YORKSHIRE LEAGUE 1966-1974

 

Use of a single asterisk at the end of a team name shows that this was a reserve side, while a double asterisk is used for an ‘A’ (3^rd) team.

 

Unfortunately, the Final Tables shown for seasons 1967-1968 and 1968-1969, for both sections of the Yorkshire League, contain errors.  The goals totals for and against do not match in any of the four tables concerned.  Despite time having been spent on research to find and correct the faults, all efforts to date have failed to sort this out.

 

1966-1967

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Bridlington Trinity	32	22	3	7	101	43	47
2	Bridlington Town	32	21	5	6	83	43	47
3	Wombwell S.A.	32	15	12	5	57	35	42
4	Thorne Colliery	32	16	9	7	68	53	41
5	Hatfield Main	32	17	4	11	70	46	38
6	Barton Town	32	16	2	14	71	69	34
7	Farsley Celtic	32	14	6	12	44	44	34
8	Mexborough Town	32	15	4	13	61	65	34
9	Kiveton Park	32	15	4	13	54	60	34
10	Hallam	32	13	6	13	50	50	32
11	Selby Town	32	13	5	14	60	60	31
12	Norton Woodseats	32	13	5	14	53	55	31
13	Ossett Albion	32	11	9	12	52	54	31
14	Frickley Colliery*	32	10	2	20	56	73	22
15	Scarborough*	32	9	4	19	51	78	22
16	Sheffield	32	7	2	23	49	76	16
17	Harrogate Town	32	1	6	25	34	110	8
		544	228	88	228	1014	1014	544

 

Scarborough Reserves, Sheffield and Harrogate Town were relegated to the Second Division.  Frickley Colliery Reserves resigned.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Hull Brunswick	32	25	3	4	105	40	53
2	Denaby United	32	23	2	7	91	40	48
3	York City*	32	21	3	8	96	42	45
4	Stocksbridge Works	32	17	7	8	79	53	41
5	Bradford City**	32	18	4	10	72	41	40
6	Doncaster United	32	17	6	9	55	38	40
7	Retford Town*	32	17	4	11	66	54	38
8	Hampton's SC	32	12	7	13	53	54	31
9	Harrogate RA	32	14	3	15	54	58	31
10	Leeds Ashley Road	32	13	4	15	53	67	30
11	Micklefield Welfare	32	12	4	16	37	57	28
12	Rawmarsh Welfare	32	10	7	15	60	69	27
13	Yorkshire Amateur	32	9	4	19	49	60	22
14	Ossett Town	32	8	6	18	51	79	22
15	Heeley Amateurs	32	7	6	19	53	97	20
16	Swallownest MW	32	5	6	21	38	82	16
17	Brodsworth MW	32	4	4	24	30	111	12
		544	232	80	232	1042	1042	544

 

Hull Brunswick, Denaby United, York City Reserves and Stocksbridge Works were promoted to the First Division.  Bradford City ‘A’ resigned at the end of the season.  Membership of the Second Division remained at 17 clubs with the admission of Lincoln United and Thackley.

 

1967-1968

 

 Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Bridlington Trinity	32	24	4	4	90	42	52
2	Denaby United	32	18	10	4	67	29	46
3	Bridlington Town	32	20	6	6	74	47	46
4	Hatfield Main	32	18	7	7	69	39	43
5	Kiveton Park	32	15	9	8	54	40	39
6	Farsley Celtic	32	15	7	10	48	34	37
7	Hull Brunswick	32	14	9	9	60	45	37
8	Wombwell S.A.	32	14	8	10	56	40	36
9	Selby Town	32	14	8	10	65	61	36
10	Barton Town	32	13	5	14	67	65	31
11	Ossett Albion	32	9	10	13	40	58	28
12	York City*	32	11	3	18	71	46	25
13	Mexborough Town	32	8	8	16	54	74	24
14	Norton Woodseats	32	6	10	16	51	71	22
15	Hallam	32	5	8	19	48	86	18
16	Thorne Colliery	32	6	4	22	49	94	16
17	Stocksbridge Works	32	2	4	26	28	99	8
		544	212	120	212	991	970	544

 

Stocksbridge Works were relegated to the Second Division.  Norton Woodseats, Hallam and Thorne Colliery all avoided the drop because of the resignations of Barton Town and York City Reserves, plus a further increase in the size of the First Division, to 18 clubs, at the Yorkshire League A.G.M..

