10 79 44 74 Winners of Tony Allden Memorial Cup
FA Cup First Round proper
2004-2005 Midland Football Combination Premier Division 1/22 42 35 4 3 132 40 109 League champions
2003-2004 Midland Football Combination Premier Division 2/21 40 30 4 6 101 36 94 League runners up
2002-2003 Midland Football Combination Premier Division 3/22 42 27 9 6 92 48 90
2001-2002 Midland Football Combination Division One 2/19 36 28 6 2 107 30 90 League runners up
2000-2001 Midland Football Combination Division Two 1/18 34 28 4 2 96 31 88 League champions
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1987-1988 Midland Combination Premier division 15/19 36 8 11 17 37 59 27
1986-1987 Southern League Midland division 19/20 38 4 13 21 37 80 25
1985-1986 Southern League Midland division 20/21 40 10 6 24 40 77 36
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AP Leamington 1973-1985
Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1984-1985 Southern League Premier division 20/20 38 2 5 31 22 112 11
1983-1984 Southern League Premier division 13/20 38 14 9 15 73 83 51 FA Cup First round
Southern League Cup winners
Southern League Championship Cup
1982-1983 Southern League Premier division 1/20 38 25 4 9 78 50 79 League champions
1981-1982 Alliance Premier League 22/22 42 4 10 28 40 105 22
1980-1981 Alliance Premier League 16/20 38 10 11 17 47 66 31
1979-1980 Alliance Premier League 18/20 38 7 11 20 32 63 25 FA Cup First round
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1978-1979 Southern League Premier division 7/22 42 19 11 12 65 43 49 FA Cup Second round
1977-1978 Southern League Premier division 18/22 42 11 13 18 34 57 35 FA Cup Second round
1976-1977 Southern League Premier division 12/22 42 12 15 15 44 53 39

1975-1976

Southern League Division 1 North 2/22 42 27 10 5 85 31 65 Division 1 North Runners up
FA Cup First round
1974-1975 Southern League Division 1 North 3/22 42 25 7 10 68 48 57 FA Cup First round
Southern League Championship Cup
1973-1974 Southern League Division 1 North 4/22 42 21 12 9 82 45 54 Southern League Cup winners
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Lockheed Leamington 1946-1973
Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1972-1973 Southern League Division 1 North 15/22 42 13 12 17 51 58 38
1971-1972 Southern League Division 1 North 13/18 34 15 3 16 41 52 33 Birmingham Senior Cup winners
1970-1971 Midlands Counties League 6/18 34 18 6 10 64 41 42
1969-1970 Midlands Counties League 9/18 34 16 4 14 65 59 36 Birmingham Senior Cup winners
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1968-1969 Midlands Counties League 10/18 34 12 8 14 53 64 32
1967-1968 Midlands Counties League 13/21 40 16 6 18 66 69 38
1966-1967 Midlands Counties League 5/22 42 23 6 13 105 80 52
1965-1966 Midlands Counties League 5/22 42 21 12 9 126 81 54
1964-1965 Midlands Counties League 1/22 42 28 9 5 113 59 65 League champions
1963-1964 Midlands Counties League 3/22 42 23 8 11 114 60 54
1962-1963 West Midlands Regional League 1/20 38 28 7 3 119 40 63 League champions
1961-1962 Birmingham & District 1/21 40 31 5 4 124 37 67 League champions
Birmingham Senior Cup winners
1960-1961 Birmingham & District 3/22 42 29 4 9 125 46 62
1959-1960 Birmingham & District Division One 11/18 34 15 3 16 59 58 33
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1958-1959 Birmingham & District Division One 6/18 34 15 7 12 85 59 37
1957-1958 Birmingham & District Division One 7/20 38 17 7 14 73 52 43 Leamington Hospital Cup joint winners
1956-1957 Birmingham & District Division One 6/20 38 16 10 12 84 65 42 Birmingham Senior Cup winners
1955-1956 Birmingham & District Division One 4/20 38 21 6 11 96 60 48
1954-1955 Birmingham & District Southern division 2/20 38 24 7 7 122 54 55
1953-1954 Birmingham Combination
Tillotson Cup
5/14
7/14
26
13
13
5
5
2
8
6
50
18
27
14
21
12
1952-1953 Birmingham Combination 15/18 34 10 6 16 56 68 26
1951-1952 Birmingham Combination 9/20 38 16 7 15 80 71 39
1950-1951 Birmingham Combination 9/20 38 17 2 19 65 67 36 Birmingham Senior Cup winners
1949-1950 Birmingham Combination 19/20 38 10 4 24 49 96 24
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1948-1949 Central Amateur League 3/9 16 9 1 6 46 32 19
1947-1948 Central Amateur League 3/11 20 13 2 5 67 36 28
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Lockheed Borg & Beck 1944-1947

Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1946-1947
1945-1946
1944-1945 Coventry & District One
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The War Years 1937-1946

1937-1946 The War Years
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Leamington Town 1892-1937

Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1936-1937 Birmingham Combination 19/20 38 9 5 24 44 88 23
1935-1936 Birmingham Combination 14/19 36 12 6 18 65 84 30
1934-1935 Birmingham Combination 5/17 32 17 5 10 73 58 39
1933-1934 Birmingham Combination 12/18 34 14 4 16 87 84 32
1932-1933 Birmingham Combination 16/19 36 12 3 21 72 122 27
1931-1932 Birmingham Combination 15/18 34 10 4 20 81 112 24
1930-1931 Birmingham Combination 12/18 34 14 5 15 90 97 33
1929-1930 Birmingham Combination 9/18 34 15 5 14 83 69 35
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1928-1929 Birmingham Combination 2/18 34 23 4 7 110 54 50
1927-1928 Birmingham Combination 6/18 34 19 3 12 83 69 41
1926-1927 Birmingham Combination 3/18 34 22 4 8 99 53 48 Leamington Invitational Cup winners
1925-1926 Birmingham Combination 1/18 34 24 4 6 114 48 52

League Champions
Leamington Invitational Cup winners

1924-1925 Birmingham Combination 5/18 34 17 10 7 71 44 44
1923-1924 Birmingham Combination 16/18 34 10 3 21 51 85 23
1922-1923 Birmingham Combination 12/15 28 7 7 14 52 67 21
1921-1922 Birmingham Combination 4/16 30 14 8 8 58 42 36
1920-1921 Coventry and North Warwickshire Birmingham Junior Cup winners
1919-1920 Coventry and North Warwickshire Midland Daily Telegraph Cup winners
Leamington Hospital Cup winners
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1914-1919 World War One
1913-1914 Coventry & North Warwickshire Leamington Hospital Cup winners
1912-1913 Coventry & North Warwickshire Birmingham Junior Cup winners
1911-1912 Coventry & North Warwickshire Leamington Hospital Cup winners
1910-1911 Coventry & North Warwickshire
Reserves
1909-1910 Coventry & North Warwickshire
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1908-1909 Coventry & North Warwickshire Kenilworh Convalescent Cup winners
Leamington Hospital Cup winners
1907-1908 Coventry & North Warwickshire Leamington Hospital Cup winners
1906-1907 Coventry & North Warwickshire
1905-1906 Coventry & North Warwickshire Leamington Hospital Cup winners
1904-1905 Birmingham Junior League 12/14 26 8 6 12 34 45 22 Birmingham Charity Shield winners
1903-1904 Birmingham Junior League 6/14 26 12 7 7 52 46 31 Birmingham Charity Shield winners
1902-1903 Birmingham Junior League 4/12 22 11 4 7 45 36 26
1901-1902 Birmingham Junior League 7/12 22 7 4 11 43 49 18
1900-1901 Birmingham Junior League 3/10 18 8 5 5 27 23 21
1899-1900 Birmingham Junior League 2/13 24 17 2 5 71 35 36
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Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1898-1899 Birmingham Junior League 10/14 26 8 6 12 60 64 22 Chatrian Cup winners
Leamington Hospital Cup winners
1897-1898 Coventry & District League
1896-1897 Coventry & District League 3/7 10 4 3 3 28 17 11

Leamington Hospital Cup winners

1895-1896
1894-1895
1893-1894
1892-1893 Midland Daily Telegraph Cup winners
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Leamington 1891-1892

Season Division/League Pos Pl W D L F A Pts Honours
1891-1892
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If you have any information or photographs related to Leamington FC's history we would love to hear from you.  Please email the webmaster

Central Amateur League and Birmingham Combination league tables provided by Mick Blakeman and www.soccer-books.co.uk
We would like to thank Paul Vanes for providing us with this information.

