List of football clubs in South Yorkshire

Last updated October 03, 2021

Association football is one of the most popular sports in the English county of South Yorkshire and has been played in an organized fashion for well over 150 years.^[1]

Men's clubs

League clubs

These clubs play in fully professional leagues, at levels 1–4 of the English football league system.

Club	League	Home Ground	Borough
Level 2
Barnsley	Football League Championship	Oakwell	Barnsley
Sheffield United	Premier League	Bramall Lane	Sheffield
Level 3
Doncaster Rovers	Football League One	Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster
Rotherham United	Football League Championship	New York Stadium	Rotherham
Sheffield Wednesday	Football League Championship	Hillsborough	Sheffield

Location of South Yorkshire's Football League clubs

Blue: Level 2

Red: Level 3

Non-league clubs

These clubs play in semi-professional and amateur leagues, at levels 5–15 of the English football league system. The list does not include reserve teams of clubs that may play further down the pyramid -

Club	League
Level 8
Sheffield ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	NPL Division One East
Stocksbridge Park Steels	NPL Division One East
Level 9
Athersley Recreation	NCEL Premier Division
Handsworth	NCEL Premier Division
Maltby Main	NCEL Premier Division
Penistone Church	NCEL Premier Division
Level 10
Armthorpe Welfare	NCEL Division One
Hallam	NCEL Division One
Parkgate	NCEL Division One
Rossington Main	NCEL Division One
Swallownest	NCEL Division One
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic	NCEL Division One
Level 11
Askern Miners	CML Premier Division North
AFC Bentley	CML Premier Division North
Dearne & District	CML Premier Division North
Dinnington Town	CML Premier Division North
Dodworth Miners Welfare	S&HCSL Premier Division
Ecclesfield Red Rose	S&HCSL Premier Division
High Green Villa	S&HCSL Premier Division
Houghton Main	S&HCSL Premier Division
Jubilee Sports	S&HCSL Premier Division
Kiveton Miners Welfare	CML Premier Division North
North Gawber Colliery	S&HCSL Premier Division
Oughtibridge War Memorial	S&HCSL Premier Division
Phoenix	CML Premier Division North
Sheffield Town	S&HCSL Premier Division
Sutton Rovers	CML Premier Division North
Swinton Athletic	S&HCSL Premier Division
Thorne Colliery	CML Premier Division North
Wombwell Main	S&HCSL Premier Division
Level 12
Bessacarr	CML Division One North
Caribbean Sports	S&HCSL Division Two
Denaby Main	S&HCSL Division One
Kiveton Park	S&HCSL Division One
New Bohemians	S&HCSL Division One
Sheffield Medics	S&HCSL Division One
Sheffield Union	S&HCSL Division One
Wombwell Town	S&HCSL Division One
Level 13
Boynton Sports	S&HCSL Division Two
Mexborough Athletic	S&HCSL Division Two
Millmoor Juniors	S&HCSL Division Two
NEFA	S&HCSL Division Two
Sheffield City	S&HCSL Division Two
Sheffield Lane Top	S&HCSL Division Two
Silkstone United	S&HCSL Division Two
Thurcroft	S&HCSL Division Two
Worsbrough Common Athletic	S&HCSL Division Two
Level 14
Bawtry Town	DSL Premier Division
Blake Cairns Foundation	DSL Premier Division
Denaby United	DSL Premier Division
FC Doncaster	DSL Premier Division
Hatfield Main	DSL Premier Division
Maltby Juniors	DSL Premier Division
Royston Ring O'Bells	W&DL Premier Division
Tickhill Juniors	DSL Premier Division
Yorkshire Main	DSL Premier Division
Level 15
Adwick Park Foresters	DSL Division One
Airmyn	DSL Division One
Armthorpe Rovers	DSL Division One
Bentley Village	DSL Division One
FC Doncaster A	DSL Division One
ISG Doncaster	DSL Division One
Old Club	DSL Division One

↑ Currently playing in Dronfield, Derbyshire

Sheffield

Stocksbridge Park Steels

Location of non-league clubs in South Yorkshire at levels 5-8 of the English football league system (clubs eligible to compete in the FA Trophy)

Orange: Level 7

Blue: Level 8

Hallam

AFC Bentley

Dearne & District

Dinnington Town

Dodworth MW

Ecclesfield RR

Houghton

Jubilee Sports

Kiveton Miners Welfare

North Gawber Colliery

Oughtibridge

Phoenix

Sheffield Town

Sutton Rovers

Swinton Athletic

Thorne Colliery

Wombwell Main

Location of non-league clubs in South Yorkshire at levels 9-11 of the English football league system (clubs eligible to compete in the FA Vase)

Red: Level 9

Yellow: Level 10

Green: Level 11

Women's clubs

These clubs play in the English women's football league system. The list does not include reserve teams of clubs that may play further down the pyramid -

Club	League
Level 2
Sheffield United Women	FA Women's Championship
Level 3
Sheffield Ladies ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	FA WNL Premier Division North
Level 4
Barnsley Women	FA WNL Division One North
Doncaster Rovers Belles	FA WNL Division One Midlands
Level 5
Oughtibridge War Memorial Ladies	EMRWFL Premier Division
Rotherham United Women	EMRWFL Premier Division
Sheffield Wednesday Ladies	NERWFL Premier Division
Level 6
Barnsley Ladies	NERWFL Division One South
Millmoor Juniors Ladies	NERWFL Division One South
Level 7
AFC Bentley Women	S&HWFL Division One
Handsworth Ladies	S&HWFL Division One
Rotherham United Whitehill Ladies	S&HWFL Division One
Sheffield United Community Foundation Ladies	S&HWFL Division One
Level 8
Kiveton Park Ladies	S&HWFL Division Two
Mexborough Athletic Women	S&HWFL Division Two
Mosborough Ladies	S&HWFL Division Two
Sheffield City Ladies	S&HWFL Division Two
Socrates Ladies	S&HWFL Division Two
Swallownest Ladies	S&HWFL Division Two
Wickersley Youth Ladies	S&HWFL Division Two
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Women	S&HWFL Division Two
Level 9
Charnock Ridgeway Ladies	S&HWFL Division Three
Dearne & District Ladies	S&HWFL Division Three
Millstone Ladies	S&HWFL Division Three
Penistone Church Ladies	S&HWFL Division Three

↑ Currently playing in Dronfield, Derbyshire

Sheffield United Women

Sheffield Ladies

Barnsley Women

Doncaster Rovers Belles

Oughtibridge War Memorial Ladies

Rotherham United Women

Sheffield Wednesday Ladies

Barnsley Ladies

Millmoor Juniors Ladies

Location of women's clubs in South Yorkshire at levels 1-6 of the English women's football league system (clubs eligible to compete in the Women's FA Cup)

Red: Level 2

Orange: Level 3

Yellow: Level 4

Green Level 5

Blue Level 6

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