Yorkshire_Amateur_League

Yorkshire Amateur Football League

Yorkshire Amateur Football League

Association football league in West Yorkshire, England

The Yorkshire Amateur Association Football League is an amateur competitive football league based in West Yorkshire, England. The league has a total of eight divisions, the highest of which is the Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division, which sits at level 11 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Northern Counties East Football League.

Quick Facts Organising body, Founded ...

In the 2008–09 season, Gildersome Spurs Old Boys made the record books by winning all four of the competitions they entered, including Senior B, the Terry Marflitt Trophy, the Yorkshire Old Boys Shield, and the Wheatley District Cup.

The League runs three League Cup competitions annually. The Terry Marflitt Trophy is contested by teams in the Premier Division, Championship and Division One. The Hancock Cup is contested by teams in Division Two and Division Three. The Hodgson Cup is contested by teams in Division Four and Division Five.

The Yorkshire Amateur Association Football League received FA Charter Standard status in the 2017-18 season and celebrated being in existence for 90 years. As part of these celebrations, the finals for the Terry Marflitt Trophy and Hancock Cup were held at South Leeds Stadium. [1]

Before the 2019–20 season, the Yorkshire League was admitted to Step 7 of the National League System (NLS) after creating the Supreme Division, which took in seven clubs from the dissolved West Riding County Amateur Football League.[2] The league's top division succeeded its former West Riding County League counterpart at that step, which was abolished ahead of the next season and replaced with the designation Regional NLS Feeder Leagues. The first team to gain promotion was Route One Rovers who, in 2023, were elevated to the North West Counties Football League.

Member clubs 2022–23

Supreme Division[3]

  • Alwoodley
  • Athletico
  • Bradford United
  • Calverley United
  • Farsley Celtic Juniors
  • Leeds City
  • Leeds Medics & Dentists
  • Leeds University
  • Littletown
  • Lower Hopton
  • Middleton
  • Route One Rovers
  • Ryburn United
  • Stanley United
  • Wortley

Premier Division[4]

Beeston Juniors | Collegians | Ealandians | Gildersome Spurs Old Boys | Golcar United | Greetland AFC | Leeds City Reserves | Lepton Highlanders | Morley Town AFC | Nostell M.W. | Route One Rovers Reserves | Shire Academics | Woodkirk Valley

Championship[5]

Bradford United Reserves | Colton Athletic | Ealandians Reserves | Hanging Heaton | Huddersfield Amateur | Idle | Leeds Independent | Leeds Medics & Dentists Reserves | Leeds Modernians | Middleton Park | Middleton Reserves | Norristhorpe | Wortley Reserves

Division One[6]

Alwoodley Reserves | Fairbank United | Farsley Celtic Juniors Reserves | Gomersal & Cleckheaton | Horsforth St. Margaret's | Leeds City III | Littletown Reserves | Ryburn United Reserves | Savile United | Shire Academics Reserves | Stanningley Old Boys | Tyersal

Division Two[7]

Athletico Reserves | Bradford Olympic | Leeds Medics & Dentists III | Marsden | Mount St Marys | Norristhorpe Reserves | North Huddersfield | Salts | St. Bedes AFC | Thornesians | Trinity & All Saints Old Boys | White Rose

Division Three[8]

Birstall Rovers | Calverley United Reserves | Colton Athletic Reserves | Dewsbury Rangers | Farnley Sports | Garforth Rangers | Gildersome Spurs Old Boys Reserves | Leeds Modernians Reserves | North Leeds | Ryburn United Academy I | Woodkirk Valley Reserves | Wortley III

Division Four[9]

Beeston Juniors Reserves | Bradford United III | Ealandians III | Leeds City IV | Leeds Modernians III | Lepton Highlanders Reserves | Methley United | Middleton Park Reserves | Morley Town AFC Reserves | Old Centralians | Shire Academics III

Division Five[10]

Collegians Reserves | Colton Athletic III | Dewsbury Rangers Reserves | Hanging Heaton Reserves | Hebden Bridge Saints | Huddersfield Amateur Reserves | Idle Reserves | North Leeds Reserves | Old Centralians Reserves | St. Bedes AFC Reserves | Shire Academics IV | Thornesians Reserves

Champions

Recent divisional champions [11]

More information Season, Premier Division (ex-Senior Division 'A') ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Yorkshire Amateur League in peak health for 90th anniversary season". Telegraph & Argus. 21 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Yorkshire Amateur League: FA Step 7 status and bumper team list". Telegraph & Argus. 20 August 2019.
  3. [3]
    Supreme Division FA Full-Time
  4. [4]
    Premier Division FA Full-Time
  5. [5]
    Championship FA Full-Time
  6. [6]
    Division 1 FA Full-Time
  7. [7]
    Division 2 FA Full-Time
  8. [8]
    Division 3 FA Full-Time
  9. [9]
    Division 4 FA Full-Time
  10. [10]
    Division 5 FA Full-Time
  11. [11]
    Yorkshire Amateur League History
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