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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

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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

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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

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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

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12 April Golcar United 0–1 Beverley Town Golcar
15:00 Report
  • Suluburic 68'
 Stadium: Skye Direct Stadium
Attendance: 1,127
12 April Hallam 1–0 Thackley Crosspool
15:00
Report Stadium: Sandygate
Attendance: 1,358

Final

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19 April Hallam 2–2
(4–3 p)		Beverley TownCrosspool
15:00
Report
Stadium: Sandygate
Attendance: 1,563
Penalties

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

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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

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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
17 Shelley 42 11 13 18 59 81 −22 46
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 (R) 42 10 5 27 65 101 −36 32[a] Relegation to a feeder league
21 Appleby Frodingham (R) 42 9 6 27 49 110 −61 30[b]
22 Yorkshire Amateur (R) 42 4 4 34 32 127 −95 16
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2025. 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

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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

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19 April Wakefield0–1 Dearne & District Featherstone
15:00 Report
Stadium: Post Office Road
Attendance: 923
19 April Wombwell Town 2–1Ilkley TownWombwell
15:00
Report
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 603

Final

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26 April Wombwell Town 3–2Dearne & DistrictWombwell
15:00
Report
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 1,498

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

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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.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

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  1. ^ "NLS allocations for 2024-25". The Football Association. 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Points deduction for Lions". Northern Counties East Football League. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
  4. ^ a b "Points deductions for App-Frod and Dronfield". Northern Counties East League. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
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