West Riding County Women's Football League

Football league

West Riding County Women's
Football League
Founded	2006
Country	England
Divisions	Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division
Number of teams	54 10 (Premier Division) 10 (First Division) 11 (Second Division) 12 (Third Division) 11 (Fourth Division)
Level on pyramid	7 - 10
Feeder to	North East Regional Women's League
Current champions	Leeds Modernians (2023/24)
Website	FA Full-time site [1]

The West Riding County Women's Football League is an open aged (16 plus) Women's Association Football League in England affiliated to the West Riding FA.^[1]

The Charter Standard League is run by a number of League Officials who are annually voted in by the member clubs spread across its 5 Divisions.

The League is at levels 7 to 10 of the Women's Football League Pyramid, and promotes to the North East Regional Women's Football League.

2019/20 Season

The season was brought to an abrupt end by the outbreak of the global pandemic COVID-19 and was declared null and void.

League leaders at the time Farsley Celtic Juniors Firsts were successful in their application for promotion to the next step of the Women's Football League Pyramid - The North East Regional Women's Football League, Harrogate Railway were relegated from Regional to the Premier Division.

Durkar Devils folded & Middleton Athletic departed the League for a more local competition.

Hemsworth Town, Sherburn White Rose & Leeds United added additional teams to the League, Leeds Union University added 2 teams when the University Leagues had opted not to run in 2020/21 & several new teams, Golcar United, Hall Green United, Hepworth United Development, Leeds Hyde Park, Old Centralians entered the League bringing the need for a Third Division to be reactivated to accommodate 42 teams.

Unfortunately Sherburn White Rose Reserves shortly after the start of the season 2020/21.

2023/24 Clubs

Premier Division

Club	Home ground
Bradford (Park Avenue)	Horsfall Stadium, Bradford
Brighouse Sports	Russell Way, Brighouse
Harrogate Railway Athletic Firsts	Station View, Harrogate
Leeds Medics & Dentists	Sports Park Weetwood, Leeds
Leeds Modernians	Cookridge Lane, Leeds
Morley Town	Woodkirk Academy, Tingley
Sherburn White Rose Firsts	Finkle Hill, Sherburn in Elmet
Silsden	Keighley Road, Silsden
Skipton Town Firsts	Engine Shed Lane, Skipton
Thackley	Ainsbury Avenue, Bradford

Bradford (Park Avenue)

Brighouse Sports

Leeds M&D

Leeds Modernians

Morley Town

Sherburn White Rose

Silsden

Skipton Town

Thackley

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Location of the WRCWFL Premier Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire

Harrogate Railway

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Location of the WRCWFL Premier Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

First Division

Club	Home ground
Ackworth Girls	Oakfield Park School, Ackworth
Brayton Belles	Selby College, Selby
Farsley Celtic	The Citadel, Farsley
Golcar United	Longfield Avenue, Huddersfield
Hall Green United	Haslegrave Sports Ground, Wakefield
Hepworth United	Far Lane, Hepworth
Huddersfield Amateur Firsts	Old Earth, Elland
Ilkley Town Firsts	Ben Rhydding Sports Club, Ilkley
Leeds Hyde Park Firsts	Elida Gibbs Park, Leeds
Republica Internationale Firsts	Scott Hall Playing Fields, Leeds

Ackworth Girls

Farsley Celtic

Golcar United

Hall Green United

Hepworth United

Huddersfield Amateur

Ilkley Town

Leeds Hyde Park

Republica Internationale

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Location of the WRCWFL First Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire

Brayton Belles

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Location of the WRCWFL First Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

Second Division

Club	Home ground
Athletico	Bradford Academy, Bradford
Boroughbridge	Aldborough Road, Boroughbridge
Bradford City U21	Rawdon Meadows, Bradford
Burley Trojans	Wharfe Meadows, Otley
Garforth Rangers	Ninevah Lane, Allerton Bywater
Horsforth St Margarets	King George's Field, Horsforth
Knaresborough Town	Manse Lane, Knaresborough
Leeds City	Adel Sports & Social Club, Leeds
Queensbury Celtic	Pit Lane, Queensbury
Rangers Athletic	St John Fisher Academy, Dewsbury
Wortley	Oldfield Lane, Leeds

