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Leyland Motors F.C.

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Leyland Motors F.C.
Full nameLeyland Motors Football Club
Nickname(s)Motors
Dissolved2001
GroundCounty Ground, Leyland

Leyland Motors Football Club was a semi-professional football club playing their home matches at County Ground, Leyland.

Leyland Motors played in the Lancashire Combination from 1933 until 1980 when they joined the Cheshire County League, where they played for two seasons, before becoming founder members of the North West Counties Football League in 1982.[1] In 1990 they changed name to Leyland DAF-SGL and in 1992 were demoted to the West Lancashire Football League,[2] before another name change to Leyland Motors Athletic in 1993. Then in 2001 they left the league altogether.[3]

A separate club, also called Leyland Motors, competed in the Surrey Senior League.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Leyland Motors". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Leyland DAF-SGL". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Leyland Motors Athletic". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Surrey Senior League 1922–1978". Non-League Matter. Retrieved 15 February 2021.