The Humber Premier League is a football competition for clubs in the East Riding of Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire areas of England.
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| Founded | 2000 |
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| Country |  England |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 11 |
| Promotion to | Level 10 Northern Counties East League Division One |
| Relegation to | East Riding County League Feeder Premier Division |
| Domestic cup(s) | National FA Vase League League Cup |
| Current champions | Pocklington Town (Premier Division) Great Driffield(Division One) Reckitts (League Cup) |
| Website | http://www.humberprem.co.uk/ https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=5360640 |
History
editThe league was formed in 2000. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its existence. The league started with one division in 2000 but has since grown and now has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One--the latter inaugurated for the 2005-06 season. The Premier Division sits at the 11th tier of the English football league system, and feeds the Northern Counties East League.
Since its formation in 2000, three teams from the Humber Premier League have achieved promotion – Hull United in 2015 [1] (their stay in the NCEFL was just a single season[2]), East Yorkshire Carnegie two years later[3] and Beverley Town in 2022.
Barton Town joined the league when it was formed in 2000 but only stayed for one season before they joined the Central Midlands Football League the following season. Barton's Reserves team joined the league's first division for the 2017–18 season.
Cleethorpes Town had a three-season stint in the Humber Premier League, from 2006 to 2009–10. In their first season, they won promotion from the first division after finishing 3rd and after two further seasons, playing in the Premier Division, they decided to rejoin the Lincolnshire Football League for the 2010–11 season. They have since gone on to play in the Northern Counties East League and gained promotion to the Northern Premier League.
On 26 March 2020, the FA made the decision to abandon the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for all leagues at Step 7 and below of the English football league system, meaning that any remaining fixtures of the season would not be played and all games and prior results that season would be expunged.[4]
At the end of the 2021-22 season, it was confirmed that Beverley Town had been successful in their application to join the Northern Counties East League. Beverley finished in 2nd position in that season and as a result, were promoted to NCEL division one.
At the AGM for the 2023-24 season, it was decided that Division One would be merged with the Premier Division of the East Riding County League, thereby creating a feeder division for the Humber Premier League and the arrangement sees the HFL operating with just one division of 16 teams.
Current member clubs (2024-25)
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Champions
edit| Season | Premier Division | Division One | |
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| 2000–01 | Reckitts | — | |
| 2001–02 | Reckitts | — | |
| 2002–03 | Reckitts | — | |
| 2003–04 | Hutton Cranswick United | — | |
| 2004–05 | Reckitts | — | |
| 2005–06 | Reckitts | North Ferriby United Reserves | |
| 2006–07 | Sculcoates Amateurs | Smith & Nephew | |
| 2007–08 | Sculcoates Amateurs | St. Andrews Police Club | |
| 2008–09 | Chalk Lane | Hessle Sporting Club | |
| 2009–10 | Reckitts | Crown | |
| 2010–11 | Sculcoates Amateurs | Hodgsons | |
| 2011–12 | Reckitts | Scarborough Town | |
| 2012–13 | Beverley Town | Goole United | |
| 2013–14 | Beverley Town | Wawne United | |
| 2014–15 | Sculcoates Amateurs | East Yorkshire Carnegie | |
| 2015–16 | Wawne United | North Ferriby Athletic | |
| 2016–17 | Crown | Hornsea Town | |
| 2017–18 | Chalk Lane | LIV Supplies | |
| 2018–19 | Chalk Lane | Beverley Town Reserves | |
| 2019-20 | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2020-21† | Beverley Town | Cherry Burton | |
| 2021-22 | Hedon Rangers | Hessle Sporting Club | |
| 2022-23 | Pocklington Town | Great Driffield AFC | |
| 2023-24 | Club Thorne Colliery | ||
† Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, teams played each other once.
League Cup (Whiteheads Fish and Chips Cup)
edit| Season | Winner | Result | Runner-up | Venue |
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| 2009-10 | Beverley Town | 1-0 | Sculcoates Amateurs | Norwood Recreation Ground |
| 2010-11 | Hall Road Rangers Reserves | 3-2 | Brandesburton | Grange Lane, North Ferriby |
| 2011-12 | Scarborough Town | 3-1 | North Ferriby United Reserves | Queensgate Stadium, Bridlington |
| 2012-13 | Pocklington Town | 2-1 | Reckitts AFC | Bishop Burton College |
| 2013-14 | Sculcoates Amateurs | 5-0 | Westella & Willerby | Queensgate Stadium, Bridlington |
| 2014-15 | Hull United | 4-0 | Crown FC | Roy West Centre, East Riding County Football Association |
| 2015-16 | AFC Walkington | 4-3 | Wawne United | Roy West Centre |
| 2016-17 | LIV Supplies | 2-0 | Crown FC | Roy West Centre |
| 2017-18 | Chalk Lane | 2-0 | Pocklington Town | Roy West Centre |
| 2018-19 | Hull United | 0-0 (4-3 pens) | Chalk Lane | Roy West Centre |
| 2019-20 | Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2020-21 | Did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021-22 | South Cave United | 2-0 | Goole United | Roy West Centre |
| 2022-23 | LIV Supplies | 1-2 | Reckitts | Roy West Centre |
| 2023-24 | South Cave United | 2-2 (4-1 Pens) | Cherry Burton | Roy West Centre |
References
edit- ^ Northern Counties East League 2015–16 season constitution unveiled
- ^ Hull United AFC club statement
- ^ 2017/18 NCEL club allocation approved
- ^ "An update on non-League, women's and grassroots football seasons". The FA. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.