Fixture News for
NCEL pre-season friendlies
10th June, 2025
Here is the latest list of the upcoming pre-season fixtures taking place this summer involving Northern Counties East Football League sides.
The latest additions and changes to the schedule will be highlighted in bold.
Games are subject to last minute changes so please check with the home team before travelling.
If you would like to add your team's fixtures to this list, then please email us at webmaster@ncel.org.uk.
SATURDAY 28TH JUNE, 2025
Barnet v Sheffield, 1:30pm
TUESDAY 1ST JULY, 2025
Beverley Town v Bridlington Town, 7:30pm (at Beverley Leisure Centre)
Bottesford Town v Brigg Town, 7:30pm
Dearne & District v Worksop Town, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v Harrogate Railway Athletic, 7:30pm
Frickley Athletic v Pontefract Collieries, 7:30pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Wombwell Main, 7:45pm
Leeds UFCA v Campion, 7:45pm
Liversedge v Wyke Wanderers, ko & venue tbc
Retford FC v Sheffield, 7:45pm
Selby Town v Thackley, 7:30pm
Skegness Town v Louth Town, 7:45pm
Tadcaster Albion v Hallam, 7:45pm
Wakefield AFC v Rossington Main, 7:45pm
WEDNESDAY 2ND JULY, 2025
Garforth Town v Albion Sports, 7:45pm
Handsworth v Grantham Town, 7:45pm
Hatfield Main v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:45pm
Staveley Miners Welfare v Penistone Church, 7:30pm
FRIDAY 4TH JULY, 2025
Barton Town v Brigg Town, 7:30pm
Bottesford Town v Scunthorpe United, 7pm
Frickley Athletic v South Elmsall United Services, 7:30pm
Parkgate v Rotherham United, 6:45pm
Sheffield v Huddersfield Town, 7:30pm
SATURDAY 5TH JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Penistone Church, 3pm
Athersley Recreation v Brighouse Town, 1pm (at Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre)
Dearne & District v Rossington Main, 3pm
Handsworth v Goole AFC, 2pm
Horbury Town v Beverley Town, 1pm
Horncastle Town v Winterton Rangers, 2pm
Hull United v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 3pm
Ilkley Town v Pickering Town, 3pm
Liversedge v Curzon Ashton, 3pm
Louth Town v Grimsby Borough, 1pm
Maltby Main v Albion Sports, 1pm
Retford FC v Wakefield AFC, 3pm
Route One Rovers v Daisy Hill, 3pm
Sculcoates Amateurs v Club Thorne Colliery, 3pm
Selby Town v Scarborough Athletic, 1pm
South Leeds v Middleton, 3pm (at Middleton Leisure Centre)
Steeton v Eccleshill United, 2pm
Tadcaster Albion v Ossett United, 1pm
Thackley v South Liverpool, 3pm
Wombwell Town v Pontefract Collieries, 1pm
TUESDAY 8TH JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Sheffield, 7:30pm
Barton Town v Winterton Rangers, 7:30pm
Beverley Town v Scarborough Athletic, 7:30pm
Bottesford Town v Bridlington Town, 7:30pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Gainsborough Trinity, 7:30pm
Dearne & District v Barnsley U18s, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v South Leeds, 7:45pm
Ilkley Town v Knaresborough Town, 8pm
Liversedge v Pontefract Collieries, 7:45pm
Louth Town v Boston Town, 7:45pm
Maltby Main v Newark and Sherwood United, 7:45pm
Rossington Main v North Ferriby, 7:30pm
Selby Town v Tadcaster Albion, 7:30pm
South Cave v Crowle Colts, 7:45pm
Steeton v Campion, 7:45pm
Wakefield AFC v Pinxton, 7:45pm
WEDNESDAY 9TH JULY, 2025
Albion Sports v Leeds UFCA, 7:45pm
