North Riding Football League

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NORTH RIDING FOOTBALL LEAGUE
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Organising body North Riding County Football Association
Founded2017
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Number of teamsMens: 32
14 (Premier Division)
11 (Division One)
12
(Division Two)
Womens:
17 (Premier Division)
Level on pyramid 11 to 13
Promotion toLevel 10
Northern Football League
Domestic cup(s)League
League Cup
Current championsDarlington United/Redcar Newmarket (Premier Division)
Yarm & Eaglescliffe reserves(Division One)
York City Ladies U23(Women's Premier)
(2023/24)
Website Official site
Current: 2024/25

The North Riding Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2017 by the merger of the former Teesside Football League and Eskvale & Cleveland League. [1]

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The league has three divisions – the Premier Division (which stands at level 11 of the English football league system), Division One and Women's Premier Division. The men's regional team won the 2017-18 FA Inter-League Cup, which qualified the team for the 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup.

As of August 2024, four clubs have been promoted from the league into the National League System, Redcar Town, Boro Rangers, [2] Yarm & Eaglescliffe [3] and Grangetown Boys Club [4]

Current member clubs (2024-25)

Premier Division [5]

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Blue 000080 pog.svg
Thirsk Falcons
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Billingham Town Development
[[File::Dark Red 800000 pog.svg|8x8px|Darlington Railway Athletic Seniors|link=|class=notpageimage]]
Darlington Railway Athletic Seniors
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Heighington FC
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Marske United Reserves
Blue 000080 pog.svg
North Ormesby FC
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Richmond Town Reserves/Women
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Tees FC
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Whinney Banks YCC
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Huntington Rovers
Gold pog.svg
Guisborough Town Ladies
Gold pog.svg
Old Malton St Marys
Gold pog.svg
York Railway Institute Ladies Reserves
Gold pog.svg
Skelton United Ladies
Steel pog.svg
Boro Rangers U23/Boro Rangers U21/ Boro Rangers Women
[[File::Dark Red 800000 pog.svg|8x8px|Guisborough Town Reserves|link=|class=notpageimage]]
Guisborough Town Reserves
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Northallerton Town Reserves/Ladies
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Redcar Athletic Reserves/Ladies
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Redcar Town Reserves/Ladies Development
Steel pog.svg
T.I.B.S FC/TIBS Women/Yarm & Eaglescliffe Reserves/Yarm & Eaglescliffe U21
Steel pog.svg
Fishburn Park/Whitby Fishermen Society First/Development
Green 008000 pog.svg
Grangetown BC Reserves
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Great Ayton United
Steel pog.svg
Kader FC/Kader Development
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Lealholm/Staithes Athletic
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
St Marys 1947 Dormans
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Cleveland FC
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Stokesley SC
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Linthorpe Academicals/Linthorpe Academicals Women
Green 008000 pog.svg
Bedale AFC
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Haughton Le Skerne
Green 008000 pog.svg
New Marske FC
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Normanby United
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Saltburn Athletic
Steel pog.svg
South Park Rangers Development/Women
Green 008000 pog.svg
Thornaby Town FC
Gold pog.svg
Catterick Village Roses Ladies
Gold pog.svg
Scarborough Sirens
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Wiggington grasshoppers Women
Location of teams in the North Riding Football League
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg – Premier Division Blue 000080 pog.svg – First Division
Green 008000 pog.svg – Second Division
Gold pog.svg - Women's Premier Division - Teams that have a male counterpart share the same mark if sharing the ground

Division One [6]

Division Two [7]

Womens Premier [8]

Champions

Men's:

SeasonPremier DivisionDivision OneDivision TwoDivision One EastDivision One West
2017–18 Boro Rangers BedaleN/AN/AN/A
2018–19 Boro Rangers Thirsk FalconsN/AN/AN/A
2021-22 Boro Rangers N/AN/ASouth Park RangersCleveland
2022-23Redcar NewmarketLealholmN/AN/AN/A
2023-24Darlington UnitedYarm & Eaglescliffe ReservesN/AN/AN/A
2024/25TBDTBDTBDN/AN/A

Women's:

SeasonPremier Division
2021-22 Redcar Town Ladies Reserves
2022-23 York City Development
2023-24York City Ladies U23
2024/25TBD

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