According to Austin Minto, one of the founder members, the League has its origins in the Summer of 1969.

“It all started at a house in Raeburn Road, Gleadless, during the Summer of 1969. The house was owned by Mr Sanderson, but it was his son Ken who got the ball rolling so to speak. At that time those of us running boys teams could only play friendlies and that’s how he got to know several of us. As I can best remember he contacted myself (Deepcar), Fred Pass (Wynn Gardens), Tommy Brooks (Moreland Juniors), and Ken Maw (Tirfor Athletic), when we had got several clubs interested, we held our first meeting at the Sacred Heart Hall, Hillsborough. We held most of our meetings then at several Public Houses throughout Sheffield the main one being The Lansdowne, opposite the old Locarne Dance Hall. The big meeting to form a committee and the divisions was held at Far Lees, Gleadless. I shall always remember that night and the elation shown by all concerned in the knowledge that we had formed a boy’s football league to cover the whole of Sheffield and surrounding districts. We formed 2 divisions, Under 13 and Under 14 and we were rolling!”