Dinnington Town v Parkgate, 7:30pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Silkstone United, 7:45pm
Handsworth v Hallam, 7:45pm
Penistone Church v Athersley Recreation, 7:30pm
Skegness Town v Brigg Town, 7:30pm
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic v Brighouse Town, 7:45pm
THURSDAY 10TH JULY, 2025
Tadcaster Albion v Bradford (Park Avenue), 7:30pm
FRIDAY 11TH JULY, 2025
Campion v Emley AFC, 7:45pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Doncaster Rovers XI, 7:30pm
Frickley Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday XI, 7:30pm
Goole AFC v Goole United, 7:45pm
Harrogate Railway Athletic v Silsden AFC, 7:45pm
Penistone Church v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:30pm
Pickering Town v Scarborough Athletic, 7:45pm
Rossington Main v Doncaster City, 7:45pm
SATURDAY 12TH JULY, 2025
Barton Town v Bridlington Town, 3pm
Bottesford Town v Gainsborough Trinity, 3pm
Brighouse Town v Brigg Town, 1pm
Dinnington Town v Crowle Colts, 3pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Pontefract Collieries, 3pm (Bill Cook Trophy)
Grimsby Borough v Frickley Athletic, 1pm
Handsworth v Retford United, 1pm
Harworth Colliery v Athersley Recreation, 3pm
Horbury Town v Ossett United, 1pm
Ilkley Town v Eccleshill United, 3pm
Liversedge v Emley AFC, 3pm
Louth Town v Sleaford Town, 3pm
Maltby Main v Sheffield, 1pm
Parkgate v Dearne & District, 3pm
Route One Rovers v Bacup Borough, 3pm
Steeton v Nostell Miners Welfare, 3pm
Tadcaster Albion v Garforth Town, 3pm
Thackley v South Leeds, 3pm
Wakefield AFC v Hallam, 3pm
Winterton Rangers v North Ferriby, 2pm
Wombwell Town v Worksop Town XI, 2:30pm
MONDAY 14TH JULY, 2025
Dearne & District v Horbury Town, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v Bradford (Park Avenue), 7:45pm
TUESDAY 15TH JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Parkgate, 7:30pm
Athersley Recreation v Chesterfield U23s, 7:30pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Retford FC, 7:45pm
Crowle Colts v Scunthorpe United, 7pm
Frickley Athletic v Emley AFC, 7:30pm
Liversedge v Steeton, 7:45pm
Ossett United v Wakefield AFC, 7:45pm
Pickering Town v Bradford City, 7:45pm
Selby Town v North Ferriby, 7:30pm
Sheffield v Hallam, 7:45pm
Tadcaster Albion v Maltby Main, 7:45pm
Thackley v Ilkley Town, 7:45pm
Winterton Rangers v Beverley Town, 7:45pm
Wombwell Town v Stocksbridge Park Steels, ko tbc
WEDNESDAY 16TH JULY, 2025
Albion Sports v South Leeds, 7:45pm
Dodworth Miners Welfare v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:45pm
Handsworth v Staveley Miners Welfare, 7:45pm
Penistone Church v Stocksbridge Park Steels, 7:30pm
Rossington Main v Doncaster Rovers, 7:30pm
THURSDAY 17TH JULY, 2025
Crowle Colts v Goole United, 7:45pm
Eccleshill United v Carlton Athletic, 7:45pm
Horbury Town v Emley AFC, 7:30pm
FRIDAY 18TH JULY, 2025
Athersley Recreation v Wombwell Town, 7:45pm
Goole AFC v York City XI, 7:45pm
Harrogate Railway Athletic v Knaresborough Town, 7:45pm
Horncastle Town v Louth Town, 7:30pm
Nelson v Liversedge, 7:45pm
Selby Town v Cleethorpes Town, 7:30pm
Sheffield v Sheffield United, 7:30pm
SATURDAY 19TH JULY, 2025
AFC Mansfield v Handsworth, 3pm
Armthorpe Welfare v Campion, 3pm
Athersley Recreation v Selston, 3pm
Bottesford Town v Sleaford Town, 3pm
