The 2025–26 Northern Counties East Football League season is the 44th 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 2025.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consists of 21 clubs.
The following four teams left the division at the end of the 2024–25 season: Goole - relegated to NCEL Division One Hallam - promoted to Northern Premier League Division One East Silsden - promoted to Northern Premier League Division One East Winterton Rangers - relegated to NCEL Division One
The following five teams joined the division ahead of the 2025–26 season: Farsley Celtic - relegated from National League North Horbury Town - promoted from NCEL Division One Liversedge - relegated from Northern Premier League Division One East Sheffield - relegated from Northern Premier League Division One East Wombwell Town - promoted from NCEL Division One
League table
Results table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
ClubStadiumLocationCapacityAlbion SportsMyra ShayBradford500Barton TownEuronics GroundBarton on Humber3,000Beverley TownNorwood Recreation GroundBeverley 1,500Bottesford TownBirch ParkScunthorpe1,000Campion Scotchman RoadBradford 1,000Eccleshill UnitedCougar ParkKeighley2,225Frickley Athletic Westfield Lane South Elmsall 2,087Golcar United Longfield Avenue Huddersfield 1,200HandsworthOliver's MountSheffield 2,500Horbury TownSlazengers Sports ComplexWakefield 800Knaresborough TownManse LaneKnaresborough1,000Liversedge Clayborn Liversedge 2,000ParkgateRoundwood Sports ComplexRotherham 1,000Penistone ChurchChurch View RoadPenistone 1,000Pickering Town Mill Lane Pickering2,000Rossington MainWelfare GroundDoncaster 2,000Sheffield Home of Football Ground Dronfield2,089Tadcaster Albion Ings Lane Tadcaster2,000ThackleyDennyfieldBradford3,000Wombwell TownRecreation GroundBarnsley 500
Division One
Division One consists of 22 clubs.
The following six clubs left Division One before the season: Dronfield Town - transferred to United Counties League Division One Horbury Town - promoted to Northern Counties East League Premier Division Shelley - resigned from league to the West Yorkshire Association Football League Swallownest - transferred to United Counties League Division One Wombwell Town - promoted to Northern Counties East League Premier Division Yorkshire Amateur - relegated to Regional Feeder Leagues
The following six clubs joined Division One before the season: Crowle Colts - promoted from Lincolnshire League Doncaster City - promoted from Central Midlands League Premier Division North Goole - relegated from NCEL Premier Division Route One Rovers - transferred from North West Counties League Division One North Leeds UFCA - promoted from Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division Winterton Rangers - relegated from NCEL Premier Division
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubStadiumLocationCapacityAppleby FrodinghamBrumby Hall Sports Ground Scunthorpe 1,100Armthorpe WelfareWelfare GroundDoncaster 2,500Athersley RecreationSheerien ParkBarnsley 2,000Brigg TownThe HawthornsBrigg 2,500Club Thorne CollieryChesterfield Poultry StadiumDoncaster 1,200 Crowle Colts Windsor ParkCrowle 500Dearne & DistrictWelfare Ground, Goldthorpe Goldthorpe 1,000Doncaster CityWelfare Ground, Armthorpe Doncaster 2,500Glasshoughton WelfareGlasshoughton CentreCastleford 2,000GooleVictoria Pleasure GroundsGoole 3,000Harrogate Railway AthleticStation ViewHarrogate3,500Ilkley Town Ben Rhydding Sports club Ilkley 700Leeds UCFA Crofton Community Centre Wakefield 1,500Louth Town Marshlands Saltfleetby 500Maltby MainMuglet LaneRotherham 2,000Nostell Miners WelfareCrofton Community CentreCrofton, West YorkshireWakefield 1,500Route One RoversMyra ShayBradford500Selby TownRichard StreetSelby5,000South Leeds South Leeds StadiumLeeds 3,450WakefieldPost Office RoadFeatherstone6,954Winterton RangersThe MKM Stadium, WintertonWinterton3,000Worsbrough Bridge AthleticPark RoadBarnsley 2,000
League Cup
The 2025–26 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 43rd season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Northern Counties East Football League