The West Riding County Amateur Football League is a football competition based in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

, England

England

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. Formed in 1922, it has three main divisions and a reserves division, although a number of reserve teams play in the main senior divisions.

The top division, the Premier Division, sits at level 11 of the English football league system

English football league system

The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...

, although it is not officially part of the National League System

National League System

The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the Premier League and The Football League. It contains 91 league competitions and more than 1,600 clubs. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association...

 and therefore has only an informal feeder agreement with the Northern Counties East League

Northern Counties East Football League

The Northern Counties East Football League is an English football league that was founded in 1982 by the merger of the former Yorkshire League and Midland League. The league has two divisions at present; The Premier Division and Division One which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football...

. Silsden

Silsden F.C.

Silsden A.F.C. are a football club representing Silsden, who since joining the North West Counties Football League have played in the nearby neighbouring town of Keighley at the Keighley rugby league ground, West Yorkshire, England.-History:...

, Brighouse Town and Hemsworth Miners Welfare

Hemsworth Miners Welfare F.C.

Hemsworth Miners Welfare Football Club is an English football club based in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire. The club are currently members of Division One of the Northern Counties East League.-History:...

 were the most recent teams to move up from the league. Silsden were promoted in 2004 after winning the Premier Division in successive seasons but chose to play their football in the North West Counties League whereas Brighouse Town and Hemsworth Miners Welfare went up in 2008 to the Northern Counties East League Division One.

The league operated with only one division until the 1953–54 season, but has expanded over time to reach the current size.

Each division has its own divisional league cup, the 2008–09 winners of which were: Meltham Athletic (Premier Division Cup), Tyersal (Division One Cup), Storthes Hall Reserves (Division Two Cup) and Ardsley Celtic Reserves (Reserve Division Cup).

Premier Division

• Bay Athletic
• Brighouse Town Reserves
• Campion
• Golcar United
• Hall Green United
• Kirkburton
• Littletown
• Lower Hopton
• Marsden
• Ovenden West Riding
• Steeton
• Storthes Hall
• Tyersal
• Wibsey

Division One

• AFC Emley Reserves
• Bay Athletic Reserves
• Bronte Wanderers
• Dudley Hill Rangers
• Halifax Irish
• Hunsworth
• Lepton Highlanders
• Overthorpe Sports
• Salts
• Storthes Hall Reserves
• Tingley Athletic
• Ventus & Yeadon Celtic
• Wakefield City
• Westbrook YMCA

Division Two

• Albion Sports Reserves
• Campion Reserves
• Golcar United Reserves
• Huddersfield YMCA
• Kirkburton Reserves
• Marsden Reserves
• Ovenden West Riding Reserves
• Rawdon Old Boys
• Steeton Reserves
• Tyersal Reserves
• West Horton

Division Three

• Bronte Wanderers Reserves
• Hall Green United Reserves
• Hunsworth Reserves
• Littletown Reserves
• Lower Hopton Reserves
• Salts Reserves
• Tingley Athletic Reserves

Recent Divisional Champions

Season	Premier	One	Two	Three
1993-94	Marsden	Otley Town	Campion (A Division), Phoenix (B Division)
1994-95	Brighouse Town	Farnley	Crag Road United (A Division), Lower Hopton (B Division)
1995-96	Brighouse Town	Storthes Hall	Wibsey
1996-97	Ovenden West Riding	Hemsworth Miners Welfare	Phoenix
1997-98	Marsden	Phoenix	Westbrook Wanderers
1998-99	Storthes Hall	Bay Athletic	Lower Hopton
1999-00	Keighley Phoenix	Stump Cross	Silsden
2000-01	Brighouse Town	Silsden	Steeton
2001-02	Brighouse Town	Tyersal	Wakefield City
2002-03	Silsden	Hall Green United	Salts
2003-04	Silsden	Ardsley Celtic	Halifax Irish Club
2004-05	Golcar United	Eastmoor	South Bradford
2005-06	Bay Athletic	Hall Green United	Meltham Athletic
2006-07	Wibsey	Meltham Athletic	Bronte Wanderers
2007-08	Bay Athletic	Kirkburton	Brighouse Town Reserves
2008-09	Bay Athletic	Tyersal	Bronte Wanderers
2009-10	Bay Athletic	Steeton	Bay Athletic Reserves	Huddersfeild YMCA
2010-11	Bay Athletic	Littletown	Lepton Highlanders	Albion Sports Reserves

Premier Division Cup

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-Up
2004–05	Ovenden West Riding	2–1	Tyersal
2005–06	Campion	2–1	Brighouse Town
2006–07	Campion	4–0	Golcar United
2007–08	Campion	2–0	Lower Hopton
2008-09	Meltham Athletic	5-3	Bay Athletic

Division One Cup

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-Up
2004-05	Littletown	5 - 2	Lower Hopton
2005-06	Steeton	4 - 1	Wakefield City
2007-08	Kirkburton	5 - 0	Wakefield City
2008-09	Tyersal	3-1	Hunsworth

Division Two Cup

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-Up
2004-05	Kirkburton	3 - 1	Barclays
2005-06	Meltham Athletic	7 - 1	Crag Road United
2007-08	Brighouse Town Reserves	1 - 1/4 - 2 (aet)	Storthes Hall Reserves
2008-09	Storthes Hall reserves	2-1	Rawdon Old Boys

External links

• Official league website