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Yorkshire Football League
Division Three
Season	1970–71
Champions	Stocksbridge Works
Promoted	Brook Sports; Guiseley; Leeds & Carnegie College; Stocksbridge Works
Matches played	210
Goals scored	753 (3.59 per match)
	1971–72 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1970–71
Champions	North Ferriby United
Promoted	Emley; North Ferriby United; Scarborough reserves; Thackley
Matches played	182
Goals scored	627 (3.45 per match)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1970–71
Champions	Lincoln United
Relegated	Barton Town; Wombwell Sporting Association
Matches played	182
Goals scored	595 (3.27 per match)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Yorkshire Football League was the 45th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England. This season the league expanded up to three divisions.

Division One

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:

Barton Town, transferred from the Midland League
Winterton Rangers, joined from the Lincolnshire Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln United	26	16	7	3	56	26	+30	39
2	Farsley Celtic	26	13	9	4	41	25	+16	35
3	Rawmarsh Welfare	26	13	8	5	49	30	+19	34
4	Mexborough Town	26	12	7	7	56	40	+16	31
5	Hallam	26	13	5	8	49	42	+7	31
6	Bridlington Town	26	10	7	9	43	35	+8	27
7	Denaby United	26	11	4	11	44	37	+7	26
8	Ossett Albion	26	8	8	10	30	36	−6	24
9	Bridlington Trinity	26	9	4	13	43	50	−7	22
10	Winterton Rangers	26	8	6	12	40	48	−8	22
11	Frecheville Community Association	26	8	6	12	41	51	−10	22
12	Selby Town	26	7	5	14	42	54	−12	19
13	Barton Town	26	5	9	12	41	65	−24	19	Relegated to Division Two
14	Wombwell Sporting Association	26	3	7	16	20	56	−36	13	Relegated to Division Two

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Frecheville Community Association

Location of the clubs in the 1970–71 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

Division Two featured eight clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs, relegated from Division One:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	North Ferriby United	26	17	6	3	69	19	+50	40	Promoted to Division One
2	Thackley	26	16	6	4	55	21	+34	38
3	Scarborough reserves	26	16	3	7	67	38	+29	35
4	Emley	26	14	7	5	51	29	+22	35
5	Hull Brunswick	26	13	7	6	46	24	+22	33
6	Hatfield Main	26	14	4	8	46	36	+10	32
7	Dinnington Athletic	26	11	3	12	42	37	+5	25
8	Norton Woodseats	26	9	3	14	45	51	−6	21
9	Kiveton Park	26	9	3	14	41	62	−21	21
10	Yorkshire Amateur	26	7	4	15	42	51	−9	18
11	Heeley Amateurs	26	6	6	14	33	64	−31	18
12	Thorne Colliery	26	5	6	15	35	69	−34	16
13	Brodsworth Miners Welfare	26	7	2	17	24	55	−31	16
14	Swallownest Miners Welfare	26	6	4	16	31	71	−40	16	Resigned from the league

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Brodsworth Miners Welfare

Scarborough reserves

Location of the clubs in the 1970–71 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three

The division was formed by nine clubs relegated from Division Two and six new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division Two:
Plus:
- Bradford Park Avenue reserves
- Brook Sports
- International Harvesters, joined from the Doncaster & District Senior League
- Leeds & Carnegie College, new club
- Sheffield Waterworks, joined from the Sheffield Association League
- St. John's College (York)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stocksbridge Works	28	19	5	4	74	38	+36	43	Promoted to Division Two
2	Brook Sports	28	16	8	4	60	46	+14	40
3	Leeds & Carnegie College	28	15	5	8	69	32	+37	35
4	Guiseley	28	14	5	9	68	52	+16	33
5	Harrogate Railway Athletic	28	13	5	10	42	40	+2	31
6	Sheffield	28	12	6	10	61	52	+9	30
7	St. John's College (York)	28	9	10	9	45	37	+8	28
8	Ossett Town	28	10	8	10	48	44	+4	28
9	Leeds Ashley Road	28	10	7	11	48	41	+7	27
10	Hall Road Rangers	28	11	4	13	49	68	−19	26
11	International Harvesters	28	9	7	12	50	52	−2	25
12	Harrogate Town	28	8	6	14	34	45	−11	22
13	Bradford Park Avenue reserves	28	8	5	15	39	53	−14	21
14	Firth Vickers	28	8	3	17	43	72	−29	19	Resigned to the Sheffield Association League
15	Sheffield Waterworks	28	3	6	19	23	81	−58	12

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.