Hatchard League
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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.{{cite web| url = http://www.sheffieldfa.com/news/2013/apr/county-senior-league-collect-top-award| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145914/http://www.sheffieldfa.com/news/2013/apr/county-senior-league-collect-top-award| archive-date = 2015-04-02| title = News {{!}} SheffieldFA}}
Champions
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| 1892–93
| Elsecar |
| 1893–94 |
| 1894–95
| Heeley |
| 1895–96 |
| 1896–97
| Kimberworth |
| 1897–98 |
| 1898–99
| Doncaster Rovers reserves & Treeton (shared) |
| 1899–1900
| Roundel |
| 1900–01
| Doncaster Rovers reserves |
| 1901–02
| Roundel reserves |
| 1902–03
| Hallam |
| 1903–04 |
| 1904–05 |
| 1905–06
| Parkgate Athletic |
| 1906–07
| Worksop Town reserves |
| 1907–08 |
| 1908–09 |
| 1909–10 |
| 1910–11 |
| 1911–12 |
| 1912–13 |
| 1913–14
| Bird In Hand |
| 1914–15
| Bird In Hand |
| 1919–20
| Treeton Reading Room & Beighton Recreation (shared) |
| 1920–21 |
| 1921–22 |
| 1922–23 |
| 1948–49
| Hallam |
| 1949–50 |
| 1950–51 |
| 1951–52 |
| 1952–53
| Thorncliffe Recreation reserves |
| 1953–54
| Wickersley Institute |
| 1954–55 |
| 1955–56 |
| 1956–57
| English Steel Corporation |
| 1957–58 |
| 1958–59 |
| 1959–60
| YMCA |
| 1960–61 |
| 1961–62
| YMCA |
| 1962–63
|Sheffield United 'A' |
| 1963–64
| Davy United |
| 1964–65
| Sheffield United 'A' |
| 1965–66 |
| 1966–67 |
| 1967–68
| Sheffield United 'A' |
| 1968–69
| City Surveyors |
| 1969–70
| Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare reserves |
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| 1970–71
| Charlton United | East Dene |
| 1971–72
| Old Edwardians |
| 1972–73
| Old Edwardians | Ecclesfield Red Rose |
| 1973–74
| Old Edwardians | Firth Brown |
| 1974–75
| Ecclesfield Red Rose |
| 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 |