1973–74 Yorkshire Football League

Yorkshire Football League
Division Three
Season	1973–74
Champions	Pickering Town
Promoted	Bentley Victoria Welfare; Maltby Miners Welfare; Pickering Town; Redfearn National Glass
Matches played	240
Goals scored	922 (3.84 per match)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1973–74
Champions	Thackley
Promoted	Guiseley; North Ferriby United; Ossett Albion; Thackley
Relegated	Brook Sports; Norton Woodseats; Selby Town; Wombwell Sporting Association
Matches played	240
Goals scored	697 (2.9 per match)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1973–74
Champions	Lincoln United
Relegated	Barton Town; Kiveton Park; Rawmarsh Welfare; Woolley Miners Welfare
Matches played	240
Goals scored	812 (3.38 per match)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Yorkshire Football League was the 48th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln United	30	19	4	7	61	33	+28	42
2	Emley	30	19	4	7	54	35	+19	42
3	Farsley Celtic	30	16	7	7	60	37	+23	39
4	Mexborough Town	30	14	9	7	72	44	+28	37
5	Hallam	30	13	8	9	66	64	+2	34
6	Denaby United	30	13	7	10	44	42	+2	33
7	Hatfield Main	30	11	8	11	62	56	+6	30
8	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic	30	12	6	12	53	58	−5	30
9	Winterton Rangers	30	11	6	13	51	53	−2	28
10	Frecheville Community Association	30	10	8	12	34	39	−5	28
11	Leeds & Carnegie College	30	11	6	13	49	66	−17	28
12	Yorkshire Amateur	30	11	5	14	44	45	−1	27
13	Kiveton Park	30	9	5	16	43	53	−10	23	Relegated to Division Two
14	Barton Town	30	9	3	18	38	57	−19	21
15	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	7	6	17	37	54	−17	20
16	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	8	2	20	44	76	−32	18

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Leeds & Carnegie College

Location of the clubs in the 1973–74 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

Division Two featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with seven new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
Clubs promoted from Division Three:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Thackley	30	21	5	4	58	19	+39	47	Promoted to Division One
2	Ossett Albion	30	19	9	2	66	27	+39	47
3	North Ferriby United	30	17	8	5	61	34	+27	42
4	Guiseley	30	16	7	7	52	33	+19	39
5	Liversedge	30	15	7	8	45	33	+12	37
6	Scarborough reserves	30	13	5	12	43	41	+2	31
7	Leeds Ashley Road	30	12	6	12	41	47	−6	30
8	Hall Road Rangers	30	8	11	11	40	45	−5	27
9	Harrogate Town	30	9	9	12	37	43	−6	27
10	Bridlington Town	30	10	6	14	46	53	−7	26
11	Dinnington Athletic	30	10	5	15	37	53	−16	25
12	Ossett Town	30	9	6	15	47	53	−6	24
13	Selby Town	30	7	10	13	33	48	−15	24	Relegated to Division Three
14	Brook Sports	30	8	6	16	37	44	−7	22
15	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	7	3	20	24	61	−37	17
16	Norton Woodseats	30	5	5	20	30	63	−33	15

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Scarborough reserves

Wombwell Sporting Association

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Location of the clubs in the 1973–74 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three

Division Three featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division Two:
- Stocksbridge Works
- Thorne Colliery
Plus:
- Bentley Victoria Welfare, joined from the Doncaster & District Senior League
- Maltby Miners Welfare, joined from the Sheffield Association League
- Redfearn National Glass
- Tadcaster Albion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pickering Town	30	22	4	4	96	34	+62	48	Promoted to Division Two
2	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	17	10	3	60	27	+33	44
3	Bentley Victoria Welfare	30	19	6	5	76	39	+37	44
4	Redfearn National Glass	30	17	8	5	73	40	+33	42
5	Heeley Amateurs	30	16	4	10	75	45	+30	36
6	St. John's College (York)	30	16	4	10	64	51	+13	36
7	International Harvesters	30	13	7	10	56	42	+14	31^[a]
8	Stocksbridge Works	30	13	4	13	73	49	+24	30
9	Sheffield Waterworks	30	11	7	12	47	57	−10	29
10	Sheffield	30	12	4	14	62	52	+10	28
11	Tadcaster Albion	30	13	2	15	54	54	0	28
12	Worksop Town reserves	30	12	3	15	46	63	−17	27	Resigned from the league
13	Brodsworth Miners Welfare	30	5	8	17	33	66	−33	18
14	Sheffield Polytechnic	30	3	10	17	33	67	−34	16	Resigned from the league
15	Blackburn Welfare	30	4	4	22	33	108	−75	12
16	Thorne Colliery	28	3	3	22	41	128	−87	9

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
Notes: