The 1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 5th in the history of

Northern Counties East Football League The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English association football, football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the English football lea ...

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competition in England. The league consisted of three divisions after Division Three was disbanded at the end of the previous season. Most of Division Three clubs were promoted to Division Two.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division One: *

Bridlington Town Bridlington Town Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They were founded in 1918 and currently play in the . History The club was founded in 1918 as Bridlington Centra ...

* Brigg Town *

Harrogate Town Harrogate Town A.F.C. is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the ...

North Ferriby United North Ferriby United Association Football Club was a semi-professional football club in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the time of their demise they were members of the Northern Premier League and played at Grange Lane. F ...

League table

Division One

Division One featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with eight new clubs, promoted from Division Two: *

Garforth Town Garforth Town Association Football Club is a association football, football club based in Garforth, West Yorkshire, England. They are members of the and play at Wheatley Park. History The club was established in 1964 as Miners Arms, a Sunday ...

* Grimethorpe Miners Welfare * Hallam *

Kiveton Park Kiveton Park is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, from the Norman conquest to 1868, Kiveton was a hamlet of the parish of Harthill-with- ...

* Maltby Miners Welfare * BSC Parkgate * Staveley Works * York Railway Institute

League table

Division Two

Division One featured five clubs which competed in the previous season, along with 13 new clubs. *Clubs promoted from Division Three: ** Collingham ** Eccleshill United ** Fryston Colliery Welfare ** Glasshoughton Welfare **

Hall Road Rangers Hall Road Rangers Football Club is a football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Hill Top Ground in Willerby. History The club was formed in 1959 as a Sunda ...

** Selby Town ** Stocksbridge Works, who also merged with Oxley Park F.C. to form

Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. Stocksbridge Park Steels Football Club is an English association football club based in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire. They currently compete in the . The club was formed in 1986 after a merger between two clubs, and uses a yellow and blue home ...

Tadcaster Albion Tadcaster Albion Association Football Club is an association football club in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. Formed in 1892, their ground is situated behind the John Smith's brewery in Tadcaster, thus the reason for their nickname "The Br ...

** Wombwell Sporting Association ** Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare ** Yorkshire Amateur *Plus: ** Immingham Town, joined from the

Lincolnshire Football League The Lincolnshire Football League is an English football league. The league has one division, which stands at level 11 of the English football league system). History The League runs a representative side that compete in the FA Inter League Cup. ...

** Winterton Rangers

League table

References

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