St. Edmundsbury Football League

The St. Edmundsbury Football League was a football competition based around the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. At various points it had up to four divisions and sits at level 18 of the football league system.
The league was affiliated to the Suffolk County FA.

History

The league was founded in 1907 and for most of its history has been known as the Bury & District Football League. In its early years the league had a much higher status and served a good standard of football in the West Suffolk area. However, in the last 25 years those clubs with better facilities left the league for higher standard competitions with Bacton Utd 89, Bartons, Cockfield Utd, Elmswell, Sporting 87, Stanton, St. Edmunds 65, Thurston, Walsham-le-Willows moving to the Suffolk and Ipswich Football League and Barton Mills, Exning Athletic, Lakenheath, Tuddenham Rovers and West Row Gunners moving to the Cambridgeshire League.
As a consequence there was a significant reduction in the number of divisions from three in the 1990s to two over the last decade and eventually just one division. At the same time the number of teams participating in the league has halved from around 40 teams in the 1990s to 20 teams in the 2011–12 season. The league temporarily re-added Division Three for the 2014–15 season.
In 2007 the Bury & District Football League celebrated its centenary and in the same year made the decision to rename the league as the St. Edmundsbury Football League.
Among the clubs that at one time played in the Bury & District Football League and now compete at a higher level are:

Many of the remaining clubs had very basic changing and pitch facilities and in later years the Division One Champions had not taken advantage of seeking promotion to the Suffolk and Ipswich League competition. This trend was broken by the 2011–12 champions Bartons, who moved to Division Three of the Suffolk and Ipswich League for the 2012–13 season. Bartons subsequently gained promotion from Division Three to the Suffolk and Ipswich League Division Two in their first season.

Final member clubs

Beck Row
Bury Town Rams 'A'
RF Saints
St Edmunds 1965
Vipers
Walsham-le-Willows 'A'
Walsham-le-Willows 'B'

Thetford & District Football League Challenge Cup

Founded in 1905, presented by the first president G.H.Verrall, renamed 1907 Bury Junior & District Football League

Season	Winners	Captain
1905–06	Newmarket Football Club	E.Sadler captain
1906–07	Newmarket	E.Sadler captain
1907–08	Bury St Mary’s	J.M.Elliot captain
1908–09	Depôt Suffolk Regiment	D.Gooch captain
1909–10	Brandon	S.E.Day captain
1910–11	Brandon	S.E.Day captain
1911–12	Stowmarket Reserves	R.Horsley captain
1912–13	Stowmarket Reserves	S.James captain
1913–14	Stowmarket Reserves Thetford Town, Joint Holders
1914–15	n/a
1915–16	n/a
1916–17	n/a
1917–18	n/a
1918–19	n/a
1919–20	Boby’s Ath F.C
1920–21	Bury North End F.C	W.W.Taylor capt
1921–22	n/a
1922–23	Woolpit F.C	L.H.Coleby capt
1923–24	Bury Y.M.C.A	V.J.Foreman capt
1924–25	Higham F.C	R.M.Jackson capt
1925–26	n/a
1926–27	n/a
1927–28	Risby F.C	J.Turner capt
1928–29	411 BTY F.C
1929–30	n/a
1930–31	n/a
1931–32	Bury East End Rovers	C.Boggis capt
1932–33	n/a
1933–34	Elmswell F.C	J.Goymer capt
1934–35	Public Service Club	P.W.Wade capt
1935–36	Mildenhall F.C	J.Powell capt
1936–37	Horringer	N.Last capt
1937–38	n/a
1938–39	Sicklesmere	Captain W.Grimwood
1939–40	n/a
1940–41	n/a
1941–42	n/a
1942–43	n/a
1943–44	n/a
1944–45	n/a
1945–46	Norton F.C	Captain E.Ong
1946–47	n/a
1947–48	n/a
1948–49	n/a
1949–50	n/a
1950–51	Elmswell F.C	F.E.Nunn capt
1951–52	Bury Town A F.C	A.Smith capt
1952–53	Rougham F.C	R.Shave capt
1953–54	n/a
1954–55	n/a
1955–56	Rattlesden F.C	D.Sparke capt
1956–57	Felsham & Gedding	J.Boast capt
1957–58	Stanton F.C
1958–59	Glemsford F.C	R.Davies capt
1959–60	Finningham F.C	L.Rice capt
1960–61	Hundon F.C	F.Fitch capt
1961–62	Wickhambrook	M.Deeks capt
1962–63	n/a
1963–64	Barrow F.C	M.Parker capt
1964–65	Drinkstone Y.C	C.Seymour capt
1965–66	n/a
1966–67	Cornard F.C	T.Murray capt
1967–68	St.Andrews
1968–69	Fornham St Martin Y.C	R.Feakes capt
1969–70	RAF Honington
1970–71	Santon Downham F.C
1971–72	Merry Go-round
1972–73	Bradford St.Geo F.C
1973–74	Woolpit F.C
1974–75	Gala Sports F.C
1975–76	Beck Row	M.Bowers capt
1976–77	Bardwell Wasps	R.J.Webber capt
1977–78	Rattlesden F.C	K.Gladwell capt
1978–79	Priors Inn F.C
1979–80	Santon Downham Res F.C
1980–81	Barton Mills Reserves
1981–82	West Row Gunners
1982–83	Heron F.C
1983–84	Tuddenham F.C