The 2023–24 season was the 42nd in the history of the Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2023. Starting this season, the Premier Division (Step 5) in the league promotes two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaced the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there was only one club relegated from the division.
Emley were confirmed as Premier Division champions following a 5-0 away win at Goole on 30 March 2024 and were presented with the league trophy a week later in their final home game against Golcar United. Parkgate were confirmed as Division One winners on 25 April. Both divisional champions contested the League Cup final with Parkgate coming out as winners and therefore league and cup double winners.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs: Campion, promoted from Division One Pickering Town, transferred from the Northern League Rossington Main, promoted from Division One Tadcaster Albion, relegated from the Northern Premier League
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
ClubStadiumCapacityAlbion SportsHorsfall Stadium3,500Barton TownEuronics Ground3,000Bottesford TownBirch Park1,000CampionScotchman Road1,000Eccleshill UnitedKings Way2,225EmleyFantastic Media Welfare Ground 2,000Frickley AthleticWestfield Lane2,087Garforth TownWheatley Park3,000Golcar UnitedSkye Direct Stadium 1,200GooleVictoria Pleasure Grounds3,000HallamSandygate1,300HandsworthOliver's Mount2,500Knaresborough TownManse Lane1,000Maltby MainMuglet Lane2,000Penistone ChurchChurch View Road 1,000Pickering TownMill Lane2,000Rossington MainWelfare Ground2,000Silsden Keighley Road Stadium1,500Tadcaster AlbionIngs Lane2,000ThackleyDennyfield3,000
Top goalscorers (all competitions) RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ruben Jerome Emley392 Robbie Fox Albion Sports333 James Walshaw Emley314 Nathan Keightley Penistone Church295 Thomas Waudby Barton Town27 Patrick Sykes Campion7 Antony Brown Penistone Church26 Kayle Price Silsden9 Oliver Norman Tadcaster Albion25
Division One
Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs: Clay Cross Town, promoted from Central Midlands League Premier Division South Louth Town, promoted from the Lincolnshire League Retford United, promoted from the Central Midlands League Premier Division North Wombwell Town, promoted from the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Yorkshire Amateur, relegated from the Premier Division
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
ClubStadiumCapacityArmthorpe WelfareWelfare Ground2,500Athersley RecreationSheerien Park2,000Beverley TownNorwood Recreation GroundBrigg TownThe Hawthorns2,500Clay Cross Town Mill Lane Dronfield TownStonelow Ground500Glasshoughton WelfareGlasshoughton Centre2,000Harrogate Railway AthleticStation View3,500Horbury TownSlazengers Sports Complex 300Louth TownMarshlands Nostell Miners WelfareThe Welfare Ground1,500Ollerton TownWalesby Lane Sports GroundParkgateRoundwood Sports Complex1,000RetfordThe Rail1,000Retford UnitedCannon Park2,000Selby TownRichard Street5,000Shirebrook TownLangwith Road2,000Staveley Miners WelfareInkersall Road5,000SwallownestMiners Welfare Ground500WakefieldBelle Vue9,333Wombwell TownRecreation Ground2,000Worsbrough Bridge AthleticPark Road2,000 Yorkshire AmateurBracken Edge1,550
Top goalscorers (all competitions)
RankPlayerClubGoals1 James Cusworth Horbury Town492 Kieren Watson Shirebrook Town403 Ross Duggan Parkgate394 Joe McFadyen Beverley Town335 Marcus Day Shirebrook Town316 Max Rhodes Dronfield Town307 Liam Owen Retford United29
League Cup
The 2023–24 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup was the 42nd season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League. The final was between the 2 divisional winners on Wednesday 8 May 2024, 7:45pm at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe.
Quarter-finals
Tie Home team Score Away team Tuesday 26 March 2024 1 Frickley Athletic 2-2 Campion 168 Wednesday 27 March 2024 2 Handsworth 1-1 Rossington Main 143 Saturday 13 April 2024 3 Emley 3-0 Bottesford Town 412 Saturday 27 April 2024 4 Parkgate 2-1 Silsden 176
Semi-finals
Tie Home team Score Away team Tuesday 23 April 2024 1 Rossington Main 1-2 Emley 283 Wednesday 1 May 2024 2 Parkgate 2-0 Campion 215
Final
Tie Home team Score Away team Venue Wednesday 8 May 2024 1 Emley 0-3 Parkgate 667 Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
References
External links Northern Counties East Football League