Leicester Lions

This is from Wiki

What it doesn't give is the story behind the side coming together, Westleigh and Wigston were fierce local rivals, their club grounds were barely two miles apart, back in the day, along with Hinckley, they were the clubs thought of as the top junior sides in the county.

When the game went pro and the leagues began a meeting brought about the desire to get a Leicestershire side in the National leagues. Wigston owned their own clubhouse, but the pitches were rented, Westleigh owned the lot, so the decision was taken to form the Lions at Westleigh Park, sell the Wigston club house to a local soccer team and start the journey. Ambition was to get into Nat 2 and consolidate their position, they came close to being relegated once and just missed out on promotion once as well. I've not spoken to anyone at the club recently, so not privy to any plans for the new campaign in Nat 1, but I do know they are looking forward to it and some plans on the commercial side are already under way.

They have a new £2 million club house and it is successful as a local amenity, the club has three adult sides and a thriving mini and junior section, with some of their own talent now just breaking into the first team squad. In the past they have had dual registered players from both Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints, though last season there was just one from the Tigers.

I'm sure you will get a warm welcome for those who have not met the Lions before, pretty sure those who have not played at Blaby for a while will be delighted to know the old wooden clubhouse is no more, it is now the car park and the old first team pitch has a small housing estate on it, the sale of the bit of land paid for the new facilities.

Lions have a way to go to meet the Premiership minimum standards lol, but it is still a good venue to visit now.

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