1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League

The 1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League season was the third in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

At the end of the season divisions One North, One Central and One South was reorganised. The clubs were distributed between newly formed divisions One, Two and Three.

Premier Division

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division

Season	1984–85
Champions	Belper Town
Relegated	Mexborough Town Athletic
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,130 (3.3 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

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

• Denaby United, promoted from Division One South
• Pontefract Collieries, promoted from Division One North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belper Town	36	25	6	5	74	30	+44	81
2	Eastwood Town	36	23	3	10	98	59	+39	72
3	Guiseley	36	21	7	8	78	47	+31	70
4	Alfreton Town	36	20	6	10	69	39	+30	66
5	Guisborough Town	36	18	8	10	71	49	+22	62	Transferred to the Northern Football League
6	Denaby United	36	18	8	10	71	51	+20	62
7	Arnold	36	17	9	10	72	49	+23	60
8	Emley	36	16	7	13	67	52	+15	55
9	Bridlington Trinity	36	16	5	15	71	67	+4	53
10	Thackley	36	15	6	15	55	61	−6	51
11	Spalding United	36	14	8	14	55	48	+7	50
12	Sutton Town	36	14	5	17	45	69	−24	47
13	Ilkeston Town	36	14	4	18	49	54	−5	46
14	Pontefract Collieries	36	11	10	15	45	54	−9	43
15	Bentley Victoria Welfare	36	11	6	19	47	67	−20	39
16	Appleby Frodingham	36	8	9	19	46	73	−27	33
17	Boston	36	8	6	22	35	88	−53	30
18	Heanor Town	36	8	5	23	50	89	−39	29
19	Mexborough Town Athletic	36	2	8	26	32	84	−52	14	Relegated to Division One

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Map

Appleby Frodingham

Bentley Victoria Welfare

Bridlington Trinity

Denaby United

Emley

Guiseley

Guisborough Town

Mexborough Town Athletic

Pontefract Collieries

Thackley

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Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Alfreton Town

Arnold

Belper Town

Boston

ET

HT

Ilkeston Town

Spalding United

Sutton Town

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Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Premier Division on a map of the East Midlands (ET = Eastwood Town, HT = Heanor Town)

Division One North

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One North

Season	1984–85
Champions	Farsley Celtic
Promoted	Farsley Celtic
Matches played	272
Goals scored	866 (3.18 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Division One North featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with eight new clubs, promoted from Division Two North:

• Collingham
• Hall Road Rangers
• Harrogate Railway Athletic
• Phoenix Park
• Pickering Town
• Selby Town
• Tadcaster Albion
• Yorkshire Amateur

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Farsley Celtic	32	18	10	4	66	28	+38	64	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Harrogate Town	32	17	9	6	61	35	+26	60	Qualified to Division One
3	Bradley Rangers	32	16	11	5	61	35	+26	59
4	Harrogate Railway Athletic	32	17	7	8	65	41	+24	58
5	Bridlington Town	32	16	6	10	57	46	+11	54
6	Rowntree Mackintosh	32	15	8	9	62	37	+25	53
7	North Ferriby United	32	16	5	11	54	42	+12	53
8	Liversedge	32	14	6	12	55	50	+5	48	Relegated to Division Two
9	Garforth Miners	32	11	9	12	53	57	−4	42
10	York Railway Institute	32	11	9	12	51	55	−4	42
11	Pickering Town	32	11	8	13	37	43	−6	41
12	Phoenix Park	32	10	8	14	57	59	−2	38	Resigned from the league
13	Selby Town	32	10	7	15	43	59	−16	37	Demoted to Division Three
14	Hall Road Rangers	32	9	6	17	45	70	−25	33
15	Yorkshire Amateur	32	7	7	18	34	60	−26	28
16	Collingham	32	5	12	15	42	71	−29	27
17	Tadcaster Albion	32	3	4	25	23	78	−55	13

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Map

Bradley Rangers

Bridlington Town

Collingham

Farsley Celtic

Garforth Miners

Hall Road Rangers

Harrogate Railway Athletic

Harrogate Town

Liversedge

Phoenix Park

Pickering Town

North Ferriby

Rowntree Mackintosh

Selby Town

Tadcaster Albion

York Railway Institute

Yorkshire Amateur

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Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Division One North on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division One Central

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One Central

Season	1984–85
Champions	Armthorpe Welfare
Promoted	Armthorpe Welfare
Matches played	240
Goals scored	801 (3.34 per match)
← 1983–84 (One North) 1983–84 (One South) 1985–86 →

Division One Central featured six clubs which competed in the previous season in Division One North or South, along with ten new clubs.

