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Wakefield and District Football Association League |
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Founded |
? |
Nation |
England |
Feeder To |
Yorkshire Amateur Association Football League & West Yorkshire Association League |
Divisions |
Premier Division Division One Division Two |
Number of Teams |
31 |
Levels on Pyramid |
Level 14 to Level 17 |
Cups |
Jim Callaghan Cup & Divisional Cups |
Current champions (2017-18) |
Rock Inn FC (Premier) Snydale Athetic (Division One) AFC Heckmondwike (Division Two) |
The Wakefield and District Football Association League is a football competition based in Yorkshire, England. It has a total of three divisions headed by the Premier Division, which sits at level 14 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the West Yorkshire Association Football League. Horbury Town, Garforth Rangers, Rothwell, Thornes, and Thornhill were the most recent teams to move up from the league. Horbury (in 2005), Garforth & Rothwell (2010) and Thornhill (2013) chose to play their football in the West Yorkshire League whereas Thornes (2013) went into the West Riding County Amateur League.
Fieldhead Hospital, originally based in the City's Hospital of the same name, are the oldest team in the league, joining in the 1973–74 season, and being a playing member ever since.
Season | Premier Division | Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Jim Callaghan Cup |
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2004–05 | Horbury Town | Mitres Well | AFC Thornhill | Sandal Athletic Reserves | Walton |
2005–06 | Airedale Celtic | White Bear Kexbrough | Ryecroft Sports | Stanley United Reserves | Sandal Athletic |
2006–07 | Airedale Celtic | Thornhill | Stanley Arms | Cliffe Tree | Airedale Celtic |
2007–08 | Horbury Cherry Tree | Stanley Arms | Alverthorpe WMC | Ossett Two Brewers | Airedale Celtic |
2008–09 | Horbury Cherry Tree | Gate | Royston | Garforth Rangers | Horbury Cherry Tree |
2009–10 | Thornhill | Rose of York | Garforth Rangers | Hopetown | Thornhill |
2010–11 | Dodworth Miners Welfare | Garforth Working Mens Club | Fieldhead Hospital | White Hart | Morley Cricket & Sports Club |
2011–12 | Crofton Sports | Fieldhead Hospital | Plough | Crown Alverthorpe | Gate |
2012–13 | Gate | FC Gawthorpe | Horbury Town Reserves | New Wheel | Gate |
2013–14 | Rothwell | Snydale Athletic | Crackenedge | Altofts 'A' | Crofton Sports |
2014–15 | Beechwood Gate | AFC Ossett | New Wheel | White Rose | Beechwood Gate |
2015–16 | Beechwood Gate | Eastmoor | Red Lion Alverthorpe | AFC Junction (Normanton) | FC Gawthorpe |
2016–17 | Real Moor | Rock Inn | New Pot Oil | - | Royston Cross |
2017–18 | Rock Inn | Snydale Athletic | AFC Heckmondwike | - | Rock Inn |
2018–19 | Crackenedge | Red Lion Alverthorpe | Howden Clough | - | West End Terriers |
Premier Division [1]
Division One [2]
Division Two [3]
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