2014–15 Northern Counties East Football League

The 2014–15 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 33rd in the history of the Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2014–15
Champions	Shaw Lane Aquaforce
Promoted	Shaw Lane Aquaforce
Relegated	Glasshoughton Welfare
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,583 (3.77 per match)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs.

• Clubs promoted from Division One:
  • Cleethorpes Town
  • Shaw Lane Aquaforce

• Plus:
  • Handsworth Parramore, new club formed as a merger of Worksop Parramore and Sheffield & Hallam County Senior League club Handsworth
  • Worksop Town, demoted from the Northern Premier League

From this league seven teams - Barton Town Old Boys, Cleethorpes Town, Heanor Town, Shaw Lane Aquaforce, Staveley Miners Welfare, Tadcaster Albion and Worksop Town have applied for promotion.[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	40	29	7	4	130	33	+97	94	Promoted to the Northern Premier League
2	Worksop Town	40	28	6	6	126	38	+88	90
3	Tadcaster Albion	40	27	5	8	112	46	+66	86
4	Cleethorpes Town	40	27	3	10	108	52	+56	84
5	Barton Town Old Boys	40	24	4	12	94	59	+35	76
6	Heanor Town	40	23	5	12	92	43	+49	74	Transferred to the Midland League
7	Handsworth Parramore	40	22	8	10	90	45	+45	74
8	Bridlington Town	40	20	11	9	80	54	+26	71
9	Staveley Miners Welfare	40	20	6	14	68	57	+11	66
10	Albion Sports	40	19	2	19	93	69	+24	59
11	Pickering Town	40	17	8	15	79	82	−3	59
12	Thackley	40	14	7	19	61	80	−19	49
13	Athersley Recreation	40	13	8	19	52	68	−16	47
14	Garforth Town	40	11	11	18	59	68	−9	44
15	Nostell Miners Welfare	40	11	5	24	60	90	−30	38
16	Parkgate	40	10	8	22	47	80	−33	38
17	Armthorpe Welfare	40	10	7	23	54	110	−56	37
18	Liversedge	40	9	7	24	46	93	−47	34
19	Maltby Main	40	11	3	26	65	119	−54	33
20	Retford United	40	5	6	29	37	137	−100	21
21	Glasshoughton Welfare	40	5	3	32	30	160	−130	18	Relegated to Division One

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ARM	ATR	BAR	BRI	CLE	GAR	GLW	HPA	HEA	LIV	MAL	NMW	PAR	PIC	RET	SAQ	SMW	TAD	THA	WKS
Albion Sports		7–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	9–2	1–4	0–3	5–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	0–1	4–0	3–2
Armthorpe Welfare	0–3		2–1	3–2	1–1	2–5	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–5	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–10	0–4	2–3
Athersley Recreation	3–1	2–1		1–3	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–3	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–2
Barton Town Old Boys	4–0	3–1	3–2		4–1	0–3	1–1	8–1	0–3	5–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–3	1–5
Bridlington Town	2–2	3–1	3–2	1–1		3–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	11–0	1–3	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2
Cleethorpes Town	0–1	6–0	0–1	4–3	1–1		4–1	3–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	5–1	5–3	6–1	2–4	6–0	3–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	1–1
Garforth Town	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1		5–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–5	2–2	3–1	0–1	6–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–0
Glasshoughton Welfare	1–6	2–1	0–2	0–4	0–1	0–5	1–3		0–3	0–8	2–1	4–1	0–5	0–1	1–4	0–3	0–12	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–6
Handsworth Parramore	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	5–1	0–3	4–0	6–0		2–0	1–2	5–1	5–0	2–1	2–3	4–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	5–1	1–0
Heanor Town	3–2	2–1	7–0	1–2	5–1	6–0	0–1	5–0	2–1		3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–1
Liversedge	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–3	0–2	2–6	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–3		4–2	4–4	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–7	1–2	0–4
Maltby Main	1–4	2–2	2–3	1–2	2–4	1–2	4–2	2–3	0–3	3–2	0–1		2–0	1–4	1–1	9–3	0–11	1–2	2–3	3–1	1–2
Nostell Miners Welfare	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–3	1–5	6–1	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–4		2–2	2–4	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–4	0–2	2–4
Parkgate	1–3	2–1	1–0	4–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1		2–1	6–1	1–5	1–2	1–4	0–2	0–3
Pickering Town	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	4–3	2–6	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	4–0	7–0	3–2	3–0		4–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–4
Retford United	0–8	1–5	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	1–3	0–6	2–2	3–3	1–0	0–1	0–1		1–3	0–4	1–4	0–1	0–6
Shaw Lane Aquaforce	2–1	6–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	3–1	3–2	9–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	5–0		4–0	1–0	9–0	2–1
Staveley Miners Welfare	4–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–4	0–3	0–3	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	5–0	0–1		2–1	5–1	0–1
Tadcaster Albion	2–1	5–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	5–1	3–3	3–0	3–0	6–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	5–1	1–2	5–0		1–2	1–2
Thackley	0–6	2–3	5–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–3		2–4
Worksop Town	2–1	8–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	10–0	2–0	0–0	5–3	8–0	6–1	4–0	5–0	7–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	3–1

Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

Albion Sports

Armthorpe Welfare

Athersley Rec

Barton Town OB

Bridlington Town

Cleethorpes Town

Garforth Town

Glasshoughton Welfare

Handsworth Parramore
Worksop Town

Heanor Town

Liversedge

Maltby Main

Nostell MW

Parkgate

Pickering Town

Retford United

SL Aquaforce

Staveley MW

Tadcaster Albion

Thackley

Location of the clubs in the 2014-15
NCEL Premier Division

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Albion Sports	Throstle Nest[lower-alpha 1]	3,500
Armthorpe Welfare	Welfare Ground	2,500
Athersley Recreation	Sheerien Park	2,000
Barton Town Old Boys	Euronics Ground	3,000
Bridlington Town	Queensgate	3,000
Cleethorpes Town	Bradley Football Development Centre	3,000
Garforth Town	Wheatley Park	3,000
Glasshoughton Welfare	Glasshoughton Centre	2,000
Handsworth Parramore	Sandy Lane	2,500
Heanor Town	Town Ground	2,700
Liversedge	Clayborn Ground	2,000
Maltby Main	Muglet Lane	2,000
Nostell Miners Welfare	The Welfare Ground	1,500
Parkgate	Roundwood Sports Complex	1,000
Pickering Town	Recreation Club	2,000
Retford United	Cannon Park	2,000
Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Shaw Lane
Staveley Miners Welfare	Inkersall Road	5,000
Tadcaster Albion	Ings Lane	1,500
Thackley	Dennyfield	3,000
Worksop Town	Sandy Lane[lower-alpha 2]	2,500

1. home of Farsley - groundshare
2. home of Handsworth Parramore - groundshare

Division One

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One

Champions	Clipstone
Promoted	Clipstone Pontefract Collieries
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,749 (3.79 per match)
Biggest home win	Rossington Main 12–1 Lincoln Moorlands Railway
Biggest away win	Dronfield Town 0–8 Pontefract Collieries
Highest scoring	Pontefract Collieries 12–2 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (14 goals)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

• Clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
  • Lincoln Moorlands Railway
  • Winterton Rangers
• Plus:
  • AFC Mansfield, promoted from the Central Midlands League
  • Penistone Church, promoted from the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Clipstone	42	30	3	9	89	34	+55	93	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Pontefract Collieries	42	29	4	9	113	43	+70	91
3	Hemsworth Miners Welfare	42	26	10	6	104	56	+48	88
4	Shirebrook Town	42	26	6	10	111	54	+57	84
5	AFC Emley	42	26	6	10	100	46	+54	84
6	Louth Town	42	26	5	11	113	67	+46	83	Resigned at end of season
7	AFC Mansfield	42	25	7	10	110	55	+55	82
8	Bottesford Town	42	22	10	10	78	47	+31	76
9	Penistone Church	42	20	7	15	79	68	+11	67
10	Yorkshire Amateur	42	20	6	16	86	80	+6	66
11	Selby Town	42	17	10	15	73	74	−1	61
12	Knaresborough Town	42	16	7	19	72	65	+7	55
13	Eccleshill United	42	16	5	21	76	67	+9	53
14	Hallam	42	16	4	22	81	88	−7	52
15	Rossington Main	42	12	9	21	75	80	−5	45
16	Worsbrough Bridge Athletic	42	11	11	20	60	84	−24	44
17	Hall Road Rangers	42	12	7	23	54	97	−43	43
18	Winterton Rangers	42	9	9	24	48	96	−48	36
19	Dronfield Town	42	9	8	25	58	96	−38	35
20	Teversal	42	8	7	27	55	117	−62	31
21	Lincoln Moorlands Railway	42	7	3	32	61	174	−113	24
22	Grimsby Borough	42	4	6	32	53	161	−108	18

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AFE	AFCM	BOT	CLW	DRO	ECC	GRB	HRR	HAL	HMW	KNA	LIN	LOU	PCH	POC	ROM	SEL	SHI	TEV	WIR	WBA	YOA
AFC Emley		1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	7–0	1–1	0–3	3–0	8–0	7–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	1–3
AFC Mansfield	3–1		1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–0	5–3	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	4–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
Bottesford Town	2–2	1–1		1–1	6–0	2–1	8–0	3–1	4–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–5	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Clipstone	2–0	2–1	2–0		3–0	1–0	4–2	5–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	5–0	4–0	2–1	1–0
Dronfield Town	0–1	0–5	0–3	0–0		4–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	4–5	2–3	0–1	0–8	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–5	2–4
Eccleshill United	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–2		4–0	2–0	6–0	1–2	1–3	9–0	0–6	1–2	2–3	2–1	4–1	4–0	4–3	1–1	2–1	2–1
Grimsby Borough	1–8	2–3	2–3	1–6	2–6	2–4		3–1	0–5	1–3	1–6	1–1	0–5	0–5	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–7	2–2	2–2	5–2	4–7
Hall Road Rangers	1–3	0–6	0–3	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–1		0–2	1–4	0–6	3–2	2–1	3–5	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–5
Hallam	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	7–2	1–3		3–1	0–5	0–3	1–3	0–2	3–0	4–2	0–3	2–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	0–2
Hemsworth Miners Welfare	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	4–2	2–1	6–0	3–1	3–3		0–3	7–2	0–4	4–4	1–2	8–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	5–2
Knaresborough Town	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–3		5–0	0–3	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–0
Lincoln Moorlands Railway	0–1	0–4	2–6	1–3	1–7	0–4	7–2	3–3	1–8	0–1	2–3		0–7	1–6	0–7	1–2	2–3	0–2	6–2	2–2	2–1	1–5
Louth Town	2–1	1–5	0–3	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	2–0		2–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	2–4	3–0	1–1	5–0	7–0
Penistone Church	2–3	4–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–4	0–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–0		0–7	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–0
Pontefract Collieries	0–0	2–4	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	12–2	1–3	2–1		3–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	0–2	2–0
Rossington Main	4–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	5–1	1–2	1–2	12–1	0–3	3–1	0–0		1–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–3
Selby Town	1–1	1–4	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–4	4–2	6–1	3–1	3–0	0–3	2–1		0–4	1–0	2–0	1–2	4–0
Shirebrook Town	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–2	4–1	1–4	3–2	6–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–1		0–1	3–0	4–2	2–1
Teversal	2–5	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–4	3–3	0–4	0–5	1–2	1–4	3–0	3–5	2–6	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–7		1–1	1–5	1–2
Winterton Rangers	0–5	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–4	3–1	2–6	1–6	4–3	0–3	3–1		1–2	1–1
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic	2–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–4	1–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–7	1–1	1–1	0–6	0–1	4–3		1–1
Yorkshire Amateur	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–3	0–1	5–0	0–3	4–2	3–4	0–1	5–4	2–5	2–2	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–4	3–0	3–0	1–0

Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

AFC Emley

AFC Mansfield

Bottesford Town

Clipstone

Dronfield Town

Eccleshill United

Grimsby Borough

Hall Road Rangers

Hallam

Hemsworth MW

Knaresborough Town

Lincoln Moorlands Railway

Louth Town

Penistone Church

Pontefract Collieries

Rossington Main

Selby Town

Shirebrook Town

Teversal

Winterton Rangers

Worsbrough BA

Yorkshire Amateur

Location of the clubs in the 2014-15
NCEL Division One

Club	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Emley	The Welfare Ground	2,000
A.F.C. Mansfield	Forest Town Stadium
Bottesford Town	Birch Park	1,000
Clipstone	Clipstone Road	500
Dronfield Town	Stonelow Ground	500
Eccleshill United	Kings Way	2,225
Grimsby Borough	Bradley Football Development Centre	1,000
Hall Road Rangers	Dene Park	1,200
Hallam	Sandygate Road	1,000
Hemsworth Miners Welfare	Fitzwilliam Stadium	2,000
Knaresborough Town	Manse Lane	1,000
Lincoln Moorlands Railway	Lincoln Moorlands Railway Club
Louth Town	Park Avenue	1,500
Penistone Church	Church View Road
Pontefract Collieries	Skinner Lane	1,200
Rossington Main	Welfare Ground	2,000
Selby Town	Richard Street	5,000
Shirebrook Town	Langwith Road	2,000
Teversal	Teversal Grange	2,000
Winterton Rangers	West Street	3,000
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic	Park Road	2,000
Yorkshire Amateur	Bracken Edge	1,550

League Cup

2014–15 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup

Country	England
Teams	43

The 2014–15 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup was the 33rd season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.

First Round

Home team Score Away team Attendance Clipstone 4 – 2 Hemsworth Miners Welfare 39 Penistone Church 2 – 1 Teversal 105 Pontefract Collieries 3 – 2† Dronfield Town 37

Home team Score Away team Attendance Selby Town 3 – 1 Louth Town 60 Winterton Rangers 1 – 2 Shirebrook Town 56 Yorkshire Amateur 4 – 0 Hall Road Rangers 41

• † = After Extra Time

Second Round

Home team Score Away team Attendance A.F.C. Emley 3 – 5 Eccleshill United 102 Cleethorpes Town 3 – 2 Penistone Church 72 Grimsby Borough 1 – 5 Bottesford Town 30

Home team Score Away team Attendance Heanor Town 1 – 5 Garforth Town 148 Nostell Miners Welfare 2 – 5 Handsworth Parramore 51 Tadcaster Albion 2 – 0 Knaresborough Town 130

Third Round

Home team Score Away team Attendance Albion Sports 4 – 1 Yorkshire Amateur 51 Armthorpe Welfare 0 – 5 Handsworth Parramore 56 Athersley Recreation 1 – 3† Worksop Town 133 Bottesford Town 2 – 4 Staveley Miners Welfare 54 Clipstone 5 – 0 Liversedge 27 Eccleshill United 1 – 3 A.F.C. Mansfield 17 Glasshoughton Welfare 2 – 1 Bridlington Town 22 Parkgate 1 – 4 Cleethorpes Town 53

Home team Score Away team Attendance Pickering Town 6 – 0 Barton Town Old Boys 141 Pontefract Collieries 2 – 1 Maltby Main 34 Rossington Main 0 – 2 Lincoln Moorlands Railway 28 Selby Town 0 – 2 Garforth Town 80 Shirebrook Town 2 – 4 Retford United 116 Thackley 1 – 3 Shaw Lane Aquaforce 43 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic 0 – 4 Hallam 76

• † = After Extra Time

Fourth Round

Home team Score Away team Attendance Albion Sports 2 – 3 Staveley Miners Welfare 17 Glasshoughton Welfare 0 – 2 A.F.C. Mansfield 42 Hallam 1 – 0 Garforth Town 48 Handsworth Parramore 3 – 1 Shaw Lane Aquaforce 83

Home team Score Away team Attendance Lincoln Moorlands Railway 2 – 1 Worksop Town 70 Pickering Town 2 – 3 Cleethorpes Town 123 Pontefract Collieries 0 – 2 Clipstone 52 Retford United 1 – 6 Tadcaster Albion 113

Fifth Round

Home team Score Away team Attendance Staveley Miners Welfare 0 – 1 AFC Mansfield 254 Cleethorpes Town 3 – 0 Clipstone

Home team Score Away team Attendance Handsworth Parramore 3 - 0 Hallam 65 Lincoln Moorlands Railway 1 – 4 Tadcaster Albion 26

Semi-finals

Home team Score Away team Attendance AFC Mansfield 1 – 2 Handsworth Parramore

Home team Score Away team Attendance Tadcaster Albion 1 – 4 Cleethorpes Town

Final

Match at Staveley Miners Welfare's ground.

Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
Cleethorpes Town	3 - 4	Handsworth Parramore	376

References

1. Applications for promotion to Step 4 revealed - NCEFL website news page

External links

• Northern Counties East Football League