2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League

The 2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League season is the 43rd in the history of the Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Northern Counties East
Football League

Season	2024–25
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 17 May 2024.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Counties East League Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs.

The following three teams left the division at the end of the 2023–24 season:

• Emley - promoted to Northern Premier League Division One East
• Garforth Town - promoted to Northern Premier League Division One East
• Maltby Main - relegated to NCEL Division One

The following three teams joined the division ahead of the 2024–25 season:

• Beverley Town - promoted from NCEL Division One
• Parkgate - promoted from NCEL Division One
• Winterton Rangers - relegated from Northern Premier League Division One East

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Silsden (C, P)	38	26	8	4	86	48	+38	86	Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2	Hallam (O, P)	38	23	8	7	96	44	+52	77	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Golcar United	38	23	3	12	87	48	+39	72
4	Beverley Town	38	21	5	12	79	60	+19	68
5	Thackley	38	20	7	11	84	57	+27	67
6	Albion Sports	38	20	8	10	77	51	+26	65[a]
7	Handsworth	38	18	7	13	83	68	+15	61
8	Penistone Church	38	16	8	14	75	62	+13	56
9	Campion	38	16	5	17	63	63	0	53
10	Pickering Town	38	16	5	17	66	68	−2	53
11	Parkgate	38	16	4	18	55	66	−11	52
12	Knaresborough Town	38	13	10	15	61	59	+2	49
13	Rossington Main	38	14	7	17	68	70	−2	49
14	Barton Town	38	13	10	15	60	67	−7	49
15	Eccleshill United	38	12	8	18	54	68	−14	44
16	Bottesford Town	38	13	5	20	56	80	−24	44
17	Tadcaster Albion	38	10	7	21	54	72	−18	37
18	Frickley Athletic	38	9	6	23	53	86	−33	33
19	Winterton Rangers (R)	38	7	6	25	25	77	−52	27	Relegation to Division One
20	Goole (R)	38	6	9	23	38	106	−68	27

Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Albion Sports were deducted 3 points for fielding suspended player Thomas Porter vs. Frickley Athletic on 27 December 2024.^[2]

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	3	Golcar United	0
	4	Beverley Town	1
						4	Beverley Town	2 (3)
						2	Hallam	2 (4)
	2	Hallam	1
	5	Thackley	0

Semifinals

Golcar United v Beverley Town

12 April	Golcar United	0–1	Beverley Town	Golcar
15:00		Report	Suluburic 68'	Stadium: Skye Direct Stadium Attendance: 1,127

Hallam v Thackley

12 April	Hallam	1–0	Thackley	Crosspool
15:00	South 69'	Report		Stadium: Sandygate Attendance: 1,358

Final

Hallam v Beverley Town

19 April	Hallam	2–2 (4–3 p)	Beverley Town	Crosspool
15:00	Haworth 50' Allan 56'	Report	Snelgrove 9', 45'	Stadium: Sandygate Attendance: 1,563
	Penalties
	Buttle Brownell Haworth Blakeley Allan		Plummer Piercy Connelly Sani

Stadia and locations

Albion Sports

Barton Town

Beverley Town

Bottesford Town

Campion

Eccleshill United

Frickley Athletic

Golcar United

Goole

Hallam

Handsworth

Knaresborough Town

Parkgate

Penistone Church

Pickering Town

Rossington Main

Silsden

Tadcaster Albion

Thackley

Winterton Rangers

Location of the clubs in the 2024–25 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Albion Sports	Horsfall Stadium[a]	3,500
Barton Town	Marsh Lane	3,000
Beverley Town	Norwood Park	1,000
Bottesford Town	Birch Park	1,000
Campion	Scotchman Road	1,000
Eccleshill United	Plumpton Park, Kingsway, Wrose	2,225
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Golcar United	Skye Direct Stadium, Longfield Avenue	1,200
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Hallam	Sandygate	1,300
Handsworth	Oliver's Mount	2,500
Knaresborough Town	Manse Lane	1,000
Parkgate	Roundwood Sports Complex	1,000
Penistone Church	Church View Road	1,000
Pickering Town	Mill Lane	2,000
Rossington Main	Welfare Ground	2,000
Silsden	Keighley Road Stadium	1,500
Tadcaster Albion	Ings Lane	2,000
Thackley	Dennyfield	3,000
Winterton Rangers	West Street	3,000
home of Bradford (Park Avenue) (groundshare)

Division One

Northern Counties East League Division One

Division One consists of 22 clubs.

The following eight clubs left Division One before the season:

• Beverley Town - promoted to Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Clay Cross Town - transferred to United Counties League Division One
• Ollerton Town - relegated to Regional Feeder Leagues
• Parkgate - promoted to Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Retford - transferred to United Counties League Division One
• Retford United - transferred to United Counties League Division One
• Shirebrook Town - promoted to United Counties League Premier Division North
• Staveley Miners Welfare - transferred to United Counties League Division One

The following seven clubs joined Division One before the season:

