West Riding County Amateur Football League

West Riding County Amateur Football League

Country	England
Founded	1922
Divisions	Premier Division Division One Division Two
Number of teams	33 13 (Premier Division) 12 (Division One) 8 (Division Two)
Level on pyramid	11th–13th
Feeder to	Northern Counties East League Division One
Relegation to	Craven and District Halifax and District Huddersfield and District Spen Valley and District Wakefield and District Yorkshire Amateur League
Domestic cup(s)	Premier Division Cup Division One Cup Division Two Cup
Current champions	Huddersfield YMCA (Premier Division) Newsome FC (Division One) Thornton United (Division Two) (2015–16)
Website	Official website

The West Riding County Amateur Football League is a football competition based in Yorkshire, England. Formed in 1922, it has three divisions which includes a number of reserve teams.

The top division, the Premier Division, sits at level 11 of the English football league system. Silsden, Brighouse Town, Hemsworth Miners Welfare and Campion were the most recent teams to move up from the league. Silsden were promoted in 2004 after winning the Premier Division in successive seasons but chose to play their football in the North West Counties League whereas Brighouse Town, Hemsworth Miners Welfare and Campion went up to the Northern Counties East League Division One.

The league operated with only one division until the 1953–54 season, but has expanded over time to reach the current size.

Each division has its own divisional league cup, the Premier Division Cup, the Division One Cup and the Division Two Cup.

Members 2015–16 season

Premier Division

• Campion
• Golcar United
• Halifax Irish
• Huddersfield YMCA
• Hunsworth
• Kirkburton
• Lepton Highlanders
• Littletown
• Lower Hopton
• Ovenden West Riding
• Salts
• Steeton
• Tyersal

Division One

• Bradford Horton Sports
• Campion Reserves
• Dalton, Rawthorpe & Moldgreen
• Holmfirth Town
• Honley
• Newsome
• Overthorpe Sports
• Steeton Reserves
• Ventus & Yeadon Celtic
• Wakefield City
• Westbrook YMCA
• Wibsey

Division Two

• Bradford
• Golcar United Reserves
• Littletown Reserves
• Lower Hopton Reserves
• Route One Rovers
• Salts Reserves
• TVR United
• Thornton United

Recent divisional champions

Season	Premier	One	Two	Three
1986–87	Ovenden West Riding	Halifax Irish	V.A.W. Low Moor	Collingham Reserves
1987–88	Ovenden West Riding	V.A.W. Low Moor	Colton	Bradley Rangers Reserves
1988–89	V.A.W. Low Moor	Altofts	Steeton	Gatehouse
1989–90	V.A.W. Low Moor	Ferrybridge Amateurs	Campion	Tyersal
1990–91	Brighouse Town	Aberford Albion	Tyersal	Ferrybridge Amateurs Reserves
1991–92	Field	Tyersal	Otley Town	Field Reserves
1992–93	Aberford Albion	Campion	Brighouse Town Reserves	Phoenix
1993–94	Marsden	Otley Town	Phoenix	Heckmondwike Town
1994–95	Brighouse Town	Farnley W.M.C.	Greetland	Holmewood Athletic
1995–96	Brighouse Town	Storthes Hall	Overthorpe S.C.	Keighley Shamrocks
1996–97	Ovenden West Riding	Hemsworth Miners Welfare	Bay Athletic	Field Reserves
1997–98	Marsden	Phoenix	Hall Green United	Phoenix Reserves
1998–99	Storthes Hall	Bay Athletic	Lower Hopton	Trinity Athletic
1999–2000	Keighley Phoenix	Stump Cross	Silsden	Campion Reserves
2000–01	Brighouse Town	Silsden	Steeton
2001–02	Brighouse Town	Tyersal	Wakefield City
2002–03	Silsden	Hall Green United	Salts
2003–04	Silsden	Ardsley Celtic	Halifax Irish Club
2004–05	Golcar United	Eastmoor	South Bradford
2005–06	Bay Athletic	Hall Green United	Meltham Athletic
2006–07	Wibsey	Meltham Athletic	Bronte Wanderers
2007–08	Bay Athletic	Kirkburton	Brighouse Town Reserves
2008–09	Bay Athletic	Tyersal	Bronte Wanderers
2009–10	Bay Athletic	Steeton	Bay Athletic Reserves	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.
2010–11	Bay Athletic	Littletown	Lepton Highlanders	Albion Sports Reserves
2011–12	Ovenden West Riding	Lepton Highlanders	Campion Reserves	Littletown Reserves
2012–13	Bay Athletic	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.	Bay Athletic Reserves
2013–14	Ovenden West Riding	Hunsworth	Dudley Hill Rangers
2014–15	Bay Athletic	Wakefield City	Honley
2015–16	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.	Newsome	Thornton United

Cups

Premier Division Cup

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-Up
2004–05	Ovenden West Riding	2–1	Tyersal
2005–06	Campion	2–1	Brighouse Town
2006–07	Campion	4–0	Golcar United
2007–08	Campion	2–0	Lower Hopton
2008–09	Meltham Athletic	5–3	Bay Athletic
2009–10	Albion Sports	4–2	Storthes Hall
2010–11	Tyersal	1–0	Ovenden West Riding
2011–12	Ovenden West Riding	3–2	Bay Athletic
2012–13	Ovenden West Riding	3–0	Steeton
2013–14	Ovenden West Riding	2–0	Campion
2014–15	Ovenden West Riding	3–1	Campion

Division One Cup

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-Up
2004–05	Littletown	5–2	Lower Hopton
2005–06	Steeton	4–1	Wakefield City
2006–07	Kirkburton	2–1	Littletown
2007–08	Kirkburton	5–0	Wakefield City
2008–09	Tyersal	3–1	Hunsworth
2009–10	Ventus/Yeadon Celtic	1–0	Littletown
2010–11	Bay Athletic Reserves	5–0	Overthorpe Sports Club
2011–12	Lepton Highlanders	4–1	Tingley Athletic
2012–13	Halifax Irish Club	4–1	AFC Emley Reserves
2013–14	Wakefield City	4–2	Hunsworth
2014–15	Lepton Highlanders	1-0	Wakefield City

Division Two Cup

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-Up
2004–05	Kirkburton	3–1	Barclays
2005–06	Meltham Athletic	7–1	Crag Road United
2006–07	Storthes Hall Reserves	4–3	Tyersal Reserves
2007–08	Brighouse Town Reserves	4–2	Storthes Hall Reserves
2008–09	Storthes Hall Reserves	2–1	Rawdon Old Boys
2009–10	AFC Emley Reserves	2–0	Rawdon Old Boys
2010–11	Long Lee	1–1, 5p4	Lepton Highlanders
2011–12	Ovenden West Riding Reserves	4–3	Albion Sports Reserves
2012–13	Ovenden West Riding Reserves	3–0	Salts Reserves
2013–14	Golcar United Reserves	3–1	Littletown Reserves
2014–15	Bay Athletic Reserves	1–1, 5p4	Gildersome Spurs Old Boys

External links

• Official league website