YORKSHIRE LEAGUE 1958-1966

 

A double asterisk at the end of a team name shows that this was the ‘A’ (3^rd) team of a Football League side, while a single asterisk shows it was the reserve side of a non-league club.

 

1958-1959

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Retford Town	34	24	1	9	94	52	49
2	Farsley Celtic	34	19	9	6	74	39	47
3	East End Park W.M.C.	34	19	6	9	73	53	44
4	Sheffield Wednesday**	34	18	7	9	62	35	43
5	Stocksbridge Works	34	17	5	12	79	58	39
6	Scarborough*	34	15	8	11	79	58	38
7	Beighton Miners' Welfare	34	17	4	13	90	76	38
8	Sheffield United**	34	15	6	13	62	56	36
9	Frickley Colliery*	34	17	2	15	83	85	36
10	Bentley Colliery	34	14	7	13	77	75	35
11	Norton Woodseats	34	15	3	16	72	74	33
12	Sheffield	34	11	8	15	70	78	30
13	Selby Town	34	11	7	16	69	75	29
14	Hallam	34	11	4	19	57	78	26
15	Worksop Town*	34	9	8	17	45	78	26
16	Ossett Town	34	10	5	19	79	81	25
17	Harrogate Railway Ath.	34	6	7	21	48	84	19
18	Salts (Saltaire)	34	7	5	22	45	123	19
		612	255	102	255	1258	1258	612

 

At the end of the season, Worksop Town Reserves left the League.  Ossett Town, Harrogate Railway Athletic and Salts (Saltaire) were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Yorkshire Amateur	24	19	4	1	79	23	42
2	Ossett Albion	24	16	2	6	77	37	34
3	Goole Town*	24	14	6	4	79	39	34
4	Rawmarsh Welfare	24	14	3	7	60	48	31
5	South Kirkby Colliery	24	13	2	9	72	52	28
6	Harrogate Town	24	12	4	8	74	61	28
7	Dodworth Miners' Welfare	24	9	6	9	62	44	24
8	York City**	24	10	4	10	41	47	24
9	Thorne Colliery	24	9	3	12	69	79	21
10	Hampton's Sports Club	24	7	1	16	34	57	15
11	British Ropes	24	5	5	14	36	87	15
12	Wombwell	24	3	3	18	41	75	9
13	Hatfield Main	24	2	3	19	44	119	7
		312	133	46	133	768	768	312

 

Yorkshire Amateur, Ossett Albion, Goole Town Reserves and Rawmarsh Welfare were promoted to the First Division.  The election of Bridlington Town, Doncaster United and Grimethorpe Miners’ Welfare lifted membership of the Second Division to 15 clubs.  The new Bridlington Town club do not appear to have any connection with the side which played in the Yorkshire League, under the same name, before the Second World War.

 

1959-1960

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Farsley Celtic	34	21	10	3	77	30	52
2	Ossett Albion	34	19	7	8	76	47	45
3	Sheffield United**	34	18	8	8	86	51	44
4	Sheffield Wednesday**	34	18	6	10	77	53	42
5	Retford Town	34	16	7	11	85	66	39
6	Norton Woodseats	34	14	10	10	70	62	38
7	Scarborough*	34	14	10	10	69	70	38
8	Yorkshire Amateur	34	13	11	10	67	53	37
9	Frickley Colliery*	34	13	10	11	65	53	36
10	East End Park W.M.C.	34	13	9	12	54	53	35
11	Selby Town	34	16	3	15	62	68	35
12	Stocksbridge Works	34	13	6	15	58	50	32
13	Bentley Colliery	34	9	11	14	59	69	29
14	Sheffield	34	11	6	17	59	80	28
15	Beighton Miners' Welfare	34	8	8	18	57	83	24
16	Goole Town*	34	9	6	19	68	101	24
17	Hallam	34	5	7	22	51	96	17
18	Rawmarsh Welfare	34	4	9	21	42	97	17
		612	234	144	234	1182	1182	612

 