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Lincoln United	32	23	5	4	96	23	51
2	Hampton's SC	32	20	6	6	79	35	46
3	Retford Town*	32	19	8	5	75	38	46
4	Thackley	32	17	9	6	54	28	43
5	Heeley Amateurs	32	20	3	9	62	49	43
6	Leeds Ashley Road	32	16	5	11	55	51	37
7	Micklefield Welfare	32	15	6	11	58	47	36
8	Sheffield	32	14	7	11	56	44	35
9	Harrogate RA	32	12	9	11	44	62	33
10	Scarborough*	32	12	7	13	62	66	31
11	Yorkshire Amateur	32	9	7	16	37	62	25
12	Swallownest MW	32	7	10	15	45	60	24
13	Doncaster United	32	8	5	19	40	51	21
14	Rawmarsh Welfare	32	7	7	18	54	70	21
15	Brodsworth MW	32	6	8	18	38	71	20
16	Ossett Town	32	6	6	20	36	86	18
17	Harrogate Town	32	5	4	23	31	83	14
		544	216	112	216	922	926	544

 

Lincoln United, Hampton’s Sports Club, Retford Town Reserves and Thackley were promoted to the First Division.  Membrship of the Second Division remained at 17 clubs with the admission of Frecheville Community Association, Guiseley and Hall Road Rangers.

 

1968-1969

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Farsley Celtic	34	21	9	4	60	21	51
2	Mexborough Town	34	24	2	8	69	29	50
3	Kiveton Park	34	23	4	7	69	35	50
4	Selby Town	34	18	12	4	78	44	48
5	Bridlington Trinity	34	19	7	8	68	41	45
6	Bridlington Town	34	19	6	9	63	42	44
7	Wombwell S.A.	34	18	6	10	72	39	44
8	Denaby United	34	15	3	16	63	49	33
9	Thackley	34	12	9	13	41	46	33
10	Lincoln United	34	12	8	14	59	55	32
11	Hatfield Main	34	12	8	14	53	51	32
12	Ossett Albion	34	10	6	18	58	80	26
13	Hallam	34	10	6	18	53	84	26
14	Retford Town*	34	9	5	20	56	74	23
15	Norton Woodseats	34	8	5	21	43	98	21
16	Hull Brunswick	34	6	7	21	51	78	19
17	Thorne Colliery	34	7	5	22	51	100	19
18	Hampton's SC	34	8	2	24	54	97	18
		612	251	110	251	1061	1063	614

 

Hull Brinswick, Thorne Colliery and Hampton’s Sports Club were relegated to the Second Division.  Norton Woodseats avoided relegation because of the resignation of Retford Town Reserves at the end of the season.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Rawmarsh Welfare	32	23	5	4	110	35	51
2	Heeley Amateurs	32	21	5	6	81	25	47
3	Swallownest MW	32	21	5	6	101	43	47
4	Frecheville C.A.	32	21	4	7	83	27	46
5	Scarborough*	32	18	4	10	84	54	40
6	Yorkshire Amateur	32	16	3	13	64	68	35
7	Guiseley	32	15	4	13	79	74	34
8	Harrogate RA	32	15	4	13	54	64	34
9	Sheffield	32	13	7	12	62	61	33
10	Leeds Ashley Road	32	11	10	11	55	65	32
11	Brodsworth MW	32	11	6	15	68	68	28
12	Ossett Town	32	10	7	15	53	72	27
13	Stocksbridge Works	32	9	6	17	78	106	24
14	Hall Road Rangers	32	7	8	17	68	107	22
15	Doncaster United	32	7	2	23	50	96	16
16	Harrogate Town	32	7	2	23	42	85	16
17	Micklefield Welfare	32	4	4	24	39	128	12
		544	229	86	229	1171	1178	544

 

Rawmarsh Welfare, Heeley Amateurs, Swallownest Miners’ Welfare and Frecheville Community Association were promoted to the First Division.  Doncaster United and Micklefield Welfare left the League, but membership of the Second Division was increased to 18 clubs by the admission of new clubs Emley, Firth Vickers, and North Ferriby United, while Dinnington Athletic also rejoined.

 

1969-1970

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Rawmarsh Welfare1	34	26	2	6	90	39	54
2	Bridlington Trinity1	34	20	8	6	70	44	48
3	Mexborough Town1	34	20	6	8	66	41	46
4	Farsley Celtic1	34	17	10	7	55	28	44
5	Selby Town1	34	18	8	8	69	47	44
6	Wombwell S.A. 1	34	16	9	9	69	50	41
7	Denaby United1	34	15	8	11	58	40	38
8	Bridlington Town1	34	14	9	11	68	50	37
9	Lincoln United1	34	16	5	13	58	47	37
10	Hallam1	34	13	6	15	72	76	32
11	Ossett Albion1	34	12	7	15	44	46	31
12	Frecheville C.A.1	34	12	4	18	52	54	28
13	Thackley2	34	11	5	18	37	43	27
14	Swallownest MW2	34	10	5	19	46	70	25
15	Norton Woodseats2	34	8	9	17	46	87	25
16	Hatfield Main2	34	7	6	21	41	73	20
17	Kiveton Park2	34	6	6	22	39	100	18
18	Heeley Amateurs2	34	5	7	22	45	90	17
		612	246	120	246	1025	1025	612

 

The top twelve sides in the First Division¹ at the end of the 1969-1970 campaign were joined by Barton Town and Winterton Rangers in a new 14-club top flight for the 1970-1971 season.  The bottom six First Division clubs² 1969-1970 joined with the top eight in the Second Division² to form a new 14-club second tier.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Dinnington Athletic2	34	24	7	3	91	37	55
2	Emley2	34	23	4	7	79	29	50
3	North Ferriby United2	34	20	9	5	95	46	49
4	Hull Brunswick2	34	20	6	8	103	52	46
5	Scarborough*2	34	17	7	10	75	47	41
6	Yorkshire Amateur2	34	14	9	11	57	54	37
7	Brodsworth MW2	34	15	5	14	60	59	35
8	Thorne Colliery2	34	15	5	14	76	84	35
9	Stocksbridge Works3	34	14	6	14	67	66	34
10	Harrogate Town3	34	12	10	12	40	54	34
11	Thorne Colliery3	34	9	12	13	41	51	30
12	Guiseley3	34	10	8	16	68	83	28
13	Hampton's SC	34	11	5	18	60	84	27
14	Harrogate RA3	34	10	7	17	39	55	27
15	Firth Vickers3	34	11	4	19	54	88	26
16	Leeds Ashley Road3	34	9	5	20	47	84	23
17	Hall Road Rangers3	34	8	6	20	45	79	22
18	Ossett Town3	34	3	7	24	29	74	13
		612	245	122	245	1126	1126	612

 

Nine of the remaining Second Division clubs³ joined with six others to form a new 15   club Third Division.  Hampton’s Sports resigned from the Yorkshire League.  The six clubs making up the rest of the Third Division were Bradford Park Avenue Reserves, Brook Sports, International Harvesters (Doncaster), Leeds & Carnegie College, St. John’s College (York) and Sheffield Water Works.  

1970-1971

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Lincoln United	26	16	7	3	56	26	39
2	Farsley Celtic	26	13	9	4	41	25	35
3	Rawmarsh Welfare	26	13	8	5	49	30	34
4	Mexborough Town	26	12	7	7	56	40	31
5	Hallam	26	13	5	8	49	42	31
6	Bridlington Town	26	10	7	9	43	35	27
7	Denaby United	26	11	4	11	44	37	26
8	Ossett Albion	26	8	8	10	30	36	24
9	Bridlington Trinity	26	9	4	13	43	50	22
10	Winterton Rangers	26	8	6	12	40	48	22
11	Frecheville C.A.	26	8	6	12	41	51	22
12	Selby Town	26	7	5	14	42	54	19
13	Barton Town	26	5	9	12	41	65	19
14	Wombwell S.A.	26	3	7	16	20	56	13
		364	136	92	136	595	595	364

 

Barton Town and Wombwell Sporting Association were relegated to the Second Division.  Frecheville Community Association and Selby Town retained their First Division status because membership of the top section was increased to 16 clubs.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	North Ferriby United	26	17	6	3	69	19	40
2	Thackley	26	16	6	4	55	21	38
3	Scarborough*	26	16	3	7	67	38	35
4	Emley	26	14	7	5	51	29	35
5	Hull Brunswick	26	13	7	6	46	24	33
6	Hatfield Main	26	14	4	8	46	36	32
7	Dinnington Athletic	26	11	3	12	42	37	25
8	Norton Woodseats	26	9	3	14	45	51	21
9	Kiveton Park	26	9	3	14	41	62	21
10	Yorkshire Amateur	26	7	4	15	42	51	18
11	Heeley Amateurs	26	6	6	14	33	64	18
12	Thorne Colliery	26	5	6	15	35	69	16
13	Brodsworth MW	26	7	2	17	24	55	16
14	Swallownest MW	26	6	4	16	31	71	16
		364	150	64	150	627	627	364

 

North Ferriby United, Thackley, Scarborough Reserves and Emley were promoted to the First Division.

The League Management Committee’s decision to increase the size of the Second Division to 16 clubs meant that there was no relegation to the Third Division, but the resignation of Swallownest Miners’ Welfare meant that only 15 clubs competed in the section for the 1971-1972 season.

 

Division 3 Final Table

 

1	Stocksbridge Works	28	19	5	4	74	38	43
2	Brook Sports	28	16	8	4	60	46	40
3	Leeds & Carnegie Co.	28	15	5	8	69	32	35
4	Guiseley	28	14	5	9	68	52	33
5	Harrogate RA	28	13	5	10	42	40	31
6	Sheffield	28	12	6	10	61	52	30
7	St. John's College (York)	28	9	10	9	45	37	28
8	Ossett Town	28	10	8	10	48	44	28
9	Leeds Ashley Road	28	10	7	11	48	41	27
10	Hall Road Rangers	28	11	4	13	49	68	26
11	International Harvesters	28	9	7	12	50	52	25
12	Harrogate Town	28	8	6	14	34	45	22
13	Bradford Park Avenue*	28	8	5	15	39	53	21
14	Firth Vickers	28	8	3	17	43	72	19
15	Sheffield Water Works	28	3	6	19	23	81	12
		420	165	90	165	753	753	420

 

Stocksbridge Works, Brook Sports, Leeds & Carnegie College and Guiseley were promoted to the Second Division.  Firth Vickers left the Yorkshire League at the end of the season, but membership of the Third Division became 14 clubs with the admission of new clubs Blackburn Welfare, Woolley Miners’ Welfare and Worsbrough Bridge Miners’ Welfare, while Retford Town Reserves rejoined the League.

