The 2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League season is the 43rd in the history of the
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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football
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competition in England.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by
The Football Association
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on 17 May 2024.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs.
The following three teams left the division at the end of the 2023–24 season:
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Emley - promoted to
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
Division One East
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Garforth Town - promoted to
Northern Premier League
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Division One East
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Maltby Main - relegated to NCEL Division One
The following three teams joined the division ahead of the 2024–25 season:
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Beverley Town - promoted from NCEL Division One
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Parkgate - promoted from NCEL Division One
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Winterton Rangers - relegated from
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
Division One East
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
Division One
Division One consists of 22 clubs.
The following eight clubs left Division One before the season:
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Beverley Town - promoted to Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Clay Cross Town - transferred to
United Counties League
The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''GCE Hire Fleet Ltd. United Counties League'') is an England, English association football, football league covering an area including the English Counties of the United Kingdom, ...
Division One
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Ollerton Town - relegated to Regional Feeder Leagues
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Parkgate - promoted to Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Retford
Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterfield Canal. Retford is located east of Sheffield, west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Linco ...
- transferred to
United Counties League
The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''GCE Hire Fleet Ltd. United Counties League'') is an England, English association football, football league covering an area including the English Counties of the United Kingdom, ...
Division One
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Retford United
Retford United Football Club (also known as 'The Badgers') are an English football club based at Cannon Park in Retford, Nottinghamshire. They currently play in the .
History
The club was founded in 1987 by Retfordian Brian Jackson to give t ...
- transferred to
United Counties League
The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''GCE Hire Fleet Ltd. United Counties League'') is an England, English association football, football league covering an area including the English Counties of the United Kingdom, ...
Division One
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Shirebrook Town - promoted to
United Counties League
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Premier Division North
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Staveley Miners Welfare - transferred to
United Counties League
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Division One
The following seven clubs joined Division One before the season:
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Appleby Frodingham - promoted from
Lincolnshire League
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Club Thorne Colliery - promoted from
Humber Premier League
The Humber Premier League is a football competition for clubs in the East Riding of Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire areas of England.
History
The league was formed in 2000. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its exi ...
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Dearne & District - promoted from
Central Midlands League
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Premier Division North
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Ilkley Town - transferred from
North West Counties League
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Division One North
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Maltby Main - relegated from NCEL Premier Division
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Shelley - transferred from
North West Counties League
The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, northern Staffordshire, northern ...
Division One North
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South Leeds (known as Middleton when first admitted) - promoted from
Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
League Cup
The 2024–25 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 42nd season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links
Northern Counties East Football League
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