The line-ups for the 2026/27 Macron NCEL season have been released by the FA with a number of lateral movements affecting both of our divisions for the campaign that begins at the end of July.

We bid farewell to seven teams but welcome three new sides to the league whilst there is a welcome return for a further four.

As expected, Premier Division champions Liversedge and play-off winners Beverley Town are promoted to the Northern Premier League whilst, at the other end of the NCEL, we say goodbye to Glasshoughton Welfare and Nostell Miners Welfare whose bottom-two finish in Division One means they are both relegated to the Feeder Leagues.

Inter-divisional changes see Dearne & District and Worsbrough Bridge Athletic move up from Division One after their fantastic seasons and Wombwell Town are relegated from the Premier Division.

Retford and Retford United are promoted to our Premier Division, moving across from the United Counties League, whilst in Division One, Hemsworth Miners Welfare and Immingham Town are back in the NCEL after their move up from the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League and Lincolnshire Football League, respectively.

The three new teams are Field Olympic from the West Yorkshire Association League, Kinsley Boys from the Central Midlands Alliance League, and LIV from the Humber Premier League.

Three of our sides - Louth Town, Sheffield and Maltby Main - move across the pyramid into the United Counties League.

And, there is a name change with Eccleshill United becoming known as Keighley Town from the start of the new season.

The changes mean that the number of teams in each division will remain at 20 in the Premier Division and 22 in Division One.

We extend a warm welcome to all the sides coming into the Macron NCEL and offer a fond farewell to those who are leaving us and we wish them all every success in the future.

The line-ups will be ratified at next month's NCEL AGM whereupon the website and our social media will be updated to reflect the new constitution.

MACRON NCEL PREMIER DIVISION 2026/27 LINE-UP
1. Albion Sports
2. Barton Town
3. Bottesford Town
4. Campion
5. Dearne & District (from NCEL Division One)
6. Frickley Athletic
7. Golcar United
8. Handsworth
9. Horbury Town
10. Keighley Town (was Eccleshill United)
11. Knaresborough Town
12. Parkgate
13. Penistone Church
14. Pickering Town
15. Retford (from United Counties League)
16. Retford United (from United Counties League)
17. Rossington Main
18. Tadcaster Albion
19. Thackley
20. Worsbrough Bridge Athletic (from NCEL Division One)

MACRON NCEL DIVISION ONE 2026/27 LINE-UP
1. Appleby Frodingham
2. Armthorpe Welfare
3. Athersley Recreation
4. Brigg Town
5. Club Thorne Colliery
6. Crowle Colts
7. Doncaster City
8. Field Olympic (from West Yorkshire Association League)
9. Goole AFC
10. Harrogate Railway Athletic
11. Hemsworth Miners Welfare (from Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League)
12. Ilkley Town
13. Immingham Town (from Lincolnshire Football League)
14. Kinsley Boys (from Central Midlands Alliance League)
15. Leeds UFCA
16. LIV (from Humber Premier League)
17. Route One Rovers
18. Selby Town
19. South Leeds
20. Wakefield AFC
21. Winterton Rangers
22. Wombwell Town (from NCEL Premier Division)

Teams leaving NCEL: Beverley Town (to Northern Premier League), Glasshoughton Welfare (to Feeder Leagues), Liversedge (to Northern Premier League), Louth Town (to United Counties League), Maltby Main (to United Counties League), Nostell Miners Welfare (to Feeder Leagues), Sheffield (to United Counties League).