1975–76 Yorkshire Football League

The 1975–76 Yorkshire Football League was the 50th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One

Football league season

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1975–76
Champions	Emley
Relegated	Farsley Celtic Frecheville Community Association Maltby Miners Welfare Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic
Matches played	240
Goals scored	735 (3.06 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Emley	30	21	7	2	68	25	+43	49
2	North Ferriby United	30	21	4	5	70	25	+45	46
3	Hallam	30	15	4	11	58	44	+14	34
4	Bridlington Town	30	14	6	10	41	38	+3	34
5	Leeds & Carnegie College	30	14	5	11	52	40	+12	33
6	Thackley	30	10	13	7	28	26	+2	33
7	Hatfield Main	30	11	10	9	48	45	+3	32
8	Redfearn National Glass	30	11	10	9	45	47	−2	32
9	Ossett Albion	30	12	6	12	46	43	+3	30
10	Winterton Rangers	30	10	8	12	44	44	0	28
11	Lincoln United	30	10	7	13	41	50	−9	27
12	Pickering Town	30	9	8	13	36	49	−13	26
13	Farsley Celtic	30	7	9	14	28	46	−18	23	Relegated to Division Two
14	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	9	3	18	45	70	−25	21
15	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic	30	8	1	21	41	60	−19	17
16	Frecheville Community Association	30	6	3	21	44	83	−39	15

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Bridlington Town

Emley

Farsley Celtic

Frecheville Community Association

Hallam

Hatfield Main

Leeds & Carnegie College

Lincoln United

Maltby Miners Welfare

North Ferriby United

Ossett Albion

Pickering Town

Redfearn National Glass

Thackley

Winterton Rangers

Worsbrough BMWA class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1975–76 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

Football league season

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1975–76
Champions	Guiseley
Promoted	Denaby United Guiseley Leeds Ashley Road Liversedge
Relegated	Bentley Victoria Welfare Hall Road Rangers Stocksbridge Works
Matches played	210
Goals scored	640 (3.05 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Division Two featured eight clubs which competed in the previous season, along with eight new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
Clubs promoted from Division Three:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guiseley	28	19	7	2	69	26	+43	45	Promoted to Division One
2	Leeds Ashley Road	28	18	7	3	58	23	+35	43
3	Liversedge	28	14	10	4	47	25	+22	38
4	Denaby United	28	16	3	9	44	32	+12	35
5	Kiveton Park	28	15	4	9	50	28	+22	34
6	Woolley Miners Welfare	28	13	6	9	54	49	+5	32
7	Tadcaster Albion	28	13	5	10	55	55	0	31
8	Barton Town	28	9	12	7	40	32	+8	30
9	Selby Town	28	9	8	11	28	34	−6	26
10	Norton Woodseats	28	11	3	14	47	48	−1	25
11	Yorkshire Amateur	28	4	11	13	29	56	−27	19
12	Harrogate Town	28	5	8	15	30	51	−21	18
13	Bentley Victoria Welfare	28	4	10	14	29	50	−21	18	Relegated to Division Three
14	Hall Road Rangers	28	5	5	18	29	62	−33	15
15	Stocksbridge Works	28	3	5	20	31	69	−38	11

Map

Barton Town

Bentley Victoria Welfare

Woolley Miners Welfare

Yorkshire Amateur class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1975–76 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three

Football league season

Yorkshire Football League
Division Three
Season	1975–76
Champions	Rawmarsh Welfare
Promoted	Ossett Albion Rawmarsh Welfare Scarborough reserves Sheffield
Matches played	240
Goals scored	766 (3.19 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Division Three featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division Two:
Plus:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	20	5	5	62	21	+41	45	Promoted to Division Two
2	Scarborough reserves	30	20	5	5	74	40	+34	45
3	Ossett Town	30	20	5	5	60	34	+26	45
4	Sheffield	30	14	9	7	50	29	+21	37
5	BSC Parkgate	30	13	9	8	53	52	+1	35
6	Thorne Colliery	30	13	6	11	55	42	+13	32
7	Brook Sports	30	14	2	14	51	38	+13	30
8	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	12	6	12	43	42	+1	30
9	Collingham	30	11	8	11	46	45	+1	30
10	Dodworth Miners Welfare	30	9	11	10	46	44	+2	29
11	Sheffield Waterworks	30	11	6	13	44	51	−7	28
12	St. John's College (York)	30	7	10	13	49	54	−5	24
13	Heeley Amateurs	30	10	4	16	43	63	−20	24
14	Rossington Miners Welfare	30	6	9	15	24	42	−18	21
15	York Railway Institute	30	5	5	20	40	73	−33	15
16	Brodsworth Miners Welfare	30	4	2	24	26	96	−70	10	Resigned to the Doncaster & District Senior League

Map

St. John's College (York)

Scarborough reserves

York Railway Institute class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1975–76 Yorkshire League Division Three on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

League Cup

Football tournament season

1975–76 Yorkshire Football League League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Final

Ossett Albion v Scarborough reserves

Ossett Albion

2–0

Scarborough reserves

References

1975–76 in English football

« 1974–75 1976–77 »

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (One, Two) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (One, Two) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Burnley Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hull City Luton Town Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion York City
Third Division	Aldershot Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Cardiff City Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Mansfield Town Millwall Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham
Fourth Division	Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

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