Beighton Miners’ Welfare, Goole Town Reserves, Hallam and Rawmarsh Welfare were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Grimethorpe Miners' Welf.	28	22	1	5	109	37	45
2	Bridlington Town	28	21	3	4	86	37	45
3	Ossett Town	28	18	3	7	112	53	39
4	Doncaster United	28	15	9	4	76	44	39
5	Harrogate Town	28	15	6	7	62	34	36
6	South Kirkby Colliery	28	13	5	10	76	69	31
7	Hampton's Sports Club	28	12	5	11	59	42	29
8	York City**	28	10	7	11	59	59	27
9	Salts (Saltaire)	28	9	7	12	54	60	25
10	Thorne Colliery	28	10	4	14	67	77	24
11	Harrogate Railway Ath.	28	10	2	16	68	91	22
12	Hatfield Main1	28	9	1	18	59	102	17
13	Wombwell	28	7	1	20	49	106	15
14	Dodworth Miners' Welfare	28	4	6	18	33	84	14
15	British Ropes	28	3	4	21	35	109	10
		420	178	64	178	1004	1004	418

 

¹ Hatfield Main had two points deducted for rules infringements.

 

Grimethorpe Miners’ Welfare, Bridlington Town, Ossett Town and Doncaster United were promoted to the First Division.  Bridlington Trinity, Gainsborough Trinity, Swallownest Miners’ welfare and Swillington Miners’ Welfare joined the Yorkshire League, raising Second Division membership to a new high of 19 clubs.

 

1960-1961

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Sheffield Wednesday**	34	27	4	3	90	32	58
2	Stocksbridge Works	34	25	4	5	89	39	54
3	Farsley Celtic	34	24	4	6	68	30	52
4	Retford Town	34	17	11	6	90	51	45
5	Grimethorpe Miners' Welf.	34	15	10	9	85	64	40
6	Frickley Colliery*	34	15	9	10	62	47	39
7	Ossett Albion	34	17	5	12	61	61	39
8	Scarborough*	34	17	3	14	67	53	37
9	Selby Town	34	16	5	13	69	60	37
10	Bridlington Town	34	16	5	13	57	51	37
11	Sheffield United**	34	16	4	14	68	49	36
12	Norton Woodseats	34	14	5	15	69	71	33
13	Yorkshire Amateur	34	10	6	18	50	76	26
14	East End Park W.M.C.	34	10	5	19	49	66	25
15	Ossett Town	34	7	5	22	63	113	19
16	Doncaster United	34	4	6	24	37	86	14
17	Sheffield	34	4	5	25	40	94	13
18	Bentley Colliery	34	1	6	27	23	94	8
		612	255	102	255	1137	1137	612

 

At the end of the season Bentley Colliery, Retford Town and the ‘A’ teams of Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday left the League.  Ossett Town kept their place in the First Division, which was now reduced to 16 clubs.  Doncaster United and Sheffield were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Hallam	36	26	8	2	132	42	60
2	Swillington Miners' Welf.	36	26	3	7	132	55	55
3	Harrogate Town	36	24	6	6	96	42	54
4	Goole Town*	36	23	7	6	126	66	53
5	Bridlington Trinity	36	18	10	8	80	53	46
6	Thorne Colliery	36	17	10	9	107	77	44
7	South Kirkby Colliery	36	16	4	16	68	78	36
8	Hatfield Main	36	16	3	17	81	78	35
9	Harrogate Railway Ath.	36	14	7	15	82	81	35
10	Gainsborough Trinity	36	16	3	17	78	83	35
11	Hampton's Sports Club	36	16	3	17	80	87	35
12	Rawmarsh Welfare	36	13	8	15	88	89	34
13	Salts (Saltaire)	36	13	8	15	79	81	34
14	Swallownest Miners' Welf.	36	11	6	19	60	77	28
15	Dodworth Miners' Welfare	36	9	7	20	66	110	25
16	York City**	36	10	5	21	50	87	25
17	Beighton Miners' Welfare	36	10	3	23	61	111	23
18	Wombwell	36	4	6	26	52	130	14
19	British Ropes	36	3	7	26	37	128	13
		684	285	114	285	1555	1555	684

 

Hallam, Swillington Miners’ Welfare, Harrogate Town and Goole Town Reserves were promoted to the First Division.  Beighton Miners’ Welfare, British Ropes (Retford), Dodworth Miners’ Welfare, Gainsborough Trinity and Hampton’s Sports Club left the League.  Wombwell changed their name to Wombwell Sporting Association.  Former League members, Brodsworth Main Colliery, and new club, Hull Brunswick, joined the Second Division, which now had 14 clubs.  A new Third Division was created, made up of the reserve sides of eight League members and Leeds United ‘A’.

