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2025–26 Northern Counties East Football League

Northern Counties East
Football League
Season2025–26
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The 2025–26 Northern Counties East Football League season is the 44th in the history of the Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2025.[1]

Premier Division

Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Top goalscorerAlexander Hardwick
(Sheffield)
(23 goals)
Biggest home winSheffield F.C. 10–2 Albion Sports
(20 December 2025)
Biggest away winThackley 0–7 Frickley Athletic
(6 December 2025)
Highest scoringSheffield 10–2 Albion Sports
(20 December 2025)
Highest attendance786
(Frickley Athletic 2–3 Penistone Church, 27 December 2025)
Lowest attendance36
(Eccleshill United 3–1 Penistone Church, 29 November 2025)
Average attendance201
All statistics correct as of 12 February 2025.

The Premier Division consists of 21 clubs.

The following four teams left the division at the end of the 2024–25 season:

The following five teams joined the division ahead of the 2025–26 season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Liversedge 28 21 5 2 64 23 +41 68 Promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One East
2 Beverley Town 29 18 6 5 62 30 +32 60 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Handsworth 30 16 3 11 52 48 +4 51
4 Campion 29 14 8 7 64 41 +23 50
5 Sheffield 26 14 7 5 66 28 +38 49
6 Barton Town 28 14 6 8 48 35 +13 48
7 Tadcaster Albion 29 14 6 9 49 41 +8 48
8 Pickering Town 28 13 5 10 52 49 +3 44
9 Parkgate 29 10 11 8 48 55 −7 41
10 Frickley Athletic 28 10 5 13 37 57 −20 35
11 Penistone Church 30 8 10 12 41 62 −21 34
12 Thackley 29 9 6 14 32 48 −16 33
13 Bottesford Town 31 9 6 16 50 68 −18 33
14 Knaresborough Town 27 8 8 11 50 45 +5 32
15 Eccleshill United 28 9 5 14 29 41 −12 32
16 Golcar United 27 7 9 11 50 45 +5 30
17 Horbury Town 29 7 7 15 44 51 −7 28
18 Albion Sports 29 8 4 17 51 75 −24 28
19 Rossington Main 26 6 6 14 36 44 −8 24 Relegation to Division One
20 Wombwell Town 26 3 7 16 24 63 −39 16
21 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the league[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2026. Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ On 30 June 2025, Farsley Celtic resigned from the NECL, prior to the season's start.[2]

Results table

Home \ Away ALB BAR BEV BOT CAM ECC FRI GCR HAN HOR KNA LIV PAR PEC PIC ROM SHE TAD THA WOM
Albion Sports — 2–5 2–2
Barton Town 3–1 — 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Beverley Town — 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2
Bottesford Town 1–4 — 0–1 1–0 0–4
Campion — 4–1 2–2 1–1
Eccleshill United — 2–3 1–2
Frickley Athletic 2–1 — 0–0 0–3 1–0
Golcar United 1–1 1–2 — 0–1 2–1 0–4
Handsworth 0–4 — 2–1 1–4
Horbury Town 2–2 — 0–0 2–4
Knaresborough Town 2–1 2–2 0–0 — 4–2
Liversedge 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 — 2–2 4–0
Parkgate 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 — 1–1
Penistone Church 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 — 1–1 2–1
Pickering Town 3–2 — 2–1
Rossington Main 1–1 1–1 — 0–1
Sheffield 2–0 1–1 —
Tadcaster Albion 3–2 3–0 2–1 — 1–1 3–0
Thackley 3–1 2–4 0–0 0–3 0–1 — 1–0
Wombwell Town 2–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2025. Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Location of the clubs in the 2025–26 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber
Club Stadium Location Capacity
Albion Sports Myra Shay Bradford 500
Barton Town Euronics Ground Barton on Humber 3,000
Beverley Town Norwood Recreation Ground Beverley 1,500
Bottesford Town Birch Park Scunthorpe 1,000
Campion Scotchman Road Bradford 1,000
Eccleshill United Cougar Park[a] Keighley 2,225
Frickley Athletic Westfield Lane South Elmsall 2,087
Golcar United Longfield Avenue Huddersfield (Golcar) 1,200
Handsworth Oliver's Mount Sheffield (Darnall) 2,500
Horbury Town Slazengers Sports Complex Wakefield (Horbury) 800
Knaresborough Town Manse Lane Knaresborough 1,000
Liversedge Clayborn Liversedge 2,000
Parkgate Roundwood Sports Complex Rotherham (Rawmarsh) 1,000
Penistone Church Church View Road Penistone 1,000
Pickering Town Mill Lane Pickering 2,000
Rossington Main Welfare Ground Doncaster (New Rossington) 2,000
Sheffield Home of Football Ground Dronfield 2,089
Tadcaster Albion Ings Lane Tadcaster 2,000
Thackley Dennyfield Bradford 3,000
Wombwell Town Recreation Ground Barnsley (Wombwell) 500
  1. ^ home of Keighley Cougars (groundshare)

Division One

Northern Counties East League Division One
Top goalscorerZak Khan
(Route One Rovers)
(39 goals)
Biggest home winRoute One Rovers 9–1 Winterton Rangers
(15 October 2025)
Biggest away winGlasshoughton Welfare 1–8 Armthorpe Welfare
(4 October 2025)
Highest scoringRoute One Rovers 9–1 Winterton Rangers
(15 October 2025)
Highest attendance565
(Selby Town 1–1 Goole, 16 September 2025)
Lowest attendance23
(Leeds UFCA 2–2 Louth Town, 13 December 2025)
Average attendance153
All statistics correct as of 12 February 2025.

