1988–89 Northern Counties East Football League

The 1988–89 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 7th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Emley	32	25	5	2	80	18	+62	80	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
2	Hatfield Main	32	21	9	2	67	24	+43	72
3	Bridlington Town	32	21	5	6	67	26	+41	68
4	North Ferriby United	32	17	9	6	63	31	+32	60
5	Guiseley	32	16	10	6	50	27	+23	58
6	Denaby United	32	13	7	12	52	50	+2	46
7	Pontefract Collieries	32	10	11	11	37	34	+3	41
8	Harrogate Railway Athletic	32	10	11	11	41	43	−2	41
9	Thackley	32	11	6	15	43	59	−16	39
10	Belper Town	32	9	10	13	45	51	−6	37
11	Armthorpe Welfare	32	9	9	14	44	60	−16	36
12	Hallam	32	9	5	18	47	77	−30	32
13	Long Eaton United	32	8	7	17	32	54	−22	31	Resigned to the Central Midlands League
14	Brigg Town	32	8	7	17	43	66	−23	31
15	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	32	8	5	19	38	59	−21	29
16	Bridlington Trinity	32	6	7	19	40	72	−32	25
17	Ossett Albion	32	5	9	18	33	71	−38	24

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Thackley

Location of the clubs in the 1988–89 NCEL Premier Division on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sheffield	30	21	5	4	76	25	+51	68	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Rowntree Mackintosh	30	18	6	6	68	36	+32	60
3	Woolley Miners Welfare	30	16	11	3	49	28	+21	59
4	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	17	5	8	68	38	+30	56
5	Pickering Town	30	16	4	10	58	54	+4	52
6	Garforth Town	30	15	5	10	56	34	+22	50
7	Eccleshill United	30	15	4	11	47	39	+8	49
8	Collingham	30	14	5	11	38	30	+8	47
9	Immingham Town	30	12	10	8	39	31	+8	46
10	Kiveton Park	30	11	1	18	30	44	−14	34
11	Mexborough Town	30	8	7	15	28	40	−12	31
12	BSC Parkgate	30	8	6	16	29	54	−25	30
13	Frecheville Community Association	30	6	11	13	31	44	−13	29
14	York Railway Institute	30	6	10	14	25	37	−12	28
15	Bradley Rangers	30	6	3	21	22	62	−40	21	Relegated to Division Two
16	Pilkington Recreation	30	3	3	24	18	86	−68	12	Relegated to Division Two