 

1961-1962

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Stocksbridge Works	30	22	4	4	90	28	48
2	Ossett Albion	30	21	5	4	84	40	47
3	Bridlington Town	30	19	7	4	61	25	45
4	Farsley Celtic	30	15	5	10	40	35	35
5	Yorkshire Amateur	30	14	5	11	69	58	33
6	Harrogate Town	30	13	6	11	56	45	32
7	Norton Woodseats	30	14	3	13	59	59	31
8	Hallam	30	12	5	13	65	59	29
9	Selby Town	30	12	5	13	51	53	29
10	East End Park W.M.C.	30	9	9	12	45	55	27
11	Scarborough*	30	12	2	16	66	76	26
12	Goole Town*	30	10	5	15	55	66	25
13	Grimethorpe Miners' Welf.	30	9	6	15	60	86	24
14	Swillington Miners' Welf.	30	7	7	16	59	85	21
15	Frickley Colliery*	30	5	8	17	35	65	18
16	Ossett Town	30	4	2	24	39	99	10
		480	198	84	198	934	934	480

 

East End Park Working Men’s Club left the League, so Grimethorpe Miners’ Welfare retained First Division status.  Swillington Miners’ Welfare, Frickley Colliery Reserves and Ossett Town were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Bridlington Trinity	26	19	4	3	75	23	42
2	Doncaster United	26	17	4	5	75	37	38
3	Swallownest Miners' Welfare	26	18	2	6	81	42	38
4	Hatfield Main	26	17	2	7	86	47	36
5	Wombwell S.A.	26	14	2	10	70	51	30
6	Rawmarsh Welfare	26	12	5	9	69	52	29
7	Sheffield	26	11	5	10	61	48	27
8	Harrogate Railway Athletic	26	11	3	12	63	74	25
9	Hull Brunswick	26	10	4	12	59	52	24
10	Thorne Colliery	26	6	8	12	52	60	20
11	Brodsworth Main Colliery	26	8	3	15	49	71	19
12	Salts (Saltaire)	26	9	1	16	47	72	19
13	York City**	26	6	2	18	27	64	14
14	South Kirkby Colliery	26	0	3	23	24	145	3
		364	158	48	158	838	838	364

 

Bridlington Trinity, Doncaster United, Swallownest Miners’ Welfare and Hatfield Main were promoted to the First Division.  Dodworth Miners’ Welfare rejoined the League and Mexborough Town also became members of the Second Division, which now had 15 clubs in it.  Brodsworth Main Colliery dropped the suffix ‘Colliery’ from their name.

 

Division 3 (League) Final Table

 

1	Farsley Celtic*	16	13	1	2	68	10	27
2	Ossett Albion*	16	7	3	6	44	43	17
3	Leeds United**	16	8	0	8	39	35	16
4	Yorkshire Amateur*	16	6	3	7	32	37	15
5	Salts (Saltaire)*	16	7	1	8	33	40	15
6	Harrogate Town*	16	5	4	7	21	36	14
7	Ossett Town*	16	7	0	9	41	56	14
8	East End Park W.M.C.*	16	5	3	8	43	39	13
9	Harrogate Railway Ath.*	16	5	3	8	25	50	13
		144	63	18	63	346	346	144

 

Division 3 (Cup) Final Table

 

1	Farsley Celtic*	16	14	0	2	47	13	28
2	Salts (Saltaire)*	16	10	2	4	45	43	22
3	Leeds United**	16	9	2	5	51	36	20
4	Yorkshire Amateur*	16	8	2	6	39	32	18
5	Ossett Town*	16	5	5	6	38	30	17
6	Ossett Albion*	16	5	3	8	44	55	13
7	East End Park W.M.C.*	16	5	2	9	38	40	12
8	Harrogate Town*	16	5	0	11	29	46	10
9	Harrogate Railway Ath.*	16	2	2	12	27	63	6
		144	63	18	63	358	358	146

 

In the Division Three Cup Final, Farsley Celtic Reserves defeated Salts (Saltaire) Reserves 1-0.  East End Park Working Men’s Club and Leeds United ‘A’ both withdrew at the end of the season, reducing the size of the Third Division to 7 clubs.