Bridlington Town v Winterton Rangers, 3pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Rossington Main, 3pm
Collingham v Crowle Colts, 3pm
Dearne & District v Frickley Athletic, 1pm
Dronfield Town v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 3pm
East End Park v South Leeds, 3pm
Eccleshill United v Wyke Wanderers, 2pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Rothwell Juniors, 3pm
Harworth Colliery v Wakefield AFC, 3pm
Hull United v Brigg Town, 2pm
Maltby Main v Brighouse Town, 1pm
North Ferriby v Beverley Town, 3pm
Nostell Miners Welfare v Rainworth Miners Welfare, 3pm
Parkgate v Retford United, 3pm
Penistone Church v Emley AFC, 1:30pm
Route One Rovers v Farsley Celtic, 3pm
Steeton v Ilkley Town, 3pm
Tadcaster Albion v Yarm & Eaglescliffe, 3pm
MONDAY 21ST JULY, 2025
Albion Sports v Harrogate Railway Athletic, 7:45pm
Hepworth United v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:45pm
Horbury Town v Ilkley Town, 7:45pm
TUESDAY 22ND JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Rossington Main, 7:45pm
Athersley Recreation v Barnsley U21s, 7pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Sheffield, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v Yorkshire Ammers, 7:45pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Chesterfield U23s, 7pm
Hessle Sporting v Winterton Rangers, 7pm
Knaresborough Town v South Leeds, 7:45pm
Liversedge v Garforth Town, 7:45pm
Swallownest v Parkgate, 7:30pm
Tadcaster Albion v Leeds United U21s, 7:30pm
Wakefield AFC v AFC Mansfield, 7:45pm
Yorkshire Main v Nostell Miners Welfare, 7:45pm
WEDNESDAY 23RD JULY, 2025
Grimsby Borough v Beverley Town, 7:30pm
THURSDAY 24TH JULY, 2025
South Leeds v Inner City Academy, 7:45pm (at Fleet Lane)
SATURDAY 26TH JULY, 2025
NCEL season begins
The latest additions and changes to the schedule will be highlighted in bold.
Games are subject to last minute changes so please check with the home team before travelling.
If you would like to add your team's fixtures to this list, then please email us at webmaster@ncel.org.uk.
SATURDAY 28TH JUNE, 2025
Barnet v Sheffield, 1:30pm
TUESDAY 1ST JULY, 2025
Beverley Town v Bridlington Town, 7:30pm (at Beverley Leisure Centre)
Bottesford Town v Brigg Town, 7:30pm
Dearne & District v Worksop Town, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v Harrogate Railway Athletic, 7:30pm
Frickley Athletic v Pontefract Collieries, 7:30pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Wombwell Main, 7:45pm
Leeds UFCA v Campion, 7:45pm
Liversedge v Wyke Wanderers, ko & venue tbc
Retford FC v Sheffield, 7:45pm
Selby Town v Thackley, 7:30pm
Skegness Town v Louth Town, 7:45pm
Tadcaster Albion v Hallam, 7:45pm
Wakefield AFC v Rossington Main, 7:45pm
WEDNESDAY 2ND JULY, 2025
Garforth Town v Albion Sports, 7:45pm
Handsworth v Grantham Town, 7:45pm
Hatfield Main v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:45pm
Staveley Miners Welfare v Penistone Church, 7:30pm
FRIDAY 4TH JULY, 2025
Barton Town v Brigg Town, 7:30pm
Bottesford Town v Scunthorpe United, 7pm
Frickley Athletic v South Elmsall United Services, 7:30pm
Parkgate v Rotherham United, 6:45pm
Sheffield v Huddersfield Town, 7:30pm
SATURDAY 5TH JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Penistone Church, 3pm
Athersley Recreation v Brighouse Town, 1pm (at Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre)
Dearne & District v Rossington Main, 3pm
Handsworth v Goole AFC, 2pm
Horbury Town v Beverley Town, 1pm
Horncastle Town v Winterton Rangers, 2pm
Hull United v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 3pm
Ilkley Town v Pickering Town, 3pm
Liversedge v Curzon Ashton, 3pm
Louth Town v Grimsby Borough, 1pm
Maltby Main v Albion Sports, 1pm
Retford FC v Wakefield AFC, 3pm
Route One Rovers v Daisy Hill, 3pm
Sculcoates Amateurs v Club Thorne Colliery, 3pm
Selby Town v Scarborough Athletic, 1pm
South Leeds v Middleton, 3pm (at Middleton Leisure Centre)
Steeton v Eccleshill United, 2pm
Tadcaster Albion v Ossett United, 1pm
Thackley v South Liverpool, 3pm
Wombwell Town v Pontefract Collieries, 1pm
TUESDAY 8TH JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Sheffield, 7:30pm
Barton Town v Winterton Rangers, 7:30pm
Beverley Town v Scarborough Athletic, 7:30pm
Bottesford Town v Bridlington Town, 7:30pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Gainsborough Trinity, 7:30pm
Dearne & District v Barnsley U18s, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v South Leeds, 7:45pm
Ilkley Town v Knaresborough Town, 8pm
Liversedge v Pontefract Collieries, 7:45pm
Louth Town v Boston Town, 7:45pm
Maltby Main v Newark and Sherwood United, 7:45pm
Rossington Main v North Ferriby, 7:30pm
Selby Town v Tadcaster Albion, 7:30pm
South Cave v Crowle Colts, 7:45pm
Steeton v Campion, 7:45pm
Wakefield AFC v Pinxton, 7:45pm
WEDNESDAY 9TH JULY, 2025
Albion Sports v Leeds UFCA, 7:45pm
Dinnington Town v Parkgate, 7:30pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Silkstone United, 7:45pm
Handsworth v Hallam, 7:45pm
Penistone Church v Athersley Recreation, 7:30pm
Skegness Town v Brigg Town, 7:30pm
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic v Brighouse Town, 7:45pm
THURSDAY 10TH JULY, 2025
Tadcaster Albion v Bradford (Park Avenue), 7:30pm
FRIDAY 11TH JULY, 2025
Campion v Emley AFC, 7:45pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Doncaster Rovers XI, 7:30pm
Frickley Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday XI, 7:30pm
Goole AFC v Goole United, 7:45pm
Harrogate Railway Athletic v Silsden AFC, 7:45pm
Penistone Church v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:30pm
Pickering Town v Scarborough Athletic, 7:45pm
Rossington Main v Doncaster City, 7:45pm
SATURDAY 12TH JULY, 2025
Barton Town v Bridlington Town, 3pm
Bottesford Town v Gainsborough Trinity, 3pm
Brighouse Town v Brigg Town, 1pm
Dinnington Town v Crowle Colts, 3pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Pontefract Collieries, 3pm (Bill Cook Trophy)
Grimsby Borough v Frickley Athletic, 1pm
Handsworth v Retford United, 1pm
Harworth Colliery v Athersley Recreation, 3pm
Horbury Town v Ossett United, 1pm
Ilkley Town v Eccleshill United, 3pm
Liversedge v Emley AFC, 3pm
Louth Town v Sleaford Town, 3pm
Maltby Main v Sheffield, 1pm
Parkgate v Dearne & District, 3pm
Route One Rovers v Bacup Borough, 3pm
Steeton v Nostell Miners Welfare, 3pm
Tadcaster Albion v Garforth Town, 3pm
Thackley v South Leeds, 3pm
Wakefield AFC v Hallam, 3pm
Winterton Rangers v North Ferriby, 2pm
Wombwell Town v Worksop Town XI, 2:30pm
MONDAY 14TH JULY, 2025
