1949–50 Yorkshire Football League

Yorkshire Football League Division Two
Season	1949-50
Champions	Retford Town
Promoted	Beighton Miners Welfare; Dinnington Athletic; Retford Town; Scarborough reserves

Yorkshire Football League Division One
Season	1949-50
Champions	Goole Town reserves
Relegated	Chesterfield 'A'; Thorne Colliery

Yorkshire Football League
Season	1949–50
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 Yorkshire Football League was the 24th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League. A new Second Division was formed for this season.^[1]

Division One

The division featured no new teams (compared to the single division of the season before).

Map

Barnsley 'A'

Brodsworth Main

Chesterfield 'A'

Gainsborough Trinity reserves

Goole Town reserves

Halifax Town 'A'

Harworth Colliery

Huddersfield Town 'A'

Leeds United 'A'

Ossett Town reserves

Rotherham United 'A'

Scunthorpe & Lindsey United reserves

Selby Town

Sheffield United 'A'

Sheffield Wednesday 'A'

Location of the clubs in the 1949–50 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goole Town reserves (C)	34	27	3	4	91	37	+54	57
2	Wombwell Athletic	34	22	6	6	73	29	+44	50
3	Ossett Town	34	22	4	8	120	61	+59	48
4	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United reserves	34	17	11	6	75	44	+31	45	Resigned
5	Yorkshire Amateur	34	19	5	10	85	55	+30	43
6	Gainsborough Trinity reserves	34	15	10	9	79	57	+22	40
7	Rotherham United 'A'	34	15	7	12	64	54	+10	37
8	Selby Town	34	15	6	13	82	63	+19	36
9	Sheffield United 'A'	34	15	4	15	75	52	+23	34
10	Barnsley 'A'	34	13	7	14	53	49	+4	33
11	Sheffield Wednesday 'A'	34	12	7	15	52	55	−3	31
12	Huddersfield Town 'A'	34	12	6	16	58	65	−7	30
13	Brodsworth Main	34	11	8	15	53	68	−15	30
14	Leeds United 'A'	34	11	7	16	62	67	−5	29
15	Halifax Town 'A'	34	11	4	19	52	71	−19	26
16	Chesterfield 'A' (R)	34	6	7	21	48	90	−42	19	Relegation to Division Two
17	Thorne Colliery (R)	34	7	5	22	62	124	−62	19	Relegation to Division Two
18	Harworth Colliery	34	2	1	31	31	174	−143	5	Resigned

Source: [1]
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Division Two

The division featured 18 new teams:

Beighton Miners Welfare, joined from Sheffield Association League
Bentley Colliery, joined from Sheffield Association League
Bradford Park Avenue 'A', relegated from Yorkshire League (single division)
Dinnington Athletic, joined from Sheffield Association League
Doncaster Rovers 'A', joined from Sheffield Association League
Farsley Celtic, joined from the West Riding League
Frickley Colliery reserves, joined from ??
Hull City 'A', joined from ??
Kiveton Park Colliery, joined from Sheffield Association League
Maltby Main, joined from Sheffield Association League
Norton Woodseats, joined from Sheffield Association League
Retford Town, joined from Central Alliance
Scarborough reserves, joined from ??
Sheffield, joined from Sheffield Association League
South Kirkby Colliery, relegated from Yorkshire League (single division)
Stocksbridge Works, joined from Sheffield Association League
Worksop Town reserves, joined from Sheffield Association League
York City 'A', joined from ??

Map

Beighton MW

Bradford Park Avenue 'A'

Frickley Colliery reserves

Hull City 'A'

Kiveton Park Colliery

South Kirkby Colliery

Stocksbridge Works

Worksop Town reserves

York City 'A'

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Location of the clubs in the 1949–50 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Retford Town (C, P)	34	23	5	6	91	55	+36	51	Promotion to Division One
2	Beighton Miners Welfare (P)	34	21	7	6	103	60	+43	49
3	Scarborough reserves (P)	34	20	8	6	95	47	+48	48
4	Dinnington Athletic (P)	34	21	6	7	82	53	+29	48
5	Norton Woodseats	34	20	4	10	86	49	+37	44
6	Bentley Colliery	34	19	6	9	96	69	+27	44
7	Stocksbridge Works	34	20	3	11	78	68	+10	43
8	Farsley Celtic	34	16	5	13	100	76	+24	37
9	Bradford Park Avenue 'A'	34	15	6	13	71	65	+6	36
10	Sheffield	34	14	4	16	89	79	+10	32
11	Hull City 'A'	34	14	4	16	99	89	+10	32
12	Worksop Town reserves	34	12	6	16	78	86	−8	30
13	Doncaster Rovers 'A'	34	11	8	15	60	78	−18	30
14	South Kirkby Colliery	34	9	6	19	61	86	−25	24
15	Frickley Colliery reserves	34	8	7	19	71	109	−38	23
16	Maltby Main	34	4	8	22	48	117	−69	16
17	York City 'A'	34	4	7	23	54	94	−40	15
18	Kiveton Park Colliery	34	3	4	27	47	129	−82	10

Source: [2]
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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted