1997–98 Northern Counties East Football League

The 1997–98 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 16th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hucknall Town	38	26	8	4	90	34	+56	86	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
2	North Ferriby United	38	25	6	7	89	37	+52	81
3	Ossett Albion	38	21	11	6	59	25	+34	74
4	Brigg Town	38	20	10	8	76	40	+36	70
5	Glasshoughton Welfare	38	17	9	12	66	64	+2	60
6	Maltby Main	38	17	8	13	51	40	+11	59
7	Ossett Town	38	17	7	14	67	53	+14	58
8	Eccleshill United	38	16	9	13	64	58	+6	57
9	Armthorpe Welfare	38	16	8	14	60	44	+16	56
10	Selby Town	38	15	6	17	60	75	−15	51
11	Thackley	38	12	12	14	48	55	−7	48
12	Denaby United	38	14	6	18	55	68	−13	48
13	Pontefract Collieries	38	13	9	16	60	76	−16	48
14	Arnold Town	38	10	16	12	55	52	+3	46
15	Sheffield	38	13	7	18	62	72	−10	46
16	Pickering Town	38	12	8	18	56	68	−12	44
17	Hallam	38	10	10	18	52	77	−25	40
18	Liversedge	38	7	9	22	41	88	−47	30
19	Curzon Ashton	38	7	8	23	42	75	−33	29	Relegated to the North West Counties League
20	Hatfield Main	38	6	5	27	46	98	−52	23	Relegated to Division One

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Football league season

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season	1997–98
Champions	Garforth Town
Promoted	Garforth Town Staveley Miners Welfare
Relegated	Blidworth Welfare
Matches played	210
Goals scored	820 (3.9 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Garforth Town	28	23	3	2	77	17	+60	72	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Staveley Miners Welfare	28	15	9	4	51	30	+21	54	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Hall Road Rangers	28	16	4	8	68	34	+34	52
4	Glapwell	28	14	4	10	59	50	+9	46
5	Parkgate	28	14	3	11	61	47	+14	45
6	Louth United	28	14	2	12	73	50	+23	44
7	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare	28	13	4	11	58	57	+1	43
8	Borrowash Victoria	28	11	8	9	67	50	+17	41
9	Rossington Main	28	11	4	13	41	46	−5	37
10	Winterton Rangers	28	11	3	14	41	55	−14	36
11	Harrogate Railway Athletic	28	10	4	14	58	52	+6	34
12	Brodsworth Miners Welfare	28	8	9	11	53	43	+10	33
13	Tadcaster Albion	28	8	6	14	56	46	+10	30
14	Yorkshire Amateur	28	8	5	15	49	57	−8	29
15	Blidworth Welfare	28	0	0	28	8	186	−178	0	Relegated to the Central Midlands League

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

2024–25
clubs

Premier Division	Albion Sports Barton Town Beverley Town Bottesford Town Campion Eccleshill United Frickley Athletic Golcar United Goole Hallam Handsworth Knaresborough Town Parkgate Penistone Church Pickering Town Rossington Main Silsden Tadcaster Albion Thackley Winterton Rangers
Division One	Appleby Frodingham Armthorpe Welfare Athersley Recreation Brigg Town Club Thorne Colliery Dearne & District Dronfield Town Glasshoughton Welfare Harrogate Railway Athletic Horbury Town Ilkley Town Louth Town Maltby Main Nostell Miners Welfare Selby Town Shelley South Leeds Swallownest Wakefield Wombwell Town Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Yorkshire Amateur

Seasons

National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier North, Premier South, Senior) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

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

European competitions

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