2019–20 Northern Counties East Football League

The 2019–20 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 38th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.[1] These were subject to appeal, and the Northern Counties East's constitution was ratified at the league's AGM on 15 June.[2]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.[3] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[4]

Premier Division

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2019–20
Matches played263
Goals scored976 (3.71 per match)

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Staveley Miners Welfare 26 17 4 5 59 26 +33 55
2 Liversedge 24 16 5 3 80 42 +38 53
3 Yorkshire Amateur 26 16 5 5 60 27 +33 53
4 Penistone Church 28 15 8 5 58 32 +26 53
5 Bridlington Town 25 14 6 5 52 33 +19 48
6 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 28 13 6 9 53 42 +11 45
7 Maltby Main 28 13 4 11 44 46 −2 43
8 Garforth Town 28 12 5 11 54 58 −4 41
9 Grimsby Borough 26 13 1 12 59 53 +6 40
10 Silsden 28 10 7 11 46 51 −5 37
11 Barton Town 27 11 3 13 51 51 0 36
12 Eccleshill United 25 11 2 12 47 45 +2 35
13 Knaresborough Town 25 9 5 11 42 39 +3 32
14 Thackley 26 9 5 12 48 53 −5 32
15 Handsworth 23 8 6 9 39 55 −16 30
16 AFC Mansfield 26 7 7 12 33 43 −10 28
17 Goole 28 7 4 17 40 61 −21 25
18 Bottesford Town 27 7 2 18 43 71 −28 23
19 Albion Sports 25 6 4 15 39 55 −16 22
20 Athersley Recreation 27 3 3 21 29 93 −64 12
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: NCE Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]

Stadia and locations

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Location of the clubs in the 2019–20 NCEL Premier
Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber
Club Stadium Capacity
Albion Sports Throstle Nest[a] 3,500
Athersley Recreation Sheerien Park 2,000
Barton Town Euronics Ground 3,000
Bottesford Town Birch Park 1,000
Bridlington Town Queensgate 3,000
Eccleshill United Kings Way 2,225
Garforth Town Wheatley Park 3,000
Goole Victoria Pleasure Grounds 3,000
Grimsby Borough Bradley Football Centre 1,000
Handsworth Sandy Lane 2,500
Hemsworth Miners Welfare Fitzwilliam Stadium 2,000
Knaresborough Town Manse Lane 1,000
Liversedge Clayborn Ground 2,000
Maltby Main Muglet Lane 2,000
AFC Mansfield Forest Town Stadium
Penistone Church Church View Road 1,000
Silsden Keighley Road Stadium 1,500
Staveley Miners Welfare Inkersall Road 5,000
Thackley Dennyfield 3,000
Yorkshire Amateur Bracken Edge 1,550
  1. ^ home of Farsley Celtic (groundshare)

Division One

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season2019–20
Matches played257
Goals scored936 (3.64 per match)

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

Also, East Yorkshire Carnegie were renamed as East Hull.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Winterton Rangers 27 19 2 6 48 24 +24 59
2 Skegness Town 26 18 4 4 58 19 +39 58
3 Selby Town 25 18 2 5 86 40 +46 56
4 North Ferriby 26 15 7 4 45 17 +28 52
5 Campion 24 15 3 6 67 37 +30 48
6 Retford 28 12 8 8 52 46 +6 44
7 Glasshoughton Welfare 26 14 1 11 58 47 +11 43
8 Hallam 23 10 7 6 41 30 +11 37
9 Swallownest 25 11 4 10 44 43 +1 37
10 Nostell Miners Welfare 25 11 2 12 55 42 +13 35
11 Dronfield Town 25 10 5 10 50 43 +7 35
12 Armthorpe Welfare 28 10 4 14 39 47 −8 34
13 Parkgate 25 10 4 11 35 51 −16 34
14 Rossington Main 26 8 7 11 40 46 −6 31
15 Brigg Town 30 8 6 16 44 63 −19 30
16 Ollerton Town 26 7 7 12 41 39 +2 28 Transferred to the East Midlands Counties League
17 Hall Road Rangers 24 8 4 12 44 52 −8 28
18 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 24 6 5 13 40 50 −10 23
19 Harrogate Railway Athletic 25 5 1 19 33 68 −35 16
20 East Hull 26 0 1 25 16 132 −116 1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: NCE tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]

Results

Home \ Away ARM BRI CAM DRO EHU GLS HRR HAL HRA NRF NOS OLL PAR RET ROS SEL SKE SWA WIN WOR
Armthorpe Welfare — 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0
Brigg Town — 6–2 2–2 1–2
Campion 4–1 2–2 — 2–1
Dronfield Town 1–1 — 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 6–1
East Hull 0–2 0–5 — 0–6 0–5
Glasshoughton Welfare — 3–4 2–3
Hall Road Rangers 0–6 9–0 — 2–2 2–3 1–3
Hallam —
Harrogate Railway Athletic —
North Ferriby —
Nostell Miners Welfare 4–1 — 4–2 3–2
Ollerton Town 1–1 2–1 2–3 — 1–0 1–1 1–1
Parkgate 0–3 3–2 3–1 — 0–2 1–5
Retford 4–1 4–4 1–2 — 4–2
Rossington Main 3–2 3–2 0–1 — 1–1
Selby Town 2–1 3–2 4–1 4–0 — 1–1
Skegness Town 7–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 —
Swallownest 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–5 —
Winterton Rangers 6–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 —
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 1–2 2–2 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia & locations

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Location of the clubs in the 2019–20
NCEL Division One on a map of
Yorkshire and the Humber
Club Stadium Capacity
Armthorpe Welfare Welfare Ground 2,500
Brigg Town The Hawthorns 2,500
Campion Scotchman Road
Dronfield Town Stonelow Ground 500
East Hull Dene Park 2,000
Glasshoughton Welfare Glasshoughton Centre 2,000
Hallam Sandygate Road 1,000
Hall Road Rangers Haworth Park 1,200
Harrogate Railway Athletic Station View 3,500
North Ferriby The Dransfield Stadium 3,000
Nostell Miners Welfare The Welfare Ground 1,500
Ollerton Town Walesby Lane
Parkgate Roundwood Sports Complex 1,000
Retford The Rail 1,000
Rossington Main Welfare Ground 2,000
Selby Town Richard Street 5,000
Skegness Town Vertigo Stadium
Swallownest Miners Welfare Ground
Winterton Rangers West Street 3,000
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Park Road 2,000

League Cup

2019–20 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland

The 2019–20 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 37th season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.

References

  1. ^ "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ "League Allocations for Season 2019/20 Announced". NWCFL. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.