Dearne & District v Horbury Town, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v Bradford (Park Avenue), 7:45pm
TUESDAY 15TH JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Parkgate, 7:30pm
Athersley Recreation v Chesterfield U23s, 7:30pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Retford FC, 7:45pm
Crowle Colts v Scunthorpe United, 7pm
Frickley Athletic v Emley AFC, 7:30pm
Liversedge v Steeton, 7:45pm
Ossett United v Wakefield AFC, 7:45pm
Pickering Town v Bradford City, 7:45pm
Selby Town v North Ferriby, 7:30pm
Sheffield v Hallam, 7:45pm
Tadcaster Albion v Maltby Main, 7:45pm
Thackley v Ilkley Town, 7:45pm
Winterton Rangers v Beverley Town, 7:45pm
Wombwell Town v Stocksbridge Park Steels, ko tbc
WEDNESDAY 16TH JULY, 2025
Albion Sports v South Leeds, 7:45pm
Dodworth Miners Welfare v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:45pm
Handsworth v Staveley Miners Welfare, 7:45pm
Penistone Church v Stocksbridge Park Steels, 7:30pm
Rossington Main v Doncaster Rovers, 7:30pm
THURSDAY 17TH JULY, 2025
Crowle Colts v Goole United, 7:45pm
Eccleshill United v Carlton Athletic, 7:45pm
Horbury Town v Emley AFC, 7:30pm
FRIDAY 18TH JULY, 2025
Athersley Recreation v Wombwell Town, 7:45pm
Goole AFC v York City XI, 7:45pm
Harrogate Railway Athletic v Knaresborough Town, 7:45pm
Horncastle Town v Louth Town, 7:30pm
Nelson v Liversedge, 7:45pm
Selby Town v Cleethorpes Town, 7:30pm
Sheffield v Sheffield United, 7:30pm
SATURDAY 19TH JULY, 2025
AFC Mansfield v Handsworth, 3pm
Armthorpe Welfare v Campion, 3pm
Athersley Recreation v Selston, 3pm
Bottesford Town v Sleaford Town, 3pm
Bridlington Town v Winterton Rangers, 3pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Rossington Main, 3pm
Collingham v Crowle Colts, 3pm
Dearne & District v Frickley Athletic, 1pm
Dronfield Town v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 3pm
East End Park v South Leeds, 3pm
Eccleshill United v Wyke Wanderers, 2pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Rothwell Juniors, 3pm
Harworth Colliery v Wakefield AFC, 3pm
Hull United v Brigg Town, 2pm
Maltby Main v Brighouse Town, 1pm
North Ferriby v Beverley Town, 3pm
Nostell Miners Welfare v Rainworth Miners Welfare, 3pm
Parkgate v Retford United, 3pm
Penistone Church v Emley AFC, 1:30pm
Route One Rovers v Farsley Celtic, 3pm
Steeton v Ilkley Town, 3pm
Tadcaster Albion v Yarm & Eaglescliffe, 3pm
MONDAY 21ST JULY, 2025
Albion Sports v Harrogate Railway Athletic, 7:45pm
Hepworth United v Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, 7:45pm
Horbury Town v Ilkley Town, 7:45pm
TUESDAY 22ND JULY, 2025
Armthorpe Welfare v Rossington Main, 7:45pm
Athersley Recreation v Barnsley U21s, 7pm
Club Thorne Colliery v Sheffield, 7:30pm
Eccleshill United v Yorkshire Ammers, 7:45pm
Glasshoughton Welfare v Chesterfield U23s, 7pm
Hessle Sporting v Winterton Rangers, 7pm
Knaresborough Town v South Leeds, 7:45pm
Liversedge v Garforth Town, 7:45pm
Swallownest v Parkgate, 7:30pm
Tadcaster Albion v Leeds United U21s, 7:30pm
Wakefield AFC v AFC Mansfield, 7:45pm
Yorkshire Main v Nostell Miners Welfare, 7:45pm
WEDNESDAY 23RD JULY, 2025
Grimsby Borough v Beverley Town, 7:30pm
THURSDAY 24TH JULY, 2025
South Leeds v Inner City Academy, 7:45pm (at Fleet Lane)
SATURDAY 26TH JULY, 2025
NCEL season begins
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