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Revision as of 12:03, 31 May 2013

Huddersfield and District Association Football League
Founded1898
CountryEngland
ConfederationFA
Divisions4
Number of teams50
Level on pyramid14–17
Feeder toWest Riding League Division Three
Relegation tonone
Domestic cup(s)Barlow Cup
Groom Cup
Current championsDiv. One: Hepworth United
Div. Two: Scholes
Div. Three: Dalton Crusaders
Div. Four: Moldgreen Conservatives
(2011–12)
Most championshipsBrackenhall Utd[1]
Websitehttp://www.hdafl.org.uk/
Current: 2012–13

The Huddersfield and District Association League is a football competition based in the area Huddersfield, England. It was founded in 1898. The league has a total of four senior divisions and four reserve divisions. The highest senior division, Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the West Riding League. The reserve divisions are not part of the league system.

The league currently has 50 teams during the 2012–13 season with Hepworth United being the current champions of the First Division. Scholes, Dalton Crusaders and Moldgreen Conservatives are the current champions of Divisions Two, Three and Four, respectively.

The most successful team in a single division since 2000, is Brackenhall United[1] with 4 championships from 2000 to 2003. The most successful team in all divisions is Newsome WMC, with 5 championships starting in the now-defunct Division 5 during the 1999–2000 season and ending with the Division 1 championship during the 2006–07 season. Newsome again won the First Division title in the 2009–10 season.

History

The HDAFL was founded in 1898.[2] In 1919, there were 42 senior clubs and 78 junior clubs in the league.[3] Throughout out the league's history, the most players in the league at one time was 3,000.[2] During the 2007–08 season, there were 41 divisions of junior clubs in the Huddersfield RCD Junior Football League, based in the same area, with some teams continuing to the HDAFL.[4]

Member clubs 2012–13

The HDAFL has a system of relegation and promotion based on club success. The bottom two teams in the first division are replaced with the top two teams in the second division. The bottom three teams in the second division are replaced by the top three teams in the third division. The bottom three teams in the third division are replaced by the top three teams in the fourth division. The system has allowed teams to rise from a lower division to a higher one within several years. Newsome WMC were playing in the now-defunct fifth division during the 2000–01 season, but rose to the first division to win the first division in 2006–07 after playing 3 seasons in the second division.

The 2012–13 constitution is as follows:

Division One

  • Berry Brow
  • Diggle (Greater Manchester)
  • Hepworth United
  • Holmbridge
  • Lepton Highlanders Reserves
  • Moldgreen
  • Netherton
  • Newsome
  • Scholes
  • Shepley
  • Uppermill (Greater Manchester)

Division Two

  • Britannia Sports
  • Cumberworth
  • Dalton Crusaders
  • Heyside
  • Heywood Irish Centre
  • Holmfirth Town
  • Kirkheaton Rovers
  • Meltham Athletic
  • Shelley
  • Skelmanthorpe
  • Slaithwaite United
  • Westend

Division Three

  • AFC Waterloo
  • Brook Motors
  • Dewsbury Town Old Boys
  • Flockton
  • Grange Moor
  • Honley
  • HV Academicals
  • KKS Sun Inn
  • Linthwaite Athletic
  • Moldgreen Conservatives
  • Paddock Rangers
  • Scissett
  • Upperthong Sports Club
  • Wooldale Wanderers

Division Four

  • 3D Dynamos (Greater Manchester)
  • Aimbry
  • AFC Lindley
  • Almondbury Woolpack
  • Brighouse Old Boys
  • Cartworth Moor
  • FC Lockwood
  • Hade Edge
  • Huddersfield United
  • Lokomotiv Cowcliffe
  • Moorside
  • Mount
  • Thornhill United

Champions

Season One Two Three Four Five
1999–2000[5] Brackenhall United Slaithwaite United Netherton Weavers Brook Motors
2000–01[6] Brackenhall United Heywood Sports HV Academicals Moldgreen Newsome Working Mens Club
2001–02[7] Brackenhall United Skelmanthorpe Uppermill Newsome Working Mens Club Linthwaite Athletic
2002–03[8] Brackenhall United Kirkburton Newsome Working Mens Club The Stag Cravens
2003–04[9] Meltham Athletic Uppermill KKS Ashbrow Weavers Space
2004–05[10] Meltham Athletic Sovereign Sports Weavers Arms Space Brook Motors
2005–06[11] Heywood Sports Newsome Working Mens Club Scholes Westend
2006–07[12] Newsome Working Mens Club Britannia Sports Westend SC Cowlersley
2007–08[13] Heywood Irish Centre Sovereign Sports Lamb Inn Dalton Crusaders
2008–09 Lepton Highladers Cumberworth Scissett Savile Town
2009–10 Newsome Working Mens Club Netherton Holmbridge Shelley
2010–11 Hepworth United Slaithwaite United Shelley AFC Waterloo

Notes

Former League Vice-President Sir Amos Brook Hirst (OBE) served as Chairman of the FA from 1941–1955.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b No longer in league. Status being researched.
  2. ^ a b c League History, Accessed 7 May 2008.
  3. ^ "1919". History of the Club – the birth of Leeds United. The Mighty Mighty Whites. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  4. ^ "Results". Huddersfield RCD Junior Football League. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  5. ^ Final League Tables For Season 1999/2000
  6. ^ Final League Tables For Season 2000/2001
  7. ^ Final League Tables For Season 2001/2002
  8. ^ Honours for Season 2002/2003
  9. ^ Honours for Season 2003/2004
  10. ^ Honours for Season 2004/2005
  11. ^ Honours for Season 2005/2006
  12. ^ Honours for Season 2006/2007
  13. ^ Honours for Season 2007/2008
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