Current Season 2025-26
58 teams have entered the Yorkshire League for the 2025-26 season, an increase of two from last year. We welcome five new teams and three clubs have each withdrawn one of their teams.
Brighouse have chosen to withdraw their first team, the Aces, who were in division 3 last year. So the teams who finished in seventh place in divisions 3, 4, 5 and 6 retain their places in those divisions and are not relegated to the division below. Competition Rule 3 has been applied.
Division 7 will comprise ten teams, who will each have a fixture list of seven matches on the same match days as the teams in the other divisions. So there will not be a full round robin of matches, as the Yorkshire League Committee decided this was preferable to the alternative of having to find two additional match days. It follows a precedent from 2022-23, the last occasion when the number of teams entering was not exactly divisible by eight.
The full fixture list is available by clicking on the link in the panel on the right.
The Competition Rules have been updated for 2025-26 and can also be found by clicking on the link in the right hand panel. The changes relate to the requirement for clubs to publish accessibility statements (rule 7) and a clarification of rules 26 and 27 relating to resolution of disputes and appeals. The League Secretary will be happy to provide further information if it is needed.
At the YCBA AGM on 8th June 2024 a question was asked about the Yorkshire League Rules relating to rearrangement of matches by agreement between the teams. The Yorkshire League Committee (YLC) agreed that a statement of its approach to the application of the Rules would be placed on the website.
- There are no restrictions on teams agreeing to play a match on a date earlier than the scheduled date in the fixture list. The approval of the YLC is not required.
- Postponing a match to a date after the one scheduled in the fixture list is more problematic. There are some circumstances, particularly near the end of the season, when teams may gain an advantage, or be perceived to have gained an advantage, from playing with the knowledge of the results achieved by other teams in the division on the match day in question. However, postponements may be allowed with the approval of the YLC. The teams should make a joint application for such approval by email to the League Secretary in good time, and preferably not less than 14 days before the match day in question. The application should give the reasons for the request.
- If a match is played after a scheduled date without prior YLC approval then, depending on the circumstances, either or both teams will be in default, and victory point penalties may be applied as provided in the Rules.
The YLC do not expect a significant increase in the number of postponed matches. The wording of the Rules and the way they are applied may be reconsidered for future seasons, if it appears that teams are exploiting the current arrangements by requesting approval of a postponement when they could have played a match on the scheduled date by bringing in reserve players.
This page was last updated on 9th August 2025.
