I Zingari League

The I Zingari League was an amateur association football competition based in Liverpool, England which existed from at least 1897 [ [http://www.marinefc.com/history/seasonbyseason.php History of Marine FC] refers to them joining the league in 1897] until 2006, when it merged with the Liverpool County Combination to form the new Liverpool County Premier League. The league was at one time a feeder to the North West Counties League. [ [http://www.redgateopen.co.uk/zingari.asp Redgate Rovers website] references this arrangement existing in 2002 (although it also claims that the North West Counties League was at the time a feeder to the Football Conference which is incorrect)]

Notable local non-league clubs Marine and Formby competed in this league in the past. A representative fixture against the Lancashire Amateur League was played annually between 1919 and the league's discontinuation. [ [http://www.broughtonfc.fsnet.co.uk/Menu4-PreviousSeasons/yr2005-06.htm Broughton Amateurs website] mentions their players' participation in the final representative match.]

Member clubs

The final season's Premier Division featured 14 teams. The final champions were Old Xaverians.

I Zingari Combination

The I Zingari Combination was originally the league for the reserve teams of I Zingari League clubs. Despite the discontinuation of the League, the Combination continues to run, now featuring the reserve teams of clubs in the Liverpool County Premier League (as well as the first team of one club, Mexoc). The Combination has run since 1904. [Date shown on the Combination's badge on its [http://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=1390&LeagueCode=IZFC2006 Football Mitoo page] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.eastvillafc.co.uk/?league&year=2005_1 Final Premier Division table]