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
16 (Premier Division)
16 (Division One)
Womens:
13 (Premier Division)
Level on pyramid 11 to 12
Promotion toLevel 10
Northern Football League
Domestic cup(s)League
League Cup
Current championsRedcar Newmarket (Premier Division)
Lealholm
(Division One)
(2022-23)
Website Official site
Current: 2023-24

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 2023, three clubs have been promoted from the league into the National League System, Redcar Town, Boro Rangers [2] and Yarm & Eaglescliffe F.C. [3]

Current member clubs (2023-24)

Premier Division [4]

North Yorkshire UK location map (2023).svg
Steel pog.svg
Thirsk Falcons/Thirsk Falcons Development
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Billingham Town Development
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Darlington Railway Athletic Reserves
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Heighington FC
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Loftus Athletic
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Marske United Reserves
Blue 000080 pog.svg
North Ormesby FC
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Richmond Town Reserves/Women
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Tees FC
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Whinney Banks YCC
Gold pog.svg
Huntington Rovers
Gold pog.svg
Guisborough Town Ladies
Gold pog.svg
Old Malton St Marys
Gold pog.svg
York City Ladies U23
Gold pog.svg
York Railway Institute Ladies Reserves
Gold pog.svg
Thornaby Women Development
Gold pog.svg
Skelton United Ladies
Gold pog.svg
Poppleton
Steel pog.svg
Boro Rangers U23/Boro Rangers U21
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Guisborough Town Reserves
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Northallerton Town Reserves/Ladies
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Redcar Athletic Reserves/Ladies
Blue 000080 pog.svg
Redcar Town Reserves/Ladies Development
Steel pog.svg
T.I.B.S FC/TIBS Women/Yarm & Eaglescliffe Reserves
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Darlington United Newmarket
Steel pog.svg
Fishburn Park/Whitby Fishermen FC
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Grangetown BC
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg
Great Ayton United
Steel pog.svg
Kader FC/Kader Development/Linthorpe Academicals
Steel 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
Location of teams in the North Riding Football League
Dark Red 800000 pog.svg – Premier Division Blue 000080 pog.svg – First 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]

Womens Premier [7]

Champions

Men's:

SeasonPremier DivisionDivision OneDivision One EastDivision One West
2017–18 Boro Rangers BedaleN/AN/A
2018–19 Boro Rangers Thirsk FalconsN/AN/A
2021-22 Boro Rangers N/ASouth Park RangersCleveland
2022-23Redcar NewmarketLealholmN/AN/A
2023-24TBDTBDN/AN/A

Women's:

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

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