Staffordshire County Senior League

Staffordshire County Senior League
Founded
2005
Nation
England
Feeder To
North West Counties League
Division One and
Midland Football League
Division One
(not automatic)
Divisions
Premier Division
Division One North
Division One South & Central
Division Two North
Division Two South
Number of Teams
18 – Premier Division
10 – Division One North
10 – Division One South & Central
11 – Division Two North
11 - Division Two South
Levels on Pyramid
The Premier Division sits at
Step 7 (Level 11)
Cups
Leek Cup (All teams)
Challenge Cup (Premier Division)
President's Trophy (Division One)
Chairman's Challenge Cup (Division Two)

The Staffordshire County Senior League is a football competition based in Staffordshire, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of the Midland League (formerly known as the Staffordshire Senior League) and the Staffordshire County League.

The former Midland League clubs formed the new Premier Division which sits at step 7 of non-league football (or level 11 of the English football league system), a feeder league to the National League System. The former Staffordshire County League sides formed Division One and Division Two, which are at levels 12 and 13 of English football. Division Two has at times been regionalised, which is currently the case.

In 2024-25 the league operates five divisions across three tiers, the Premier Division (step 7), Division One North and Division One South & Central (step 8), Division Two North and Division Two South (both step 9).

Tunstall Town received national and even international attention in the 2010–11 season, after losing all of their games, and conceding an average of close to ten goals a game; however the team's first eleven did consist of players as old as 75.[1][2][3] On 22 February 2014, they ended a 171-game winless run with a 3-2 victory over Betley Reserves.[4]

  1. ^ "Football: Tunstall's fall guys become stars of the media world". The Sentinel. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. ^ Ronay, Barney (14 March 2011). "Tunstall Town know Staffordshire is no county for very old men". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ^ "In praise of … Tunstall Town". The Guardian. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Tunstall Town finally end 171-game run without a win". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.