High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Snooker leagues are common throughout the UK, probably more so there than anywhere else in the world. How many there are is uncertain, because there is no single directory. According to the BBC website[clarification needed], the county of Lancashire is home to twenty-eight snooker leagues alone. The population of Lancashire is approximately one and a half million (3% of the population of the UK), therefore an estimation can be made that there are up to 800 snooker leagues in the UK. Generally, a league consists of between one and seven divisions of snooker teams that are based on a specific geographical area. There are usually eight to twelve teams in each division, who play each other home and away in a season, often during the winter months. The teams are based at a club, usually a workingmen's or social club, although actual snooker clubs participate within the leagues. Each team generally consists of between three and six players, who play a single frame of snooker against an opponent during a match on a weekly basis.