 

1962-1963

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Stocksbridge Works	30	19	7	4	83	28	45
2	Harrogate Town	30	18	4	8	70	34	40
3	Farsley Celtic	30	15	6	9	60	37	36
4	Ossett Albion	30	13	9	8	63	49	35
5	Bridlington Town	30	14	7	9	47	44	35
6	Bridlington Trinity	30	12	7	11	69	70	31
7	Norton Woodseats	30	11	8	11	53	51	30
8	Swallownest Miners' Welf.	30	12	4	14	56	55	28
9	Scarborough*	30	10	8	12	50	55	28
10	Selby Town	30	12	4	14	45	58	28
11	Doncaster United	30	9	10	11	35	49	28
12	Hallam	30	11	5	14	60	60	27
13	Hatfield Main	30	10	5	15	55	69	25
14	Goole Town*	30	9	6	15	49	61	24
15	Yorkshire Amateur	30	8	6	16	44	70	22
16	Grimethorpe Miners' Welf.	30	6	6	18	40	89	18
		480	189	102	189	879	879	480

 

Hatfield Main, Goole Town Reserves, Yorkshire Amateur and Grimethorpe Miners’ Welfare were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Wombwell S.A.	28	21	4	3	67	20	46
2	Mexborough Town	28	15	11	2	64	28	41
3	Swillington Miners' Welf.	28	16	7	5	82	40	39
4	Hull Brunswick	28	17	4	7	85	48	38
5	Sheffield	28	18	0	10	78	44	36
6	Ossett Town	28	13	7	8	82	54	33
7	Salts (Saltaire)	28	13	4	11	58	38	30
8	Harrogate Railway Ath.	28	12	6	10	62	45	30
9	Rawmarsh Welfare	28	13	4	11	67	61	30
10	Frickley Colliery*	28	10	5	13	60	60	25
11	Brodsworth Main	28	10	4	14	53	53	24
12	Thorne Colliery	28	6	2	20	59	84	14
13	York City**	28	5	4	19	45	83	14
14	South Kirkby Colliery	28	4	3	21	38	134	11
15	Dodworth Miners' Welfare	28	4	1	23	33	141	9
		420	177	66	177	933	933	420

 

Wombwell Sporting Association, Mexborough Town, Swillington Miners’ Welfare and Hull Brunswick were promoted to the First Division.  Brodsworth Main changed their name to Brodsworth Miners’ Welfare.  York City ‘A’ left the Yorkshire League and were replaced by Kiveton Park, the Second Division therefore continuing to operate with 15 clubs.

 

Division 3 (League) Final Table

 

1	Farsley Celtic*	12	10	1	1	37	13	21
2	Ossett Albion*	12	7	1	4	32	19	15
3	Yorkshire Amateur*	12	6	1	5	26	23	13
4	Salts (Saltaire)*	12	5	2	5	24	29	12
5	Harrogate Railway Ath.*	12	5	1	6	25	32	11
6	Harrogate Town*	12	3	2	7	19	31	8
7	Ossett Town*	12	2	0	10	20	36	4
		84	38	8	38	183	183	84

 

Division 3 (Cup) Final Table

 

1	Ossett Albion*	12	7	2	3	48	19	16
2	Farsley Celtic*	12	6	3	3	32	20	15
3	Yorkshire Amateur*	12	7	1	4	29	25	15
4	Harrogate Town*	12	7	0	5	28	29	14
5	Salts (Saltaire)*	12	3	4	5	29	31	10
6	Ossett Town*	12	3	1	8	19	31	7
7	Harrogate Railway Ath.*	12	3	1	8	16	46	7
		84	36	12	36	201	201	84

 

In the Division Three Cup Final, Farsley Celtic Reserves defeated Ossett Albion Reserves 4-1.

Keighley Central and Slazengers (Wakefield) joined the Yorkshire League Third Division, increasing its membership to 9 clubs.

 

1963-1964

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Bridlington Trinity	30	18	6	6	76	42	42
2	Mexborough Town	30	19	2	9	79	53	40
3	Harrogate Town	30	15	6	9	53	29	36
4	Bridlington Town	30	14	6	10	50	37	34
5	Ossett Albion	30	12	10	8	47	37	34
6	Scarborough*	30	16	2	12	70	64	34
7	Farsley Celtic	30	13	7	10	51	35	33
8	Wombwell S.A.	30	13	5	12	40	35	31
9	Hull Brunswick	30	9	9	12	47	62	27
10	Hallam	30	12	3	15	40	61	27
11	Selby Town	30	10	6	14	55	71	26
12	Swillington Miners' Welf.	30	10	6	14	45	64	26
13	Swallownest Miners' Welf.	30	9	6	15	50	57	24
14	Stocksbridge Works	30	7	8	15	38	48	22
15	Norton Woodseats	30	9	4	17	44	67	22
16	Doncaster United	30	8	6	16	37	60	22
		480	194	92	194	822	822	480

