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Organising body | North Riding County Football Association |
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Founded | 1897 |
Country | England |
Divisions | Premier Division Division One Division Two Division Three Reserve A Reserve B Reserve C |
Number of teams | 53 (15 in Premier Division) & 31 Reserve teams |
Level on pyramid | Level 11 (Premier Division) |
Promotion to | Northern Counties East League |
Domestic cup(s) | Senior Junior Reserve |
Current champions | 2018–19: Old Malton St Mary's (Premier) Pocklington Town 2nd (One) Malt Shovel (Two) Wheldrake (Three) Clifford (Four) |
Website | Official Website Official Twitter feed |
The York Football League is a football competition based in North Yorkshire, England, founded in 1897. [1] Currently it is known under the terms of a sponsorship agreement as the York Minster Engineering Football League. It is affiliated to the North Riding County Football Association, and the Premier Division sits at level 11 in the English football pyramid.
The most successful York clubs in history in terms of championships won are Dringhouses, York Railway Institute, Osbaldwick and Rowntrees. Three teams which now compete at higher levels in the English football system once competed in the York Football League: Pickering Town, Tadcaster Albion and Knaresborough Town.
When the league was formed in the late 1800s, association football was just beginning to gather popularity in England. The Football League itself had only begun nine years before the York League; it was also founded prior to the city's now primary team York City. Upon the league's formation, nine teams entered into the league, the founding clubs were:
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Throughout the league's history, the only club from the first-ever season to continue in an unbroken existence is Rowntrees (now known as Nestlé Rowntree) until its demise at the start of the 2013–14 season.
However, Bishopthorpe United, Easingwold Town and St. Clements are at present still playing in the York League system, after refounding at various points.
Acomb and Rowntrees (along with fellow league team York YMCA) also went on to become founding members of the Yorkshire League for the 1920–21 season. [2]
Some teams from the York League have climbed the football ladder in the past. Pickering Town played in the league before gaining promotion in 1972. They are currently in the Northern Counties East Premier Division. Also, York Railway Institute and Rowntrees were crowned champions of the Northern Counties East League Division One during the 1980s.
Today it has a total of seven divisions (four for first teams and three for reserve teams) including the York League Premier Division which sits at level 11 of the English football league system. The league title has been regularly changing with no team retaining it since 2007–08 when Huntington Rovers achieved it. A number of teams that have recently joined the league have progressed successfully though the divisions to the Premier Division (Tadcaster Magnets, F1 Racing and Sporting Knavesmire).
New teams entering for the 2017–18 season were Clifford, Elm Bank, Stillington and Wistow and that season saw the league enter a Representative team into the FA Inter League Cup, reaching the final after wins over West Riding County Amateur league, Chester and the Wirral league, Staffordshire County League and Kent County League.
Former professional footballers with York City played in the league, including Andy McMillan and Christian Fox at Haxby United.
Bishopthorpe White Rose | Cawood | Duncombe Park | Haxby Town | Hemingbrough United | Pocklington Town 2nd | Pollington | Rufforth United | Strensall Tigers | Tockwith AFC
Bubwith White Swan | Civil Service (York) | Cliffe | Clifford | Garforth LG | Helperby United | Heslington | Howden AFC | Stamford Bridge AFC | Walnut Tree | Wheldrake
Church Fenton | Copmanthorpe | Ebor Wanderers | Elvington Harriers | Fulford | Hamilton Panthers | South Milford | Sporting Knavesmire | Wilberfoss AFC | York St John University YSJ (Sat)
Barmby Moor | Bishop Wilton | Hensall Hawks Open Age | Knottingley Albion Junior York League | London NE Railway Builders | Marton Abbey | Selby Olympia | The Beagle | York Railway Institute | York Shamrocks
Club | Winners | Championship seasons |
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Dringhouses | 13 | 1932–33, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2023-24 |
York Railway Institute | 11 | 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1967–68 |
Osbaldwick | 11 | 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97 |
Rowntrees | 10 | 1901–02, 1930–31, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82 |
Knaresborough | 9 | 1902–03, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1908–09, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35 |
Riccall United | 7 | 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 2014–15 |
Old Malton St. Mary's | 5 | 2000–01, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19 |
East Yorkshire Regiment | 3 | 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14 |
Selby Olympia | 3 | 1926–27, 1927–28, 1931–32 |
Pickering Town | 3 | 1955–56, 1966–67, 1969–70 |
Boroughbridge | 3 | 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 |
Market Weighton | 2 | 1954–55, 1956–57 |
Haxby United | 2 | 1982–83, 2009–10 |
Pocklington Town | 2 | 2001–02, 2002–03 |
Huntington Rovers | 2 | 2006–07, 2007–08 |
Wigginton Grasshoppers | 2 | 2016–17, 2017–18 |
NER United | 1 | 1905–06 |
York and Lancaster Regiment | 1 | 1906–07 |
St. Paul's | 1 | 1907–08 |
5th Royal Irish Lancers | 1 | 1909–10 |
Green Howards | 1 | 1910–11 |
Lowther United | 1 | 1919–20 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 | 1923–24 |
Northumberland Fusiliers | 1 | 1929–30 |
Old Priory | 1 | 1939–40 |
Tadcaster Albion | 1 | 1947–48 |
Cookes | 1 | 1948–49 |
Holme Rovers | 1 | 1962–63 |
Vickers | 1 | 1968–69 |
Brayton | 1 | 1979–80 |
Bishopthorpe United | 1 | 1995–96 |
Hamilton Panthers | 1 | 2008–09 |
Dunnington | 1 | 2012–13 |
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