1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League

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

Season	1986–87
Champions	Alfreton Town
Promoted	Alfreton Town Eastwood Town Farsley Celtic Harrogate Town Sutton Town
Matches played	342
Goals scored	988 (2.89 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alfreton Town	36	25	6	5	74	29	+45	81	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
2	Farsley Celtic	36	24	6	6	74	41	+33	78	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
3	North Ferriby United	36	20	10	6	57	26	+31	70
4	Emley	36	17	10	9	60	41	+19	61
5	Sutton Town	36	17	10	9	54	45	+9	61	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
6	Denaby United	36	15	10	11	59	43	+16	55
7	Thackley	36	14	13	9	47	45	+2	55
8	Pontefract Collieries	36	16	6	14	54	44	+10	54
9	Harrogate Town	36	14	10	12	48	48	0	52	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
10	Bridlington Town	36	12	14	10	57	49	+8	50
11	Long Eaton United	36	12	11	13	41	43	−2	47
12	Armthorpe Welfare	36	13	6	17	55	60	−5	45
13	Eastwood Town	36	11	9	16	45	57	−12	42	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
14	Bentley Victoria Welfare	36	10	9	17	64	77	−13	39	Club folded
15	Belper Town	36	8	12	16	49	47	+2	36
16	Guiseley	36	9	8	19	46	76	−30	35
17	Bridlington Trinity	36	6	11	19	46	76	−30	29
18	Brigg Town	36	6	9	21	35	73	−38	27
19	Boston	36	6	4	26	23	68	−45	22	Resigned to the Central Midlands League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ossett Albion	34	22	4	8	65	43	+22	70	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Rowntree Mackintosh	34	20	4	10	101	54	+47	64
3	Hatfield Main	34	19	7	8	69	47	+22	64	Promoted to the Premier Division
4	Harrogate Railway Athletic	34	19	7	8	65	44	+21	64	Promoted to the Premier Division
5	Bradley Rangers	34	17	8	9	64	51	+13	59
6	Hallam	34	16	8	10	49	37	+12	56	Promoted to the Premier Division
7	Staveley Works	34	14	9	11	51	46	+5	51
8	York Railway Institute	34	15	5	14	49	56	−7	50
9	Maltby Miners Welfare	34	13	7	14	53	57	−4	46
10	Pilkington Recreation	34	13	6	15	51	49	+2	45
11	Garforth Town	34	11	10	13	44	48	−4	43
12	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	34	13	4	17	60	65	−5	43	Promoted to the Premier Division
13	Woolley Miners Welfare	34	11	9	14	57	61	−4	42
14	Kiveton Park	34	11	6	17	41	64	−23	39
15	BSC Parkgate	34	10	8	16	51	57	−6	38
16	Mexborough Town Athletic	34	8	10	16	38	64	−26	34
17	Sheffield	34	9	6	19	41	55	−14	33
18	Dronfield United	34	4	4	26	33	84	−51	16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Frecheville Community Association	34	24	7	3	57	27	+30	79	Promoted to Division One
2	Eccleshill United	34	22	6	6	75	36	+39	72
3	Immingham Town	34	18	4	12	53	43	+10	58
4	Hall Road Rangers	34	16	9	9	72	48	+24	57
5	Collingham	34	14	13	7	67	34	+33	55
6	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare	34	15	7	12	61	48	+13	52
7	Stocksbridge Park Steels	34	12	15	7	50	38	+12	51
8	Selby Town	34	14	8	12	47	42	+5	50
9	Yorkshire Amateur	34	12	10	12	47	36	+11	46
10	Ossett Town	34	12	10	12	42	52	−10	46
11	Liversedge	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43
12	Glasshoughton Welfare	34	11	9	14	50	52	−2	42
13	Tadcaster Albion	34	11	7	16	38	46	−8	40
14	Pickering Town	34	8	15	11	39	57	−18	39
15	Yorkshire Main	34	8	13	13	43	60	−17	37
16	Winterton Rangers	34	7	7	20	30	53	−23	28
17	Wombwell Sporting Association	34	7	7	20	39	75	−36	28
18	Fryston Colliery Welfare	34	2	6	26	18	76	−58	12

Premier Division

League table

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Division One

League table

Map

Division Two

League table

Map

References