West Riding County Women's Football League

West Riding County Women's
Football League

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Founded	2006
Country	England
Divisions	Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division
Number of teams	55 10 (Premier Division) 10 (First Division) 11 (Second Division) 12 (Third Division) 12 (Fourth Division)
Level on pyramid	7 - 10
Feeder to	North East Regional Women's League
Current champions	Lower Hopton AFC Ladies Firsts (2022/23)
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.

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.

League & Cup history

League Division Champions/Runners-up

Season	Premier Division	First Division	Second Division	Third Division	Fourth Division
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	League Shield	Supplementary Cup
2023	Yorkshire Amateur Farsley Celtic	Morley Town Athletico	n/a
2022	Lower Hopton Ossett United Development	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	Brighouse Athletic Middleton Athletic	Leeds United Development Phoenix
2018	Ripon City Firsts Tingley Athletic	Hepworth United Wetherby Athletic	Thackley Boroughbridge
2017	Middleton Athletic Yorkshire Amateur	Leeds Medics & Dentists Hemsworth Miners Welfare	Wetherby Athletic Hepworth United
2016	Bradford City A Tingley Athletic Firsts	Silsden Firsts Hemsworth Miners Welfare	n/a
2015	Harrogate Railway Athletic Tingley Athletic	Altofts Bradford City A	Battyeford Firsts Leeds Medics & Dentists
2014	Harrogate Railway Athletic Pontefract Sports & Social	Wetherby Athletic Reserves Bradford City A	n/a
2013	Tingley Athletic Brighouse Athletic		n/a
2012			n/a
2011	Lepton Highlanders Brighouse Athletic	Brayton Belles Rothwell Town Reserves	n/a
2010	Kirklees Brayton Belles	Dearne & District Ossett Town	n/a

External links

• FA Full-time site