North Leigh Football Club is a football club based in North Leigh, Oxfordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground.
The club was established in 1908 and became members of the Witney & District League. They won the Division Two title, the Ted Young Senior Challenge Cup and the Watts Junior Challenge Cup in 1947âÂÂ48, before winning the Fred Ford Memorial Cup the following season. In 1950âÂÂ51 the club were champions of the Premier Division. They won the league again in 1952âÂÂ53 and went on to win it in each of the next four seasons, also winning the Ted Young Senior Challenge Cup in 1951âÂÂ52, 1953âÂÂ54, 1954âÂÂ55 and 1956âÂÂ57 and the Oxfordshire Junior Shield in 1956âÂÂ57. The club then moved up to the Oxfordshire Senior League. However, they later returned to the Witney & District League and were Division Two champions in 1968âÂÂ69.
Another successful spell in the 1980s saw North Leigh win the Witney & District League Premier Division title and the Oxfordshire Junior Shield in 1983âÂÂ84, before winning five consecutive Premier Division titles between 1985âÂÂ86 and 1989âÂÂ90. They then moved up to Division One of the Hellenic League in 1990. In 1992âÂÂ93 the club were Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They won the Premier Division title in 2001âÂÂ02 and 2002âÂÂ03, but were unable to take promotion as their ground did not meet Southern League requirements. However, after finishing as runners-up in the league 2006âÂÂ07, the club won the Premier Division, the Hellenic League Shield and the Oxfordshire Senior Cup in 2007âÂÂ08 and were promoted to Division One South & West of the Southern League.
North Leigh won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup again in 2011âÂÂ12 and 2016âÂÂ17. They were transferred to Division One Central of the Southern League at the end of the 2017âÂÂ18 season. In 2021âÂÂ22 the club finished sixth, one place outside the promotion play-offs. However, after Welwyn Garden City were disqualified, North Leigh took their place in the play-offs, going on to beat Berkhamsted 2âÂÂ1 in the semi-finals and Ware 4âÂÂ2 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division South. They finished third-from-bottom of the Premier Division South the following season and were relegated back to Division One Central.
In 2024âÂÂ25 North Leigh finished bottom of Division One Central and were relegated to the Premier Division North of the Combined Counties League.
The club play at Eynsham Park, set in the grounds of Eynsham Hall. The ground includes a 175-seat stand named for George Hazell and a covered standing area behind one goal. A record attendance of 426 was set during the 2004âÂÂ05 season for an FA Cup third qualifying round match against Newport County. A new record of 525 was set for a friendly match against Oxford United in July 2022.