Successor Clubs
Several clubs have since represented the town of Loughborough:
- Loughborough Corinthians emerged c. 1903 and became founder members of the Leicestershire League, which they won twice before the outbreak of World War I. In 1925, after some good FA Cup runs the team stepped up to the Midland League where they played until their demise in 1933.
- Loughborough United were formed c. 1960 and were elected to Midland League in 1961. The Sixties were a good time for the club as they were league champions in 1963 and twice reached the 1st Round proper of the FA Cup. However the success was short lived and after some difficult seasons they left the league in 1973 after finishing bottom for the second successive season.
- A second Loughborough FC came into existence in 1988, when Loughborough J.O.L. (formerly Thorpe Acre Hallam) changed their name to Loughborough FC. The club competed in the Central Midlands League, but left and apparently folded in 1990.
- A third Loughborough FC appeared when Loughborough Athletic dropped the "Athletic" suffix in 2001. The club were members of the Midland Football Combination, but resigned from the league in the summer of 2006, stepping down to the North Leicestershire Football League, at level 13 of the English football league system.
- Loughborough Dynamo were founded in 1955 and were promoted to their present league, the Northern Premier League Division One South, in 2008.
- Loughborough Emmanuel FC. A Christian Football Club based from Emmanuel Church, Loughborough. Formed in the late 1890s and played at William Street, Loughborough. Founder members of Loughborough and District Football League in 1897. Loughborough and District Charity Cup in 1898. Loughborough and District Football League Champions 1900-01, 1903-04. Lecicestershire FA Junior Cup (North) Winners 1989-99 v Hathern Victoria 3-2. Loughborough and District Charity Cup Winners 1989 v. Quorn Havelock 2-0. Currently have a two senior teams. One playing in The North Leicestshire League Div 3 and a 2nd team playing in The Derby Churches League. The club also have several junior sides.
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