1976–77 Yorkshire Football League

The 1976–77 Yorkshire Football League was the 51st 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	1976–77
Champions	Winterton Rangers
Relegated	Hatfield Main Liversedge Pickering Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	755 (3.15 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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	Winterton Rangers	30	17	10	3	77	31	+46	44
2	Emley	30	18	8	4	66	38	+28	44
3	Ossett Albion	30	17	5	8	51	28	+23	39
4	Guiseley	30	18	3	9	55	37	+18	39
5	Leeds Ashley Road	30	16	6	8	48	35	+13	38
6	Thackley	30	14	9	7	44	26	+18	37
7	Hallam	30	14	9	7	47	33	+14	37
8	North Ferriby United	30	14	8	8	62	38	+24	36
9	Bridlington Town	30	9	10	11	45	43	+2	28
10	Leeds & Carnegie Polytechnic	30	11	3	16	45	42	+3	25
11	Lincoln United	30	8	9	13	45	51	−6	25
12	Denaby United	30	8	7	15	40	60	−20	23
13	Redfearn National Glass	30	7	9	14	40	64	−24	23	Resigned to the Barnsley League
14	Liversedge	30	7	6	17	37	57	−20	20	Relegated to Division Two
15	Hatfield Main	30	3	7	20	30	87	−57	13
16	Pickering Town	30	4	1	25	23	85	−62	9

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

Redfearn National Glass

Thackley

Winterton Rangers class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1976–77 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

Football league season

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1976–77
Champions	Sheffield
Promoted	Farsley Celtic Frecheville Community Association Sheffield Tadcaster Albion
Relegated	Rawmarsh Welfare Selby Town Woolley Miners Welfare Yorkshire Amateur
Matches played	240
Goals scored	694 (2.89 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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:
- Ossett Town
- Rawmarsh Welfare
- Scarborough reserves
- Sheffield

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield	30	15	10	5	42	26	+16	40	Promoted to Division One
2	Tadcaster Albion	30	15	7	8	53	33	+20	37
3	Frecheville Community Association	30	14	9	7	50	33	+17	37
4	Farsley Celtic	30	16	4	10	42	24	+18	36
5	Ossett Town	30	14	8	8	48	31	+17	36
6	Barton Town	30	10	14	6	48	38	+10	34
7	Kiveton Park	30	11	10	9	45	45	0	32
8	Norton Woodseats	30	11	9	10	48	41	+7	31
9	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic	30	11	9	10	49	45	+4	31
10	Harrogate Town	30	9	12	9	45	50	−5	30
11	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	9	11	10	47	55	−8	29
12	Scarborough reserves	30	10	8	12	43	48	−5	28
13	Yorkshire Amateur	30	6	15	9	34	39	−5	27	Relegated to Division Three
14	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	5	10	15	32	49	−17	20
15	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	7	4	19	42	71	−29	18
16	Selby Town	30	3	8	19	26	66	−40	14

Map

Scarborough reserves

Woolley Miners Welfare

Worsbrough BMWA

Yorkshire Amateur class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1976–77 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three

Football league season

Yorkshire Football League
Division Three
Season	1976–77
Champions	Bentley Victoria Welfare
Promoted	Bentley Victoria Welfare Brook Sports Collingham Fryston Colliery Welfare
Matches played	240
Goals scored	784 (3.27 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Division Three featured eleven clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division Two:
Plus:
- Fryston Colliery Welfare
- Pilkington Recreation

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bentley Victoria Welfare	30	19	6	5	70	38	+32	44	Promoted to Division Two
2	Fryston Colliery Welfare	30	16	6	8	64	39	+25	38
3	Brook Sports	30	15	6	9	54	33	+21	36
4	Collingham	30	13	10	7	51	34	+17	36
5	Hall Road Rangers	30	14	7	9	50	35	+15	35
6	Thorne Colliery	30	13	7	10	47	38	+9	33
7	York Railway Institute	30	12	8	10	68	64	+4	32
8	Dodworth Miners Welfare	30	11	9	10	50	57	−7	31
9	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	11	9	10	36	44	−8	31
10	Sheffield Waterworks	30	10	8	12	41	41	0	28
11	St. John's College (York)	30	11	6	13	58	61	−3	28
12	Rossington Miners Welfare	30	9	6	15	46	55	−9	24
13	Stocksbridge Works	30	10	4	16	40	60	−20	24
14	BSC Parkgate	30	8	5	17	41	59	−18	21
15	Heeley Amateurs	30	7	9	14	38	63	−25	19	Resigned from the league
16	Pilkington Recreation	30	4	8	18	30	63	−33	16

Heeley Amateurs were deducted 4 points.

Map

St. John's College (York)

Bentley Victoria Welfare

Brook Sports

Collingham

Dodworth Miners Welfare

Fryston Colliery Welfare

Hall Road Rangers

Heeley Amateurs

Parkgate

Pilkington Recreation

Rossington Miners Welfare

York Railway Institute class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1976–77 Yorkshire League Division Three on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

League Cup

Football tournament season

1976–77 Yorkshire Football League League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Final

Ossett Albion v Emley

Ossett Albion

3–1

Emley

References

1976–77 in English football

« 1975–76 1977–78 »

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

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