1980–81 Yorkshire Football League

The 1980–81 Yorkshire Football League was the 55th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One

Yorkshire Football League
Division One

Season	1980–81
Champions	Leeds Ashley Road
Relegated	Bridlington Town Kiveton Park Maltby Miners Welfare
Matches played	240
Goals scored	662 (2.76 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

• Barton Town
• Bentley Victoria Welfare
• Kiveton Park
• Maltby Miners Welfare

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leeds Ashley Road	30	18	8	4	58	25	+33	44
2	Emley	30	17	8	5	61	36	+25	42
3	North Ferriby United	30	16	8	6	40	23	+17	40
4	Thackley	30	14	7	9	48	39	+9	35
5	Guiseley	30	10	12	8	48	41	+7	32
6	Winterton Rangers	30	12	8	10	35	31	+4	32
7	Scarborough reserves	30	13	5	12	55	49	+6	31
8	Frecheville Community Association	30	10	11	9	41	38	+3	31
9	Hallam	30	11	7	12	42	39	+3	29
10	Liversedge	30	11	7	12	35	49	−14	29
11	Barton Town	30	8	10	12	39	41	−2	26	Resigned to the Lincolnshire League
12	Sheffield	30	9	8	13	24	41	−17	26
13	Bentley Victoria Welfare	30	9	7	14	47	47	0	25
14	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	9	7	14	37	41	−4	25	Relegated to Division Two
15	Kiveton Park	30	9	7	14	40	50	−10	25
16	Bridlington Town	30	1	6	23	12	72	−60	8

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Barton Town

Bentley Victoria Welfare

Bridlington Town

Emley

Frecheville Community Association

Guiseley

Hallam

Kiveton
Park

Leeds Ashley Road

Liversedge

Maltby Miners Welfare

North Ferriby United

Scarborough reserves

Sheffield

Thackley

Winterton Rangers

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Location of the clubs in the 1980–81 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two

Season	1980–81
Champions	Ossett Albion
Promoted	Farsley Celtic Lincoln United Ossett Albion York Railway Institute
Matches played	240
Goals scored	641 (2.67 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division Two featured eight clubs which competed in the previous season, along with eight new clubs.

• Clubs relegated from Division One:
  • Fryston Colliery Welfare
  • Ossett Albion
  • Ossett Town
  • Thorne Colliery
• Clubs promoted from Division Three:
  • Garforth Miners
  • Hall Road Rangers
  • Pilkington Recreation
  • Rawmarsh Welfare

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ossett Albion	30	15	8	7	46	30	+16	38	Promoted to Division One
2	York Railway Institute	30	13	10	7	52	46	+6	36
3	Lincoln United	30	10	14	6	48	40	+8	34
4	Farsley Celtic	30	12	10	8	36	28	+8	34
5	Garforth Miners	30	12	9	9	49	42	+7	33
6	Pilkington Recreation	30	12	9	9	48	42	+6	33
7	BSC Parkgate	30	11	9	10	31	35	−4	31
8	Harworth Colliery Institute	30	10	10	10	46	40	+6	30
9	Norton Woodseats	30	11	7	12	34	31	+3	29
10	Yorkshire Amateur	30	8	13	9	36	40	−4	29
11	Hall Road Rangers	30	7	14	9	37	44	−7	28
12	Ossett Town	30	11	5	14	37	41	−4	27
13	Fryston Colliery Welfare	30	11	5	14	34	40	−6	27
14	Hatfield Main	30	8	11	11	36	43	−7	27
15	Thorne Colliery	30	9	5	16	44	53	−9	23	Relegated to Division Three
16	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	4	13	13	27	46	−19	21

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Farsley Celtic

Fryston Colliery Welfare

Garforth Miners

Hall Road Rangers

Hatfield Main

Harworth Colliery Institute

Lincoln United

Norton Woodseats

Ossett Albion

Ossett
Town

Parkgate

Pilkington Recreation

Rawmarsh

Thorne Colliery

Yorkshire Amateur

York Railway Institute

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Location of the clubs in the 1980–81 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three

Yorkshire Football League Division Three

Season	1980–81
Champions	Bradley Rangers
Promoted	Bradley Rangers Grimethorpe Miners Welfare Harrogate Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	724 (3.02 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division Three featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with seven new clubs.

• Clubs relegated from Division Two:
  • Brook Sports
  • Denaby United
  • Stocksbridge Works
  • Tadcaster Albion
• Plus:
  • Bradley Rangers, joined from the West Yorkshire League
  • Grimethorpe Miners Welfare, joined from Doncaster & District Senior League
  • Harrogate Railway Athletic, joined from Harrogate & District League

Also, Sheffield Water Works changed name to Yorkshire Water Authority (Southern).

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bradley Rangers	30	20	4	6	68	33	+35	44	Promoted to Division Two
2	Harrogate Town	30	20	4	6	64	31	+33	44
3	Yorkshire Water Authority (Southern)	30	18	5	7	59	29	+30	41	Resigned from the league
4	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	30	14	9	7	54	29	+25	37	Promoted to Division Two
5	Stocksbridge Works	30	16	5	9	56	44	+12	37
6	Denaby United	30	14	8	8	55	36	+19	36
7	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic	30	14	8	8	57	49	+8	36
8	Pickering Town	30	12	10	8	43	34	+9	34
9	Pontefract Collieries	30	13	8	9	48	41	+7	34
10	Harrogate Railway Athletic	30	10	5	15	30	38	−8	25
11	Tadcaster Albion	30	9	6	15	46	52	−6	24
12	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	7	10	13	33	49	−16	24
13	Brook Sports	30	6	9	15	30	51	−21	21
14	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	6	5	19	34	61	−27	17
15	Collingham	30	4	6	20	21	56	−35	14
16	Selby Town	30	4	4	22	26	91	−65	12

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Bradley Rangers

Brook Sports

Collingham

Denaby United

Grimethorpe

Harrogate Railway Athletic

Harrogate Town

Leeds & Carnegie

Pickering Town

Selby Town

Yorkshire Water Authority (Southern)

Stocksbridge Works

Tadcaster Albion

Wombwell

Worsbrough

Woolley Miners Welfare

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Location of the clubs in the 1980–81 Yorkshire League Division Three on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

League Cup

1980–81 Yorkshire Football League League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Final positions
Champions	Winterton Rangers
Runner-up	Emley
←  1979–80 1981–82  →

Final

Winterton Rangers v Emley

Winterton Rangers

2–0

Emley