West Riding County Women's Football League
| Founded | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Country |  England |
| Divisions | Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division |
| Number of teams | 54 10 (Premier Division) 10 (First Division) 11 (Second Division) 12 (Third Division) 11 (Fourth Division) |
| Level on pyramid | 7 - 10 |
| Feeder to | North East Regional Women's League |
| Current champions | Leeds Modernians (2023/24) |
| Website | FA Full-time site [1] |
The West Riding County Women's Football League is an open aged (16 plus) Women's Association Football League in England affiliated to the West Riding FA.[1]
The Charter Standard League is run by a number of League Officials who are annually voted in by the member clubs spread across its 5 Divisions.
The League is at levels 7 to 10 of the Women's Football League Pyramid, and promotes to the North East Regional Women's Football League.
2019/20 Season
[edit]The season was brought to an abrupt end by the outbreak of the global pandemic COVID-19 and was declared null and void.
League leaders at the time Farsley Celtic Juniors Firsts were successful in their application for promotion to the next step of the Women's Football League Pyramid - The North East Regional Women's Football League, Harrogate Railway were relegated from Regional to the Premier Division.
Durkar Devils folded & Middleton Athletic departed the League for a more local competition.
Hemsworth Town, Sherburn White Rose & Leeds United added additional teams to the League, Leeds Union University added 2 teams when the University Leagues had opted not to run in 2020/21 & several new teams, Golcar United, Hall Green United, Hepworth United Development, Leeds Hyde Park, Old Centralians entered the League bringing the need for a Third Division to be reactivated to accommodate 42 teams.
Unfortunately Sherburn White Rose Reserves shortly after the start of the season 2020/21.
2023/24 Clubs
[edit]Premier Division
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|   Bradford (Park Avenue) Brighouse Sports Leeds M&D Leeds Modernians Morley Town Sherburn White Rose Silsden Skipton Town Thackley Location of the WRCWFL Premier Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire .svg) Harrogate Railway Location of the WRCWFL Premier Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire
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First Division
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| Ackworth Girls Farsley Celtic Golcar United Hall Green United Hepworth United Huddersfield Amateur Ilkley Town Leeds Hyde Park Republica Internationale Location of the WRCWFL First Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire Brayton Belles Location of the WRCWFL First Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire
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Second Division
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| Athletico Bradford City U21 Burley Trojans Horsforth St Margarets Leeds City Queensbury Celtic Rangers Athletic Wortley Garforth Rangers Location of the WRCWFL Second Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire Boroughbridge Knaresborough Town Location of the WRCWFL Second Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire
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Third Division
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| Bradford United Crofton Sports Field AFC Forge Way Kinsley Boys Leeds Hyde Park Lower Hopton Pontefract S&S Skipton Town Tyersal Huddersfield Amateur Location of the WRCWFL Third Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire Harrogate Railway Location of the WRCWFL Third Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire
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Fourth Division
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| Brighouse Town Crossley Belles Dewsbury Moor Eccleshill United Halifax Friendly Ilkley Town Pontefract Collieries Shadwell United Sherburn White Rose Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire Harrogate Town Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire  Goole Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in South Yorkshire
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League & Cup history
