Craven and District Football League

Craven and District Football League

Country	England
Confederation	West Riding County Football Association
Founded	1905
Divisions	4
Number of teams	49
Level on pyramid	14, 15, 16, 17
Feeder to	West Riding County Amateur League
Domestic cup(s)	Premier Cup Division One Cup Division Two Cup Division Three Cup Northern Plant Hire Trophy
Current champions	Skipton LMS (Premier Division) Silsden Whitestar (Division One) Oxenhope Recreation Reserves (Division Two) Carleton (Division Three) (2014–15)
Website	http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=683721648

The Craven and District Football League (currently sponsored by Mastab's Restaurant) is an English football competition based in Craven. The league was founded in 1905 and presently has a total of four divisions, the highest of which, the Craven and District League Premier Division, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the West Riding County Amateur League.

Member clubs

The league is essentially based on Craven and so includes several teams from the main Craven centres such as Skipton, Settle, Cross Hills and Cononley, but its catchment extends into nearby districts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire with, for example, teams from Bradford, Colne, Ilkley, Keighley and Pendle also taking part. For the 2015–16 season, the following clubs are competing:

Premier Division (level 14)

• Cononley Sports
• Crosshills
• Earby Town
• Gargrave
• Grassington United
• Grindleton
• Rolls
• Settle United
• Silsden Whitestar
• Skipton LMS
• Trawden Celtic
• Wilsden Athletic
• FC Sporting Keighley

Division One (level 15)

• AFC Colne
• Bingley Town
• Bradley
• Chatburn
• Cowling
• Embsay
• FC Sporting Keighley
• Ingrow & Worth Valley
• Oxenhope Recreation Reserves
• Pendle Renegades
• Rolls Reserves
• Skipton Town

Division Two (level 16)

• Broomhill
• Carleton Sports
• Cononley Sports Reserves
• Crosshills Reserves
• FC Polonia
• Grassington United Reserves
• Manningham All Stars
• Pendle Renegades Reserves
• Salts Reserves
• Settle United Reserves
• Skipton Town Reserves
• Trawden Celtic Reserves

Division Three (level 17)

• Addingham Reserves
• AFC Barnoldswick
• Barlick Wanderers
• Barnoldswick Barons
• Bingley Town Reserves
• Broomhill Reserves
• Cowling Reserves
• Hellifield Sports
• Horton
• Ilkley Town 'A'
• Ingrow & Worth Valley Reserves
• Otley Town 'A'
• Sutton

Recent winners

League competitions

Season	Premier Division	Division One	Division Two	Division Three	Division Four
2004–05	Oxenhope Recreation	Waddington	Clitheroe Lions	Long Lee Juniors
2005–06	Oxenhope Recreation	Bradley	Pendle Athletic	Grassington United Reserves
2006–07	Oxenhope Recreation	Oxenhope Recreation Reserves	Gargrave Reserves	Pendle Renegades
2007–08	Grassington	Gargrave Reserves	Earby Town	Silsden Whitestar
2008–09	Long Lee Juniors	Cowling	Silsden Whitestar	Ingrow & Worth Valley
2009–10	Long Lee Juniors	Embsay	Carleton	Ighton Leigh Reserves
2010–11	Skipton LMS	Carleton	Cross Hills	Ingrow & Worh Valley	Oxenhope Recreation Reserves
2011–12	Skipton LMS	Cross Hills	Gargrave Reserves	Earby Town Reserves	Cross Hills Reserves
2012–13	Skipton LMS	Wilsden Athletic	Embsay Reserves	Cononley Sports Reserves	FC Sporting Keighley
2013–14	Skipton LMS	Settle United	Skipton Town	Grassington United Reserves	Manningham All Stars
2014–15	Settle United	Silsden Whitestar	Oxenhope Recreation Reserves	Carleton
2015–16	Skipton LMS	Pendle Renegades	Carleton	Hellifield

Cup competitions

Season	Premier Division	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Northern Plant Hire Trophy
2005–06	Oxenhope Recreation	Craven College Old Boys	Cowling	Earby	Waddington
2006–07	Oxenhope Recreation	Clitheroe Lions	Oakworth	Pendle Renegades	Oxenhope Recreation
2007–08	Oxenhope Recreation	Clitheroe Lions	Trawden Celtic	Oakworth FC Reserves	Oxenhope Recreation
2008–09	Not Played	Not Played	Not Played	Not Played	Gargrave

References