 

Swallownest Miners’ Welfare, Stocksbridge Works, Norton Woodseats and Doncaster United were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Rawmarsh Welfare	28	19	2	7	88	51	40
2	Hatfield Main	28	19	1	8	71	35	39
3	Harrogate Railway Ath.	28	18	3	7	69	39	39
4	Brodsworth Miners’ Welf.	28	17	4	7	86	49	38
5	Yorkshire Amateur	28	16	4	8	66	48	36
6	Sheffield	28	15	6	7	65	48	36
7	Goole Town*	28	15	4	9	57	48	34
8	Kiveton Park	28	13	3	12	69	43	29
9	Salts (Saltaire)	28	10	8	10	45	40	28
10	Grimethorpe Miners' Welf.	28	13	2	13	61	64	28
11	Ossett Town	28	8	6	14	55	62	22
12	Frickley Colliery*	28	7	6	15	47	61	20
13	Thorne Colliery	28	5	6	17	53	78	16
14	Dodworth Miners' Welfare	28	3	5	20	40	106	11
15	South Kirkby Colliery	28	2	0	26	36	136	4
		420	180	60	180	908	908	420

 

Rawmarsh Welfare, Hatfield Main, Harrogate Railway Athletic and Brodsworth Miners’ Welfare were promoted to the First Division.  Dodworth Miners’ Welfare and South Kirkby Colliery left the League, their places in the Second Division being taken by Barton Town and Retford Town Reserves.  The second section of the Yorkshire League continued to have 15 members as a result.

 

Division 3 (League) Final Table

 

1	Keighley Central	16	12	3	1	47	13	27
2	Farsley Celtic*	16	10	4	2	38	16	24
3	Harrogate Town*	16	8	5	3	26	24	21
4	Ossett Albion*	16	8	1	7	29	26	17
5	Yorkshire Amateur*	16	6	2	8	34	32	14
6	Harrogate Railway Ath.*	16	5	4	7	24	34	14
7	Salts (Saltaire)*	16	4	3	9	21	33	11
8	Ossett Town*	16	4	2	10	28	55	10
9	Slazengers	16	2	2	12	25	39	6
		144	59	26	59	272	272	144

 

Division 3 (Cup) Final Tables

 

For the Cup competition, the clubs were split into two sections on a roughly geographical basis, teams playing each other home and away.

 

Section ‘A’ (North)

 

1	Keighley Central	6	4	0	2	15	8	8
2	Harrogate Town*	6	3	1	2	12	11	7
3	Salts (Saltaire)*	6	2	1	3	9	12	5
4	Harrogate Railway Ath.*	6	1	2	3	10	15	4
		24	10	4	10	46	46	24

 

Section ‘B’ (South)

 

1	Farsley Celtic*	8	6	2	0	25	7	14
2	Yorkshire Amateur*	8	4	2	2	17	13	10
3	Ossett Albion*	8	4	1	3	24	17	9
4	Slazengers	8	1	3	4	16	27	5
5	Ossett Town*	8	1	0	7	13	31	2
		40	16	8	16	95	95	40

 

In the Division Three Cup Final, Farsley Celtic Reserves defeated Keighley Central 2-0. 

 

The Third Division competition folded at the end of the 1963-64 season.

 

1964-1965

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Wombwell S.A.	30	18	8	4	82	28	44
2	Swillington Miners' Welf.	30	20	3	7	89	51	43
3	Ossett Albion	30	17	6	7	68	29	40
4	Hatfield Main	30	16	6	8	68	50	38
5	Bridlington Town	30	14	9	7	69	41	37
6	Bridlington Trinity	30	16	5	9	70	62	37
7	Farsley Celtic	30	14	8	8	60	44	36
8	Scarborough*	30	14	5	11	71	57	33
9	Mexborough Town	30	11	8	11	58	57	30
10	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	13	4	13	64	74	30
11	Hallam	30	11	4	15	55	56	26
12	Harrogate Town	30	9	7	14	46	55	25
13	Selby Town	30	7	6	17	50	85	20
14	Harrogate Railway Ath.	30	6	5	19	44	70	17
15	Hull Brunswick	30	7	2	21	42	92	16
16	Brodsworth Miners' Welf.	30	3	2	25	44	129	8
		480	196	88	196	980	980	480

 

Harrogate Railway Athletic, Hull Brunswick and Brodsworth Miners’ Welfare were relegated to the Second Division.  Selby Town kept their place in the top flight because second-placed Swillington Miners’ Welfare left the Yorkshire League at the end of the season.