• Clubs transferred from Division One North:
  • Hatfield Main
  • Ossett Albion
  • Ossett Town

• Clubs transferred from Division One South:
  • Maltby Miners Welfare
  • BSC Parkgate
  • Woolley Miners Welfare

• Clubs promoted from Division Two North:
  • Armthorpe Welfare
  • Fryston Colliery Welfare
  • Grimethorpe Miners Welfare
  • Pilkington Recreation
  • Thorne Colliery

• Clubs promoted from Division Two South:
  • Brigg Town
  • Stocksbridge Works
  • Wombwell Sporting Association
  • Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare
  • Yorkshire Main

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Armthorpe Welfare	30	21	5	4	68	26	+42	68	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Brigg Town	30	19	7	4	68	36	+32	64	Qualified to Division One
3	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	19	6	5	67	38	+29	63
4	Ossett Albion	30	16	7	7	55	28	+27	55
5	Hatfield Main	30	16	7	7	56	35	+21	55
6	Pilkington Recreation	30	14	4	12	41	42	−1	46
7	Thorne Colliery	30	13	6	11	54	45	+9	45	Relegated to Division Two
8	Ossett Town	30	12	6	12	51	37	+14	42
9	BSC Parkgate	30	12	6	12	52	41	+11	42
10	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	30	12	6	12	59	53	+6	42
11	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	13	3	14	49	46	+3	42
12	Yorkshire Main	30	11	8	11	53	56	−3	41
13	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare	30	8	7	15	48	67	−19	31	Demoted to Division Three
14	Stocksbridge Works	30	6	2	22	31	76	−45	20
15	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	3	5	22	23	70	−47	14
16	Fryston Colliery Welfare	30	2	1	27	26	105	−79	7

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Map

Armthorpe Welfare

Brigg Town

Fryston Colliery Welfare

Grimethorpe Miners Welfare

Hatfield Main

Maltby MW

Ossett Town

BSC Parkgate

Pilkington Recreation

Stocksbridge Works

Thorne Colliery

Wombwell SA

Woolley Miners Welfare

Worsbrough Bridge Athletic

Yorkshire Main

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Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Division One North on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division One South

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One South

Season	1984–85
Champions	Long Eaton United
Promoted	Long Eaton United
Matches played	240
Goals scored	697 (2.9 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Division One South featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs, promoted from Division Two South:

• Blidworth Welfare
• Graham Street Prims
• Kimberley Town
• Kiveton Park
• Oakham United
• Retford Town

In addition, Norton Woodseats changed their name to Dronfield United.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Long Eaton United	30	21	5	4	58	23	+35	68	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Borrowash Victoria	30	20	5	5	64	32	+32	65	Qualified to Division One
3	Dronfield United	30	18	4	8	55	35	+20	58
4	Retford Town	30	17	5	8	60	36	+24	56	Club folded
5	Harworth Colliery Institute	30	14	7	9	42	33	+9	49	Qualified to Division One
6	Sheffield	30	13	8	9	58	39	+19	47
7	Staveley Works	30	13	5	12	42	39	+3	44	Relegated to Division Two
8	Arnold Kingswell	30	12	6	12	48	42	+6	42
9	Hallam	30	10	9	11	46	41	+5	39
10	Frecheville Community Association	30	10	9	11	47	45	+2	39
11	Lincoln United	30	10	8	12	37	35	+2	38
12	Kiveton Park	30	10	5	15	29	49	−20	35
13	Oakham United	30	8	8	14	30	44	−14	32	Demoted to Division Three
14	Graham Street Prims	30	9	4	17	28	45	−17	31
15	Blidworth Miners Welfare	30	7	1	22	32	87	−55	22
16	Kimberley Town	30	2	3	25	21	72	−51	9

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Map

Arnold Kingswell

Blidworth Miners Welfare

Borrowash Victoria

Graham Street Prims

Harworth Colliery Institute

Kimberley Town

Lincoln United

Long Eaton United

Dronfield United

Oakham United

Retford Town

Staveley Works

Frecheville CA

Hallam

Kiveton Park

Sheffield

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Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Division One South on a map of the East Midlands