Central and South Norfolk League
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| Country | England |
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| Founded | 1905 (as the Norwich and District League) |
| Divisions | 4 |
| Number of teams | 39 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 18–21 |
| Feeder to | Anglian Combination |
| Promotion to |
Anglian Combination Division decided by Committee |
| League cup(s) | Sound & Vision Junior League Cup Chequered Flag Primary League Cup Mervyn Lambert Plant Hire Pease League Cup Birds Sport & Outdoor Benevolent Cup Ben Smith Memorial Cup |
| Current champions | Castle Acre Swifts (2015–16) |
| Website | csnleague.co.uk |
The Central and South Norfolk League (currently known under the terms of a sponsorship deal as the Crown Fire Central and South Norfolk League) is a football competition based in England. It was founded in 1905 and has a total of four divisions. The top division, Division One, sits at level 18 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Anglian Combination.
The League provides Saturday football for the central and southern areas of Norfolk and for parts of the north Suffolk area covering some 1,500 square miles (3,900 km2) in total.
The league is affiliated to the Norfolk County Football Association.
The League is based on the Norwich and District League which was formed just after the turn of the 20th century in 1905. The current League Championship Cup was commissioned by that League just after the end of World War I. In the years that followed, several senior clubs were in membership of the League including Bungay, Dereham, Diss, Fakenham, Holt, North Walsham, Swaffham and Wymondham. However, the emergence of the Norfolk and Suffolk League around that time led to meetings in 1935 about a possible amalgamation. In the end, the two Leagues could not agree and this led to the Norwich and District League only having five members and unable to organise a competition for season 1935/36.
The League did not reform again until after World War II when it combined with the Catton and District League to form a new Norwich and District League for season 1946/47. The new League was much stronger and started the first year of competition with 48 members. The League continued to grow in strength with four divisions and over 50 members but then started to decline in terms of members in the 1960s. The expansion of the Anglian Combination led to a further decline and by the late 1960s, the League had dropped to 3 Divisions. The 3rd Division was dropped in 1974 and, by 1976, numbers were down to less than 20. History was beginning to repeat itself.
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