Huddersfield and District Association Football League
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The Huddersfield and District Association League is a football
competition based in the area Huddersfield
, England
. It was founded in 1898. The league has a total of four senior divisions and four reserve divisions. The highest senior division, Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system
and is a feeder to the West Riding League. The reserve divisions are not part of the league system.
The league currently has 52 teams during the 2010–11 season with Hepworth United being the current champions of the first division.Slaithwaite United, Shelley and AFC Waterloo are the current champions of divisions two, three and four, respectively.
The most successful team in a single division since 2000, is Brackenhall United with 4 championships from 2000 to 2003. The most successful team in all divisions is Newsome WMC, with 5 championships starting in the now-defunct Division 5 during the 1999–2000 season and ending with the Division 1 championship during the 2006–07 season. Newsome again won the First Division title in the 2009–10 season.
The 2011–12 constitution is as follows:
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Huddersfield
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. It was founded in 1898. The league has a total of four senior divisions and four reserve divisions. The highest senior division, Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system
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and is a feeder to the West Riding League. The reserve divisions are not part of the league system.
The league currently has 52 teams during the 2010–11 season with Hepworth United being the current champions of the first division.Slaithwaite United, Shelley and AFC Waterloo are the current champions of divisions two, three and four, respectively.
The most successful team in a single division since 2000, is Brackenhall United with 4 championships from 2000 to 2003. The most successful team in all divisions is Newsome WMC, with 5 championships starting in the now-defunct Division 5 during the 1999–2000 season and ending with the Division 1 championship during the 2006–07 season. Newsome again won the First Division title in the 2009–10 season.
History
The HDAFL was founded in 1898. In 1919, there were 42 senior clubs and 78 junior clubs in the league. Throughout out the league's history, the most players in the league at one time was 3,000. During the 2007-08 season, there were 41 divisions of junior clubs in the Huddersfield RCD Junior Football League, based in the same area, with some teams continuing to the HDAFL.Member clubs 2011–12
The HDAFL has a system of relegation and promotion based on club success. The bottom two teams in the first division are replaced with the top two teams in the second division. The bottom three teams in the second division are replaced by the top three teams in the third division. The bottom three teams in the third division are replaced by the top three teams in the fourth division. The system has allowed teams to rise from a lower division to a higher one within several years. Newsome WMC was playing in the now-defunct fifth division during the 2000–01 season, but rose to the first division to win the first division in 2006–07 after playing 3 seasons in the second division.The 2011–12 constitution is as follows:
Division One
- Berry Brow
- Britannia Sports
- Diggle
- Hepworth United
- Holmbridge
- Lepton Highlanders Reserves
- Moldgreen
- Netherton
- Newsome
- Shepley
- Slaithwaite United
- Uppermill
Division Two
- Cumberworth
- Heyside
- Heywood Irish Centre
- Honley
- Kirkheaton Rovers
- Meltham Athletic
- Royal Dolphins
- Scholes
- Scissett
- Shelley
- Skelmanthorpe
- Westend
Division Three
- AFC Waterloo
- Brook Motors
- Dalton Crusaders
- Grange Moor
- Holmfirth Town
- HV Academicals
- KKS Sun Inn
- Linthwaite Athletic
- Paddock Rangers
- Savile Town
- Upperthong Sports Club
- Wooldale Wanderers
Division Four
- 3D Dynamoes
- AFC Lindley
- Cartworth Moor
- Crowchester United
- Dewsbury Town Old Boys
- Flockton
- Hade Edge
- Locomotiv Cowcliffe
- Moldgreen Conservative Club
- Moorside
- Mount
- Spotted Cow
- Yorkshire Lions
Champions
| Season | One | Two | Three | Four | Five |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Brackenhall United | Slaithwaite United | Netherton | Weavers | Brook Motors |
| 2000–01 | Brackenhall United | Heywood Sports | HV Academicals | Moldgreen | Newsome Working Mens Club |
| 2001–02 | Brackenhall United | Skelmanthorpe | Uppermill | Newsome Working Mens Club | Linthwaite Athletic |
| 2002–03 | Brackenhall United | Kirkburton | Newsome Working Mens Club | The Stag | Cravens |
| 2003–04 | Meltham Athletic | Uppermill | KKS Ashbrow | Weavers | Space |
| 2004–05 | Meltham Athletic | Sovereign Sports | Weavers Arms | Space | Brook Motors |
| 2005–06 | Heywood Sports | Newsome Working Mens Club | Scholes | Westend | |
| 2006–07 | Newsome Working Mens Club | Britannia Sports | Westend | SC Cowlersley | |
| 2007–08 | Heywood Irish Centre | Sovereign Sports | Lamb Inn | Dalton Crusaders | |
| 2008–09 | Lepton Highladers | Cumberworth | Scissett | Savile Town | |
| 2009–10 | Newsome Working Mens Club | Netherton | Holmbridge | Shelley | |
| 2010–11 | Hepworth United | Slaithwaite United | Shelley | AFC Waterloo |