 

1971-1972

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Winterton Rangers	30	20	5	5	60	30	45
2	Farsley Celtic	30	16	7	7	43	28	39
3	Bridlington Town	30	12	9	9	35	28	33
4	Mexborough Town	30	14	5	11	49	43	33
5	Denaby United	30	12	9	9	52	47	33
6	North Ferriby United	30	14	5	11	53	49	33
7	Selby Town	30	12	6	12	41	45	30
8	Emley	30	12	5	13	38	40	29
9	Hallam	30	12	4	14	48	68	28
10	Lincoln United	30	10	6	14	39	41	26
11	Frecheville C.A.	30	10	6	14	36	46	26
12	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	9	7	14	42	43	25
13	Thackley	30	6	13	11	35	38	25
14	Scarborough*	30	10	5	15	44	49	25
15	Bridlington Trinity	30	9	7	14	33	43	25
16	Ossett Albion	30	9	7	14	34	44	25
		480	187	106	187	682	682	480

 

Thackley, Scarborough Reserves and Ossett Albion were relegated to the Second Division.  Bridlington Trinity resigned from the Yorkshire League and joined the Midland League.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Barton Town	28	20	5	3	89	28	45
2	Yorkshire Amateur	28	17	8	3	60	28	42
3	Kiveton Park	28	16	10	2	70	34	42
4	Brook Sports	28	13	7	8	53	47	33
5	Leeds & Carnegie Co.	28	12	7	9	46	35	31
6	Hull Brunswick	28	11	7	10	48	32	29
7	Hatfield Main	28	12	5	11	42	36	29
8	Guiseley	28	10	6	12	45	43	26
9	Stocksbridge Works	28	9	8	11	35	40	26
10	Wombwell S.A.	28	8	8	12	37	41	24
11	Thorne Colliery	28	8	6	14	46	79	22
12	Dinnington Athletic	28	7	7	14	34	67	21
13	Norton Woodseats	28	6	7	15	33	56	19
14	Heeley Amateurs	28	7	5	16	32	66	19
15	Brodsworth MW	28	4	4	20	26	64	12

 

Barton Town, Yorkshire Amateur, Kiveton Park and Brook Sports were promoted to the First Division.

Heeley Amateurs and Brodsworth Miners’ Welfare were relegated to the Third Division.  Norton Woodseats escaped relegation to the Third Division because of Bridlington Trinity’s resignation from the Yorkshire League and the decision of the League Management Committee to increase the size of the Second Division to 16 clubs.

 

Division 3 Final Table

 

1	Leeds Ashley Road	26	16	7	3	58	21	39
2	Harrogate Town	26	15	6	5	54	27	36
3	Worsbrough Bridge M.W.	26	17	1	8	75	38	35
4	Woolley M.W.	26	15	5	6	63	42	35
5	St. John's College (York)	26	16	2	8	49	49	34
6	Ossett Town	26	12	4	10	44	35	28
7	Sheffield	26	12	4	10	39	39	28
8	Bardford Park Avenue*	26	11	4	11	44	36	26
9	International Harvesters	26	8	7	11	46	42	23
10	Hall Road Rangers	26	8	6	12	40	41	22
11	Harrogate Town	26	8	5	13	29	40	21
12	Retford Town*	26	5	4	17	36	65	14
13	Blackburn Welfare	26	5	4	17	35	64	14
14	Sheffield Water Works	26	4	1	21	26	99	9
		364	152	60	152	638	638	364

 

Leeds Ashley Road, Harrogate Town, Worsbrough Bridge Miners’ Welfare and Woolley Miners’ Welfare were promoted to the Second Division.  Membership of the Third Division was increased to 16 clubs with the admission of Liversedge, Pickering Town, Sheffield Polytecnic and previous members, Worksop Town Reserves

 

1972-1973

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Mexborough Town	30	17	10	3	65	32	44
2	Emley	30	14	11	5	52	29	39
3	Barton Town	30	18	2	10	54	33	38
4	Denaby United	30	16	5	9	56	37	37
5	Farsley Celtic	30	15	7	8	53	37	37
6	Lincoln United	30	13	7	10	39	37	33
7	Winterton Rangers	30	10	11	9	59	57	31
8	Yorkshire Amateur	30	11	8	11	30	33	30
9	Frecheville C.A.	30	9	10	11	37	37	28
10	Hallam	30	11	6	13	60	67	28
11	Kiveton Park	30	11	6	13	50	71	28
12	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	10	7	13	51	53	27
13	North Ferriby United	30	9	6	15	52	46	24
14	Brook Sports	30	7	7	16	51	82	21
15	Selby Town	30	7	6	17	33	63	20
16	Bridlington Town	30	4	7	19	45	73	15
		480	182	116	182	787	787	480

 

North Ferriby United, Brook Sports, Selby Town and Bridlington Town were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Leeds & Carnegie Co.	30	21	1	8	73	30	43
2	Woolley M.W.	30	19	4	7	85	59	42
3	Worsbrough Bridge M.W.	30	18	5	7	74	39	41
4	Hatfield Main	30	18	2	10	66	37	38
5	Leeds Ashley Road	30	15	5	10	57	37	35
6	Harrogate Town	30	16	3	11	55	44	35
7	Ossett Albion	30	14	3	13	55	49	31
8	Scarborough*	30	14	2	14	64	52	30
9	Hull Brunswick	30	12	6	12	33	43	30
10	Thackley	30	9	9	12	35	37	27
11	Wombwell S.A.	30	9	9	12	41	55	27
12	Guiseley	30	10	7	13	43	62	27
13	Norton Woodseats	30	11	3	16	54	73	25
14	Dinnington Athletic	30	7	9	14	41	48	23
15	Stocksbridge Works	30	8	5	17	36	54	21
16	Thorne Colliery	30	1	3	26	30	123	5
		480	202	76	202	842	842	480

 

Leeds & Carnegie College, Woolley Miners’ Welfare, Worsbrough Bridge Miners’ Welfared Hatfield Main were promoted to the First Division.  Stocksbridge Works and Thorne Colliery were relegated to the Third Division.  Norton Woodseats and Dinnington Athletic retained Second Division status because Hull Brunswick resigned, as did Bradford Park Avenue Reserves, who had secured one of the promotion places in the Third Division.

 

Division 3 Final Table

 

1	Hall Road Rangers	30	15	11	4	56	37	41
2	Liversedge	30	18	4	8	63	35	40
3	Ossett Town	30	16	6	8	49	35	38
4	Bradford Park Avenue*	30	16	5	9	68	43	37
5	Pickering Town	30	15	7	8	61	45	37
6	Worksop Town*	30	15	6	9	55	42	36
7	Blackburn Welfare	30	13	9	8	62	48	35
8	Sheffield	30	13	9	8	55	45	35
9	Harrogate RA	30	11	11	8	36	30	33
10	International Harvesters	30	11	7	12	55	48	29
11	Sheffield Water Works	30	8	7	15	43	63	23
12	St. John's College (York)	30	8	5	17	39	70	21
13	Retford Town*	30	9	2	19	44	66	20
14	Brodsworth MW	30	5	9	16	32	50	19
15	Heeley Amateurs	30	8	2	20	44	77	18
16	Sheffield Polytechnic	30	6	6	18	32	60	18
		480	187	106	187	794	794	480

 

Hall Road Rangers, Liversedge and Ossett Town were promoted.  The resignations of Harrogate Railway Athletic and Retford Town Reserves meant that there were four vacancies in the Yorkshire League Third Division.  These were filled by the readmission of Bentley Colliery, possibly as Bentley Victoria Welfare, and Maltby Miners’ Welfare and the election to the section of new clubs Redfearn National Glass and Tadcaster Albion.

