1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League

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The 1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League season was the third in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

At the end of the season divisions One North, One Central and One South was reorganised. The clubs were distributed between newly formed divisions One, Two and Three.

Premier Division

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season1984–85
Champions
Mexborough Town Athletic
Matches played342
Goals scored1,130 (3.3 per match)

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Belper Town 36 25 6 5 74 30 +44 81
2 Eastwood Town 36 23 3 10 98 59 +39 72
3 Guiseley 36 21 7 8 78 47 +31 70
4 Alfreton Town 36 20 6 10 69 39 +30 66
5 Guisborough Town 36 18 8 10 71 49 +22 62 Transferred to the Northern Football League
6 Denaby United 36 18 8 10 71 51 +20 62
7 Arnold 36 17 9 10 72 49 +23 60
8
Emley
36 16 7 13 67 52 +15 55
9 Bridlington Trinity 36 16 5 15 71 67 +4 53
10
Thackley
36 15 6 15 55 61 −6 51
11 Spalding United 36 14 8 14 55 48 +7 50
12 Sutton Town 36 14 5 17 45 69 −24 47
13 Ilkeston Town 36 14 4 18 49 54 −5 46
14 Pontefract Collieries 36 11 10 15 45 54 −9 43
15 Bentley Victoria Welfare 36 11 6 19 47 67 −20 39
16 Appleby Frodingham 36 8 9 19 46 73 −27 33
17 Boston 36 8 6 22 35 88 −53 30
18 Heanor Town 36 8 5 23 50 89 −39 29
19
Mexborough Town Athletic
36 2 8 26 32 84 −52 14 Relegated to Division One
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Map

Thackley
Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber
Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Premier Division on a map of the East Midlands (ET = Eastwood Town, HT = Heanor Town)

Division One North

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One North
Season1984–85
ChampionsFarsley Celtic
PromotedFarsley Celtic
Matches played272
Goals scored866 (3.18 per match)

Division One North featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with eight new clubs, promoted from Division Two North:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Farsley Celtic 32 18 10 4 66 28 +38 64 Promoted to the Premier Division
2
Harrogate Town
32 17 9 6 61 35 +26 60 Qualified to Division One
3 Bradley Rangers 32 16 11 5 61 35 +26 59
4 Harrogate Railway Athletic 32 17 7 8 65 41 +24 58
5 Bridlington Town 32 16 6 10 57 46 +11 54
6
Rowntree Mackintosh
32 15 8 9 62 37 +25 53
7 North Ferriby United 32 16 5 11 54 42 +12 53
8 Liversedge 32 14 6 12 55 50 +5 48 Relegated to Division Two
9 Garforth Miners 32 11 9 12 53 57 −4 42
10 York Railway Institute 32 11 9 12 51 55 −4 42
11 Pickering Town 32 11 8 13 37 43 −6 41
12 Phoenix Park 32 10 8 14 57 59 −2 38 Resigned from the league
13 Selby Town 32 10 7 15 43 59 −16 37 Demoted to Division Three
14 Hall Road Rangers 32 9 6 17 45 70 −25 33
15 Yorkshire Amateur 32 7 7 18 34 60 −26 28
16 Collingham 32 5 12 15 42 71 −29 27
17 Tadcaster Albion 32 3 4 25 23 78 −55 13
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Map

Location of the clubs in the 1984–85 NCEL Division One North on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber