Football in Yorkshire refers to the sport of association football in relation to its participation and history within Yorkshire, England. The county is the largest in the United Kingdom and as thus has many football clubs professional and amateur.
Sheffield in South Yorkshire is recognised by FIFA and UEFA as the birthplace of club football, because Sheffield F.C. are the oldest association football club in the world. [1] Hallam F.C. also from Sheffield are the second oldest. With its origins in the Sheffield Rules code, the game eventually spread to other parts of the county after Hull local Ebenezer Cobb Morley wrote The Football Association's Laws of the Game , which are still used worldwide today.
The county has a very long tradition in the sport; it is officially recognised by FIFA as being the birthplace of club football as the world's oldest club Sheffield F.C. was formed in Sheffield during 1857. [1] Two men from Sheffield codified a set of rules for the game in 1857, these were known as the Sheffield rules and the Football Association rules which were created in 1863 were based in part on them. Ebenezer Cobb Morley was the first secretary of The Football Association, its second ever president and the man who drafted the FA's laws of the game at his home in Hull.
The world's first ever inter-club match took place on 26 December 1860 in Sheffield; the match was between Sheffield F.C. and a newly formed club named Hallam F.C.; Sheffield won 2–0. As Hallam were also from the city of Sheffield, this would also prove to be the world's first ever local derby in club football. Notably, Hallam's home ground Sandygate Road, at which they still play at today, was first opened in 1804 and is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest ground in the world. [2]
The table below lists English football league system clubs in the top eight tiers located within Yorkshire's traditional borders: from the top division (the Premier League), down to the Northern Premier League.
Club | Stadium | Capacity | Founded | Ceremonial County | Notes |
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EFL Championship (2) | |||||
Hull City | MKM Stadium | 25,586 | 1904 | East Riding of Yorkshire | FA Cup Runners-up 2013–14 Football League Championship Runners-up 2012–13 Football League One Champions 2020–21 Football League Third Division Winners 1965–66 Football League Third Division (North) Winners 1932–33, 1948–49 |
Leeds United | Elland Road | 37,697 | 1919 | West Yorkshire | League Champions 1968–69, 1973–74, 1991–92 FA Cup Winners 1971–72 League Cup Winners 1967–68 FA Charity Shield Winners 1969, 1992 European Cup Runners-up: 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up: 1972–73 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Winners: 1967–68, 1970–71, Runners-up: 1966–67 |
Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 34,988 | 1876 | North Yorkshire | League Cup Winners 2003–04 UEFA Cup Runners-up 2005–06 FA Amateur Cup Winners 1894–95, 1897–98 |
Sheffield United | Bramall Lane | 32,702 | 1889 | South Yorkshire | League Champions 1897–98 FA Cup Winners 1888–89, 1901–02, 1914–15, 1924–25 |
Sheffield Wednesday | Hillsborough Stadium | 39,812 | 1867 | South Yorkshire | League Champions 1902–03, 1903–04, 1928–29, 1929–30 FA Cup Winners 1895–96, 1906–07, 1934–35 League Cup Winners 1990–91 FA Charity Shield Winners 1935 |
EFL League One (3) | |||||
Barnsley | Oakwell | 23,009 | 1887 | South Yorkshire | FA Cup Winners 1911–12 |
Huddersfield Town | John Smith's Stadium | 24,500 | 1908 | West Yorkshire | League Champions 1923–24,1924–25, 1925–26 FA Cup Winners 1921–22 FA Charity Shield Winners 1922 |
Rotherham United | New York Stadium | 12,021 | 1925 | South Yorkshire | Football League Third Division (North) Champions 1950–51 Football League Third Division Champions 1980–81 Football League Trophy Winners 1995–96 Football League Third Division North Cup 1945–46 |
EFL League Two (4) | |||||
Bradford City | Valley Parade | 25,136 | 1903 | West Yorkshire | FA Cup Winners 1910–11 |
Doncaster Rovers | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | 1879 | South Yorkshire | Football League One Champions 2012–13 Football League Third Division (as fourth tier) Champions 2003–04 Football League Fourth Division Champions 1965–66, 1968–69 Football League Trophy Winners 2006–07 Conference League Cup Winners 1998–99, 1999–2000 |
Harrogate Town | Wetherby Road | 5,000 | 1914 | North Yorkshire | |
National League (5) | |||||
F.C. Halifax Town | The Shay | 14,061 | 2008 | West Yorkshire | Club reformed following the demise of Halifax Town A.F.C. (HTAFC – Conference National Champions 1997–1998) FA Trophy Winners 2015–16 |
York City | York Community Stadium | 8,500 | 1922 | North Yorkshire | FA Trophy Winners 2011–12, 2016–17 Football League Fourth Division Champions 1983–84 |
National League North (6) | |||||
Farsley Celtic | Throstle Nest | 3,900 | 1908 | West Yorkshire | |
Scarborough Athletic | Flamingo Land Stadium | 3,251 | 2007 | North Yorkshire | Phoenix club formed after the closure of Scarborough. ( S.F.C. – National League Champions 1986–87), (FA Trophy Winners 1972–73, 1975–76 & 1976–77) |
NPL Premier Division (7) | |||||
Whitby Town | Turnbull Ground | 3,500 | 1880 | North Yorkshire | FA Vase Winners 1996–97 |
Liversedge | Cayborn | 2,000 | 1910 | West Yorkshire | |
Marske United | Mount Pleasant | 1956 | North Yorkshire | ||
Guiseley | Nethermoor Park | 3,000 | 1909 | West Yorkshire | FA Vase Winners 1990–91 |
NPL Division One East (8) | |||||
Bradford (Park Avenue) | Horsfall Stadium | 3,500 | 1907 | West Yorkshire | Football League Third Division (North) Champions 1927–28 |
Bridlington Town | Queensgate | 3,000 | 1918 | East Riding of Yorkshire | |
Brighouse Town | St Giles Road | 1,000 | 1963 | West Yorkshire | |
Emley | Fantastic Welfare Ground | West Yorkshire | |||
Ossett United | Ingfield | 2,000 | 2018 | West Yorkshire | Ossett Town (formed 1936) and Ossett Albion (formed 1944) merged in 2018 |
Pickering Town | Mill Lane | 2,000 | 1888 | North Yorkshire | |
Pontefract Collieries | The Football Family Stadium | 1,200 | 1958 | West Yorkshire | |
Sheffield F.C. | Coach & Horses Ground, Dronfield | 2,000 | 1857 | South Yorkshire | Oldest Active Football Club in the World |
Stocksbridge Park Steels | Look Local Stadium, Bracken Moor | 3,500 | 1986 | South Yorkshire | |
Tadcaster Albion | i2i Stadium | 2,000 | 1892 | North Yorkshire | |
Yorkshire Amateur | Bracken Edge | 1,550 | 1918 | West Yorkshire | |
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