Additional information provided by:
Paul Edwards, Terry Ford, Simon Saunders


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1950-1951

BIRMINGHAM COMBINATION 1950-1951
«1949-1950 Back to all seasons 1951-1952»
Pos Team Pl W D L F A Pts
1 Hednesford 38 24 8 6 112 53 56
2 Nuneaton Borough 38 26 3 9 112 65 55
3 Redditch 38 20 11 7 87 43 51
4 Stourbridge 38 23 5 10 85 55 51
5 Walsall Reserves 38 18 9 11 85 55 45
6 Stafford Rangers 38 21 3 14 85 56 45
7 Bromsgrove Rovers 38 16 9 13 76 66 41
8 Bedworth Town 38 18 4 16 59 77 40
9 LOCKHEED LEAMINGTON 38 17 2 19 65 67 36
10 Tamworth 38 16 3 19 92 98 35
11 Sutton Town 38 13 9 16 51 78 35
12 Banbury Spencer 38 13 8 17 64 75 34
13 Atherstone Town 38 12 9 17 83 81 33
14 Hinckley Athletic 38 14 5 19 64 74 33
15 Darlaston 38 14 5 19 67 80 33
16 Rugby Town 38 12 8 18 57 87 32
17 Dudley Town 38 11 7 20 59 38 29
18 Moor Green 38 9 11 18 61 92 29
19 Bilston 38 12 5 21 60 96 29
20 West Bromwich Albion A 38 6 6 26 39 91 18

BIRMINGHAM COMBINATION LEADING GOAL SCORERS

Name Team League
Goals
Cup
Goals
1 Hughes Tamworth 39 2
2 Friemanis Nuneaton Borough 38 1
3 Peace Hednesford 32 1
4 Chapman Walsall Reserves 29 0
5 Phillips Atherstone Town 26 4
6 Kelly Stafford Rangers 25 3
7= Giles Hednesford 22 2
7= Awde* Nuneaton Borough 22 2
9 Nicholls Hednesford 20 1
10 Pulfrey Atherstone Town 20 0
21 Grimwood LOCKHEED LEAMINGTON 15 3
* Awde joined Lockheed Leamington in a subsequent
season

FA CUP

Round Opponent
Pre Moira United A 1-0
Q1 Atherstone Town A 4-2
Q2 Hinckley Athletic A 0-7

 

BIRMINGHAM SENIOR CUP
This is the first season Lockheed Leamington won the Birmingham Senior Cup.

They beat Tamworth, Rugby Town and Redditch before meeting Bedworth Town in the semi final at the Windmill ground, January 1951, the score was 1-0 and Derek Bennett scored the winner on 57 minutes.
Lockheed Leamington: Spencer; Dobbs, C Bennett; Soden, Latham, Hawker; Morrow, Grimwood, D Bennett, Gardner, Keeble
Bedworth Town: Broadway; Kelley, Woolley; Twigger, Attwood, Greenway; Setchell, Spacey, Smith, McKeown, Gilmour

The final was at Nuneaton Borough in March 1951 against Hereford United Reserves.  The game ended 2-2 with Brakes' Morrow scoring with just six minutes left to take the game to a replay.
Goals: 7mins 0-1 Price; 41 mins 0-2 Bowen; 61 mins 1-2 Frank Grimwood penalty; 84 mins 2-2 Morrow
Lockheed Leamington: Spencer; Dobbs, C Bennett; Soden, Latham, Hawker; Keeble, Grimwood, D Bennett, Morrow, French
Hereford United Reserves: Larder; Evans, Corbett; Johnson, Hyde, Rowley; Bowen, Hennessey, Kovandzich, Williams, Price

The replay was at Windmill ground in May 1951 which the Brakes won 3-1.
Goals: 35 mins 1-0 Soden; half time; 2-0 Morrow; 3-0 Keeble penalty; 3-1 Bowen
Lockheed Leamington: Spencer; Dobbs, C Bennett; Hawker, Latham, Keeble; Gardner, Grimwood, Soden, Morrow, French
Hereford United Reserves: Larder; Evans, Watson; Emery, Woods, Rowley; Bowen, Hennessey, Thompson, Williams, Lang
The attendance for the replay of the final, 3,500, broke the ground's attendance record.


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1951-1952

BIRMINGHAM COMBINATION 1951-1952

«1950-1951 Back to all seasons 1952-1953»
Pos Team Pl W D L F A Pts
1 Stourbridge 38 28 6 4 99 49 62
2 Redditch 38 24 8 6 112 58 56
3 Hednesford 38 23 5 10 92 48 51
4 Nuneaton Borough 38 22 7 9 109 75 51
5 Bromsgrove Rovers 38 19 4 15 73 62 42
6 Tamworth 38 18 6 14 92 91 42
7 Stafford Rangers 38 16 9 13 83 72 41
8 Walsall Reserves 38 18 4 16 100 89 40
9 LOCKHEED LEAMINGTON 38 16 7 15 80 71 39
10 Dudley Town 38 15 7 16 67 74 37
11 Moor Green 38 14 7 17 71 80 35
12 Hinckley Athletic 38 16 3 19 60 84 35
13 Darlaston 38 15 4 19 77 84 34
14 Rugby Town 38 13 7 18 69 73 33
15 Banbury Spencer 38 13 7 18 76 87 33
16 West Bromwich Albion A 38 12 7 19 64 74 31
17 Bilston 38 11 9 18 74 111 31
18 Bedworth Town 38 12 6 20 89 88 30
19 Atherstone Town 38 11 3 24 64 103 25
20 Sutton Town 38 4 4 30 40 118 12