Athletico

Bradford City U21

Burley Trojans

Horsforth St Margarets

Leeds City

Queensbury Celtic

Rangers Athletic

Wortley

Garforth Rangers

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Location of the WRCWFL Second Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire

Boroughbridge

Knaresborough Town

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Location of the WRCWFL Second Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

Third Division

Club	Home ground
Bradford United	Laistergate Lane, Bradford
Crofton Sports	The Sidings, Crofton
Field AFC	Chelsea Road, Bradford
Forge Way Reserves	Batley Sports Centre, Batley
Harrogate Railway Athletic Reserves	King James' School, Knaresborough
Huddersfield Amateur Reserves	Old Earth, Elland
Kinsley Boys	Tombridge Crescent, Kinsley
Leeds Hyde Park Seconds	Elida Gibbs Park, Leeds
Lower Hopton Development	Woodend Road, Mirfield
Pontefract Sports & Social	Harewood Avenue, Pontefract
Skipton Town Development	Engine Shed Lane, Skipton
Tyersal	Arkwright Street, Bradford

Bradford United

Crofton Sports

Field AFC

Forge Way

Kinsley Boys

Leeds Hyde Park

Lower Hopton

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Pontefract S&S

Skipton Town

Tyersal

Huddersfield Amateur

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Location of the WRCWFL Third Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire

Harrogate Railway

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Location of the WRCWFL Third Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

Fourth Division

Club	Home ground
Brighouse Town	Heffernan Utilities Stadium, Brighouse
Crossley Belles	Illingworth Sports Club, Halifax
Dewsbury Moor	Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury
Eccleshill United	Plumpton Park, Bradford
Goole	Dunscroft Welfare Club, Hatfield
Halifax Friendly	Lightcliffe Academy, Halifax
Harrogate Town Reserves	Rossett Sports Centre, Harrogate
Ilkley Town Development	Ben Rhydding Sports Club, Ilkley
Pontefract Collieries	Beechnut Lane, Pontefract
Shadwell United	Bedquilts Recreation Ground, Leeds
Sherburn White Rose Development	Finkle Hill, Sherburn in Elmet

Brighouse Town

Crossley Belles

Dewsbury Moor

Eccleshill United

Halifax Friendly

Ilkley Town

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Pontefract Collieries

Shadwell United

Sherburn White Rose

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Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in West Yorkshire

Harrogate Town

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Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in North Yorkshire

Goole

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Location of the WRCWFL Fourth Division clubs for the 2023–24 season in South Yorkshire

