In 1954 the first attempt to organize teams into a league was accomplished The number of teams varied between six and ten during the early years, and matches were played on Sundays at Clifford Park. Soon, another league was formed where players participated for the recreational benefits of the sport and these matches were played on Saturdays. Therefore, during the late fifties and mid-sixties, two leagues, the New Providence Sunday League and the New Providence Saturday League, under the umbrella of the Bahamas Amateur Football Association, promoted and developed the sport in New Providence. In 1967 the two leagues amalgamated to form the Bahamas Football Association. In the 1970s and 1980s, Tropigas (later renamed Bears) and Nick's Body Shop (later renamed United) dominated New Providence football.
1991/92 JS Johnson United
1992/93 JS Johnson United
1993/94 Britam United
1994/95 Britam United
1995/96 Freeport RFC [*] 3-0 JS Johnson
1996/97 Cavalier FC
1997/98 Cavalier FC
1998/99 Cavalier FC
1999/00 Abacom United FC (Marsh Harbour)
2000/01 Cavalier FC 2-1 Abacom United
2001/02 final not played [NPFL: Bears FC]
2002/03 Bears FC 2-1 Abacom United [asdet]
2003/04 final not played [NPFL: Bears FC]
2005 final not played [NPFL: Caledonia Celtic]
2005/06 final not played [NPFL: Caledonia Celtic]
2007 final not played [NPFL: Bears FC]
2008 final not played [NPFL: not held]
BFA Senior League
2008/09 Bears FC
2009/10 IM Bears FC
2011 IM Bears FC
2011/12 IM Bears FC
2013 IM Bears FC
2013/14 Lyford Cay FC
2014/15 Western Warriors SC
2015/16 IM Bears FC
2016/17 Western Warriors SC
2017/18 University of the Bahamas FC
2018/19 Dynamos FC
2020 abandoned
2021 not held
2022/23 Western Warriors SC
2023/24 Western Warriors SC
2024/25
NPFL = New Providence Football League champions
[*] played as Pub on the Mall Red Dogs; in other seasons the club was called
Cambridge, Campari, Paint Fair Corona and Stella Athletic until becoming
Freeport Rugby FC; they are the only club from Grand Bahama to have ever
won the national title; in addition they won 5 Grand Bahama league titles
and 3 Grand Bahama cups (in 1995/96 they won the corresponding treble).
NB: Britam United now apparently known as United FC; they were earlier known
as Nick's Body Shop.
Bears FC apparently won the New Providence in 8 out of 10 seasons starting
from 1976 (when their original name of Tropigas, under which they were
founded in the mid-1960s, was changed to Beck's Bears).
NB: before 2008, the champion of the Grand Bahama Football League would compete
with the champion of the New Providence Football League to determine the
national title. In 2008, the two leagues merged to form the BFA Senior League.
Number of Titles (13, only BFA Senior League since 2008)
6 IM Bears FC
4 Western Warriors SC
1 Dynamos FC
Lyford Cay FC (now Westside SC-Renegades FC)
University of the Bahamas FC
Grand Bahama Football League
1991/92 Foto Factory Snappers
1992-95 not known
1996 Pub on the Mall Red Dogs (Freeport) [aka Freeport RFC]
1997-99 not known
2000 Abacom United FC (Marsh Harbour)
2001 Abacom United FC (Marsh Harbour)
2002 Abacom United FC (Marsh Harbour)
2003 Abacom United FC (Marsh Harbour)
2004 Quality Superstars (Freeport ?)
2005 not known
2006 Brita Red Bulls (Freeport)
2007 not played
2008 not played
2009-16 not known
2017 Dwayne Whylly FC
NB: Abacom United FC is from Abaco Island;
Freeport RFC won this league on 5 occasions
New Providence Football League
1969/70 Paradise
1970/71 not known (Paradise were runners-up)
1972/73 Tropigas
1973/74 Red Lion
1974-91 not known
1991/92 JS Johnson United
1992/93 JS Johnson United (5th consecutive title)
Source for introductory text: BFA; source for Grand Bahama Football League: wikipedia
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