Can anyone let me know what the hell is going on with this division?

Last year we started the season with only 8 teams and ended it with only 6.

This year according to the Yorkshire League Website there is only going to be 5 teams starting the season.

How can you run a league where you will only end up playing a total of 8 league games over an entire season lasting approx. 8 months.

The AGM to accept new teams was only on wednesday. There will be 10 teams in the Premier. Queens, hunslet warriors, hunslet old boys, upton, batley boys, cutsyke, rockware, dewsbury moor, birstall vic and Fryston.

And what are the commitee doing to ensure that the likes of Fryston and Upton fulfill their fixtures?

HA we played fryston in the edgar hanson workshops thingy. what a fookin joke they are, bunch of thugs and bullies, good luck to anyone that has to play them this season. although the game against queens should be entertaining to watch

they have to pay a bond to be paid if they forfeit. If they fold any outstanding fines, league fees etc will prevent registration of players with new teams. Not ideal but what would you suggest?

So what’s the craic then with the coming seasons Yorkshire League?? No updates on their website regarding new teams, leagues or just news in general. Infact compared to Peninne League website. It all looks a bit p/ss poor tbh.

Its obvious from spending 10mins on the Peninne Website. They are proud of the product they have got.

Its all very clear who is getting promoted and relegated from each division. Including a summery of League Champions and Runners up.
League Cup Final winning teams photos and presentation evening.

chaka, thats because the pennine league is a well run outfit not some tom noddy competion that is more bothered about trying to claw back ex members one way or another (white rose league) or by deluding themselves that some of their teams have no disciplinary problems whatsoever

Leagues and fixtures are up on the website. www.yorkshirearl.co.uk/table.php I'll give it the usual 6wks into the season before the 'big shuffle'

Leagues and fixtures are up on the website. www.yorkshirearl.co.uk/table.php I'll give it the usual 6wks into the season before the 'big shuffle'

The Hunslet Warriors injury permitting will dominate that division and the Cutsyke one should be tasty after the events in the Cup Final vs Queens at Lock Lane last season...

I watched the Queens vs warriors final. Why will it be tasty with Cutsyke then?

When Queens started the Brawling just before Half-Time a few Cutsyke players gave the Warriors some Verbal and were saying what they'd if they were playing "Tank" being the biggest culprit IIRC...
Hunslet Warriors have been in excellent Pre-Season Form beating Castleford Lock Lane 34-14 in the [iMartin Durow Memorial Trophy[/i, Aswell as Siddal first & then Ovenden in the Final of the [iFitness First Trophy[/i...

So in summary. 1 drunken non -player spouting off on the touchline.



I agree Warriors will be the team to beat but i would count Fryston as dark horses especially as they start the fixtures home to Queens and Old Boys with Warriors away in between.

A bit more than that in all honesty, Should be a decent league trouble permitting, Just a shame Wariors were denied the chance to tackle the Conference again...

why was they denied the chance?

The Chairmen of the other Conference Sides voted against there application...

any particular reason?

im only asking because its strange that conference dont want em but yorkshire league will have em smae as queens i hear they tried for pennine league but got knocked back? dont know how true it is

warriors applied for the NCL again this year and at the AGM the member clubs voted not to include the warriors in this seasons comp. by all accounts the vote was quite close. imho if the warriors can keep the idiots away this season and avoid any major disciplinary matters they may get voted back into the NCL next season.

warriors,queens and old boys all applied to join the pennine league. at the agm the member clubs voted 53 against 1 for with regards queens joining the league, 51 against 3 for regards old boys and something similar for warriors. i think the major worry for most clubs was the disciplinary side of things, crowd trouble etc. also, all three clubs would expect to go straight into the premier division and that division is pretty full as it stands.

makes me laugh that no one wants em cos of trouble but yorkshire league are happy to have em and let them get away with it!

clubs in past who get booted out for trouble just end up all the players going to another club and doing exact same

To be fair it wasn't really the players at the Warriors but more than fans IIRC, It is all in order now and i'm shocked that they weren't allowed back in the Conference or into the Penine League...

Anybody know if the 'Ben Morley' Batley Boys Past V Present charity game is going to be played again this year?

Not this year mate but the cricket match will be held this Sunday (Bank Holiday) 12:00 onwards. At Cross bank CC off Lee Road, Smithies.