Huddersfield and District Association Football League

Infobox football league
name = Huddersfield and District Association Football League

pixels = 200
country = ENG
confed = FA
founded = 1898
folded =
divisions = Division One
Division Two
Division Three
Division Four
teams = 50 [http://www.hdafl.org.uk/ Huddersfield & District Association Football League] ]
feeds = West Riding League
promotion =
relegation = none
levels = 14 – 17
domest_cup = Barlow Cup
Groom Cup
confed_cup =
champions = Heywood Irish Centre "(Division One)"
Sovereign Sports "(Division Two)"
Lamb Inn FC "(Division Three)"
Dalton Crusaders "(Division Four)"

season = 2007–08
most successful club = Brackenhall UtdNo longer in league. Status being researched.]
tv =
website = http://www.hdafl.org.uk/
current = 2007–08The Huddersfield and District Association League is a football competition based in the area Huddersfield, England. It was founded in 1898. The league has a total of four senior divisions and four reserve divisions. The highest senior division, Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the West Riding League. The reserve divisions are not part of the league system.

The league currently had 50 teams during the 2007–08 season with Heywood Irish Centre being the current champions of the first division. Sovereign Sports, Lamb Inn FC and Dalton Crusaders are the current champions of divisions two, three and four, respectively.

The most successful team in a single division since 2000, is Brackenhall United with 4 championships from 2000 to 2003. The most successful team in all divisions is Newsome WMC, with 5 championships starting in the now-defunct Division 5 during the 1999–2000 season and ending with the Division 1 championship during the 2006–07 season. Newsome finished sixth in the 2007–08 season.

History

The HDAFL was founded in 1898. In 1919, there were 42 senior clubs and 78 junior clubs in the league. [cite web | title = 1919 | work = History of the Club - the birth of Leeds United | publisher = The Mighty Mighty Whites | url = http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/history/unitedbirth.htm | accessdate = 2008-08-11] Throughout out the league's history, the most players in the league at one time was 3,000. During the 2007-08 season, there were 41 divisions of junior clubs in the Huddersfield RCD Junior Football League, based in the same area, with some teams continuing to the HDAFL. [cite web | title = Results | publisher = Huddersfield RCD Junior Football League | date = 2008 | url = http://www.huddersfieldjfl.co.uk/frame3(ft).htm | accessdate = 2008-08-11]

Member clubs 2008–09

The HDAFL has a system of relegation and promotion based on club success. The bottom two teams in the first division are replaced with the top two teams in the second division. The bottom three teams in the second division are replaced by the top three teams in the third division. The bottom three teams in the third division are replaced by the top three teams in the fourth division. The system has allowed teams to rise from a lower division to a higher one within several years. Newsome WMC was playing in the now-defunct fifth division during the 2000–01 season, but rose to the first division to win the first division in 2006–07 after playing 3 seasons in the second division.

On 28 August 2008, Division 1 team Aimbry withdrew from the league. [ [http://www.hdafl.org.uk/news.htm HDAFL News] ]

The 2008–09 season is set to begin on 6 September 2008.

Division One

Table

Notes:
Season has not started.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

Division Four

Notes

Former League Vice-President Sir Amos Brook Hirst (OBE) served as Chairman of the FA from 1941–1955. [http://www.hdafl.org.uk/history.htm League History] , Accessed 7 May, 2008.]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.hdafl.org.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.soccerweekend.com/league/index.asp?LeagueID=2456 Soccer Weekend]