# Central Combination

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The **Central Combination** was a short-lived [football](/source/Association_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](/source/Midland_Football_League_(1889)) and initially had 17 members.[1][2] However, after losing around a third of its members in 1935, the league was reduced to nine clubs.[2] Although it gained an extra member for the 1936–37 season,[1] the league folded in the summer of 1937.[2]

## List of champions

- 1933–34: [Nottingham Forest Reserves](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C._Under-23s%2C_Under-18s_and_Academy)

- 1934–35: [Heanor Town](/source/Heanor_Town_F.C.)

- 1935–36: [Ollerton Colliery](/source/Ollerton_Colliery_F.C.)

- 1936–37: [Ollerton Colliery](/source/Ollerton_Colliery_F.C.)

## Member clubs

- [Bolsover Colliery](/source/Bolsover_Colliery_F.C.) (1933–1935; 1936–1937)

- [Burton Town Reserves](/source/Burton_Town_F.C.) (1935–1936)

- [Chesterfield 'A'](/source/Chesterfield_F.C.) (1933–1937)

- [Danesmoor Welfare](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danesmoor_Welfare_F.C.&action=edit&redlink=1) (1936–1937)

- [Grantham](/source/Grantham_Town_F.C.) (1933–1934)

- [Gresley Rovers](/source/Gresley_F.C.) (1933–1935)

- [Heanor Town](/source/Heanor_Town_F.C.) (1933–1937)

- Ilkeston (1933–1937)

- [Kettering Town](/source/Kettering_Town_F.C.) (1933–1935)

- [Loughborough Corinthians](/source/Loughborough_Corinthians_F.C.) (1933–1934)

- [Mansfield Town Reserves](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.) (1933–1936)

- [Matlock Town](/source/Matlock_Town_F.C.) (1933–1935)

- [Newark Town](/source/Newark_Town_F.C.) (1933–1936)

- North Derbyshire Ramblers (1936–1937)

- [Nottingham Forest Reserves](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C._Under-23s%2C_Under-18s_and_Academy) (1933–1935)

- [Ollerton Colliery](/source/Ollerton_Colliery_F.C.) (1934–1937)

- [RAF Cranwell](/source/RAF_Cranwell) (1933–1935)

- [Ripley Town & Athletic](/source/Ripley_Town_%26_Athletic_F.C.) (1933–1937)

- [Staveley Welfare](/source/Staveley_Welfare_F.C.) (1936–1937)

- [Sutton Junction](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sutton_Junction_F.C.&action=edit&redlink=1) (1933–1934)

- [Sutton Town](/source/Ashfield_United_F.C.) (1933–1937)

- [Worksop Town](/source/Worksop_Town_F.C.) (1933–1935)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NLM_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NLM_1-1) [Central Combination 1933–1937](https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3EC/CenCom33.html) Non-League Matters

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IL_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IL_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-IL_2-2) [Ilkeston F.C.](http://www.ilsonfootball.co.uk/index.php?p=1_271_Ilkeston-FC) Ilson Football

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