Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League

Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League

Founded	1983
Country	England
Number of teams	45 15 (Premier Division) 15 (Division One) 15 (Division Two)
Level on pyramid	11 to 13
Promotion to	Level 10 Northern Counties East League
Domestic cup(s)	National FA Vase League League Cup
Current champions	Swallownest (Premier Division) Grimethorpe Sports (Division One) Dodworth Miners Welfare (Division Two North) Sheffield Medics (Division Two South)
Website	Official 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.

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. 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.

Current member clubs (2017–18)

Premier Division

Club Home ground Denaby Main Tickhill Square, Denaby Denaby United Old Road, Conisbrough Frecheville Community Association Davy Sports Club, Darnall Grimethorpe Sports Sheerien Park, Athersley Handsworth Parramore reserves Olivers Mount, Handsworth Houghton Main Middlecliffe Lane, Middlecliffe Jubilee Sports Chaucer School, Parson Cross Millmoor Juniors Grange Park, Kimberworth North Gawber Colliery Woolley Miners Welfare, Darton Oughtibridge War Memorial Oughtibridge War Memorial Ground, Oughtibridge Penistone Church reserves Memorial Ground, Penistone South Kirkby Colliery Millars Walk, South Kirkby Stocksbridge Park Steels reserves Bracken Moor, Stocksbridge Swinton Athletic Mexborough Athletic Ground, Mexborough Wombwell Main Wombwell Main Club, Wombwell

Denaby Main Denaby United Frecheville Community Association Grimethorpe Sports Handsworth Parramore res. Houghton Main Jubilee Sports Millmoor Juniors North Gawber Colliery Oughtibridge War Memorial Penistone Church res. South Kirkby Colliery Stocksbridge Park Steels res. Swinton Athletic Wombwell Main Location of clubs participating in the 2017–18 County Senior League Premier Division

Division One

Club Home ground Brinsworth Whitehill Phoenix Sports & Social Club, Brinsworth Caribbean Sports Caribbean Sports Club, Ecclesfield Davy Davy Sports Club, Sheffield Dodworth Miners Welfare Dodworth Miners Welfare, Dodworth AFC Dronfield Gosforth Playing Fields, Dronfield Woodhouse Ecclesfield Red Rose Chaucer School, Parson Cross Hemsworth Miners Welfare reserves Wakefield Road, Fitzwilliam Hepworth United Far Lane, Hepworth High Green Villa Thorncliffe FA Hub, High Green Kiveton Park Wales High School, Kiveton Park Sheffield Bankers Warminster Road, Norton Lees Sheffield Medics Warminster Road, Norton Lees Silkstone United Silkstone Recreation Ground, Silkstone Stocksbridge Park Steels development Bracken Moor, Stocksbridge Wickersley Wickersley School, Wickersley

Brinsworth Whitehill Caribbean Sports Davy Dodworth Miners Welfare AFC Dronfield Ecclesfield Red Rose Hemsworth Miners Welfare res. Hepworth United High Green Villa Kiveton Park Sheffield Bankers & Sheffield Medics Silkstone United Stocksbridge Park Steels dev. Wickersley Location of clubs participating in the 2017–18 County Senior League Division One

Division Two Club Home ground Boynton Sports Concord Park, Shiregreen Burngreave Fir Vale Academy, Fir Vale Caribbean Sports reserves Fir Vale Academy, Fir Vale AFC Dronfield reserves Gosforth Playing Fields, Dronfield Woodhouse Maltby Main reserves Muglet Lane, Maltby Manor Hotel Muglet Lane, Maltby New Bohemians Sheffield Hallam University Sports Ground, Tinsley North Gawbery Colliery reserves Woolley Miners Welfare, Darton Sheffield Bankers reserves Warminster Road, Norton Lees South Kirkby Colliery reserves Millars Walk, South Kirkby Swinton Athletic reserves Swinton Miners Welfare, Swinton Thurcroft Miners Institute Thurcroft Hub, Thurcroft Wombwell Main reserves Wombwell Main Club, Wombwell Working Wonders Dorothy Hyman Stadium, Cudworth Worsbrough Bridge Athletic reserves Park Road, Worsbrough Boynton Sports Burngreave & Caribbean Sports res. AFC Dronfield res. Maltby Main res. and Manor Hotel New Bohemians North Gawber Colliery res. Sheffield Bankers res. South Kirkby Colliery res. Swinton Athletic res. Thurcroft Miners Institute Wombwell Main res. Working Wonders Worsbrough Bridge Athletic res. Location of clubs participating in the 2017–18 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 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) 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 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 reserves 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 2016–17 Swallownest 5 – 1 Brinsworth Whitehill Memorial Ground References ↑ http://www.nottinghampost.com/Notts-Senior-League-awarded-Step-7-status-FA/story-16419765-detail/story.html ↑ http://windsorfoodserviceleague.pitchero.com/happy-new-season-15764/ External links Official site