Central Combination Explained

The Central Combination was a short-lived football league in central England. The league was established in 1933 to create a stepping stone for clubs looking to progress from county leagues to the Midland League and initially had 17 members.^[1] However, after losing around a third of its members in 1935, the league was reduced to nine clubs.^[1] Although it gained an extra member for the 1936–37 season,^[2] the league folded in the summer of 1937.^[1]

List of champions

• 1933–34: Nottingham Forest Reserves
• 1934–35: Heanor Town
• 1935–36: Ollerton Colliery
• 1936–37: Ollerton Colliery

Member clubs

• Bolsover Colliery (1933–1935; 1936–1937)
• Burton Town Reserves (1935–1936)
• Chesterfield 'A' (1933–1937)
• Danesmoor Welfare (1936–1937)
• Grantham (1933–1934)
• Gresley Rovers (1933–1935)
• Heanor Town (1933–1937)
• Ilkeston (1933–1937)
• Kettering Town (1933–1935)
• Loughborough Corinthians (1933–1934)
• Mansfield Town Reserves (1933–1936)
• Matlock Town (1933–1935)
• Newark Town (1933–1936)
• North Derbyshire Ramblers (1936–1937)
• Nottingham Forest Reserves (1933–1935)
• Ollerton Colliery (1934–1937)
• RAF Cranwell (1933–1935)
• Ripley Town & Athletic (1933–1937)
• Staveley Welfare (1936–1937)
• Sutton Junction (1933–1934)
• Sutton Town (1933–1937)
• Worksop Town (1933–1935)

Notes and References

1. http://www.ilsonfootball.co.uk/index.php?p=1_271_Ilkeston-FC Ilkeston F.C.
2. http://nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3EC/CenCom33.html Central Combination 1933–1937