1976–77 Yorkshire Football League

Yorkshire Football League
Division Three
Season	1976–77
Champions	Bentley Victoria Welfare
Promoted	Bentley Victoria Welfare; Brook Sports; Collingham; Fryston Colliery Welfare
Matches played	240
Goals scored	784 (3.27 per match)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1976–77
Champions	Sheffield
Promoted	Farsley Celtic; Frecheville Community Association; Sheffield; Tadcaster Albion
Relegated	Rawmarsh Welfare; Selby Town; Woolley Miners Welfare; Yorkshire Amateur
Matches played	240
Goals scored	694 (2.89 per match)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1976–77
Champions	Winterton Rangers
Relegated	Hatfield Main; Liversedge; Pickering Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	755 (3.15 per match)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Yorkshire Football League was the 51st 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	Winterton Rangers	30	17	10	3	77	31	+46	44
2	Emley	30	18	8	4	66	38	+28	44
3	Ossett Albion	30	17	5	8	51	28	+23	39
4	Guiseley	30	18	3	9	55	37	+18	39
5	Leeds Ashley Road	30	16	6	8	48	35	+13	38
6	Thackley	30	14	9	7	44	26	+18	37
7	Hallam	30	14	9	7	47	33	+14	37
8	North Ferriby United	30	14	8	8	62	38	+24	36
9	Bridlington Town	30	9	10	11	45	43	+2	28
10	Leeds & Carnegie Polytechnic	30	11	3	16	45	42	+3	25
11	Lincoln United	30	8	9	13	45	51	−6	25
12	Denaby United	30	8	7	15	40	60	−20	23
13	Redfearn National Glass	30	7	9	14	40	64	−24	23	Resigned to the Barnsley League
14	Liversedge	30	7	6	17	37	57	−20	20	Relegated to Division Two
15	Hatfield Main	30	3	7	20	30	87	−57	13
16	Pickering Town	30	4	1	25	23	85	−62	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.

Map

Redfearn National Glass

Thackley

Winterton Rangers

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Location of the clubs in the 1976–77 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

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

Clubs relegated from Division One:
Clubs promoted from Division Three:
- Ossett Town
- Rawmarsh Welfare
- Scarborough reserves
- Sheffield

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield	30	15	10	5	42	26	+16	40	Promoted to Division One
2	Tadcaster Albion	30	15	7	8	53	33	+20	37
3	Frecheville Community Association	30	14	9	7	50	33	+17	37
4	Farsley Celtic	30	16	4	10	42	24	+18	36
5	Ossett Town	30	14	8	8	48	31	+17	36
6	Barton Town	30	10	14	6	48	38	+10	34
7	Kiveton Park	30	11	10	9	45	45	0	32
8	Norton Woodseats	30	11	9	10	48	41	+7	31
9	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic	30	11	9	10	49	45	+4	31
10	Harrogate Town	30	9	12	9	45	50	−5	30
11	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	9	11	10	47	55	−8	29
12	Scarborough reserves	30	10	8	12	43	48	−5	28
13	Yorkshire Amateur	30	6	15	9	34	39	−5	27	Relegated to Division Three
14	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	5	10	15	32	49	−17	20
15	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	7	4	19	42	71	−29	18
16	Selby Town	30	3	8	19	26	66	−40	14

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

Woolley Miners Welfare

Worsbrough BMWA

Yorkshire Amateur

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Location of the clubs in the 1976–77 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three

Division Three featured eleven clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division Two:
Plus:
- Fryston Colliery Welfare
- Pilkington Recreation

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bentley Victoria Welfare	30	19	6	5	70	38	+32	44	Promoted to Division Two
2	Fryston Colliery Welfare	30	16	6	8	64	39	+25	38
3	Brook Sports	30	15	6	9	54	33	+21	36
4	Collingham	30	13	10	7	51	34	+17	36
5	Hall Road Rangers	30	14	7	9	50	35	+15	35
6	Thorne Colliery	30	13	7	10	47	38	+9	33
7	York Railway Institute	30	12	8	10	68	64	+4	32
8	Dodworth Miners Welfare	30	11	9	10	50	57	−7	31
9	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	11	9	10	36	44	−8	31
10	Sheffield Waterworks	30	10	8	12	41	41	0	28
11	St. John's College (York)	30	11	6	13	58	61	−3	28
12	Rossington Miners Welfare	30	9	6	15	46	55	−9	24
13	Stocksbridge Works	30	10	4	16	40	60	−20	24
14	BSC Parkgate	30	8	5	17	41	59	−18	21
15	Heeley Amateurs	30	7	9	14	38	63	−25	19^[a]	Resigned from the league
16	Pilkington Recreation	30	4	8	18	30	63	−33	16

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: