1985–86_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division Two
Season	1985–86
Champions	Lincoln United
Promoted	Garforth Town; York Railway Institute; Hallam; Staveley Works; Maltby Miners Welfare; Grimethorpe Miners Welfare; Kiveton Park; BSC Parkgate
Matches played	240
Goals scored	755 (3.15 per match)
	← 1984–85 (One North); 1984–85 (One Central); 1984–85 (One South) 1986–87 →

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season	1985–86
Champions	North Ferriby United
Promoted	Bridlington Town; Brigg Town; Harrogate Town; North Ferriby United
Matches played	240
Goals scored	795 (3.31 per match)
	← 1984–85 (One North); 1984–85 (One Central); 1984–85 (One South) 1986–87 →

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season	1985–86
Champions	Arnold
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,181 (3.11 per match)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Northern Counties East Football League

Football league season

The 1985–86 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 4th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

At the end of the previous season divisions One North, One Central and One South was reorganised. The clubs were distributed between newly formed divisions One, Two and Three.

Division Three was disbanded at the end of the season. Most of the Division Three clubs were promoted to Division Two.

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[table_hth_ARN0.65567652818546-1] Arnold, Eastwood Town, Denaby United and Heanor Town were deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_WOO0.17666663656787-2] Woolley Miners Welfare, Mexborough Town Athletic, Harrogate Railway Athletic and Dronfield United were deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_GMW0.36770766757788-3] Grimethorpe Miners Welfare were deducted 3 points.

[table_hth_BSC0.36770766757788-4] BSC Parkgate, Yorkshire Main, Pickering Town, Thorne Colliery were deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_YRA0.22375509386126-5] Yorkshire Amateur were deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_WSA0.22375509386126-6] Wombwell Sporting Association were deducted 3 points.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Arnold	38	24	8	6	83	36	+47	79^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
2	Emley	38	22	11	5	77	47	+30	77
3	Guiseley	38	22	6	10	81	52	+29	72
4	Long Eaton United	38	19	11	8	70	39	+31	68
5	Eastwood Town	38	21	5	12	73	62	+11	67^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Alfreton Town	38	21	2	15	66	47	+19	65
7	Sutton Town	38	18	6	14	69	57	+12	60
8	Farsley Celtic	38	14	12	12	71	55	+16	54
9	Belper Town	38	15	9	14	54	45	+9	54
10	Thackley	38	14	11	13	52	58	−6	53
11	Denaby United	38	13	14	11	63	56	+7	52^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12	Pontefract Collieries	38	15	7	16	55	54	+1	52
13	Armthorpe Welfare	38	15	7	16	57	58	−1	52
14	Bentley Victoria Welfare	38	12	11	15	61	65	−4	47
15	Heanor Town	38	11	9	18	61	69	−8	41^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
16	Spalding United	38	9	12	17	41	62	−21	39	Transferred to the United Counties League
17	Boston	38	10	6	22	42	79	−37	36
18	Appleby Frodingham	38	6	12	20	40	83	−43	30	Club folded
19	Bridlington Trinity	38	4	14	20	34	85	−51	26
20	Ilkeston Town	38	5	7	26	31	72	−41	22	Resigned to the Central Midlands League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	North Ferriby United	30	18	5	7	54	31	+23	59	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Sheffield	30	16	8	6	54	39	+15	56
3	Harrogate Town	30	16	6	8	65	42	+23	54	Promoted to the Premier Division
4	Rowntree Mackintosh	30	16	5	9	67	45	+22	53
5	Ossett Albion	30	13	11	6	54	39	+15	50
6	Bridlington Town	30	11	13	6	49	41	+8	46	Promoted to the Premier Division
7	Borrowash Victoria	30	12	10	8	53	48	+5	46	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
8	Harworth Colliery Institute	30	12	6	12	51	50	+1	42	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
9	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	12	7	11	59	59	0	42^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Bradley Rangers	30	12	4	14	51	51	0	40
11	Hatfield Main	30	8	13	9	57	43	+14	37
12	Brigg Town	30	8	8	14	31	42	−11	32	Promoted to the Premier Division
13	Mexborough Town Athletic	30	8	7	15	39	68	−29	30^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	Harrogate Railway Athletic	30	6	6	18	47	70	−23	23^{[lower-alpha 1]}
15	Dronfield United	30	6	6	18	32	61	−29	23^{[lower-alpha 1]}
16	Pilkington Recreation	30	4	9	17	32	66	−34	21

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lincoln United	30	20	5	5	73	29	+44	65	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
2	Garforth Town	30	20	4	6	66	29	+37	64	Promoted to Division One
3	York Railway Institute	30	17	5	8	58	39	+19	56
4	Staveley Works	30	17	4	9	52	33	+19	55
5	Hallam	30	15	2	13	48	42	+6	47
6	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	12	7	11	44	48	−4	43
7	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	30	12	7	11	50	48	+2	42^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Kiveton Park	30	11	6	13	42	48	−6	39
9	BSC Parkgate	30	11	7	12	43	50	−7	39^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10	Liversedge	30	11	5	14	46	56	−10	38
11	Frecheville Community Association	30	9	8	13	43	61	−18	35
12	Arnold Kingswell	30	10	4	16	48	57	−9	34	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
13	Yorkshire Main	30	10	5	15	38	53	−15	34^{[lower-alpha 2]}
14	Ossett Town	30	8	7	15	40	53	−13	31
15	Pickering Town	30	5	10	15	33	52	−19	24^{[lower-alpha 2]}
16	Thorne Colliery	30	7	4	19	31	57	−26	24^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Resigned to the Doncaster & District Senior League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Collingham	26	16	7	3	66	23	+43	55	Promoted to Division Two
2	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare	26	14	5	7	60	32	+28	47
3	Eccleshill United	26	13	6	7	43	34	+9	45
4	Glasshoughton Welfare	26	12	7	7	42	33	+9	43
5	Yorkshire Amateur	26	11	10	5	38	29	+9	42^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Hall Road Rangers	26	9	9	8	37	33	+4	36
7	Oakham United	26	10	6	10	38	35	+3	36	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
8	Graham Street Prims	26	10	5	11	43	41	+2	35	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
9	Tadcaster Albion	26	9	7	10	44	39	+5	34	Promoted to Division Two
10	Stocksbridge Works	26	9	6	11	42	43	−1	33
11	Selby Town	26	8	7	11	47	59	−12	31
12	Fryston Colliery Welfare	26	5	6	15	32	72	−40	21
13	Wombwell Sporting Association	26	6	5	15	28	49	−21	20^{[lower-alpha 2]}
14	Kimberley Town	26	4	6	16	26	64	−38	18	Resigned to the Central Midlands League

1985–86_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League

1985–86 Northern Counties East Football League

Premier Division

League table

Map

Division One

League table

Map

Division Two

League table

Map

Division Three

League table

References

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