 

1973-1974

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Lincoln United	30	19	4	7	61	33	42
2	Emley	30	19	4	7	54	35	42
3	Farsley Celtic	30	16	7	7	60	37	39
4	Mexborough Town	30	14	9	7	72	44	37
5	Hallam	30	13	8	9	66	64	34
6	Denaby United	30	13	7	10	44	42	33
7	Hatfield Main	30	11	8	11	62	56	30
8	Worsbrough Bridge M.W.	30	12	6	12	53	58	30
9	Winterton Rangers	30	11	6	13	51	53	28
10	Frecheville C.A.	30	10	8	12	34	39	28
11	Leeds & Carnegie Co.	30	11	6	13	49	66	28
12	Yorkshire Amateur	30	11	5	14	44	45	27
13	Kiveton Park	30	9	5	16	43	53	23
14	Barton Town	30	9	3	18	38	57	21
15	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	7	6	17	37	54	20
16	Woolley M.W.	30	8	2	20	44	76	18
		480	193	94	193	812	812	480

 

Kiveton Park, Barton Town, Rawmarsh Welfare and Woolley Miners’ Welfare were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Thackley	30	21	5	4	58	19	47
2	Ossett Albion	30	19	9	2	66	27	47
3	North Ferriby United	30	17	8	5	61	34	42
4	Guiseley	30	16	7	7	52	33	39
5	Liversedge	30	15	7	8	45	33	37
6	Scarborough*	30	13	5	12	43	41	31
7	Leeds Ashley Road	30	12	6	12	41	47	30
8	Hall Road Rangers	30	8	11	11	40	45	27
9	Harrogate Town	30	9	9	12	37	43	27
10	Bridlington Town	30	10	6	14	46	53	26
11	Dinnington Athletic	30	10	5	15	37	53	25
12	Ossett Town	30	9	6	15	47	53	24
13	Selby Town	30	7	10	13	33	48	24
14	Brook Sports	30	8	6	16	37	44	22
15	Wombwell S.A.	30	7	3	20	24	61	17
16	Norton Woodseats	30	5	5	20	30	63	15
		480	186	108	186	697	697	480

 

Thackley, Ossett Albion, North Ferriby United and Guiseley were promoted to the Second Division.  Selby Town, Brook Sports, Wombwell Sporting Association and Norton Woodseats were relegated to the Third Division.  The, apparently late, resignation from the Yorkshire League of Dinnington Athletic meant the section was reduced to 15 clubs for the 1974-1975 season.

 

Division 3 Final Table

 

1	Pickering Town	30	22	4	4	96	34	48
2	Maltby MW	30	17	10	3	60	27	44
3	Bentley Victoria Welfare	30	19	6	5	76	39	44
4	Redfearn National Glass	30	17	8	5	73	40	42
5	Heeley Amateurs	30	16	4	10	75	45	36
6	St. John's College (York)	30	16	4	10	64	51	36
7	International Harvesters	30	13	7	10	56	42	31
8	Stocksbridge Works	30	13	4	13	73	49	30
9	Sheffield Water Works	30	11	7	12	47	57	29
10	Sheffield	30	12	4	14	62	52	28
11	Tadcaster Albion	30	13	2	15	54	54	28
12	Worksop Town*	30	11	3	16	46	63	25
13	Brodsworth MW	30	5	8	17	33	66	18
14	Sheffield Polytechnic	30	3	10	17	33	67	16
15	Blackburn Welfare	30	4	4	22	33	108	12
16	Thorne Colliery	30	3	5	22	41	128	11
		480	195	90	195	922	922	478

 

Pickering Town, Maltby Miners’ Welfare, Bentley Victoria Welfare and Redfearn National Glass were promoted to the Second Division.  Sheffield Polytechnic and Worksop Town Reserves left the League at the end of the season.  Membership of the Third Division remained at 16 clubs through the admission of B.S.C. Parkgate and York Railway Institute.  At the Yorkshire League A.G.M., it was decided to introduce a Reserve Division of the Yorkshire League, containing the second teams of 13 of the competition’s clubs.