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| Full name | North Leigh Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Millers | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Ground | Eynsham Park,North Leigh | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 (175 seated)[1][2] | ||
| Chairman | John McDonough | ||
| Manager | Morgan Williams | ||
| League | Combined Counties League Premier Division North | ||
| 2024–25 | Southern League Division One Central, 21st of 21 (relegated) | ||
North Leigh Football Club is afootball club based inNorth Leigh, Oxfordshire, England. They are currently members of theCombined Counties League Premier Division North and play at the Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground.
The club was established in 1908 and became members of the Witney & District League. They won the Division Two title, the Ted Young Senior Challenge Cup and the Watts Junior Challenge Cup in 1947–48, before winning the Fred Ford Memorial Cup the following season.[3] In 1950–51 the club were champions of the Premier Division. They won the league again in 1952–53 and went on to win it in each of the next four seasons, also winning the Ted Young Senior Challenge Cup in 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55 and 1956–57 and the Oxfordshire Junior Shield in 1956–57.[3] The club then moved up to theOxfordshire Senior League. However, they later returned to the Witney & District League and were Division Two champions in 1968–69.[3]
Another successful spell in the 1980s saw North Leigh win the Witney & District League Premier Division title and the Oxfordshire Junior Shield in 1983–84, before winning five consecutive Premier Division titles between 1985–86 and 1989–90.[3] They then moved up to Division One of theHellenic League in 1990.[4] In1992–93 the club were Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They won the Premier Division title in2001–02 and2002–03, but were unable to take promotion as their ground did not meetSouthern League requirements.[5] However, after finishing as runners-up in the league2006–07, the club won the Premier Division, the Hellenic League Shield and theOxfordshire Senior Cup in2007–08 and were promoted to Division One South & West of the Southern League.[4]
North Leigh won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup again in 2011–12 and 2016–17. They were transferred to Division One Central of the Southern League at the end of the2017–18 season. In2021–22 the club finished sixth, one place outside the promotion play-offs. However, afterWelwyn Garden City were disqualified, North Leigh took their place in the play-offs, going on to beatBerkhamsted 2–1 in the semi-finals andWare 4–2 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division South. They finished third-from-bottom of the Premier Division South thefollowing season and were relegated back to Division One Central.
In2024–25 North Leigh finished bottom of Division One Central and were relegated to the Premier Division North of theCombined Counties League.
The club play at Eynsham Park, set in the grounds ofEynsham Hall. The ground includes a 175-seat stand named for George Hazell and a covered standing area behind one goal.[2] A record attendance of 426 was set during the 2004–05 season for an FA Cup third qualifying round match againstNewport County.[1] A new record of 525 was set for a friendly match againstOxford United in July 2022.[6]
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