BIRMINGHAM SENIOR CUP

Date Round Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
Bilston A 3-2 O'Donnell, Soden, Keeble (pen)
17 Nov 51 Moor Green A 2-1 Soden (2)
SF Halesowen Town 1-2

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1952-1953

BIRMINGHAM COMBINATION 1952-1953

«1951-1952 Back to all seasons 1953-1954»
Pos Team Pl W D L F A Pts
1 Redditch 34 21 7 6 84 60 49
2 Hednesford 34 20 6 8 84 46 46
3 Stourbridge 34 19 3 12 71 57 41
4 Rugby Town 34 16 8 10 64 38 40
5 Bilston 34 16 6 12 75 61 38
6 Atherstone Town 34 14 9 11 85 75 37
7 Dudley Town 34 17 2 15 67 71 36
8 Moor Green 34 16 4 14 64 70 36
9 Bromsgrove Rovers 34 12 11 11 65 79 35
10 Hinckley Athletic 34 14 6 14 67 69 34
11 Walsall Reserves 34 11 11 12 56 57 33
12 Darlaston 34 14 3 17 53 59 31
13 Banbury Spencer 34 12 6 16 73 65 30
14 Tamworth 34 11 8 15 55 64 30
15 LOCKHEED LEAMINGTON 34 10 6 16 56 68 26
16 Sutton Town 34 9 6 19 44 84 24
17 West Bromwich Albion A 34 10 3 21 54 72 23
18 Bedworth Town 34 9 5 20 49 67 23

FA CUP

Round Opponent
Pre Nuneaton Borough H 1-2

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1953-1954

BIRMINGHAM COMBINATION 1953-1954

«1952-1953 Back to all seasons 1954-1955»
Pos Team Pl W D L F A Pts
1 Rugby Town 26 17 3 6 64 35 37
2 Bilston Town 26 14 6 6 67 37 34
3 Atherstone Town 26 13 7 6 60 42 33
4 Banbury Spencer 26 14 4 8 49 36 32
5 LOCKHEED LEAMINGTON 26 13 5 8 50 27 31
6 Hinckley Athletic 26 9 10 7 41 39 28
7 Tamworth 26 11 6 5 10 53 27
8 Bedworth Town 26 10 6 10 45 54 26
9 Gresley Rovers 26 10 4 12 65 58 24
10 West Bromwich Albion A 26 10 4 12 46 50 24
11 Darlaston 26 9 5 12 42 47 23
12 Birch Coppice Colliery 26 6 9 11 37 57 21
13 Moor Green 26 5 5 16 32 61 15
14 Sutton Town 26 3 3 20 32 92 9

1954-1955 Joined Birmingham & District Southern division

TILLOTSON CUP
(supplemental cup for Birmingham Combination clubs)

Pos Team Pl W D L F A Pts
1 Bilston Town 13 11 0 2 31 13 22
2 Rugby Town 13 8 2 3 24 11 18
3 Hinckley Athletic 13 8 2 3 29 20 18
4 Atherstone Town 13 5 4 4 26 22 14
5 West Bromwich Albion A 13 6 1 6 22 23 13
6 Bedworth Town 13 4 4 5 18 22 12
7 LOCKHEED LEAMINGTON 13 5 2 6 18 14 12
8 Gresley Rovers 13 3 6 4 23 31 12
9 Darlaston 13 4 3 6 23 23 11
10 Tamworth 13 3 5 5 23 25 11
11 Banbury Spencer 13 4 3 6 16 20 11
12 Sutton Town 13 4 3 6 17 25 11
13 Birch Coppice Colliery 13 3 4 6 19 24 10
14 Moor Green 13 1 3 9 11 29 5

FA CUP

Date Round Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
12 Sep 53 Pre Boldmere St Michaels H 7-0 Grimwood (5), Draper, French
26 Sep 53 Q1 Nuneaton Borough A 0-1 7,000

BIRMINGHAM SENIOR CUP

Date Round Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
14 Sep 53 1 Gresley Rovers H 2-1 French, Grimwood
10 Oct 53 2 Bournville Athletic H 6-1 Grimwood (5), Draper
14 Nov 53 3 Bloxwich Strollers H 2-0 Grimwood, Draper
16 Jan 54 SF Burton Albion A 0-5

WORCESTERSHIRE SENIOR CUP

Date Round Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
Sep 53 2 Bedworth United H 6-1 Draper (5), Grimwood
27 Jan 54 3 Stourbridge A 1-3 Draper

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