Shropshire County Premier Football League
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| Country |
 England
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| Founded | 1950 |
| Folded | 2012 |
| Divisions | Premier Division Division One |
| Number of teams | 30 (2011–12) |
| Level on pyramid | 13 and 14 |
| Feeder to | West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two |
| Domestic cup(s) | Premier Division Cup Division One Cup Ron Jones Memorial Cup SFA: Challenge Cup Junior Challenge Cup Commander Ethelston Charity Cup |
| Last champions | Newport Town (2011–12) |
The Shropshire County Premier Football League was an English association football league based in the county of Shropshire. The league, usually known as the Shropshire County League, was founded in 1950 and in the final season had two divisions which sat at levels 13 and 14 of the English football league system. It was dissolved in May 2012 and all member clubs transferred to a new, larger Mercian Regional Football League for the 2012–13 season.
Clubs who won this league were promoted to the West Midlands (Regional) League (all champions 2008–2012 were), although on occasion teams (such as Shifnal Town in 1993) instead moved into the Midland Football Combination. The champions of the 2011–12 season - the final season for the league - were Newport Town.
Teams from the Telford Combination were sometimes promoted into the league, as Impact United did in 2008 and Ketley Bank United in 2009. Teams from the Shropshire Alliance were also able to be promoted into the league, as Rock Rovers did in 2011, however the Alliance folded with its last season being 2010–11.
The grounds of several teams in the league, most notably Brown Clee, were featured in David Bauckham's book Dugouts, which noted the high frequency of dugouts with lockable doors which are also used for storage, a feature seemingly unique to clubs in Shropshire.
All scores of the league's Saturday afternoon games were read out on BBC Radio Shropshire, around an hour after full-time.
A total of 14 teams took part in the Premier Division in the 2011-12 season, an increase of two from the previous season. 2010–11 champions Haughmond had been promoted to the West Midlands (Regional) League, no team had been relegated from the Premier Division, while 3 teams had come up from Division One: Wellington Amateurs Reserves, Church Stretton Town and Whitchurch Alport Reserves.
Morda United won the Premier Division Cup, beating Ludlow 3-0 in the final.
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