1965–66 Yorkshire Football League

The 1965–66 Yorkshire Football League was the 40th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One edit

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1965–66
Champions	Wombwell Sporting Association
Relegated	Rawmarsh Welfare Stocksbridge Works
Matches played	240
Goals scored	954 (3.98 per match)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

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

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wombwell Sporting Association	30	18	7	5	62	37	1.676	43
2	Hatfield Main	30	19	2	9	100	54	1.852	40
3	Selby Town	30	15	10	5	67	37	1.811	40
4	Ossett Albion	30	19	2	9	64	40	1.600	40
5	Bridlington Town	30	16	6	8	62	44	1.409	38
6	Bridlington Trinity	30	16	2	12	85	60	1.417	34
7	Farsley Celtic	30	15	4	11	49	36	1.361	34
8	Barton Town	30	15	4	11	83	68	1.221	34
9	Mexborough Town	30	14	4	12	66	51	1.294	32
10	Goole Town reserves	30	13	4	13	50	52	0.962	30	Resigned from the league
11	Scarborough reserves	30	11	5	14	51	52	0.981	27
12	Hallam	30	11	4	15	50	59	0.847	26
13	Frickley Colliery reserves	30	7	7	16	41	77	0.532	21
14	Harrogate Town	30	8	3	19	49	65	0.754	19
15	Rawmarsh Welfare	30	4	5	21	34	98	0.347	13	Relegated to Division Two
16	Stocksbridge Works	30	2	5	23	41	124	0.331	9	Relegated to Division Two

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 edit

Frickley Colliery reserves

Goole Town reserves

Scarborough reserves

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Location of the clubs in the 1965–66 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two edit

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1965–66
Champions	Norton Woodseats
Promoted	Kiveton Park Norton Woodseats Sheffield Thorne Colliery
Matches played	210
Goals scored	924 (4.4 per match)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

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

Clubs relegated from Division One:
Plus:
- Denaby United, relegated from the Midland League
- Heeley Amateurs
- Leeds Ashley Road

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norton Woodseats	28	18	5	5	85	35	2.429	41	Promoted to Division One
2	Thorne Colliery	28	17	5	6	90	49	1.837	39
3	Sheffield	28	15	5	8	61	33	1.848	35
4	Kiveton Park	28	15	4	9	70	57	1.228	34
5	Denaby United	28	14	5	9	84	40	2.100	33
6	Hull Brunswick	28	15	3	10	70	60	1.167	33
7	Heeley Amateurs	28	13	6	9	56	62	0.903	32
8	Retford Town reserves	28	11	8	9	66	48	1.375	30
9	Harrogate Railway Athletic	28	12	2	14	64	51	1.255	26
10	Swallownest Miners Welfare	28	11	4	13	55	70	0.786	26
11	Yorkshire Amateur	28	8	7	13	46	57	0.807	23
12	Doncaster United	28	10	3	15	54	68	0.794	23
13	Ossett Town	28	8	4	16	44	104	0.423	20
14	Leeds Ashley Road	28	7	4	17	47	61	0.770	18
15	Brodsworth Miners Welfare	28	2	3	23	32	129	0.248	7

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.