2015–16 Northern Counties East Football League
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The 2015–16 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 34th in the history of the Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.
For the first time, a series of Division 1 play-offs will decide a third promotion winner to the Premier Division.[1]
Premier Division[edit]
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Tadcaster Albion |
Promoted | Tadcaster Albion |
Relegated | Pontefract Collieries Brigg Town Nostell Miners Welfare |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,721 (3.73 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jon Froggatt, Handsworth Parramore (31) |
Biggest home win | Worksop Town 8 – 1 Garforth Town, 27 January 2016 |
Biggest away win | Retford United 0 – 8 Cleethorpes Town, 22 September 2015 |
Highest scoring | Pontefract Collieries 4 – 6 Staveley Miners Welfare, 28 November 2015 |
Highest attendance | 879 – Worksop Town 1 – 2 Tadcaster Albion , 21 October 2015 |
Lowest attendance | 30 – Nostell Miners Welfare 0 – 4 Barton Town Old Boys, 5 December 2015 |
Average attendance | 134 |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs.
- Clubs promoted from Division One:
- Clubs relegated from the Northern Premier League:
League table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Tadcaster Albion | 42 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 119 | 50 | +69 | 98 | Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One North |
2 | Handsworth Parramore | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 113 | 53 | +60 | 94 | |
3 | Cleethorpes Town | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 105 | 46 | +59 | 84 | |
4 | Worksop Town | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 118 | 60 | +58 | 83 | |
5 | Bridlington Town | 42 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 83 | 54 | +29 | 79 | |
6 | Pickering Town | 42 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 94 | 69 | +25 | 77 | |
7 | Maltby Main | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 85 | 77 | +8 | 68 | |
8 | Staveley Miners Welfare | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 86 | 72 | +14 | 66 | |
9 | Rainworth Miners Welfare | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 98 | 81 | +17 | 63 | |
10 | Barton Town Old Boys | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 75 | 60 | +15 | 62 | |
11 | Albion Sports | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 80 | 77 | +3 | 59 | |
12 | Thackley | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 80 | 84 | −4 | 59 | |
13 | Clipstone | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 85 | 70 | +15 | 55 | |
14 | Liversedge | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 61 | 93 | −32 | 48 | |
15 | Retford United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 66 | 96 | −30 | 45 | |
16 | Garforth Town | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 64 | 89 | −25 | 43 | |
17 | Parkgate | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 55 | 90 | −35 | 42 | |
18 | Athersley Recreation | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 52 | 93 | −41 | 42 | |
19 | Armthorpe Welfare | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 92 | −37 | 40 | |
20 | Pontefract Collieries | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 60 | 110 | −50 | 39 | Relegated to Division One |
21 | Brigg Town | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 49 | 103 | −54 | 37 | |
22 | Nostell Miners Welfare | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 102 | −64 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results[edit]
Stadia and locations[edit]
Club | Stadium |
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Albion Sports | Throstle Nest[a] |
Armthorpe Welfare | Welfare Ground |
Athersley Recreation | Sheerien Park |
Barton Town Old Boys | Euronics Ground |
Bridlington Town | Queensgate |
Brigg Town | The Hawthorns |
Cleethorpes Town | Bradley Football Centre |
Clipstone | Clipstone Road |
Garforth Town | Wheatley Park |
Handsworth Parramore | Sandy Lane |
Liversedge | Clayborn Ground |
Maltby Main | Muglet Lane |
Nostell Miners Welfare | The Welfare Ground |
Parkgate | Roundwood Sports Complex |
Pickering Town | Recreation Club |
Pontefract Collieries | Skinner Lane |
Rainworth Miners Welfare | Welfare Ground |
Retford United | Cannon Park |
Staveley Miners Welfare | Inkersall Road |
Tadcaster Albion | Ings Lane |
Thackley | Dennyfield |
Worksop Town | Sandy Lane[b] |
- ^ home of Farsley Celtic – groundshare
- ^ home of Handsworth Parramore – groundshare
Division One[edit]
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Hemsworth Miners Welfare |
Promoted | Hemsworth Miners Welfare AFC Mansfield Bottesford Town |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1,659 (3.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ashley Flynn, AFC Emley (59) |
Biggest home win | AFC Emley 13 – 0 Grimsby Borough, 24 October 2015 |
Biggest away win | Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 0 – 7 AFC Emley, 18 April 2016 |
Highest scoring | AFC Emley 13 – 0 Grimsby Borough, 24 October 2015 |
Highest attendance | 617 – Hull United 3 – 0 Dronfield Town , 15 August 2015 |
Lowest attendance | 22 – Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 1 – 7 Westella & Willerby, 23 February 2016 |
Average attendance | 93 |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:
- Glasshoughton Welfare, relegated from the Premier Division
- Hull United, promoted from the Humber Premier League
- Westella & Willerby, promoted from the Central Midlands Football League
League table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Hemsworth Miners Welfare | 40 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 128 | 49 | +79 | 98 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | AFC Mansfield | 40 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 98 | 40 | +58 | 86 | |
3 | Bottesford Town | 40 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 93 | 49 | +44 | 82 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
4 | AFC Emley | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 132 | 50 | +82 | 77 | Qualified for the play-offs |
5 | Penistone Church | 40 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 89 | 49 | +40 | 75 | |
6 | Hallam | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 72 | |
7 | Shirebrook Town | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 53 | +30 | 69 | |
8 | Knaresborough Town | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 60 | +22 | 64 | |
9 | Hull United | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 58[a] | Resigned to the Humber Premier League |
10 | Selby Town | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 57 | |
11 | Yorkshire Amateur | 40 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 90 | 101 | −11 | 56 | |
12 | Westella & Willerby | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 90 | 83 | +7 | 53 | |
13 | Eccleshill United | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 86 | 90 | −4 | 48 | |
14 | Teversal | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 90 | −28 | 45 | |
15 | Dronfield Town | 40 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 67 | 88 | −21 | 43 | |
16 | Glasshoughton Welfare | 40 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 62 | 101 | −39 | 37 | |
17 | Hall Road Rangers | 40 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 60 | 106 | −46 | 32 | |
18 | Winterton Rangers | 40 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 58 | 116 | −58 | 32 | |
19 | Grimsby Borough | 40 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 64 | 132 | −68 | 32 | |
20 | Rossington Main | 40 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 45 | 105 | −60 | 26 | |
21 | Worsbrough Bridge Athletic | 40 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 134 | −102 | 15 | |
22 | Lincoln Moorlands Railway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club resigned, record expunged[2] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Hull United were deducted 18 points
Play-offs[edit]
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
3 | Bottesford Town | 2 | |||||||
6 | Hallam | 0 | |||||||
3 | Bottesford Town | 1(4) | |||||||
4 | AFC Emley | 1(3) | |||||||
4 | AFC Emley | 1 | |||||||
5 | Penistone Church | 0 |
Semi-finals
26 April 2016 | AFC Emley | 1–0 | Penistone Church | Welfare Ground, Emley |
Ryan 87' | Attendance: 463 |
27 April 2016 | Bottesford Town | 2–0 | Hallam | Birch Park, Bottesford |
Graves 72', 85' | Attendance: 275 |
Final
30 April 2016 | Bottesford Town | 1–1 (4–3 p) | AFC Emley | Birch Park, Bottesford |
Barwick 90' | Tunnacliffe 74' | Attendance: 280 |
Results[edit]
Stadia and locations[edit]
Club | Stadium |
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Bottesford Town | Birch Park |
Dronfield Town | Stonelow Ground |
Eccleshill United | Kings Way |
AFC Emley | The Welfare Ground |
Glasshoughton Welfare | Glasshoughton Centre |
Grimsby Borough | Bradley Football Centre |
Hall Road Rangers | Howarth Park |
Hallam | Sandygate Road |
Hemsworth Miners Welfare | Fitzwilliam Stadium |
Hull United | Craven Park |
Knaresborough Town | Manse Lane |
Lincoln Moorlands Railway | Lincoln Moorlands Club |
AFC Mansfield | Forest Town Stadium |
Penistone Church | Church View Road |
Rossington Main | Welfare Ground |
Selby Town | Richard Street |
Shirebrook Town | Langwith Road |
Teversal | Teversal Grange |
Westella & Willerby | Euronics Ground[a] |
Winterton Rangers | West Street |
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic | Park Road |
Yorkshire Amateur | Bracken Edge |
- ^ home of Barton Town Old Boys – groundshare
League Cup[edit]
Tournament details | |
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Country | England |
Teams | 44 |
The 2015–16 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 34th season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.
First round[edit]
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Second round[edit]
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Third round[edit]
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Fourth round[edit]
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Fifth round[edit]
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Semi-finals[edit]
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Final[edit]
Played on 14 May 2016 at Garforth.
First team | Score | Second team | Attendance |
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Cleethorpes Town | 3-2 | Tadcaster Albion | 423 |
References[edit]
- ^ "League Cup draw made + AGM News". Northern Counties East Football League. 2015-06-20. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Moorlands resign from NCEL". Northern Counties East Football League. 2016-04-15.