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The Bedfordshire County Football League (formed as the ''Bedford & District League'' in 1904), is an English football competition for clubs in and close to the county of Bedfordshire.〔Bedfordshire Football League Handbook 2007–08, p. 6〕 It has run with five divisions (four in the 2014–15 season) and is headed by the Premier Division, which is at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The top club in the league may apply for promotion to the United Counties League Division One or the Spartan South Midlands League Division One. In the 2014–15 season, Renhold United were the Premier Division champions. The league runs separate league cups for each division – the Premier Division clubs play for the Britannia Cup, Division One clubs play for the Centenary Cup, Division Two sides compete for the Jubilee Cup, while Division Three teams play in the Watson Shield. The league is affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association. ==Recent divisional Champions== The overall League Champions were awarded the Jubilee Challenge Cup until 1993, when that cup was retired and replaced by the Premier Cup.〔Bedfordshire Football League Handbook 2007–08, pp. 36–41〕 In 2002, Divisions Three, Four and Five were merged into two new divisions, Associate Division One and Associate Division Two After the 2005–06 season, the league changed its name to the Bedfordshire Football League. Along with the name change, the league reorganized its five divisions by incorporating the two primarily reserve divisions (''Associate Division One'' and ''Two'') into the three first team divisions, ultimately creating three divisions of 16 clubs and a bottom division of 17 clubs. The league reorganised itself again in 2009, extending its name to Bedfordshire County Football League and adding a fifth division, Division Four. The Premier Division now included 16 clubs, while 14 teams competed Divisions One, Two and Three and the new Division Four comprised 13 clubs. The league crowned only four divisional champions in 15 and returned with one more division from the 2015–16 season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bedfordshire County Football League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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