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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.

Quick facts Season ...
Northern Counties East
Football League
Season2024–25
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The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 17 May 2024.[1]

Premier Division

Quick facts Champions, Promoted ...
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
ChampionsSilsden
PromotedSilsden
Hallam
RelegatedWinterton Rangers
Goole
Matches380
Goals1,320 (3.47 per match)
Biggest home winHallam 7–0 Beverley Town
(15 February 2025)
Biggest away winGoole 0–7 Handsworth
(8 March 2025)
Highest scoringEccleshill United 6–5 Beverley Town
(4 September 2024)
Longest winning runSilsden
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runHallam
(17 games)
Longest losing runBottesford Town/Frickley Athletic
(4 games)
Highest attendance1,056 (Hallam 5–1 Silsden, 1 March 2025)
Lowest attendance0 (Goole 3–2 Penistone Church, 24 August 2024) Behind closed doors
35 (Eccleshill United 2–5 Barton Town, 29 March 2025) With fans
Average attendance179
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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

More information Pos, Team ...
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
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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. [a]
    Albion Sports were deducted 3 points for fielding suspended player Thomas Porter vs. Frickley Athletic on 27 December 2024.[2]

Results table

More information Home \ Away, ALB ...
Home \ Away ALB BAR BEV BOT CAM ECC FRI GCR GOO HAL HAN KNA PAR PEC PIC ROM SIL TAD THA WIN
Albion Sports — 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 5–0
Barton Town 0–0 — 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–6 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–5 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1
Beverley Town 3–0 2–0 — 2–1 3–0 5–2 4–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–4 2–1 4–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–0 2–1
Bottesford Town 2–1 3–1 3–2 — 0–4 3–2 3–5 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–3 2–3 5–3 2–2 1–0
Campion 1–2 0–1 1–5 3–1 — 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–4 1–3 0–3 3–1 0–1 3–2 1–5 1–2
Eccleshill United 3–4 2–5 6–5 2–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–5 4–1 1–5 0–0
Frickley Athletic 2–1 0–4 3–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 — 2–4 2–2 0–6 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–4 2–4 4–0 2–3 0–1 3–0 1–0
Golcar United 1–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 — 2–0 0–2 4–1 1–2 4–1 4–1 2–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 0–4 6–0
Goole 2–6 2–1 1–4 1–0 1–6 0–0 0–3 2–5 — 0–3 0–7 3–2 0–2 3–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 3–1 0–3 1–1
Hallam 1–4 2–2 7–0 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–3 — 2–4 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 5–1 1–0 3–1 4–0
Handsworth 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–3 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–5 — 4–1 0–1 5–2 6–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–6 3–1
Knaresborough Town 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 — 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–2 2–0
Parkgate 1–3 1–3 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 — 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 3–2
Penistone Church 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 7–2 0–3 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–2 0–0 — 5–2 4–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 3–2
Pickering Town 1–4 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 — 3–0 1–2 5–0 1–0 2–0
Rossington Main 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 5–0 1–2 2–3 2–1 4–1 0–3 4–1 — 4–6 2–0 4–4 3–1
Silsden 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 4–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 — 2–2 3–0 0–2
Tadcaster Albion 2–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–3 1–1 6–0 0–2 3–0 0–3 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 — 2–4 3–0
Thackley 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–2 2–3 2–1 — 3–0
Winterton Rangers 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–5 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–5 —
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Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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

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
  • South 69'
 Report Stadium: Sandygate
Attendance: 1,358

Final

19 April Hallam 2–2
(4–3 p)		Beverley TownCrosspool
15:00
  • Haworth 50'
  • Allan 56'
 Report
  • Snelgrove 9', 45'
 Stadium: Sandygate
Attendance: 1,563
Penalties
  • football with check mark Plummer
  • football with check mark Piercy
  • football with check mark Connelly
  • football with red X Sani
  • football with red X