[edit]| Season | Premier Division | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | Fourth Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Leeds Modernians Leeds Medics & Dentists | Ilkley Town Firsts Farsley Celtic | Knaresborough Town Bradford City U21s | Field AFC Harrogate Railway Reserves | Eccleshill United Brighouse Town |
| 2022/23 | Lower Hopton AFC Firsts Yorkshire Amateur | Skipton Town Firsts Sherburn White Rose Firsts | Leeds Hyde Park Firsts West Yorkshire | Farsley Celtic Burley Trojans | Knaresborough Town Bradford City U21s |
| 2021/22 | Yorkshire Amateur Leeds Medics & Dentists | Leeds United U21 Morley Town | Hepworth United Development Hall Green United | West Yorkshire Brighouse Town Development | n/a |
| 2020/21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019/20 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2018/19 | Hepworth United Yorkshire Amateur | Thackley Firsts Ripon City | Farsley Celtic Juniors Firsts Ossett United Reserves | n/a | n/a |
| 2017/18 | Tingley Athletic Hepworth United | Farsley Celtic Reserves Ossett Town Firsts | Middleton Athletic Lower Hopton | Thackley Tyersal | n/a |
| 2016/17 | Leeds Medics & Dentists Hepworth United | Tingley Athletic Reserves Yorkshire Amateur | Clifton Rangers Dewsbury Rangers | Middleton Athletic Ripon City | n/a |
| 2015/16 | Altofts Tingley Athletic Firsts | Battyeford Firsts Silsden Firsts | Tingley Athletic Reserves Brighouse Town Development | Wigton Moor Dewsbury Rangers | n/a |
| 2014/15 | Harrogate Railway Athletic Hemsworth Miners Welfare | Tingley Athletic Firsts Hepworth United | Bradford City A Battyeford Firsts | Tingley Athletic Reserves Farsley Celtic Reserves | n/a |
| 2013/14 | Farsley Celtic Brighouse Athletic | Wortley Hemsworth Miners Welfare | Oulton Athletic Hebden Royd United | Bradford City A Wetherby Athletic Reserves | n/a |
| 2012/13 | Harrogate Railway Athletic Tingley Athletic | Farsley Celtic Silsden Firsts | Northowram Gledhow | Wortley Reserves Oulton Athletic | n/a |
| 2011/12 | Keighley Oaks Harrogate Railway Athletic | Tingley Athletic Pontefract Sports & Social | Altofts Rothwell Reserves | Huddersfield Town Reserves Wigton Moor | n/a |
| 2010/11 | Lepton Highlanders Kirklees | Keighley Oaks Brighouse Athletic | Castleford White Rose Reserves Wortley | n/a | n/a |
| 2009/10 | Leeds Vixens Lepton Highlanders | Ossett Town Hemsworth Miners Welfare | Brighouse Athletic Farsley Celtic | n/a | n/a |
| Year | League Cup | Score | League Shield | Score | Supplementary Cup | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Leeds Modernians Sherburn White Rose Firsts | 2-0 | Bradford (Park Avenue) Golcar United | 2-2 3-2 pens | n/a | |
| 2023 | Yorkshire Amateur Farsley Celtic | 3-0 | Morley Town Athletico | 9-0 | n/a | |
| 2022 | Lower Hopton Ossett United Development | 6-0 | n/a | n/a | ||
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | Yorkshire Amateur Ripon City | ?-? | ||
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
| 2019 | Farsley Celtic Juniors Firsts Bradford Park Avenue | 3-2 | Brighouse Athletic Middleton Athletic | 4-1 | Leeds United Development Phoenix | 3-2 |
| 2018 | Ripon City Firsts Tingley Athletic | 2-1 | Hepworth United Wetherby Athletic | 2-2 2-1 pens | Thackley Boroughbridge | 6-0 |
| 2017 | Middleton Athletic Yorkshire Amateur | 2-2 3-2 pens | Leeds Medics & Dentists Hemsworth Miners Welfare | 4-2 | Wetherby Athletic Hepworth United | 6-3 |
| 2016 | Bradford City A Tingley Athletic Firsts | 4-2 | Silsden Firsts Hemsworth Miners Welfare | 4-1 | n/a | |
| 2015 | Harrogate Railway Athletic Tingley Athletic | 4-1 | Altofts Bradford City A | 2-2 4-3 pens | Battyeford Firsts Leeds Medics & Dentists | 3-3 5-4 pens |
| 2014 | Harrogate Railway Athletic Pontefract Sports & Social | 3-2 | Wetherby Athletic Reserves Bradford City A | 4-2 | n/a | |
| 2013 | Tingley Athletic Brighouse Athletic | ?-? | n/a | |||
| 2012 | n/a | |||||
| 2011 | Lepton Highlanders Brighouse Athletic | 4-1 | Brayton Belles Rothwell Town Reserves | 3-1 | n/a | |
| 2010 | Kirklees Brayton Belles | 6-0 | Dearne & District Ossett Town | 6-2 | n/a |
References
[edit]- ^ Association, The Football. "County Leagues". www.westridingfa.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "West Riding County Womens Football League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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