The 1971–72 Yorkshire Football League was the 46th season in the history of the
Yorkshire Football League, a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competition in
England.
Division One
Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
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Emley
*
North Ferriby United
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Scarborough reserves
*
Thackley
League table
Map
Division Two
Division Two featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs.
*Clubs relegated from Division One:
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Barton Town
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Wombwell Sporting Association
*Clubs promoted from Division Three:
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Brook Sports
**
Guiseley
**
Leeds & Carnegie College
**
Stocksbridge Works
League table
Map
Division Three
Division Three featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:
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Blackburn Welfare
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Retford Town
Retford Town F.C. was a football club based in Northern Counties East League, Nottinghamshire, England.
History
Retford Town F.C. joined the Yorkshire League in 1949 and won the Second Division title in their first season, winning promotion t ...
reserves
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Woolley Miners Welfare
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Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic, joined from the
Sheffield Association League
The Sheffield Association League was an English association football league based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
History
The league was founded in 1897 to fill the void left by the disbandment of the Sheffield & District Football League, whic ...
League table
Map
League Cup
Final
References
{{Yorkshire Football League
1971–72 in English football leagues
Yorkshire Football League