Stadia and locations

Location of the clubs in the 2024–25 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber
More information Club, Stadium ...
Club Stadium Capacity
Albion SportsHorsfall Stadium[a]3,500
Barton TownMarsh Lane3,000
Beverley TownNorwood Park1,000
Bottesford TownBirch Park1,000
CampionScotchman Road1,000
Eccleshill UnitedPlumpton Park, Kingsway, Wrose2,225
Frickley AthleticWestfield Lane2,087
Golcar UnitedSkye Direct Stadium, Longfield Avenue1,200
GooleVictoria Pleasure Grounds3,000
HallamSandygate1,300
HandsworthOliver's Mount2,500
Knaresborough TownManse Lane1,000
ParkgateRoundwood Sports Complex1,000
Penistone ChurchChurch View Road1,000
Pickering TownMill Lane2,000
Rossington MainWelfare Ground2,000
SilsdenKeighley Road Stadium1,500
Tadcaster AlbionIngs Lane2,000
ThackleyDennyfield3,000
Winterton RangersWest Street3,000
  1. [a]
    home of Bradford (Park Avenue) (groundshare)
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Division One

Quick facts Champions, Promoted ...
Northern Counties East League Division One
ChampionsHorbury Town
PromotedHorbury Town
Wombwell Town
RelegatedShelley (resigned)
Yorkshire Amateur
Matches462
Goals1,614 (3.49 per match)
Biggest home winWakefield 8–0 Yorkshire Amateur
(12 October 2024)
Horbury Town 9–1 Appleby Frodingham
(25 January 2025)
Brigg Town 8–0 Swallownest
(5 April 2025)
Biggest away winDronfield Town 1–9 Wombwell Town
(21 December 2024)
Highest scoringDronfield Town 1–9 Wombwell Town
(21 December 2024)
Horbury Town 9–1 Appleby Frodingham
(25 January 2025)
Longest winning runDearne & District
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runDearne & District/Wombwell Town
(8 games)
Longest losing runGlasshoughton Welfare/Dronfield Town/Athersley Recreation
(3 games)
Highest attendance545 (Horbury Town 0–1 Wakefield, 4 January 2025)
Lowest attendance34 (Yorkshire Amateur 2–1 Louth Town, 30 November 2024)
Average attendance149
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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

More information Pos, Team ...
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
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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. [a]
    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. [b]
    Appleby Frodingham were deducted 3 points for fielding banned player Dean McCarthy vs. Armthorpe Welfare on 30 November 2024.[4]

Results table

More information Home \ Away, APF ...
Home \ Away APF ARW ATH BRG CTC D&D DRO GHW HRA HOR ILK LOU MAM NMW SLB SHE SLE SWA WAK WOM WBA YOR
Appleby Frodingham — 1–0 2–2 0–5 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 5–0
Armthorpe Welfare 2–3 — 4–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 7–2 1–5 0–5 2–1 1–0
Athersley Recreation 3–0 0–2 — 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 4–2 1–4 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–0
Brigg Town 2–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–3 6–1 2–0 3–3 0–3 4–0 8–0 0–4 0–2 2–3 5–1
Club Thorne Colliery 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 A/W 2–1
Dearne & District 2–2 2–1 2–0 6–1 3–3 — 1–1 7–1 1–1 2–2 5–2 0–2 5–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 5–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 3–0
Dronfield Town 6–2 2–3 1–2 0–5 1–0 2–4 — 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 4–1 0–5 0–1 1–9 4–0 3–1
Glasshoughton Welfare 0–1 3–1 3–4 2–2 2–2 0–1 5–3 — 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–1 3–5 0–2 5–0
Harrogate Railway Athletic 5–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–3 4–3 5–0 — 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–4 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 4–1
Horbury Town 9–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 6–0 3–0 4–0 — 1–2 2–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
Ilkley Town 3–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–3 3–1 2–0 — 3–0 2–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–1
Louth Town 6–0 3–1 5–1 1–6 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–4 3–1 1–3 1–0 — 1–5 4–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 0–5 2–2 2–2 1–3
Maltby Main 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 — 1–2 2–1 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 6–2 3–1
Nostell Miners Welfare 5–3 2–4 4–0 0–7 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 — 1–5 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–4 0–4 7–0
Selby Town 3–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 — 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0
Shelley 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–3 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 D–D 3–1 — 0–5 4–1 0–0 0–4 2–2 2–0
South Leeds 5–1 1–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 4–2 0–1 2–4 3–3 1–1 1–5 1–2 2–2 — 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 4–1
Swallownest 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–6 — 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–1
Wakefield 4–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 6–2 — 1–0 4–0 8–0
Wombwell Town 3–2 0–1 4–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 4–2 4–5 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 5–1 2–0 6–2 2–2 1–3 3–3 2–3 — 4–0 4–1
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 4–0 2–2 6–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 5–1 4–2 1–0 5–3 3–0 3–0 1–3 3–3 — 4–1
Yorkshire Amateur 1–1 0–6 0–3 1–4 2–7 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–3 0–4 0–3 1–2 0–4 0–3 1–2 —
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Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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

