1996–97 Northern Counties East Football League

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The 1996–97 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 15th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division[]

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season1996–97
ChampionsDenaby United
PromotedBelper Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,183 (3.11 per match)

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

Also, Maltby Miners Welfare changed name to Maltby Main.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Denaby United 38 25 10 3 82 33 +49 85
2 Belper Town 38 24 7 7 78 41 +37 79 Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
3 Brigg Town 38 23 8 7 80 43 +37 77
4 North Ferriby United 38 21 9 8 86 36 +50 72
5 Ossett Albion 38 21 8 9 73 36 +37 71
6 Hucknall Town 38 19 8 11 84 48 +36 65
7 Hallam 38 17 7 14 56 69 −13 58
8 Ossett Town 38 14 11 13 52 53 −1 53
9 Arnold Town 38 12 15 11 48 43 +5 51
10 Glasshoughton Welfare 38 13 12 13 58 58 0 51
11 Selby Town 38 14 9 15 63 69 −6 51
12 Armthorpe Welfare 38 12 9 17 42 48 −6 45
13 Thackley 38 12 9 17 43 58 −15 45
14 Maltby Main 38 12 8 18 58 81 −23 44
15 Pickering Town 38 11 8 19 45 72 −27 41
16 Pontefract Collieries 38 8 11 19 44 73 −29 35
17 Hatfield Main 38 8 10 20 40 75 −35 34
18 Sheffield 38 7 11 20 50 70 −20 32
19 Ashfield United 38 7 11 20 51 80 −29 32 Club folded
20 Liversedge 38 5 9 24 40 87 −47 24
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One[]

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season1996–97
ChampionsEccleshill United
PromotedEccleshill United
Matches played210
Goals scored673 (3.2 per match)

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

  • Glapwell, joined from the Central Midlands League

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Eccleshill United 28 21 4 3 81 30 +51 67 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Garforth Town 28 20 4 4 57 22 +35 64
3 Harrogate Railway Athletic 28 15 7 6 54 32 +22 52
4 Yorkshire Amateur 28 15 4 9 52 52 0 49
5 Glapwell 28 14 4 10 52 41 +11 46
6 Borrowash Victoria 28 12 6 10 47 39 +8 42
7 Hall Road Rangers 28 12 5 11 48 46 +2 41
8 Louth United 28 9 9 10 47 37 +10 36
9 Rossington Main 28 10 6 12 44 46 −2 36
10 Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare 28 9 8 11 41 49 −8 35
11 Parkgate 28 8 7 13 38 46 −8 31
12 Winterton Rangers 28 7 9 12 39 51 −12 30
13 Tadcaster Albion 28 4 10 14 20 51 −31 22
14 Brodsworth Miners Welfare 28 4 5 19 22 58 −36 17
15 Blidworth Welfare 28 4 4 20 31 73 −42 16
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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