Yorkshire Amateur Football League

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The Yorkshire Amateur Association Football League is an amateur competitive football league based in West Yorkshire, England. The league has a total of eight divisions, the highest of which is the Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division, which sits at level 11 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Northern Counties East Football League.

Yorkshire Amateur Football League
Organising bodyWest Riding County Football Association
Founded1928
Country England
DivisionsSupreme Division
Premier Division
Championship Division
Division One
Division Two
Division Three
Division Four
Division Five
Number of teams99
Level on pyramidLevel 11-18
Promotion toNorthern Counties East League - Division One
Domestic cup(s)Terry Marflitt Cup
Holders: Leeds U.F.C.A.
Hancock Cup
Holders: Marsden
Hodgson Cup
Holders: Lepton Highlanders Reserves
Current champions2023-24:
Middleton (Supreme)
Sowerby Bridge (Premier)
Marsden (Championship)
Ryburn United Reserves (One)
Gildersome Spurs O.B. Reserves (Two)
Farnley Sports (Three)
Nostell MW Reserves (Four)
Dewsbury Rangers Reserves (Five)
WebsiteOfficial Website

In the 2008–09 season, Gildersome Spurs Old Boys made the record books by winning all four of the competitions they entered, including Senior B, the Terry Marflitt Trophy, the Yorkshire Old Boys Shield, and the Wheatley District Cup.

The League runs three League Cup competitions annually. The Terry Marflitt Trophy is contested by teams in the Premier Division, Championship and Division One. The Hancock Cup is contested by teams in Division Two and Division Three. The Hodgson Cup is contested by teams in Division Four and Division Five.

The Yorkshire Amateur Association Football League received FA Charter Standard status in the 2017-18 season and celebrated being in existence for 90 years. As part of these celebrations, the finals for the Terry Marflitt Trophy and Hancock Cup were held at South Leeds Stadium. [1]

Before the 2019–20 season, the Yorkshire League was admitted to Step 7 of the National League System (NLS) after creating the Supreme Division, which took in seven clubs from the dissolved West Riding County Amateur Football League.[2] The league's top division succeeded its former West Riding County League counterpart at that step, which was abolished ahead of the next season and replaced with the designation Regional NLS Feeder Leagues. The first team to gain promotion was Route One Rovers who, in 2023, were elevated to the North West Counties Football League, and the following season saw Middleton win promotion, this time to the Northern Counties East Football League.[3]

Member clubs

2023-24 Supreme Division

  • Alwoodley
  • Athletico
  • Bradford United
  • Ealandians
  • Farsley Celtic Juniors
  • Gildersome Spurs Old Boys (promoted from Premier Division)
  • Greetland
  • Leeds City
  • Leeds Medics & Dentists
  • Leeds University
  • Lepton Highlanders (promoted from Premier Division)
  • Middleton
  • Ryburn United
  • Stanley United
  • Wortley

Champions

Recent divisional champions [4]

SeasonPremier Division (ex-Senior Division 'A')Championship (ex-Senior Division 'B')Division OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeDivision FourDivision Five
2006–07Yorkshire BankOld CentraliansSandal AthleticGildersome Spurs Old Boys ReservesEast Leeds Trinity Old BoysOld Collegians ReservesBramley Juniors Old Boys Reserves
2007–08EalandiansBramley Juniors Old BoysAlwoodley Old BoysWheelwright Old BoysEalandians ReservesAlwoodley Old Boys ReservesGrangefield Old Boys Reserves
2008–09Leeds Medics & DentistsGildersome Spurs Old BoysWheelwright Old BoysAmaranth Old BoysGrangefield Old BoysColton Academicals 'A'Ealandians 'A'
2009–10Alwoodley Old BoysLeeds Medics & Dentists ReservesWortley ReservesGrangefield Old BoysWortley 'A'Bramley Juniors Old Boys 'A'Leeds City Old Boys Reserves
2010–11Stanningley Old BoysBainbridgeGrangefield Old BoysNorth East LeedsSt. Bedes Old Boys ReservesColton FC 'A'Beeston Old Boys Reserves
2011–12Stanningley Old BoysNorth East LeedsStanningley Old Boys ReservesFarnley SportsOld Modernians ReservesBeeston Old Boys ReservesWheelwright Old Boys
2012–13Gildersome Spurs Old BoysLeeds Medics & Dentists ReservesFarsley Celtic JuniorsMorley Town AFCBeeston Old Boys ReservesAlmondburians ReservesMiddleton Park Reserves
2013–14Gildersome Spurs Old BoysFarsley Celtic JuniorsMorley Town AFCAlmondburiansWheelwright Old BoysChurwell LionsLeeds City Old Boys Reserves
2014–15EalandiansFarnley SportsSt. NicholasWortleyFarsley Celtic Juniors ReservesHorsforth St. Margaret'sHorsforth St. Margaret's Reserves
2015–16Farsley Celtic JuniorsSt. NicholasDrighlington FCGildersome Spurs Old BoysHorsforth St. Margaret'sAmaranth ReservesHuddersfield Amateur
2016–17Farsley Celtic JuniorsDrighlington FCGildersome Spurs Old BoysIdle FCEast Ardsley WanderersMorley Town AFC IIIGarforth Crusaders
2017–18Drighlington FCHorsforth St. Margaret's SaturdayLeeds City Old BoysGarforth CrusadersShire Academics ReservesLeeds City Old Boys IIIRothwell Reserves
2018–19Farsley Celtic JuniorsWortleyAmaranth CrossgatesColton AthleticNew MiddletonMiddleton ParkSavile United FC
2019–20Season curtailed due to coronavirus disease pandemic
2023-24Middleton

References