• Appleby Frodingham - promoted from Lincolnshire League
• Club Thorne Colliery - promoted from Humber Premier League
• Dearne & District - promoted from Central Midlands League Premier Division North
• Ilkley Town - transferred from North West Counties League Division One North
• Maltby Main - relegated from NCEL Premier Division
• Shelley - transferred from North West Counties League Division One North
• South Leeds (known as Middleton when first admitted) - promoted from Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Horbury Town (C, P)	42	30	5	7	100	33	+67	95	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Wombwell Town (O, P)	42	29	7	6	113	47	+66	94	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Wakefield	42	29	4	9	98	35	+63	91
4	Dearne & District	42	25	9	8	97	50	+47	84
5	Ilkley Town	42	24	4	14	81	60	+21	76
6	Worsbrough Bridge Athletic	42	20	10	12	82	75	+7	70
7	Brigg Town	42	21	6	15	94	57	+37	69
8	Selby Town	42	21	6	15	77	68	+9	69
9	South Leeds	42	19	8	15	89	76	+13	65
10	Maltby Main	42	19	7	16	77	72	+5	64
11	Club Thorne Colliery	42	16	14	12	60	48	+12	62
12	Harrogate Railway Athletic	42	17	9	16	71	63	+8	60
13	Armthorpe Welfare	42	15	6	21	68	79	−11	51
14	Glasshoughton Welfare	42	13	10	19	68	84	−16	49
15	Louth Town	42	14	7	21	68	88	−20	49
16	Swallownest	42	14	5	23	55	90	−35	47	Transfer to the United Counties League
17	Shelley (R)	42	11	13	18	59	81	−22	46	Resigned to the West Yorkshire Association Football League
18	Athersley Recreation	42	13	5	24	59	86	−27	44
19	Nostell Miners Welfare	42	9	10	23	52	84	−32	37
20	Dronfield Town	42	10	5	27	65	101	−36	32[a]	Reprived from relegation, then transfer to the United Counties League
21	Appleby Frodingham	42	9	6	27	49	110	−61	30[b]	Reprived from relegation
22	Yorkshire Amateur (R)	42	4	4	34	32	127	−95	16	Relegation to the Yorkshire Amateur League

Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Dronfield Town were deducted 3 points for fielding unregistered player Jake Hatton vs. Wombwell Town on 21 December 2024 and vs. Athersley Recreation on 18 January 2025.^[4]
2. Appleby Frodingham were deducted 3 points for fielding banned player Dean McCarthy vs. Armthorpe Welfare on 30 November 2024.^[4]

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	3	Wakefield	0
	4	Dearne & District	1
						4	Dearne & District	2
						2	Wombwell Town	3
	2	Wombwell Town	2
	5	Ilkley Town	1

Semifinals

Wakefield v Dearne & District

19 April	Wakefield	0–1	Dearne & District	Featherstone
15:00		Report	Austin 90'	Stadium: Post Office Road Attendance: 923

Wombwell Town v Ilkley Town

19 April	Wombwell Town	2–1	Ilkley Town	Wombwell
15:00	Agnew 67' Kershaw 75'	Report	Maville-Anku 14'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 603

Final

Wombwell Town v Dearne & District

26 April	Wombwell Town	3–2	Dearne & District	Wombwell
15:00	Kershaw 10' Fearon 24', 52'	Report	Lowe 31' Austin 79'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1,498

Stadia and locations

Appleby Frodingham

Armthorpe Welfare

Athersley Recreation

Brigg Town

Club Thorne Colliery

Dearne

Dronfield Town

Glasshoughton Welfare

Harrogate RA

Horbury Town

Ilkley Town

Louth Town

Maltby Main

Nostell MW

Selby Town

Shelley

South Leeds

Swallownest

Wakefield

Wombwell Town

Worsbrough BA

Yorkshire Amateur

Location of the clubs in the 2024–25 NCEL Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Appleby Frodingham	Brumby Hall Sports Ground	1,100
Armthorpe Welfare	The Marra Falcons Stadium	2,500
Athersley Recreation	Sheerien Park	2,050
Brigg Town	The Hawthorns	2,500
Club Thorne Colliery	Welfare Ground, Moorends	1,200
Dearne & District	Welfare Community Ground, Goldthorpe	700
Dronfield Town	Stonelow Ground	500
Glasshoughton Welfare	Glasshoughton Centre	2,000
Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Horbury Town	Slazengers Sports Complex	500
Ilkley Town	Ben Rhydding Sports club	559
Louth Town	Marshlands	500
Maltby Main	Muglet Lane	2,000
Nostell Miners Welfare	The Welfare Ground	1,500
Selby Town	Richard Street	5,000
Shelley	Stafflex Arena	700
South Leeds	South Leeds Stadium	3,450
Swallownest	(The Swall Siro) Miners Welfare Ground	500
Wakefield	Post Office Road	6,594
Wombwell Town	Recreation Ground	500
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic	Park Road	2,000
Yorkshire Amateur	Bracken Edge	1,550

League Cup

2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	42

The 2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 42nd season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.

Quarter-finals

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. Tuesday 4 March 2025 1 Knaresborough Town 1-0 Hallam 112 Wednesday 5 March 2025 2 Penistone Church 1-1 (5-4 p) Handsworth 164 Tuesday 11 March 2025 3 Beverley Town 5-3 Rossington Main 127 4 Golcar United 0-3 Silsden 142

Semi-finals

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. Tuesday 1 April 2025 1 Knaresborough Town 0–0 (5–4 p) Penistone Church 186 Tuesday 8 April 2025 2 Beverley Town 3–2 Silsden 300

Final

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. Venue Tuesday 6 May 2025 1 Knaresborough Town 2–3 Beverley Town 587 Glanford Park