North East Regional Women's Football League

The North East Regional Women's Football League is a women's association football league, operating at levels 5 to 6 of the women's league pyramid.

North East Regional Women's Football League

Founded	2007
Country	England
Number of clubs	36 12 (Premier Division) 12 (Division One North) 12 (Division One South)
Level on pyramid	5 and 6
Promotion to	Level 4 FA Women's National League Division One
Relegation to	Level 7 Durham County Women's League Division 1 East Riding Women's League North Riding Women's League Sheffield & Hallamshire Women's League Division 1 West Riding Women's League Premier Division
Domestic cup(s)	National Women's FA Cup League League Cup
Current champions	Premier Division Chester-le-Street Town Ladies Division One North Sunderland Women U23s Division One South Brunsmeer Athletic Women
Website	FA Full-time site

Current clubs (2025–26)

Premier Division

Club Home ground 2024–25 position Alnwick Town Juniors Women St. James' Park, Alnwick 5th Bradford City Women Horsfall Stadium, Bradford 2nd Brunsmeer Athletic Women Hillsborough College, Owlerton FAWNL Div One South, 1st Harrogate Town Ladies Rossett Sports Centre, Harrogate 8th Ossett United Ladies Ingfield Stadium, Ossett FAWNL Div One South, 2nd Ponteland United Women Ponteland Leisure Centre, Ponteland 3rd South Shields Women Harton & Westoe Miners Welfare, South Shields 4th Spennymoor Town Ladies Brewery Field, Spennymoor 6th Sunderland West End Ladies Herrington Recreation Park, Sunderland 7th Thornaby Ladies Teesdale Park, Stockton-on-Tees FAWNL Div One North, 1st Wallsend B.C. Women Kirkley Park, Newcastle 9th York Railway Institute Ladies York Railway Institute Club, York 10th

Alnwick Town Bradford City Brunsmeer Harrogate Town Ossett United Ponteland United South Shields Spennymoor Town Sunderland West End Thornaby Wallsend BC York Railway Institute Location of the NERWL Premier Division clubs for the 2025–26 season

Division One North

Club Home ground 2024–25 position Berwick Rangers Ladies NFL Premiership, 1st Birtley Town DCWL One, 1st Park View Women 4th Consett Ladies Belle View, Consett 6th Gateshead Rutherford Ladies DCWL One, 2nd Hartlepool United Women Metcalfe Park, Wolviston 8th i2i International Soccer Academy Women Coach Lane, Newcastle 2nd Norton & Stockton Ancients Ladies Reserves Norton Sports Complex, Stockton-on-Tees 3rd Redcar Town Ladies Mo Mowlam Park, Redcar 9th Stockton Town Ladies DCWL One, 3rd Wallsend B.C. Women Reserves Kirkley Park, Newcastle 7th Washington Women Northern Area Field, Washington 5th

Consett Hartlepool United i2i International Soccer Academy Norton & Stockton Ancients res. Redcar Town Wallsend res. Washington Location of the NERWL Division One North clubs for the 2025–26 season

Division One South

Club Home ground 2024–25 position Altofts Ladies Altofts Community Sports Club, Normanton 6th Farsley Celtic Ladies The Citadel, Farsley WRWL Premier, 3rd Handsworth Ladies Olivers Mount, Sheffield 3rd Hull United Women Haworth Park, Hull Premier Div, 11th Ilkley Town Ladies Ben Rhydding Sports Centre, Ilkley WRWL Premier, 1st Leeds Modernians Ladies Cookridge Lane, Leeds 4th Lower Hopton Ladies Woodend Road, Mirfield 7th Millmoor Juniors Ladies Grange Park, Kimberworth S&HWL One, 2nd Rossington Main Ladies Oxford Street, Rossington S&HWL One, 1st Sheffield Wednesday Ladies Jubilee Sports Ground, Sheffield 8th York City Ladies development York St John University, York 5th

Altofts Ladies Farsley Celtic Ladies Handsworth Hull United Ilkley Town Leeds Modernians Lower Hopton Millmoor Juniors Rossington Main Sheffield Wednesday York City dev. Location of the NERWL Division One South clubs for the 2025–26 season

Champions

Season	Premier Division	Division One North	Division One South
2022–23	Chester-le-Street Town Ladies	Wallsend Boys Club Women reserves	Barnsley FC Women
2023–24	Barnsley FC Women	Sunderland Women U23	York Railway Institute Ladies
2024–25	Chester-le-Street Town Ladies	Thornaby Women	Brunsmeer Athletic Women

Cup competitions

League Cup

The league currently has just one cup competition, the League Cup, which is contested by every club in the league.

Finals

Season	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Venue
2023–24	Sunderland Women U23	2–1	Barnsley Women

External links

• North East Women's Regional League at FA Full Time