2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League

Northern Counties East
Football League
Season2024–25

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.

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:

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Golcar United 23 16 2 5 54 27 +27 50 Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2 Thackley 25 16 2 7 61 38 +23 50 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Silsden 22 15 5 2 46 26 +20 50
4 Beverley Town 24 12 4 8 53 37 +16 40
5 Hallam 24 11 6 7 52 33 +19 39
6 Penistone Church 25 11 5 9 49 41 +8 38
7 Albion Sports 19 11 4 4 42 24 +18 37
8 Campion 22 11 2 9 39 34 +5 35
9 Handsworth 22 10 4 8 45 42 +3 34
10 Rossington Main 24 10 4 10 43 42 +1 34
11 Parkgate 24 10 2 12 35 42 −7 32
12 Pickering Town 23 9 4 10 46 52 −6 31
13 Barton Town 21 7 9 5 34 31 +3 30
14 Tadcaster Albion 25 8 3 14 42 49 −7 27
15 Frickley Athletic 25 7 4 14 45 53 −8 25
16 Bottesford Town 22 7 4 11 36 51 −15 25
17 Eccleshill United 20 6 4 10 31 37 −6 22
18 Knaresborough Town 23 4 9 10 35 42 −7 21
19 Winterton Rangers 22 4 4 14 16 45 −29 16 Relegation to Division One
20 Goole 25 3 3 19 20 78 −58 12
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2024. 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[2]


Stadia and locations

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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
  1. ^ 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:

The following seven clubs joined Division One before the season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Horbury Town 26 20 2 4 58 18 +40 62 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Wombwell Town 23 15 3 5 71 35 +36 48 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Brigg Town 24 15 3 6 63 29 +34 48
4 South Leeds 26 14 4 8 65 50 +15 46
5 Dearne & District 24 13 6 5 51 32 +19 45
6 Ilkley Town 25 14 3 8 51 40 +11 45
7 Wakefield 22 14 2 6 57 24 +33 44
8 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 23 10 8 5 49 44 +5 38
9 Maltby Main 25 11 4 10 46 45 +1 37
10 Selby Town 25 11 4 10 44 45 −1 37
11 Athersley Recreation 25 11 3 11 38 42 −4 36
12 Glasshoughton Welfare 25 9 7 9 39 45 −6 34
13 Harrogate Railway Athletic 23 8 7 8 37 32 +5 31
14 Shelley 25 7 7 11 34 52 −18 28
15 Club Thorne Colliery 22 6 7 9 29 26 +3 25
16 Nostell Miners Welfare 24 6 7 11 35 48 −13 25
17 Swallownest 25 7 4 14 29 52 −23 25
18 Armthorpe Welfare 23 7 3 13 38 43 −5 24
19 Dronfield Town 26 6 4 16 43 62 −19 22
20 Louth Town 24 5 6 13 37 58 −21 21 Relegation to a feeder league
21 Yorkshire Amateur 24 4 3 17 23 71 −48 15
22 Appleby Frodingham 23 3 3 17 21 65 −44 12
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2024. 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[2]

Stadia and locations

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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
CountryEngland
Teams42

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.

References

  1. ^ "NLS allocations for 2024-25". The Football Association. 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.