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Stocksbridge Works	28	20	4	4	85	29	44
2	Barton Town	28	18	4	6	88	35	40
3	Frickley Colliery*	28	17	4	7	56	37	38
4	Goole Town*	28	15	5	8	65	37	35
5	Kiveton Park	28	14	5	9	51	32	33
6	Retford Town*	28	11	8	9	54	41	30
7	Yorkshire Amateur	28	13	3	12	54	61	29
8	Sheffield	28	12	4	12	47	41	28
9	Doncaster United	28	9	8	11	41	46	26
10	Swallownest Miners' Welf.	28	10	5	13	47	55	25
11	Grimethorpe Miners' Welf.	28	10	3	15	45	60	23
12	Norton Woodseats	28	9	4	15	45	62	22
13	Thorne Colliery	28	7	7	14	43	72	21
14	Salts (Saltaire)	28	6	4	18	30	75	16
15	Ossett Town	28	4	2	22	26	94	10
		420	175	70	175	777	777	420

 

Stocksbridge Works, Barton Town, Frickley Colliery Reserves and Goole Town Reserves were promoted to the First Division.  Grimethope Miners’ Welfare and Salts (Saltaire) left the League at season’s end.  Membership of the Second Division remained at 15 clubs, with the admission of Denaby United, Heeley Amateurs and Leeds Ashley Road.

 

1965-1966

 

Division 1 Final Table

 

1	Wombwell S.A.	30	18	7	5	62	37	43
2	Hatfield Main	30	19	2	9	100	54	40
3	Selby Town	30	15	10	5	67	37	40
4	Ossett Albion	30	19	2	9	64	40	40
5	Bridlington Town	30	16	6	8	62	44	38
6	Bridlington Trinity	30	16	2	12	85	60	34
7	Farsley Celtic	30	15	4	11	49	36	34
8	Barton Town	30	15	4	11	83	68	34
9	Mexborough Town	30	14	4	12	66	51	32
10	Goole Town*	30	13	4	13	50	52	30
11	Scarborough*	30	11	5	14	51	52	27
12	Hallam	30	11	4	15	50	59	26
13	Frickley Colliery*	30	7	7	16	41	77	21
14	Harrogate Town	30	8	3	19	49	65	19
15	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	4	5	21	34	98	13
16	Stocksbridge Works	30	2	5	23	41	124	9
		480	203	74	203	954	954	480

 

Rawmarsh Welfare and Stocksbridge Works were relegated to the Second Division.

 

Frickley Colliery Reserves and Harrogate Town preserved their First Division status because Goole Town Reserves resigned at the end of the season and the League Management Committee increased the size of the First Division to 17 clubs (see below).

 

Division 2 Final Table

 

1	Norton Woodseats	28	18	5	5	85	35	41
2	Thorne Colliery	28	17	5	6	90	49	39
3	Sheffield	28	15	5	8	61	33	35
4	Kiveton Park	28	15	4	9	70	57	34
5	Denaby United	28	14	5	9	84	40	33
6	Hull Brunswick	28	15	3	10	70	60	33
7	Heeley Amateurs	28	13	6	9	56	62	32
8	Retford Town*	28	11	8	9	66	48	30
9	Harrogate Railway Ath.	28	12	2	14	64	51	26
10	Swallownest Miners' Welf.	28	11	4	13	55	70	26
11	Yorkshire Amateur	28	8	7	13	46	57	23
12	Doncaster United	28	10	3	15	54	68	23
13	Ossett Town	28	8	4	16	44	104	20
14	Leeds Ashley Road	28	7	4	17	47	61	18
15	Brodsworth Miners' Welf.	28	2	3	23	32	129	7
		420	176	68	176	924	924	420

 

Norton Woodseats, Thorne Colliery, Sheffield and Kiveton Park were promoted to the First Division.  Four clubs were admitted to the Yorkshire League at the 1966 A.G.M., raising overall membership to 34 clubs.  It was decided to run two equal divisions of 17 clubs for the 1966-1967 season.  New to the League were Micklefield Welfare.  Rejoining the League were Bradford City ‘A’, Hampton’s Sports Club and York City Reserves.