1979–80 Yorkshire Football League

Yorkshire Football League
Division Three
Season	1979–80
Champions	Hall Road Rangers
Promoted	Garforth Miners; Hall Road Rangers; Pilkington Recreation; Rawmarsh Welfare
Matches played	182
Goals scored	528 (2.9 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1979–80
Champions	Barton Town
Promoted	Barton Town; Bentley Victoria Welfare; Kiveton Park; Maltby MW
Relegated	Brook Sports; Denaby United; Stocksbridge Works; Tadcaster Albion
Matches played	240
Goals scored	698 (2.91 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1979–80
Champions	Emley
Relegated	Fryston Colliery Welfare; Ossett Albion; Ossett Town; Thorne Colliery
Matches played	240
Goals scored	626 (2.61 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Yorkshire Football League was the 54th 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	Emley	30	22	6	2	62	21	+41	50
2	Guiseley	30	20	7	3	62	23	+39	47
3	Thackley	30	13	9	8	43	35	+8	35
4	Scarborough reserves	30	14	6	10	43	37	+6	34
5	Sheffield	30	11	11	8	34	24	+10	33
6	Winterton Rangers	30	15	2	13	49	39	+10	32
7	Hallam	30	13	5	12	42	46	−4	31
8	North Ferriby United	30	9	12	9	32	30	+2	30
9	Liversedge	30	10	9	11	34	33	+1	29
10	Leeds Ashley Road	30	10	8	12	39	36	+3	28
11	Frecheville Community Association	30	10	7	13	30	37	−7	27
12	Bridlington Town	30	9	7	14	42	50	−8	25
13	Thorne Colliery	30	8	7	15	35	52	−17	23	Relegated to Division Two
14	Ossett Town	30	7	8	15	31	47	−16	22
15	Fryston Colliery Welfare	30	7	6	17	22	49	−27	20
16	Ossett Albion	30	4	6	20	26	67	−41	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

Bridlington Town

Emley

Frecheville Community Association

Fryston Colliery Welfare

Scarborough reserves

Location of the clubs in the 1979–80 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:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barton Town	30	22	4	4	62	20	+42	48	Promoted to Division One
2	Bentley Victoria Welfare	30	19	6	5	70	38	+32	44
3	Kiveton Park	30	17	8	5	61	38	+23	42
4	Maltby Miners Welfare	30	15	9	6	50	30	+20	39
5	Hatfield Main	30	14	8	8	54	29	+25	36
6	BSC Parkgate	30	15	4	11	44	37	+7	34
7	York Railway Institute	30	12	9	9	47	49	−2	33
8	Farsley Celtic	30	13	6	11	49	43	+6	32
9	Norton Woodseats	30	11	10	9	43	39	+4	32
10	Lincoln United	30	10	7	13	46	64	−18	27
11	Harworth Colliery Institute	30	8	10	12	32	40	−8	26
12	Yorkshire Amateur	30	6	9	15	31	48	−17	21
13	Brook Sports	30	6	9	15	32	55	−23	21	Relegated to Division Three
14	Denaby United	30	6	5	19	29	51	−22	17
15	Tadcaster Albion	30	4	9	17	23	49	−26	17
16	Stocksbridge Works	30	1	9	20	25	68	−43	11

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

Barton Town

Bentley Victoria Welfare

Harworth Colliery Institute

York Railway Institute

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Location of the clubs in the 1979–80 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Three

Division Three featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with seven new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division Two:
Plus:
- Pontefract Collieries

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hall Road Rangers	26	15	6	5	62	29	+33	36	Promoted to Division Two
2	Garforth Miners	26	14	6	6	40	25	+15	34
3	Rawmarsh Welfare	26	14	6	6	43	33	+10	34
4	Pilkington Recreation	26	13	7	6	41	28	+13	33
5	Pontefract Collieries	26	11	8	7	39	29	+10	30
6	Harrogate Town	26	11	6	9	44	36	+8	28
7	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Athletic	26	9	7	10	31	31	0	25
8	Woolley Miners Welfare	26	7	11	8	35	36	−1	25
9	Selby Town	26	8	9	9	32	41	−9	25
10	Pickering Town	26	11	2	13	44	34	+10	24
11	Collingham	26	9	6	11	26	36	−10	24
12	Sheffield Waterworks	26	9	5	12	41	44	−3	23
13	Rossington Miners Welfare	26	4	4	18	25	70	−45	12	Resigned to the Doncaster & District Senior League
14	Wombwell Sporting Association	26	3	5	18	25	56	−31	11

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.