# 2017–18 Northern Counties East Football League

The 2017–18 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 36th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Hall Road Rangers
* Penistone Church
* Pontefract Collieries

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Pontefract Collieries | 42 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 134 | 38 | +96 | 102 | Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East |
| 2 | Pickering Town | 42 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 127 | 52 | +75 | 96 | Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East |
| 3 | AFC Mansfield | 42 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 110 | 43 | +67 | 96 | Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East |
| 4 | Handsworth Parramore | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 99 | 56 | +43 | 85 | |
| 5 | Maltby Main | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 88 | 57 | +31 | 75 | |
| 6 | Hemsworth Miners Welfare | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 104 | 77 | +27 | 72 | |
| 7 | Penistone Church | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 93 | 66 | +27 | 72 | |
| 8 | Bottesford Town | 42 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 93 | 84 | +9 | 69 | |
| 9 | Bridlington Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 81 | 60 | +21 | 64 | |
| 10 | Rainworth Miners Welfare | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 76 | −5 | 63 | Voluntary demoted to East Midlands Counties League |
| 11 | Liversedge | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 96 | 93 | +3 | 57 | |
| 12 | Barton Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 64 | 76 | −12 | 55 | |
| 13 | Garforth Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 72 | 101 | −29 | 52 | |
| 14 | Albion Sports | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 76 | 84 | −8 | 48 | |
| 15 | Thackley | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 76 | 85 | −9 | 47 | |
| 16 | Staveley Miners Welfare | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 83 | −31 | 47 | |
| 17 | Athersley Recreation | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 66 | 89 | −23 | 46 | |
| 18 | Worksop Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 68 | 94 | −26 | 46 | |
| 19 | Hall Road Rangers | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 83 | 84 | −1 | 43 | |
| 20 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | 42 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 70 | 132 | −62 | 31 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 21 | Parkgate | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 58 | 116 | −58 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Clipstone | 42 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 37 | 172 | −135 | 2 | Relegated to the East Midlands Counties League |
* ↑ Barton Town Old Boys were deducted 1 point for fielding ineligible players.
* ↑ Hall Road Rangers were deducted 12 points for fielding ineligible players.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Albion Sports | Throstle Nest |
| Athersley Recreation | Sheerien Park |
| Barton Town | The Easy Buy Stadium |
| Bottesford Town | Birkdale Stadium |
| Bridlington Town | Neil Hudgell Solicitors Stadium |
| Clipstone | Worksop Van Hire Stadium |
| Garforth Town | The Supply Chain Network Community Stadium |
| Hall Road Rangers | Haworth Park |
| Handsworth Parramore | Windsor Food Service Stadium |
| Harrogate Railway Athletic | Station View |
| Hemsworth Miners Welfare | The Yorkshire NuBuilds Stadium |
| Liversedge | Clayborn Ground |
| Maltby Main | Muglet Lane |
| AFC Mansfield | Forest Town Stadium |
| Parkgate | Roundwood Sports Complex |
| Penistone Church | The DSM Memorial Ground |
| Pickering Town | Recreation Club |
| Pontefract Collieries | The Harratts Nissan Stadium |
| Rainworth Miners Welfare | Kirklingto Road |
| Staveley Miners Welfare | Inkersall Road |
| Thackley | Dennyfield |
| Worksop Town | Windsor Food Service Stadium |
| ↑ home of Farsley Celtic (groundshare) ↑ home of Handsworth Parramore (groundshare) ||

## Division One

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.
* Clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
** Armthorpe Welfare
** Retford United
* Plus:
** FC Bolsover, promoted from the Central Midlands League
** East Yorkshire Carnegie, promoted from the Humber Premier League
** Swallownest, promoted from the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Knaresborough Town | 42 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 91 | 30 | +61 | 100 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Yorkshire Amateur | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 132 | 55 | +77 | 88 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Grimsby Borough | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 113 | 56 | +57 | 85 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 4 | Eccleshill United | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 109 | 61 | +48 | 85 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
| 5 | Shirebrook Town | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 91 | 60 | +31 | 81 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Glasshoughton Welfare | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 85 | 54 | +31 | 77 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 7 | Selby Town | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 105 | 71 | +34 | 75 | |
| 8 | Hallam | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 100 | 58 | +42 | 73 | |
| 9 | Campion | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 95 | 65 | +30 | 73 | |
| 10 | Winterton Rangers | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 61 | |
| 11 | Swallownest | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 65 | 76 | −11 | 58 | |
| 12 | AFC Emley | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 73 | 78 | −5 | 57 | |
| 13 | Rossington Main | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 71 | 85 | −14 | 53 | |
| 14 | Dronfield Town | 42 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 52 | |
| 15 | Ollerton Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 66 | 90 | −24 | 47 | |
| 16 | Armthorpe Welfare | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 72 | 97 | −25 | 46 | |
| 17 | Nostell Miners Welfare | 42 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 61 | 97 | −36 | 40 | |
| 18 | East Yorkshire Carnegie | 42 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 64 | 98 | −34 | 34 | |
| 19 | Worsbrough Bridge Athletic | 42 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 51 | 99 | −48 | 33 | |
| 20 | FC Bolsover | 42 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 48 | 124 | −76 | 30 | |
| 21 | Brigg Town | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 51 | 105 | −54 | 29 | Relegated to the Lincolnshire League |
| 22 | Retford United | 42 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 42 | 115 | −73 | 24 | Relegated to the Central Midlands League |
* ↑ FC Bolsover were deducted six points on 12 November for a fielding a suspended player in two matches on 23 and 26 August.

#### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Eccleshill United | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Shirebrook Town | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Shirebrook Town | 2 | Eccleshill United | Eccleshill United | 3 |
| | | | Grimsby Borough | Grimsby Borough | 2 |
| 3 | Grimsby Borough | 3 | Grimsby Borough | Grimsby Borough | 2 |
| 6 | Glasshoughton Welfare | 0 | | | |
Semi-finals
Final

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Armthorpe Welfare | Welfare Ground |
| FC Bolsover | Langwith Road |
| Brigg Town | The Hawthorns |
| Campion | The Sportsbulk.co.uk Stadium |
| Dronfield Town | The H.E. Barnes Stadium |
| East Yorkshire Carnegie | Dene Park |
| Eccleshill United | Mitton Group Stadium |
| AFC Emley | The Fantastic Media Welfare Ground |
| Glasshoughton Welfare | TJs Travel Arena |
| Grimsby Borough | Bradley Community Stadium |
| Hallam | Sandygate Road |
| Knaresborough Town | Manse Lane |
| Nostell Miners Welfare | The Welfare Ground |
| Ollerton Town | Walesby Lane |
| Retford United | Jones & Co Stadium |
| Rossington Main | Welfare Ground |
| Selby Town | Fairfax Plant Hire Stadium |
| Shirebrook Town | Langwith Road |
| Swallownest | Miners Welfare Ground |
| Winterton Rangers | West Street |
| Worsbrough Bridge Athletic | Park Road |
| Yorkshire Amateur | Bracken Edge |
| ↑ home of Shirebrook Town (groundshare) ||

## League Cup

The 2017–18 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup was the 36th season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.