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West Riding County Women's
Football League

Founded	2006
Country	England
Divisions	Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division
Number of clubs	54 10 (Premier Division) 10 (First Division) 11 (Second Division) 12 (Third Division) 11 (Fourth Division)
Level on pyramid	7 - 10
Feeder to	North East Regional Women's League
Current champions	Leeds Modernians (2023/24)
Website	FA Full-time site

The West Riding County Women's Football League is an open aged (16 plus) Women's Association Football League in England affiliated to the West Riding FA.

The Charter Standard League is run by a number of League Officials who are annually voted in by the member clubs spread across its 5 Divisions.

The League is at levels 7 to 10 of the Women's Football League Pyramid, and promotes to the North East Regional Women's Football League.

2019/20 Season

The season was brought to an abrupt end by the outbreak of the global pandemic COVID-19 and was declared null and void.

League leaders at the time Farsley Celtic Juniors Firsts were successful in their application for promotion to the next step of the Women's Football League Pyramid - The North East Regional Women's Football League, Harrogate Railway were relegated from Regional to the Premier Division.

Durkar Devils folded & Middleton Athletic departed the League for a more local competition.

Hemsworth Town, Sherburn White Rose & Leeds United added additional teams to the League, Leeds Union University added 2 teams when the University Leagues had opted not to run in 2020/21 & several new teams, Golcar United, Hall Green United, Hepworth United Development, Leeds Hyde Park, Old Centralians entered the League bringing the need for a Third Division to be reactivated to accommodate 42 teams.

Unfortunately Sherburn White Rose Reserves shortly after the start of the season 2020/21.

2023/24 Clubs

Premier Division

Club Home ground Bradford (Park Avenue) Horsfall Stadium, Bradford Brighouse Sports Russell Way, Brighouse Harrogate Railway Athletic Firsts Station View, Harrogate Leeds Medics & Dentists Sports Park Weetwood, Leeds Leeds Modernians Cookridge Lane, Leeds Morley Town Woodkirk Academy, Tingley Sherburn White Rose Firsts Finkle Hill, Sherburn in Elmet Silsden Keighley Road, Silsden Skipton Town Firsts Engine Shed Lane, Skipton Thackley Ainsbury Avenue, Bradford

Bradford (Park Avenue)Brighouse SportsLeeds M&DLeeds ModerniansMorley TownSherburn White RoseSilsdenSkipton TownThackleyclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Premier Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West YorkshireHarrogate Railwayclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Premier Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

First Division

Club Home ground Ackworth Girls Oakfield Park School, Ackworth Brayton Belles Selby College, Selby Farsley Celtic The Citadel, Farsley Golcar United Longfield Avenue, Huddersfield Hall Green United Haslegrave Sports Ground, Wakefield Hepworth United Far Lane, Hepworth Huddersfield Amateur Firsts Old Earth, Elland Ilkley Town Firsts Ben Rhydding Sports Club, Ilkley Leeds Hyde Park Firsts Elida Gibbs Park, Leeds Republica Internationale Firsts Scott Hall Playing Fields, Leeds

Ackworth GirlsFarsley CelticGolcar UnitedHall Green UnitedHepworth UnitedHuddersfield AmateurIlkley TownLeeds Hyde ParkRepublica Internationaleclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL First Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West YorkshireBrayton Bellesclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL First Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

Second Division

Club Home ground Athletico Bradford Academy, Bradford Boroughbridge Aldborough Road, Boroughbridge Bradford City U21 Rawdon Meadows, Bradford Burley Trojans Wharfe Meadows, Otley Garforth Rangers Ninevah Lane, Allerton Bywater Horsforth St Margarets King George's Field, Horsforth Knaresborough Town Manse Lane, Knaresborough Leeds City Adel Sports & Social Club, Leeds Queensbury Celtic Pit Lane, Queensbury Rangers Athletic St John Fisher Academy, Dewsbury Wortley Oldfield Lane, Leeds

AthleticoBradford City U21Burley TrojansHorsforth St MargaretsLeeds CityQueensbury CelticRangers AthleticWortleyGarforth Rangersclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Second Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West YorkshireBoroughbridgeKnaresborough Townclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Second Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

Third Division

Club Home ground Bradford United Laistergate Lane, Bradford Crofton Sports The Sidings, Crofton Field AFC Chelsea Road, Bradford Forge Way Reserves Batley Sports Centre, Batley Harrogate Railway Athletic Reserves King James' School, Knaresborough Huddersfield Amateur Reserves Old Earth, Elland Kinsley Boys Tombridge Crescent, Kinsley Leeds Hyde Park Seconds Elida Gibbs Park, Leeds Lower Hopton Development Woodend Road, Mirfield Pontefract Sports & Social Harewood Avenue, Pontefract Skipton Town Development Engine Shed Lane, Skipton Tyersal Arkwright Street, Bradford

Bradford UnitedCrofton SportsField AFCForge WayKinsley BoysLeeds Hyde ParkLower HoptonPontefract S&SSkipton TownTyersalHuddersfield Amateurclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Third Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West YorkshireHarrogate Railwayclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Third Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

Fourth Division

Club Home ground Brighouse Town Heffernan Utilities Stadium, Brighouse Crossley Belles Illingworth Sports Club, Halifax Dewsbury Moor Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury Eccleshill United Plumpton Park, Bradford Goole Dunscroft Welfare Club, Hatfield Halifax Friendly Lightcliffe Academy, Halifax Harrogate Town Reserves Rossett Sports Centre, Harrogate Ilkley Town Development Ben Rhydding Sports Club, Ilkley Pontefract Collieries Beechnut Lane, Pontefract Shadwell United Bedquilts Recreation Ground, Leeds Sherburn White Rose Development Finkle Hill, Sherburn in Elmet

Brighouse TownCrossley BellesDewsbury MoorEccleshill UnitedHalifax FriendlyIlkley TownPontefract CollieriesShadwell UnitedSherburn White Roseclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West YorkshireHarrogate Townclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North YorkshireGooleclass=notpageimage| Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in South Yorkshire

League & Cup history

References

1. Association, The Football. "County Leagues". www.westridingfa.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
2. "West Riding County Womens Football League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.

External links

• FA Full-time site

• Women's football leagues in England