1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League

The 1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 5th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England. The league consisted of three divisions after Division Three was disbanded at the end of the previous season. Most of Division Three clubs were promoted to Division Two.

Premier Division

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division

Season	1986–87
Champions	Alfreton Town
Promoted	Alfreton Town Eastwood Town Farsley Celtic Harrogate Town Sutton Town
Matches played	342
Goals scored	988 (2.89 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division One:

• Bridlington Town
• Brigg Town
• Harrogate Town
• North Ferriby United

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alfreton Town	36	25	6	5	74	29	+45	81	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
2	Farsley Celtic	36	24	6	6	74	41	+33	78
3	North Ferriby United	36	20	10	6	57	26	+31	70
4	Emley	36	17	10	9	60	41	+19	61
5	Sutton Town	36	17	10	9	54	45	+9	61	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
6	Denaby United	36	15	10	11	59	43	+16	55
7	Thackley	36	14	13	9	47	45	+2	55
8	Pontefract Collieries	36	16	6	14	54	44	+10	54
9	Harrogate Town	36	14	10	12	48	48	0	52	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
10	Bridlington Town	36	12	14	10	57	49	+8	50
11	Long Eaton United	36	12	11	13	41	43	−2	47
12	Armthorpe Welfare	36	13	6	17	55	60	−5	45
13	Eastwood Town	36	11	9	16	45	57	−12	42	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
14	Bentley Victoria Welfare	36	10	9	17	64	77	−13	39	Club folded
15	Belper Town	36	8	12	16	49	47	+2	36
16	Guiseley	36	9	8	19	46	76	−30	35
17	Bridlington Trinity	36	6	11	19	46	76	−30	29
18	Brigg Town	36	6	9	21	35	73	−38	27
19	Boston	36	6	4	26	23	68	−45	22	Resigned to the Central Midlands League

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

Map

Armthorpe Welfare

Bentley Victoria Welfare

Bridlington Town

Bridlington Trinity

Brigg Town

Denaby United

Emley

Farsley Celtic

Guiseley

Harrogate Town

North Ferriby

Pontefract Collieries

Thackley

Location of the clubs in the 1986–87 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Alfreton Town

Belper Town

Boston

Eastwood Town

Long Eaton United

Sutton Town

Location of the clubs in the 1986–87 NCEL Premier Division on a map of the East Midlands

Division One

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One

Season	1986–87
Champions	Ossett Albion
Promoted	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare Hallam Harrogate Railway Athletic Hatfield Main Ossett Albion
Matches played	306
Goals scored	982 (3.21 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

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

• Garforth Town
• Grimethorpe Miners Welfare
• Hallam
• Kiveton Park
• Maltby Miners Welfare
• BSC Parkgate
• Staveley Works
• York Railway Institute

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ossett Albion	34	22	4	8	65	43	+22	70	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Rowntree Mackintosh	34	20	4	10	101	54	+47	64
3	Hatfield Main	34	19	7	8	69	47	+22	64	Promoted to the Premier Division
4	Harrogate Railway Athletic	34	19	7	8	65	44	+21	64
5	Bradley Rangers	34	17	8	9	64	51	+13	59
6	Hallam	34	16	8	10	49	37	+12	56	Promoted to the Premier Division
7	Staveley Works	34	14	9	11	51	46	+5	51
8	York Railway Institute	34	15	5	14	49	56	−7	50
9	Maltby Miners Welfare	34	13	7	14	53	57	−4	46
10	Pilkington Recreation	34	13	6	15	51	49	+2	45
11	Garforth Town	34	11	10	13	44	48	−4	43
12	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	34	13	4	17	60	65	−5	43	Promoted to the Premier Division
13	Woolley Miners Welfare	34	11	9	14	57	61	−4	42
14	Kiveton Park	34	11	6	17	41	64	−23	39
15	BSC Parkgate	34	10	8	16	51	57	−6	38
16	Mexborough Town Athletic	34	8	10	16	38	64	−26	34
17	Sheffield	34	9	6	19	41	55	−14	33
18	Dronfield United	34	4	4	26	33	84	−51	16

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

Map

Bradley Rangers

Dronfield United

Garforth Town

Grimethorpe MW

Hallam

Harrogate Railway Athletic

Hatfield Main

Kiveton Park

Maltby MW

Mexborough Town Athletic

Ossett Albion

BSC Parkgate

Pilkington Recreation

Rowntree Mackintosh

Sheffield

Staveley Works

Woolley Miners Welfare

York Railway Institute

Location of the clubs in the 1986–87 NCEL Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division Two

Season	1986–87
Champions	Frecheville Community
Promoted	Eccleshill United Frecheville Community Immingham Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	868 (2.84 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Division One featured five clubs which competed in the previous season, along with 13 new clubs.

• Clubs promoted from Division Three:
  • Collingham
  • Eccleshill United
  • Fryston Colliery Welfare
  • Glasshoughton Welfare
  • Hall Road Rangers
  • Selby Town
  • Stocksbridge Works, who also merged with Oxley Park F.C. to form Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.
  • Tadcaster Albion
  • Wombwell Sporting Association
  • Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare
  • Yorkshire Amateur
• Plus:
  • Immingham Town, joined from the Lincolnshire Football League
  • Winterton Rangers

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Frecheville Community Association	34	24	7	3	57	27	+30	79	Promoted to Division One
2	Eccleshill United	34	22	6	6	75	36	+39	72
3	Immingham Town	34	18	4	12	53	43	+10	58
4	Hall Road Rangers	34	16	9	9	72	48	+24	57
5	Collingham	34	14	13	7	67	34	+33	55
6	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare	34	15	7	12	61	48	+13	52
7	Stocksbridge Park Steels	34	12	15	7	50	38	+12	51
8	Selby Town	34	14	8	12	47	42	+5	50
9	Yorkshire Amateur	34	12	10	12	47	36	+11	46
10	Ossett Town	34	12	10	12	42	52	−10	46
11	Liversedge	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43
12	Glasshoughton Welfare	34	11	9	14	50	52	−2	42
13	Tadcaster Albion	34	11	7	16	38	46	−8	40
14	Pickering Town	34	8	15	11	39	57	−18	39
15	Yorkshire Main	34	8	13	13	43	60	−17	37
16	Winterton Rangers	34	7	7	20	30	53	−23	28
17	Wombwell Sporting Association	34	7	7	20	39	75	−36	28
18	Fryston Colliery Welfare	34	2	6	26	18	76	−58	12

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

Map

Collingham

Eccleshill United

Frecheville CA

Fryston Colliery Welfare

Glasshoughton Welfare

Hall Road Rangers

Immingham Town

Liversedge

Ossett Town

Pickering Town

Selby Town

Stocksbridge Park Steels

Tadcaster Albion

Winterton Rangers

Wombwell SA

Worsbrough Bridge Athletic

Yorkshire Amateur

Yorkshire Main

Location of the clubs in the 1986–87 NCEL Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber