Season 2016–17 | ||
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The 2016–17 Northern Counties East Football League season is the 35th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.
Contents
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs.
The following 4 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -
The following 4 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -
From this league five teams – Bridlington Town, Cleethorpes Town, Handsworth Parramore, Pickering Town and Thackley – applied for promotion to step 4 for the 2017–18 season.
Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
- Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
- Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
- Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
- Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following five teams have achieved criterion one:citation to follow
Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs.
The following 5 clubs left Division One before the season -
The following 5 clubs joined Division One before the season -
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
League Cup
The 2016–17 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 35th season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.