Leinster Senior League (association football)

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Leinster Senior League teams also compete in the Leinster Senior Cup, the FAI Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup and the FAI Junior Cup. In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also qualified to play in the League of Ireland Cup. The vast majority of its member clubs are based in the Greater Dublin Area.

History

Foundation

Within a few seasons of the Leinster Football Association having been formed in 1892, the Leinster Senior League was established. Ciarán Priestley highlights a printed notice in the 4 September 2010 edition of The Irish Times. Under the headline "Leinster Football League" there is a report of "a general meeting of the league... held the other evening at 27 D'Olier Street". Priestley also lists Bohemians, Britannia, Dublin University, Leinster Nomads, Phoenix and Montpelier as participants in the first season. The Leinster Senior League website states it was established in 1896.[4] However other sources suggest the league started a little later and was first played for in 1897–98 and that an unidentified British Army regimental team were the inaugural winners while Shelbourne were runners up. See Note 1[5][6]

League pyramid

There is currently no promotion or relegation system in place between the League of Ireland First Division (Level 2 of the national league system) and the provincial leagues (Level 3).[7] Leinster junior clubs can achieve promotion up to the intermediate ranks via promotion from the highest junior league (Major Sunday) to the lowest intermediate league (Senior 1B).[1]


Colour-coding key
Intermediate (levels 1–4)
Junior (levels 5–6)

Provincial Level

League(s) / division(s)

1

Leinster Senior League
Senior Division

14 clubs – 3 relegations

2

Leinster Senior League
Senior 1

14 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations [8]

3

Leinster Senior League 1A

14 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations [9]

4

Leinster Senior League 1B

14 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations [10]

5

Leinster Senior League
Major Sunday

12 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations [11]

6–10

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Senior divisions

The senior divisions of the Leinster Senior League are played on Sundays.[16]

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Junior leagues

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Representative team

A Leinster Senior League representative team competes in the FAI Intermediate Interprovincial Tournament against teams representing the Ulster Senior League, the Munster Senior League and Connacht.[17]

Notes

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References

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