Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior Football League

Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League
Country  England
Founded 1983
Divisions Premier Division (step 7)
Division One
Division Two
Number of teams 40
14 (Premier Division)
14 (Division One)
12 (Division Two)
Level on pyramid 11–13
Feeder to Northern Counties East League
Website Official site

The Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior Football League is a football competition for clubs in the South Yorkshire area of England. The competition is administered by the Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association.

It has a total of three divisions, with the highest, the Premier Division, lying at Step 7 (level 11 overall) of the English football league system.

Under the terms of a sponsorship deal, the league is currently named the Pete's Patisserie County Senior Football League.[1]

History

The competition was formed in 1983 as the result of a merger between two long standing competitions -

- The Hatchard League, formed in 1894 and named after a local politician who donated the trophy to the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA. It disbanded in 1923 but reformed after the Second World War.

- The Sheffield Association League, formed in 1897. In 1960 the league was renamed the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League, a name that was retained by the new competition.

In the summer of 1983 the two competitions decided to join forces and merge, opting to retain the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League name.

In 2011 the Football Association awarded the league's top division Step 7 status (level 11 overall) in the English football league system.[2]

Format

For the first nine seasons of its existence the league ran with four divisions, but since 1992 there have been three divisions. For the 2015-16 season there are 40 member clubs.

Teams play each other twice a season, and there is promotion and relegation between each division at the end of the season. As a Step 7 league, one Premier Division club per season can gain promotion to Step 6 (usually the Northern Counties East League), but the applying club must finish inside the top five at the end of the season and achieve the required ground grading standard.

Reserve teams of clubs higher up the league pyramid play in the league, but only three are allowed to play in the step 7 Premier Division.

The league also runs the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Cup, a cup competition open to all clubs in the league, and an U21 league.[3] Uniquely, U21 teams are also allowed to enter the League Cup.

Current member clubs (2015–16)

Premier Division

Team 2014-15 position
AFC Penistone Church (Penistone Church reserves)
N/A (new club)
Athersley Recreation reserves
8th
Frecheville Community
13th
Handsworth Parramore reserves
4th
Houghton Main
2nd
Jubilee Sports
5th
Millmoor Juniors
10th
North Gawber Colliery
1st in Division One (promoted)
Oughtibridge War Memorial
7th
Stocksbridge Park Steels reserves
6th
Swallownest
3rd
Swinton Athletic
1st
Thorpe Hesley
3rd in Division One (promoted)
Wickersley
12th
AFC Penistone
Houghton Main
Jubilee Sports
Millmoor Juniors
North Gawber Colliery
Oughtibridge WM
Swallownest
Swinton Athletic
Thorpe Hesley
Wickersley
Location of clubs participating in the 2015–16 County Senior League Premier Division

Division One

Team 2014-15 position
AFC Dronfield
9th
Byron House
4th in Division Two (promoted)
Caribbean Sports
2nd in Division Two (promoted)
Davy
11th
Denaby Main
1st in Division Two (promoted)
Denaby United
3rd in Division Two (promoted)
Ecclesfield Red Rose
4th
High Green Villa
7th
Kingstone United
6th
Millmoor Juniors reserves
12th
Sheffield Bankers
10th
Silkstone United
5th
South Kirkby Colliery
8th
Wombwell Main
11th in Premier Division (relegated)
AFC Dronfield
Byron House
Caribbean Sports
Davy
Denaby Main
Denaby United
Ecclesfield RR
High Green Villa
Kingstone United
Millmoor Juniors res.
Sheffield Bankers
Silkstone United
Location of clubs participating in the 2015–16 County Senior League Division One

Division Two

Team 2014-15 position
Bawtry Town
13th
Brinsworth Whitehill
2nd in SYAL (promoted)
Grimethorpe Sports
1st in SYAL (promoted)
Hemsworth MW reserves
N/A (new club)
Houghton Main reserves
N/A (new club)
Kiveton Park
10th
New Bohemians
11th
North Gawber Colliery reserves
N/A (new club)
Sheffield Lane Top
12th
Swallownest reserves
N/A (new club)
Treeton Terriers
N/A (new club)
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic reserves
5th
Bawtry Town
Brinsworth Whitehill
Grimethorpe Sports
Houghton Main res.
New Bohemians
North Gawber Colliery res.
Sheffield Lane Top
Swallownest res.
Treeton Terriers
Location of clubs participating in the 2015–16 County Senior League Division Two

