The Humber Premier League is a football competition for clubs in the East Riding of Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire areas of England.

Humber Premier League
Founded2000
Country England
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid11
Promotion toLevel 10
Northern Counties East League Division One
Relegation toEast Riding County League Feeder Premier Division
Domestic cup(s)National
FA Vase
League
League Cup
Current championsPocklington Town (Premier Division)
Great Driffield(Division One)
Reckitts (League Cup)
Websitehttp://www.humberprem.co.uk/ https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=5360640

History

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The league was formed in 2000. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its existence. The league started with one division in 2000 but has since grown and now has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One--the latter inaugurated for the 2005-06 season. The Premier Division sits at the 11th tier of the English football league system, and feeds the Northern Counties East League.

Since its formation in 2000, three teams from the Humber Premier League have achieved promotion – Hull United in 2015 [1] (their stay in the NCEFL was just a single season[2]), East Yorkshire Carnegie two years later[3] and Beverley Town in 2022.

Barton Town joined the league when it was formed in 2000 but only stayed for one season before they joined the Central Midlands Football League the following season. Barton's Reserves team joined the league's first division for the 2017–18 season.

Cleethorpes Town had a three-season stint in the Humber Premier League, from 2006 to 2009–10. In their first season, they won promotion from the first division after finishing 3rd and after two further seasons, playing in the Premier Division, they decided to rejoin the Lincolnshire Football League for the 2010–11 season. They have since gone on to play in the Northern Counties East League and gained promotion to the Northern Premier League.

On 26 March 2020, the FA made the decision to abandon the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for all leagues at Step 7 and below of the English football league system, meaning that any remaining fixtures of the season would not be played and all games and prior results that season would be expunged.[4]

At the end of the 2021-22 season, it was confirmed that Beverley Town had been successful in their application to join the Northern Counties East League. Beverley finished in 2nd position in that season and as a result, were promoted to NCEL division one.

At the AGM for the 2023-24 season, it was decided that Division One would be merged with the Premier Division of the East Riding County League, thereby creating a feeder division for the Humber Premier League and the arrangement sees the HFL operating with just one division of 16 teams.

Current member clubs (2024-25)

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Champions

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Season Premier Division Division One
2000–01 Reckitts
2001–02 Reckitts
2002–03 Reckitts
2003–04 Hutton Cranswick United
2004–05 Reckitts
2005–06 Reckitts North Ferriby United Reserves
2006–07 Sculcoates Amateurs Smith & Nephew
2007–08 Sculcoates Amateurs St. Andrews Police Club
2008–09 Chalk Lane Hessle Sporting Club
2009–10 Reckitts Crown
2010–11 Sculcoates Amateurs Hodgsons
2011–12 Reckitts Scarborough Town
2012–13 Beverley Town Goole United
2013–14 Beverley Town Wawne United
2014–15 Sculcoates Amateurs East Yorkshire Carnegie
2015–16 Wawne United North Ferriby Athletic
2016–17 Crown Hornsea Town
2017–18 Chalk Lane LIV Supplies
2018–19 Chalk Lane Beverley Town Reserves
2019-20 Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21† Beverley Town Cherry Burton
2021-22 Hedon Rangers Hessle Sporting Club
2022-23 Pocklington Town Great Driffield AFC
2023-24 Club Thorne Colliery

† Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, teams played each other once.

League Cup (Whiteheads Fish and Chips Cup)

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Season Winner Result Runner-up Venue
2009-10 Beverley Town 1-0 Sculcoates Amateurs Norwood Recreation Ground
2010-11 Hall Road Rangers Reserves 3-2 Brandesburton Grange Lane, North Ferriby
2011-12 Scarborough Town 3-1 North Ferriby United Reserves Queensgate Stadium, Bridlington
2012-13 Pocklington Town 2-1 Reckitts AFC Bishop Burton College
2013-14 Sculcoates Amateurs 5-0 Westella & Willerby Queensgate Stadium, Bridlington
2014-15 Hull United 4-0 Crown FC Roy West Centre, East Riding County Football Association
2015-16 AFC Walkington 4-3 Wawne United Roy West Centre
2016-17 LIV Supplies 2-0 Crown FC Roy West Centre
2017-18 Chalk Lane 2-0 Pocklington Town Roy West Centre
2018-19 Hull United 0-0 (4-3 pens) Chalk Lane Roy West Centre
2019-20 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21 Did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 South Cave United 2-0 Goole United Roy West Centre
2022-23 LIV Supplies 1-2 Reckitts Roy West Centre
2023-24 South Cave United 2-2 (4-1 Pens) Cherry Burton Roy West Centre

References

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  1. ^ Northern Counties East League 2015–16 season constitution unveiled
  2. ^ Hull United AFC club statement
  3. ^ 2017/18 NCEL club allocation approved
  4. ^ "An update on non-League, women's and grassroots football seasons". The FA. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.