19 April Wakefield0–1 Dearne & District Featherstone
15:00 Report
  • Austin 90'
 Stadium: Post Office Road
Attendance: 923
19 April Wombwell Town 2–1Ilkley TownWombwell
15:00
  • Agnew 67'
  • Kershaw 75'
 Report
  • Maville-Anku 14'
 Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 603

Final

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

Stadia and locations

Location of the clubs in the 2024–25 NCEL Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber
More information Club, Stadium ...
Club Stadium Capacity
Appleby FrodinghamBrumby Hall Sports Ground1,100
Armthorpe WelfareThe Marra Falcons Stadium2,500
Athersley RecreationSheerien Park2,050
Brigg TownThe Hawthorns2,500
Club Thorne CollieryWelfare Ground, Moorends1,200
Dearne & DistrictWelfare Community Ground, Goldthorpe700
Dronfield TownStonelow Ground500
Glasshoughton WelfareGlasshoughton Centre2,000
Harrogate Railway AthleticStation View3,500
Horbury TownSlazengers Sports Complex500
Ilkley TownBen Rhydding Sports club559
Louth TownMarshlands500
Maltby MainMuglet Lane2,000
Nostell Miners WelfareThe Welfare Ground1,500
Selby TownRichard Street5,000
ShelleyStafflex Arena700
South LeedsSouth Leeds Stadium3,450
Swallownest(The Swall Siro) Miners Welfare Ground500
WakefieldPost Office Road6,594
Wombwell TownRecreation Ground500
Worsbrough Bridge AthleticPark Road2,000
Yorkshire AmateurBracken Edge1,550
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League Cup

Quick facts Tournament details, Country ...
2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Teams42
Final positions
ChampionsBeverley Town (1st title)
Runners-upKnaresborough Town
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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

4 March 2025 Knaresborough Town (PD) 1–0Hallam (PD)Knaresborough
19:45
  • Hudson 3'
 Stadium: Hummel Stadium
Attendance: 112
5 March 2025 Penistone Church (PD) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		Handsworth (PD)Penistone
19:45
  • Scrivens 16'
  • Bishop 75'
 Stadium: Parker Roofing Memorial Ground
Attendance: 164
11 March 2025 Beverley Town (PD) 5–3Rossington Main (PD)Beverley
19:45
  • Suluburic 16', 21', 31'
  • Hill 51'
  • Knaggs 74'
  • Mantle 67', 88'
  • Murillo 90'
 Stadium: Norwood Park
Attendance: 127
11 March 2026 Golcar United (PD)0–3 Silsden (PD) Golcar
19:45
Stadium: Skye Direct Stadium
Attendance: 142

Semi-finals

1 April 2025 Knaresborough Town (PD) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		Penistone Church (PD)Knaresborough
19:45 Stadium: Hummel Stadium
Attendance: 186
8 April 2025 Beverley Town (PD) 3–2Silsden (PD)Beverley
19:45
  • Birch 37'
  • Connelly 44', 90'
Stadium: Norwood Park
Attendance: 300

Final

More information Beverley Town (PD), 3–2 ...
Beverley Town (PD)3–2Knaresborough Town (PD)
  • Sani 10'
  • Snelgrove 35' (pen.)
  • Connelly 45'
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Attendance: 587

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