# Hatchard League

The Hatchard Football League was an English association football league based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

## History

Founded in 1892, it was originally called the Sheffield & District Alliance, only changing name to the Hatchard Cup League halfway through the 1893–94 season when a local politician called Frank Hatchard donated a trophy to the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA.
For many years there were numerous divisions, with the top sides from each section proceeding to end of season play-offs that would determine the overall winner. The league was suspended for the duration of the First World War, then disbanded altogether in 1923, but was re-introduced after the Second World War.
In 1983 the league merged with the Sheffield Association League to form the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League, which (as of 2015) forms a part of the English football league system.

## Champions

| Season | |
| 1892–93 | Elsecar |
| 1893–94 | Kiveton Park |
| 1894–95 | Heeley |
| 1895–96 | Kiveton Park |
| 1896–97 | Kimberworth |
| 1897–98 | Montrose Works |
| 1898–99 | Doncaster Rovers reserves & Treeton (shared) |
| 1899–1900 | Roundel |
| 1900–01 | Doncaster Rovers reserves |
| 1901–02 | Roundel reserves |
| 1902–03 | Hallam |
| 1903–04 | Rotherham Main |
| 1904–05 | Doncaster St James |
| 1905–06 | Parkgate Athletic |
| 1906–07 | Worksop Town reserves |
| 1907–08 | Thorpe Hesley |
| 1908–09 | Thorpe Hesley |
| 1909–10 | Dinnington Main |
| 1910–11 | Dinnington Main |
| 1911–12 | Cammells Sports |
| 1912–13 | Retford Town |
| 1913–14 | Bird In Hand |
| 1914–15 | Bird In Hand |
| 1919–20 | Treeton Reading Room & Beighton Recreation (shared) |
| 1920–21 | Beighton Recreation |
| 1921–22 | Treeton Reading Room |
| 1922–23 | Treeton Reading Room |
| 1948–49 | Hallam |
| 1949–50 | Thorncliffe Recreation |
| 1950–51 | Penistone Church |
| 1951–52 | Thorncliffe Recreation |
| 1952–53 | Thorncliffe Recreation reserves |
| 1953–54 | Wickersley Institute |
| 1954–55 | Atlas & Norfolk Works |
| 1955–56 | Atlas & Norfolk Works |
| 1956–57 | English Steel Corporation |
| 1957–58 | Dearne Community & Miners Welfare |
| 1958–59 | Dearne Community & Miners Welfare |
| 1959–60 | YMCA |
| 1960–61 | Penistone Church |
| 1961–62 | YMCA |
| 1962–63 | Sheffield United 'A' |
| 1963–64 | Davy United |
| 1964–65 | Sheffield United 'A' |
| 1965–66 | Frecheville Community |
| 1966–67 | Sheffield Waterworks |
| 1967–68 | Sheffield United 'A' |
| 1968–69 | City Surveyors |
| 1969–70 | Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare reserves |
| Season | Division 1 | Division 2 |
| 1970–71 | Charlton United | East Dene |
| 1971–72 | BSC Parkgate | Old Edwardians |
| 1972–73 | Old Edwardians | Ecclesfield Red Rose |
| 1973–74 | Old Edwardians | Firth Brown |
| 1974–75 | Ecclesfield Red Rose | Sheffield Waterworks |
| 1975–76 | Sheffield Waterworks reserves | TWIL |
| 1976–77 | Old Edwardians | Woodhouse Ashberry |
| 1977–78 | Woodhouse Ashberry | Crosspool Sports |
| 1978–79 | Ecclesfield ES | Windsor |
| 1979–80 | Oughtibridge War Memorial | Middlewood Hospital |
| 1980–81 | Stannington Village | Dormer Sports |
| 1981–82 | Windsor | James Fairley Steels |
| 1982–83 | Crookes Working Mens Club | Woodsetts Welfare |