League & Cup history

League Division Champions/Runners-up^[2]
Season	Premier Division	First Division	Second Division	Third Division	Fourth Division
2023/24	Leeds Modernians Leeds Medics & Dentists	Ilkley Town Firsts Farsley Celtic	Knaresborough Town Bradford City U21s	Field AFC Harrogate Railway Reserves	Eccleshill United Brighouse Town
2022/23	Lower Hopton AFC Firsts Yorkshire Amateur	Skipton Town Firsts Sherburn White Rose Firsts	Leeds Hyde Park Firsts West Yorkshire	Farsley Celtic Burley Trojans	Knaresborough Town Bradford City U21s
2021/22	Yorkshire Amateur Leeds Medics & Dentists	Leeds United U21 Morley Town	Hepworth United Development Hall Green United	West Yorkshire Brighouse Town Development	n/a
2020/21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2019/20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2018/19	Hepworth United Yorkshire Amateur	Thackley Firsts Ripon City	Farsley Celtic Juniors Firsts Ossett United Reserves	n/a	n/a
2017/18	Tingley Athletic Hepworth United	Farsley Celtic Reserves Ossett Town Firsts	Middleton Athletic Lower Hopton	Thackley Tyersal	n/a
2016/17	Leeds Medics & Dentists Hepworth United	Tingley Athletic Reserves Yorkshire Amateur	Clifton Rangers Dewsbury Rangers	Middleton Athletic Ripon City	n/a
2015/16	Altofts Tingley Athletic Firsts	Battyeford Firsts Silsden Firsts	Tingley Athletic Reserves Brighouse Town Development	Wigton Moor Dewsbury Rangers	n/a
2014/15	Harrogate Railway Athletic Hemsworth Miners Welfare	Tingley Athletic Firsts Hepworth United	Bradford City A Battyeford Firsts	Tingley Athletic Reserves Farsley Celtic Reserves	n/a
2013/14	Farsley Celtic Brighouse Athletic	Wortley Hemsworth Miners Welfare	Oulton Athletic Hebden Royd United	Bradford City A Wetherby Athletic Reserves	n/a
2012/13	Harrogate Railway Athletic Tingley Athletic	Farsley Celtic Silsden Firsts	Northowram Gledhow	Wortley Reserves Oulton Athletic	n/a
2011/12	Keighley Oaks Harrogate Railway Athletic	Tingley Athletic Pontefract Sports & Social	Altofts Rothwell Reserves	Huddersfield Town Reserves Wigton Moor	n/a
2010/11	Lepton Highlanders Kirklees	Keighley Oaks Brighouse Athletic	Castleford White Rose Reserves Wortley	n/a	n/a
2009/10	Leeds Vixens Lepton Highlanders	Ossett Town Hemsworth Miners Welfare	Brighouse Athletic Farsley Celtic	n/a	n/a

League Tournament Winners/Runners-up
Year	League Cup	Score	League Shield	Score	Supplementary Cup	Score
2024	Leeds Modernians Sherburn White Rose Firsts	2-0	Bradford (Park Avenue) Golcar United	2-2 3-2 pens	n/a
2023	Yorkshire Amateur Farsley Celtic	3-0	Morley Town Athletico	9-0	n/a
2022	Lower Hopton Ossett United Development	6-0	n/a		n/a
2021	n/a		n/a		Yorkshire Amateur Ripon City	?-?
2020	n/a		n/a		n/a
2019	Farsley Celtic Juniors Firsts Bradford Park Avenue	3-2	Brighouse Athletic Middleton Athletic	4-1	Leeds United Development Phoenix	3-2
2018	Ripon City Firsts Tingley Athletic	2-1	Hepworth United Wetherby Athletic	2-2 2-1 pens	Thackley Boroughbridge	6-0
2017	Middleton Athletic Yorkshire Amateur	2-2 3-2 pens	Leeds Medics & Dentists Hemsworth Miners Welfare	4-2	Wetherby Athletic Hepworth United	6-3
2016	Bradford City A Tingley Athletic Firsts	4-2	Silsden Firsts Hemsworth Miners Welfare	4-1	n/a
2015	Harrogate Railway Athletic Tingley Athletic	4-1	Altofts Bradford City A	2-2 4-3 pens	Battyeford Firsts Leeds Medics & Dentists	3-3 5-4 pens
2014	Harrogate Railway Athletic Pontefract Sports & Social	3-2	Wetherby Athletic Reserves Bradford City A	4-2	n/a
2013	Tingley Athletic Brighouse Athletic	?-?			n/a
2012					n/a
2011	Lepton Highlanders Brighouse Athletic	4-1	Brayton Belles Rothwell Town Reserves	3-1	n/a
2010	Kirklees Brayton Belles	6-0	Dearne & District Ossett Town	6-2	n/a

References

^ Association, The Football. "County Leagues". www.westridingfa.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
^ "West Riding County Womens Football League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.

External links

FA Full-time site

Women's football in England

National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Women's Super League Women's Championship FA Women's National League North South
Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East North East North West Southern South West West Midlands
Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset South East Counties Staffs Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire