The 1985–86 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 4th in the history of

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

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competition in England. At the end of the previous season divisions One North, One Central and One South was reorganised. The clubs were distributed between newly formed divisions One, Two and Three. Division Three was disbanded at the end of the season. Most of the Division Three clubs were promoted to Division Two.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs: * Armthorpe Welfare, promoted from Division One Central * Farsley Celtic, promoted from Division One North * Long Eaton United, promoted from Division One South

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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 Centr ...

** Harrogate Railway Athletic ** Harrogate Town **

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 ...

** Rowntree Mackintosh *Clubs transferred from Division One Central: **

Brigg Town Brigg Town Football Club CIC is a football club based in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Hawthorns. Established in 1864, not only are they are officially the 7th oldest football club in the world, ...

** Hatfield Main ** Ossett Albion ** Pilkington Recreation ** Woolley Miners Welfare *Clubs transferred from Division One South: ** Borrowash Victoria ** Dronfield United ** Harworth Colliery Institute **

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*Plus: ** Mexborough Town Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division

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Division Two

Liversedge Liversedge is an industrial town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is now called Liversedge and ...

** Pickering Town ** York Railway Institute *Clubs transferred from Division One Central: ** Grimethorpe Miners Welfare ** Maltby Miners Welfare **

Ossett Town Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire. History Ossett Town AFC were formed in 1936 when, during a public meeting, the Mayor of the Borough of Ossett charged John Carter, a former ...

** BSC Parkgate **

Thorne Colliery Thorne Colliery was a large colliery within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the South Yorkshire Coalfield. The colliery was open between 1925 and 1956; but had operational issues including shaft water, war time cris ...

** Yorkshire Main *Clubs transferred from Division One South: ** Arnold Kingswell ** Frecheville Community **

Hallam Hallam may refer to: Places * Hallam, Victoria, Australia ** Hallam railway station UK * Hallamshire, an area in South Yorkshire, England, UK ** Royal Hallamshire Hospital ** Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency) ** Sheffield Hallam Univer ...

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 ...

** Lincoln United ** Staveley Works

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Division Three

At the end of the previous season divisions One North, One South and One Central was reorganised. The clubs were distributed between newly formed divisions One, Two and Three. Division Three consisted of 14 clubs. *Clubs transferred from Division One North: ** Collingham ** Hall Road Rangers ** Selby Town ** Tadcaster Albion ** Yorkshire Amateur *Clubs transferred from Division One Central: ** Fryston Colliery Welfare ** Stocksbridge Works ** Wombwell Sporting Association ** Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare *Clubs transferred from Division One South: ** Graham Street Prims ** Kimberley Town ** Oakham United *Plus: ** Eccleshill United, joined from the

West Riding County Amateur Football League The West Riding County Amateur Football League was a association football, football competition based in Yorkshire, England. Formed in 1922, it had one division when it closed in 2019 due to a lack of participating clubs. The Premier Division sa ...

** Glasshoughton Welfare, joined from the

West Yorkshire Association Football League The West Yorkshire Association Football League is a association football, football competition based in Yorkshire, England. It was previously known as the Leeds League until the name change in 1939. Although it is named the ''West Yorkshire'' Le ...

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