The Mining League (last sponsored by One and All Sports) was a
football
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league competition based in
Cornwall, England, UK, with three divisions. The First Division sat at level 13 of the
English football league system
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, and the winning team could be promoted to the
Cornwall Combination
The Cornwall Combination League is a football competition based in the western half of Cornwall, England, formed in 1959. The current league sponsors are drinks retailers LWC.
The league has a single division of 20 clubs, being larger than an ...
.
The league merged with the
Falmouth & Helston League
The Falmouth and Helston League was an English association football league comprising clubs from South Cornwall. The league was formed following the amalgamation of the Falmouth and District Football League and the Helston and District Football ...
at the end of the 2010–11 season. Both leagues at the time of the merger had three divisions and had 45 teams. The new
Trelawny League
The Trelawny League is an English association football league comprising clubs from West Cornwall, formed from a merger between the Mining League and the Falmouth & Helston League at the end of the 2010–11 season. The new Trelawny League co ...
was introduced for the start of the 2011–12 season, once the Falmouth & Helston League celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Events
In 2010 the league made the national news due to the performances of newly promoted Division One team Madron, who conceded 227 goals in their first 11 games of the season, including a 55–0 defeat to Illogan RBL Reserves.
Madron finished the season with no points and a goal difference of –395.
Recent champions
These are the divisional champions for the final seasons of the league:
Division One
*2009–10: Illogan Reserves
*2010–11: Illogan Reserves
Division Two
*2009–10: Madron
*2010–11: Carbis Bay United
Division Three
*2008-09: Threemilestone Reserves
*2009–10: Praze-an-Beeble
*2010–11: Hayle IV
References
External links
{{Portal, Cornwall
Mining League results and tables @ TheFA.com
Football leagues in Cornwall
Defunct football leagues in England