1977–78 Yorkshire Football League

Yorkshire Football League
Division Three
Season	1977–78
Champions	Yorkshire Amateur
Promoted	Rawmarsh Welfare; Thorne Colliery; Wombwell Sporting Association; Yorkshire Amateur
Matches played	240
Goals scored	819 (3.41 per match)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1977–78
Champions	Kiveton Park
Promoted	Bentley Victoria Welfare; Kiveton Park; Ossett Town; Scarborough reserves
Relegated	Collingham; Harrogate Town; Pickering Town
Matches played	210
Goals scored	628 (2.99 per match)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1977–78
Champions	Emley
Relegated	Denaby United; Farsley Celtic; Leeds & Carnegie Polytechnic; Ossett Albion
Matches played	240
Goals scored	732 (3.05 per match)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Yorkshire Football League was the 52nd season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One[]

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Emley	30	20	7	3	63	33	+30	47
2	Winterton Rangers	30	15	12	3	62	35	+27	42
3	Thackley	30	13	11	6	41	27	+14	37
4	North Ferriby United	30	12	11	7	50	40	+10	35
5	Guiseley	30	13	8	9	59	41	+18	34
6	Hallam	30	14	6	10	47	42	+5	34
7	Sheffield	30	12	9	9	42	35	+7	33
8	Frecheville Community Association	30	10	9	11	41	41	0	29
9	Tadcaster Albion	30	9	10	11	42	51	−9	28
10	Bridlington Town	30	11	5	14	41	49	−8	27
11	Lincoln United	30	8	9	13	42	61	−19	25
12	Leeds Ashley Road	30	9	6	15	35	45	−10	24
13	Ossett Albion	30	6	10	14	49	58	−9	22	Relegated to Division Two
14	Leeds & Carnegie Polytechnic	30	9	3	18	38	46	−8	21
15	Farsley Celtic	30	5	11	14	41	63	−22	21
16	Denaby United	30	8	5	17	39	65	−26	21

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map[]

Bridlington Town

Denaby United

Emley

Farsley Celtic

Frecheville Community Association

North Ferriby United

Ossett Albion

Sheffield

Tadcaster Albion

Thackley

Winterton Rangers

Location of the clubs in the 1977–78 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two[]

Division Two featured eight clubs which competed in the previous season, along with seven new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
Clubs promoted from Division Three:

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kiveton Park	28	17	3	8	52	27	+25	37	Promoted to Division One
2	Ossett Town	28	14	7	7	43	27	+16	35
3	Bentley Victoria Welfare	28	13	8	7	53	34	+19	34
4	Scarborough reserves	28	15	4	9	43	28	+15	34
5	Liversedge	28	12	10	6	41	34	+7	34
6	Norton Woodseats	28	13	6	9	45	33	+12	32
7	Maltby Miners Welfare	28	11	9	8	47	33	+14	31
8	Barton Town	28	13	3	12	43	36	+7	29
9	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic	28	10	9	9	45	47	−2	29
10	Brook Sports	28	11	6	11	46	48	−2	28
11	Hatfield Main	28	11	4	13	43	47	−4	26
12	Fryston Colliery Welfare	28	7	8	13	29	45	−16	22
13	Harrogate Town	28	7	6	15	38	55	−17	20	Relegated to Division Three
14	Pickering Town	28	8	3	17	38	73	−35	19
15	Collingham	28	2	6	20	22	61	−39	10

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map[]

Barton Town

Bentley Victoria Welfare

Brook Sports

Collingham

Fryston Colliery Welfare

Harrogate Town

Maltby MW

Ossett Town

Scarborough reserves

Worsbrough BMWA

Location of the clubs in the 1977–78 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three[]

Division Three featured eleven clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division Two:
Plus:
- Harworth Colliery Institute, joined from Sheffield Association League

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yorkshire Amateur	30	18	7	5	59	23	+36	43	Promoted to Division Two
2	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	17	7	6	45	28	+17	41
3	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	16	8	6	66	40	+26	40
4	Thorne Colliery	30	15	9	6	60	40	+20	39
5	Sheffield Waterworks	30	15	8	7	52	25	+27	38
6	Dodworth Miners Welfare	30	13	12	5	71	43	+28	38
7	York Railway Institute	30	15	7	8	71	41	+30	37
8	Hall Road Rangers	30	10	11	9	52	47	+5	31
9	Pilkington Recreation	30	12	6	12	54	47	+7	30
10	Harworth Colliery Institute	30	12	5	13	53	61	−8	29
11	Stocksbridge Works	30	13	2	15	42	50	−8	28
12	BSC Parkgate	30	10	4	16	40	59	−19	24
13	Selby Town	30	7	8	15	47	60	−13	22
14	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	7	7	16	45	68	−23	21
15	St. John's College (York)	30	3	7	20	40	86	−46	13	Resigned
16	Rossington Miners Welfare	30	1	4	25	22	101	−79	6

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map[]

St. John's College (York)

Dodworth MW

Hall Road Rangers

Harworth Colliery Institute

BSC Parkgate

Pilkington Recreation

Rossington MW

Sheffield Waterworks

Wombwell

York Railway Institute

Yorkshire Amateur

Location of the clubs in the 1977–78 Yorkshire League Division Three on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

League Cup[]

1977–78 Yorkshire Football League League Cup
Country	England
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Final[]

Sheffield

4–1

Maltby Miners Welfare

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Former clubs

1977–78 Yorkshire Football League

Contents

Division One[]

League table[]

Map[]

Division Two[]

League table[]

Map[]

Division Three[]

League table[]

Map[]

League Cup[]

Final[]

References[]