Yorkshire Amateur Football League

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Yorkshire Amateur Football League
Organising body West Riding County Football Association
Founded1928
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
DivisionsSupreme Division
Premier Division
Championship Division
Division One
Division Two
Division Three
Division Four
Division Five
Number of teams99
Level on pyramid Level 11-18
Promotion to Northern Counties East League - Division One
Domestic cup(s)Terry Marflitt Cup
Holders: Leeds Medics & Dentists
Hancock Cup
Holders: New Middleton
Hodgson Cup
Holders: Gildersome Spurs Old Boys Reserves
Current champions2018–19:
Farsley Celtic Juniors (Premier)
Wortley (Championship)
Amaranth Crossgates (One)
Colton Athletic (Two)
New Middleton (Three)
Middleton Park (Four)
Savile United FC (Five)
Website Official Website

The Yorkshire Amateur Association Football League is an amateur competitive football league based in West Yorkshire, England. The league has a total of eight divisions, the highest of which is the Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division, which sits at level 11 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Northern Counties East Football League.

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In the 2008–09 season, Gildersome Spurs Old Boys made the record books by winning all four of the competitions they entered, including Senior B, the Terry Marflitt Trophy, the Yorkshire Old Boys Shield, and the Wheatley District Cup.

The League runs three League Cup competitions annually. The Terry Marflitt Trophy is contested by teams in the Premier Division, Championship and Division One. The Hancock Cup is contested by teams in Division Two and Division Three. The Hodgson Cup is contested by teams in Division Four and Division Five.

The Yorkshire Amateur Association Football League received FA Charter Standard status in the 2017-18 season and celebrated being in existence for 90 years. As part of these celebrations, the finals for the Terry Marflitt Trophy and Hancock Cup were held at South Leeds Stadium. [1]

Before the 2019–20 season, the Yorkshire League was admitted to Step 7 of the National League System (NLS) after creating the Supreme Division, which took in seven clubs from the dissolved West Riding County Amateur Football League. [2] The league's top division succeeded its former West Riding County League counterpart at that step, which was abolished ahead of the next season and replaced with the designation Regional NLS Feeder Leagues. The first team to gain promotion was Route One Rovers who, in 2023, were elevated to the North West Counties Football League.

Member clubs 2022–23

Supreme Division [3]

Premier Division [4]

Beeston Juniors | Collegians | Ealandians | Gildersome Spurs Old Boys | Golcar United | Greetland AFC | Leeds City Reserves | Lepton Highlanders | Morley Town AFC | Nostell M.W. | Route One Rovers Reserves | Shire Academics | Woodkirk Valley

Championship [5]

Bradford United Reserves | Colton Athletic | Ealandians Reserves | Hanging Heaton | Huddersfield Amateur | Idle | Leeds Independent | Leeds Medics & Dentists Reserves | Leeds Modernians | Middleton Park | Middleton Reserves | Norristhorpe | Wortley Reserves

Division One [6]

Alwoodley Reserves | Fairbank United | Farsley Celtic Juniors Reserves | Gomersal & Cleckheaton | Horsforth St. Margaret's | Leeds City III | Littletown Reserves | Ryburn United Reserves | Savile United | Shire Academics Reserves | Stanningley Old Boys | Tyersal

Division Two [7]

Athletico Reserves | Bradford Olympic | Leeds Medics & Dentists III | Marsden | Mount St Marys | Norristhorpe Reserves | North Huddersfield | Salts | St. Bedes AFC | Thornesians | Trinity & All Saints Old Boys | White Rose

Division Three [8]

Birstall Rovers | Calverley United Reserves | Colton Athletic Reserves | Dewsbury Rangers | Farnley Sports | Garforth Rangers | Gildersome Spurs Old Boys Reserves | Leeds Modernians Reserves | North Leeds | Ryburn United Academy I | Woodkirk Valley Reserves | Wortley III

Division Four [9]

Beeston Juniors Reserves | Bradford United III | Ealandians III | Leeds City IV | Leeds Modernians III | Lepton Highlanders Reserves | Methley United | Middleton Park Reserves | Morley Town AFC Reserves | Old Centralians | Shire Academics III

Division Five [10]

Collegians Reserves | Colton Athletic III | Dewsbury Rangers Reserves | Hanging Heaton Reserves | Hebden Bridge Saints | Huddersfield Amateur Reserves | Idle Reserves | North Leeds Reserves | Old Centralians Reserves | St. Bedes AFC Reserves | Shire Academics IV | Thornesians Reserves

Champions

Recent divisional champions [11]

SeasonPremier Division (ex-Senior Division 'A')Championship (ex-Senior Division 'B')Division OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeDivision FourDivision Five
2006–07Yorkshire BankOld CentraliansSandal AthleticGildersome Spurs Old Boys ReservesEast Leeds Trinity Old BoysOld Collegians ReservesBramley Juniors Old Boys Reserves
2007–08EalandiansBramley Juniors Old BoysAlwoodley Old BoysWheelwright Old BoysEalandians ReservesAlwoodley Old Boys ReservesGrangefield Old Boys Reserves
2008–09Leeds Medics & DentistsGildersome Spurs Old BoysWheelwright Old BoysAmaranth Old BoysGrangefield Old BoysColton Academicals 'A'Ealandians 'A'
2009–10Alwoodley Old BoysLeeds Medics & Dentists ReservesWortley ReservesGrangefield Old BoysWortley 'A'Bramley Juniors Old Boys 'A'Leeds City Old Boys Reserves
2010–11Stanningley Old BoysBainbridgeGrangefield Old BoysNorth East LeedsSt. Bedes Old Boys ReservesColton FC 'A'Beeston Old Boys Reserves
2011–12Stanningley Old BoysNorth East LeedsStanningley Old Boys ReservesFarnley SportsOld Modernians ReservesBeeston Old Boys ReservesWheelwright Old Boys
2012–13Gildersome Spurs Old BoysLeeds Medics & Dentists ReservesFarsley Celtic JuniorsMorley Town AFCBeeston Old Boys ReservesAlmondburians ReservesMiddleton Park Reserves
2013–14Gildersome Spurs Old BoysFarsley Celtic JuniorsMorley Town AFCAlmondburiansWheelwright Old BoysChurwell LionsLeeds City Old Boys Reserves
2014–15EalandiansFarnley SportsSt. NicholasWortleyFarsley Celtic Juniors ReservesHorsforth St. Margaret'sHorsforth St. Margaret's Reserves
2015–16Farsley Celtic JuniorsSt. NicholasDrighlington FCGildersome Spurs Old BoysHorsforth St. Margaret'sAmaranth ReservesHuddersfield Amateur
2016–17Farsley Celtic JuniorsDrighlington FCGildersome Spurs Old BoysIdle FCEast Ardsley WanderersMorley Town AFC IIIGarforth Crusaders
2017–18Drighlington FCHorsforth St. Margaret's SaturdayLeeds City Old BoysGarforth CrusadersShire Academics ReservesLeeds City Old Boys IIIRothwell Reserves
2018–19Farsley Celtic JuniorsWortleyAmaranth CrossgatesColton AthleticNew MiddletonMiddleton ParkSavile United FC
2019–20Season curtailed due to coronavirus disease pandemic

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References

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  2. "Yorkshire Amateur League: FA Step 7 status and bumper team list". Telegraph & Argus. 20 August 2019.
  3. Supreme Division FA Full-Time
  4. Premier Division FA Full-Time
  5. Championship FA Full-Time
  6. Division 1 FA Full-Time
  7. Division 2 FA Full-Time
  8. Division 3 FA Full-Time
  9. Division 4 FA Full-Time
  10. Division 5 FA Full-Time
  11. Yorkshire Amateur League History