Division One consists of 22 clubs.

The following six clubs left Division One before the season:

The following six clubs joined Division One before the season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dearne & District 32 26 2 4 91 28 +63 80 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Wakefield 32 22 5 5 86 35 +51 71 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 32 22 4 6 80 43 +37 70
4 Harrogate Railway Athletic 29 19 5 5 77 37 +40 62
5 Brigg Town 33 19 5 9 69 49 +20 62
6 Leeds UFCA 29 16 5 8 64 41 +23 53
7 Club Thorne Colliery 28 13 9 6 43 30 +13 48
8 Armthorpe Welfare 27 14 5 8 69 54 +15 47
9 Route One Rovers 28 14 2 12 80 45 +35 44
10 Crowle Colts 31 13 4 14 52 62 −10 43
11 Maltby Main 29 13 3 13 54 59 −5 42
12 Selby Town 31 12 4 15 52 52 0 40
13 Goole 33 12 3 18 61 72 −11 39
14 Louth Town 31 10 7 14 48 57 −9 37
15 South Leeds 33 10 5 18 54 74 −20 35
16 Appleby Frodingham 30 11 1 18 50 72 −22 34
17 Ilkley Town 33 8 9 16 51 71 −20 33
18 Doncaster City 27 8 7 12 41 53 −12 31
19 Athersley Recreation 30 7 6 17 37 70 −33 27
20 Winterton Rangers 31 7 3 21 38 75 −37 24 Possible relegation to a feeder league
21 Nostell Miners Welfare 32 6 6 20 28 76 −48 24
22 Glasshoughton Welfare 31 2 4 25 32 102 −70 10
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2026. Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]

Results table

Home \ Away APF ARW ATH BRG CTC CWC D&D DON GHW GOO HRA ILK LUA LOU MAM NMW ROR SLB SLE WAK WIN WBA
Appleby Frodingham — 0–1 0–1 1–0
Armthorpe Welfare — 3–2 4–1 0–2 2–3
Athersley Recreation — 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–3
Brigg Town — 1–3 0–4 3–1 3–1
Club Thorne Colliery — 0–1 1–0
Crowle Colts 0–2 3–2 — 0–0 4–1
Dearne & District 2–0 — 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 4–0
Doncaster City 2–2 1–1 — 0–3 1–2 2–0
Glasshoughton Welfare 2–2 0–0 — 0–5 3–4 0–4
Goole 0–4 2–3 — 6–0
Harrogate Railway Athletic — 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–0
Ilkley Town 0–1 0–3 — 1–1 3–2
Leeds UFCA 5–1 1–2 2–0 — 1–0
Louth Town 3–2 0–1 2–2 — 1–0 1–2
Maltby Main 2–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 — 2–0
Nostell Miners Welfare 1–2 0–2 — 0–1 1–2
Route One Rovers 0–1 1–2 5–3 3–0 4–1 —
Selby Town 3–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 —
South Leeds 2–1 2–0 3–2 — 4–3
Wakefield 5–1 3–3 2–4 3–0 —
Winterton Rangers 2–3 3–4 1–4 0–1 —
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 2–1 4–2 0–2 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2025. Source: Northern Counties East Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Location of the clubs in the 2025–26 NCEL Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber
Club Stadium Location Capacity
Appleby Frodingham Brumby Hall Sports Ground Scunthorpe 1,100
Armthorpe Welfare Welfare Ground Doncaster (Armthorpe) 2,500
Athersley Recreation Sheerien Park Barnsley (Athersley North) 2,000
Brigg Town The Hawthorns Brigg 2,500
Club Thorne Colliery Chesterfield Poultry Stadium Doncaster (Moorends) 1,200
Crowle Colts Windsor Park Crowle 500
Dearne & District Welfare Ground, Goldthorpe Goldthorpe 1,000
Doncaster City Welfare Ground, Armthorpe [a] Doncaster (Armthorpe) 2,500
Glasshoughton Welfare Glasshoughton Centre Castleford (Glasshoughton) 2,000
Goole Victoria Pleasure Grounds Goole 3,000
Harrogate Railway Athletic Station View Harrogate 3,500
Ilkley Town Ben Rhydding Sports club Ilkley 700
Leeds UCFA Crofton Community Centre
[b]		 Wakefield (Crofton) 1,500
Louth Town Marshlands Saltfleetby 500
Maltby Main Muglet Lane Rotherham (Maltby) 2,000
Nostell Miners Welfare Crofton Community Centre
Crofton, West Yorkshire		 Wakefield (Crofton) 1,500
Route One Rovers Myra Shay Bradford 500
Selby Town Richard Street Selby 5,000
South Leeds South Leeds Stadium Leeds (Belle Isle) 3,450
Wakefield Post Office Road Featherstone 6,954
Winterton Rangers The MKM Stadium, Winterton Winterton 3,000
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Park Road Barnsley (Worsbrough) 2,000
  1. ^ home of Armthorpe Welfare (groundshare)
  2. ^ home of Nostell MW (groundshare)

League Cup

2025–26 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Teams42

The 2025–26 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 43rd season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

References

  1. ^ "NLS allocations for 2024-25". The Football Association. 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Club Statement: Withdrawal from the Northern Counties East League – 2025/26 Season". Farsley Celtic F.C. 30 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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