Honours

League champions

Season Premier Division Division One Division Two Division Three
1983–84 Windsor Crookes Woodsetts Stella
1984–85 Ecclesfield Red Rose Firparnians Brunsmeer Staveley Works reserves
1985–86 BSC Parkgate Reserves Oxley Park Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare reserves Bradley
1986–87 Mexborough Main Street Maltby Miners Welfare reserves Parramore Sports Denaby & Cadeby Miners Welfare
1987–88 Ash House Ecclesfield Red Rose Denaby & Cadeby Miners Welfare Caribbean Sports
1988–89 Ash House Denaby & Cadeby Miners Welfare Goldthorpe Colliery Wath St. James
1989–90 Ash House Caribbean Sports Wath St. James Treble
1990–91 Ash House Wath Saracens Athletic Thurcroft Ivanhoe High Green Villa
1991–92 Phoenix Frecheville Community High Green Villa Staveley Miners Welfare
1992–93 Frecheville Community High Green Villa Staveley Miners Welfare
1993–94 Mexborough Main Street Penistone Church Grimethorpe Miners Welfare
1994–95 Frecheville Community Grimethorpe Miners Welfare Davy
1995–96 High Green Villa Ecclesfield Red Rose Wickersley Old Boys
1996–97 Denaby & Cadeby Miners Welfare Swinton Athletic Wombwell Main
1997–98 Phoenix The Wetherby Athersley Recreation
1998–99 Wombwell Main Hare & Hounds Norton Woodseats
1999–00 Athersley Recreation Wickersley Old Boys Grapes Roy Hancock
2000–01 The Wetherby Penistone Church South Kirkby Colliery
2001–02 Wombwell Main Wickersley Old Boys Elm Tree
2002–03 Wombwell Main Elm Tree Edlington Working Mens Club
2003–04 Athersley Recreation Hollinsend Amateur AFC Barnsley
2004–05 Athersley Recreation Edlington Working Mens Club Dodworth Miners Welfare
2005–06 Mexborough Main Street Sheffield Lane Top Parkgate reserves
2006–07 Athersley Recreation Davy Worsbrough Bridge Athletic reserves
2007–08 Wombwell Main Handsworth Millmoor Juniors
2008–09 Athersley Recreation Sheffield reserves Aston
2009–10 Sheffield reserves Ecclesfield Red Rose Frecheville Community
2010–11 Swallownest Miners Welfare Handsworth reserves Houghton Main
2011–12 Athersley Recreation Houghton Main Athersley Recreation reserves
2012–13 Shaw Lane Aquaforce Oughtibridge War Memorial Jubilee Sports
2013–14 Handsworth Jubilee Sports North Gawber Colliery
2014–15 Swinton Athletic North Gawber Colliery Denaby Main
2015–16 Frecheville Community

Promoted

Since the league's formation in 1983, the following clubs (with their league position in brackets) have won promotion to the Northern Counties East League -

League Cup finals

Season Winner Result Runner-up Venue
1983–84 Swinton Athletic 3 – 1 Rotherham Club Roundwood Sports Complex
1984–85 Arthur Lee 3 – 2 BSC Parkgate reserves Sandygate Road
1985–86 BSC Parkgate reserves 2 – 1 Crookes Silkstone Road
1986–87 Maltby Miners Welfare reserves 1 – 1p Mexborough Main Street Prince of Wales Road
1987–88 Sheffield reserves 1 – 0 Mexborough Main Street Silkstone Road
1988–89 Aurora United 2 – 1 Woodsetts Welfare Silkstone Road
1989–90 Mexborough Northgate 3 – 2 Wath Saracens Athletic Roundwood Sports Complex
1990–91 Woodsetts Welfare 3 – 1 Ecclesfield Red Rose Roundwood Sports Complex
1991–92 Ash House 1 – 0 Phoenix Bracken Moor
1992–93 Frecheville Community 5 – 4 Goldthorpe Colliery Bracken Moor
1993–94 Mexborough Main Street 3 – 2 Frecheville Community Park Road
1994–95 Ash House Awarded to Ash House - semi-finalists disqualified
1995–96 Worsbridge Bridge Athletic reserves 3 – 2 Grimethorpe Miners Welfare Bracken Moor
1996–97 Swinton Athletic 2 – 1 Wath Saracens Bracken Moor
1997–98 Athersley Recreation 2 – 0 Ecclesfield Red Rose Bracken Moor
1998–99 Frecheville Community 1 – 0 Phoenix Bracken Moor
1999–00 Frecheville Community 2 – 0 Athersley Recreation Bracken Moor
2000–01 Worksop Town reserves 3 – 2 The Wetherby Bracken Moor
2001–02 Wombwell Main 1 – 0 Hallam reserves Bracken Moor
2002–03 Edlington Working Mens Club 1 – 0 Penistone Church Bracken Moor
2003–04 AFC Barnsley 4 – 0 Elm Tree Bracken Moor
2004–05 Sportsman Roy Hancock 5 – 0 Handsworth Bracken Moor
2005–06 Athersley Recreation 2 – 0 Thorpe Hesley Bracken Moor
2006–07 Stocksbridge Park Steels reserves 1 – 0 Wombwell Main Bracken Moor
2007–08 Wombwell Main 4 – 0 Caribbean Sports Bracken Moor
2008–09 Athersley Recreation 3 – 1 Thorpe Hesley Bracken Moor
2009–10 Stocksbridge Park Steels reserves 1 – 0 Dinnington Town reserves Bracken Moor
2010–11 Athersley Recreation 1 – 0 Sheffield Bracken Moor
2011–12 Penistone Church 2 – 0 Thorpe Hesley Sandy Lane
2012–13 Wombwell Main 3 – 0 High Green Villa Sandy Lane
2013–14 Penistone Church 3 – 1 Houghton Main Sandy Lane
2014–15 Oughtibridge War Memorial 3 – 0 Joker Sandy Lane
2015–16 Jubilee Sports 5 – 4 Grimethorpe Sports Sandy Lane

References

  1. ↑ http://windsorfoodserviceleague.pitchero.com/happy-new-season-15764/
  2. ↑ http://www.nottinghampost.com/Notts-Senior-League-awarded-Step-7-status-FA/story-16419765-detail/story.html
  3. ↑ http://windsorfoodserviceleague.pitchero.com/happy-new-season-15764/

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