Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League

Founded	1983
Country	England
Number of teams	37 14 (Premier Division) 12 (Division One) 11 (Division Two)
Level on pyramid	11 to 13
Promotion to	Level 10 Northern Counties East League
Relegation to	Level 14 Doncaster Saturday League Huddersfield & District League Wakefield & District League
Domestic cup(s)	League Cup
Current champions	Premier Division Swinton Athletic Division One South Elmsall United Services Division Two Doncaster City
Website	Results site

The Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League is an English football league that was founded in 1983 by the merger of the former Sheffield Association League and Hatchard League. The league has three divisions – the Premier Division (which stands at level 11 of the English football league system), Division One and Division Two.

Member clubs are usually affiliated with the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA, which covers almost all of South Yorkshire, and outlying areas of West Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

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 2011 the Football Association awarded the league's top division Step 7 status (level 11 overall) in the English football league system.^[1]

Format

For the first nine seasons of its existence the league ran with four divisions, but since 1992 there have been three divisions.

Teams play each other twice a season, and there is promotion and relegation between each division at the end of the season. As a Regional Feeder 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.

There are three feeder leagues sitting below the County Senior League in the pyramid - the Doncaster Saturday League, Huddersfield & District League and Wakefield & District League, although promotion and relegation between the competitions is rare.

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

Current member clubs (2023–24)

Premier Division

Club Home ground 2022–23 position Denaby Main Tickhill Square, Denaby Div One, 3rd Dodworth Miners Welfare Dodworth Miners Welfare, Dodworth 3rd Hemsworth Miners Welfare Fitzwilliam Stadium, Fitzwilliam NCEL Premier Div, 9th Hepworth United Far Lane, Hepworth 4th Houghton Main Middlecliffe Lane, Middlecliffe 11th Jubilee Sports Jubilee Sports & Social Club, Hillsborough Div One, 2nd North Gawber Colliery Woolley Miners Welfare, Darton 7th Oughtibridge War Memorial War Memorial Ground, Oughtibridge 10th Penistone Church reserves Memorial Ground, Penistone 8th South Elmsall United Services Frickley Athletic Ground (pitch 2), South Elmsall Div One, 1st South Kirkby Colliery Millars Walk, South Kirkby 12th Stocksbridge Park Steels reserves Bracken Moor, Stocksbridge 9th Swinton Athletic Swinton Miners Welfare, Swinton 1st Wombwell Main Wombwell Main, Wombwell 2nd

Denaby Main Dodworth MW Hemsworth MW Hepworth United Houghton Main Jubilee Sports North Gawber Colliery Oughtibridge WM Penistone Church res. South Elmsall US South Kirkby Colliery Stocksbridge Park Steels res. Swinton Athletic Wombwell Main Location of clubs participating in the 2023–24 County Senior League Premier Division

Division One

Club Home ground 2022–23 position AFC Dronfield Gosforth Playing Fields, Dronfield Woodhouse 4th Athersley Recreation reserves Sheerien Park, Athersley 9th Caribbean Sports Caribbean Sports Club, Ecclesfield 12th Ecclesfield Red Rose Hillsborough College, Owlerton Premier Div, 14th Handsworth reserves Olivers Mount, Handsworth Premier Div, 6th Hepworth United reserves Far Lane, Hepworth Div Two, 3rd Kiveton Park Chapman Fields, Kiveton Park 5th Sheffield City Olympic Legacy Park, Attercliffe 8th Sheffield Union Warminster Road, Norton Lees 10th Silkstone United Silkstone Recreation Ground, Silkstone 6th Swinton Athletic reserves Swinton Miners Welfare, Swinton 7th Thorncliffe Villa St George's Park, High Green 11th

AFC Dronfield Athersley Recreation res. Caribbean Sports Ecclesfield RR Handsworth res. Hepworth United res. Kiveton Park Sheffield City Sheffield Union Silkstone United Swinton Athletic res. Thorncliffe Villa Location of clubs participating in the 2023–24 County Senior League Division One

Division Two Club Home ground 2022–23 position Barnsley Town Barnsley Academy, Kendray New Dinnington Town reserves Laughton Road, Dinnington 13th Evo Soccer Warminster Road, Norton Lees 6th Parkgate reserves Roundwood Sports Club, Rawmarsh 5th Sesku Miners Frickley Country Park, Frickley New Sheffield City reserves Olympic Legacy Park, Attercliffe 10th Sheffield Medics Warminster Road, Norton Lees 11th Thurcroft Goosecarr Lane, Todwick 12th Tusaale United Fir Vale School, Fir Vale 7th Wombwell Main reserves Wombwell Main Club, Wombwell Div One, 13th Youdan Olympic Legacy Park, Attercliffe New Barnsley Town Dinnington Town res. Evo Soccer & Sheffield Medics Parkgate res. Sesku Miners Sheffield City res. Thurcroft Tusaale United Wombwell Main res. Youdan Location of clubs participating in the 2023–24 County Senior League Division Two 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 Association High Green Villa Staveley Miners Welfare Season Premier Division Division One Division Two 1992–93 Frecheville Community Association High Green Villa Staveley Miners Welfare 1993–94 Mexborough Main Street Penistone Church Grimethorpe Miners Welfare 1994–95 Frecheville Community Association 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 Association 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 Association Denaby United Hemsworth Miners Welfare reserves 2016–17 Swallownest Grimethorpe Sports North Dodworth Miners Welfare South Sheffield Medics 2017–18 Swinton Athletic Dodworth Miners Welfare Burngreave 2018–19 North Gawber Colliery Burngreave Wombwell Town 2019–20 Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic 2021–22 Wakefield Wombwell Town Silkstone United 2022–23 Swinton Athletic South Elmsall United Services Doncaster City 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 - 2009–10 - Handsworth (3rd) 2011–12 - Athersley Recreation (1st) 2012–13 - Shaw Lane Aquaforce (1st) 2013–14 - Penistone Church (4th) 2016–17 - Swallownest (1st) 2021–22 - Wakefield (1st) 2022–23 - Wombwell Town (5th) League Cup The league also runs a League Cup competition, which is open to all clubs in the league.[2] Finals Season Winner Result Runner-up Venue 1983–84 Swinton Athletic 3 – 1 Rotherham Club Parkgate 1984–85 Arthur Lee 3 – 2 BSC Parkgate reserves Hallam 1985–86 BSC Parkgate reserves 2 – 1 Crookes Frecheville 1986–87 Maltby Miners Welfare reserves 1 – 1p Mexborough Main Street Davys 1987–88 Sheffield reserves 1 – 0 Mexborough Main Street Frecheville 1988–89 Aurora United 2 – 1 Woodsetts Welfare Frecheville 1989–90 Mexborough Northgate 3 – 2 Wath Saracens Athletic Parkgate 1990–91 Woodsetts Welfare 3 – 1 Ecclesfield Red Rose Parkgate 1991–92 Ash House 1 – 0 Phoenix Stocksbridge 1992–93 Frecheville Community Association 5 – 4 Goldthorpe Colliery Stocksbridge 1993–94 Mexborough Main Street 3 – 2 Frecheville Community Association Worsbrough 1994–95 Ash House Awarded to Ash House - semi-finalists disqualified 1995–96 Worsbridge Bridge Athletic reserves 3 – 2 Grimethorpe Miners Welfare Stocksbridge 1996–97 Swinton Athletic 2 – 1 Wath Saracens Stocksbridge 1997–98 Athersley Recreation 2 – 0 Ecclesfield Red Rose Stocksbridge 1998–99 Frecheville Community Association 1 – 0 Phoenix Stocksbridge 1999–00 Frecheville Community Association 2 – 0 Athersley Recreation Stocksbridge 2000–01 Worksop Town reserves 3 – 2 The Wetherby Stocksbridge 2001–02 Wombwell Main 1 – 0 Hallam reserves Stocksbridge 2002–03 Edlington Working Mens Club 1 – 0 Penistone Church Stocksbridge 2003–04 AFC Barnsley 4 – 0 Elm Tree Stocksbridge 2004–05 Sportsman Roy Hancock 5 – 0 Handsworth Stocksbridge 2005–06 Athersley Recreation 2 – 0 Thorpe Hesley Stocksbridge 2006–07 Stocksbridge Park Steels reserves 1 – 0 Wombwell Main Stocksbridge 2007–08 Wombwell Main 4 – 0 Caribbean Sports Stocksbridge 2008–09 Athersley Recreation 3 – 1 Thorpe Hesley Stocksbridge 2009–10 Stocksbridge Park Steels reserves 1 – 0 Dinnington Town reserves Stocksbridge 2010–11 Athersley Recreation 1 – 0 Sheffield reserves Stocksbridge 2011–12 Penistone Church 2 – 0 Thorpe Hesley Worksop 2012–13 Wombwell Main 3 – 0 High Green Villa Worksop 2013–14 Penistone Church 3 – 1 Houghton Main Worksop 2014–15 Oughtibridge War Memorial 3 – 0 Joker Worksop 2015–16 Jubilee Sports 5 – 4 Grimethorpe Sports Worksop 2016–17 Swallownest 5 – 1 Brinsworth Whitehill Penistone 2017–18 Swinton Athletic 3 – 2 Sheffield Medics Penistone 2018–19 North Gawber Colliery 2 – 1 Grimethorpe Sports Stocksbridge 2019–20 Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Swinton Athletic 3 – 1 Handsworth reserves Wombwell Main 2021–22 Not played 2022–23 Hepworth United 1 – 0 Penistone Church reserves Athersley References ↑ "Notts Senior League is awarded Step 7 status by the FA | Nottingham Post". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. ↑ "Happy New Season! - Pete's Patisserie County Senior Football League". 26 August 2013. External links Results site