92 17 (North Division) 18 (South Division) 10 (Division One North) 12 (Division One East) 12 (Division One West) 10 (Division One South) 13 (Division Two)[1]
The Central Midlands Alliance is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to the Central Midlands League in 1983, it covers parts of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Staffordshire, although Sheffield-based teams play in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League. The league's current sponsor is Abacus Lighting. Upon merging with the Midland Regional Alliance in 2023, the current name was adopted. The number of divisions has varied over time as follows
1983–84: Premier, Premier First, Senior and First
1984–85 to 1985–86: Premier, Central, Senior and First
1986–87 to 1987–88: Supreme, Premier, First and Second
1988–89 to 1990–91: Supreme, Premier and First
1991–92: Supreme, Premier North and Premier South
1992–93 to 2010–11: Supreme and Premier
2011–12 to 2012–13: North and South
2012–13 to 2014–15: North, South, Reserve Supreme and Reserve Premier
2015–16 to 2016–17: North, South, Reserve Division
2017–18 to 2018–19: North, South, Reserve Supreme and Division One
2018–19 to 2019–20: North, South, Division One North and South
2019–20 to 2021–22: North, South, Division One North, South and Central
2022–23: North, South, Division One North, East and West
2023–24 onwards: North, South, Division One North, South, East and West and Division 2
Within the English football league system, the Central Midlands League's top two divisions, called the North Division and South Division, were considered part of the National League System (at Step 7) until 2020, when they were redesignated as NLS county feeders. Four clubs from the previously-named Premier Division had the distinction of being the lowest-ranked clubs, and only ones outside the NLS, accepted for the 2006–07 FA Vase. For the 2008–09 season, eight of the leading sides left the Central Midlands League to join forces with eight clubs from the Leicestershire Senior League to form a new league, the East Midlands Counties League, at Step 6 of the National League System. For the 2015–16 season reserve teams of clubs who play higher up the pyramid were allowed to participate in the league for the first time.
The league also runs the Central Midlands League Challenge Cup, which is contested by every club in the league.
Since 2001 every final has been played at Alfreton Town's North Street stadium.
