Humber Premier League

Humber Premier League
Founded
2000
Nation
Feeder To
Central Midlands League Central Midlands Football League The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before taking on its current name in 1983, it covers Derbyshire, Lincolnshire,...
Relegation To
Driffield and District League Driffield and District League The Driffield & District League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of three divisions of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Humber Premier League.... East Riding Amateur League East Riding Amateur League The East Riding Amateur League is a football competition based in and around Kingston upon Hull, England. It has a total of three divisions headed by the Premier Division, which nominally sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Humber Premier League.-Member... East Riding County League East Riding County League The East Riding County League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of six divisions including the East Riding County League Premier Division which sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Humber Premier League.-Member clubs 2011-12:*Premier...
Divisions
Premier Division Division One
Number of Teams
30 16 (Premier Division) 14 (Division One)
Levels on Pyramid
12th English football league system The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...  (Premier Division) 13th English football league system The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...  (Division One)
Current Champions (2010–11)
Sculcoates Amateurs (Premier) Hodgsons FC (Division One)
Website
Official website

The Humber Premier League was formed in 2000 and sits at the 12th tier of the English football pyramid

English football league system

The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...

. It began as a single division and expanded to include a Division One for the 2005-06 season. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its existence.

The league is based primarily in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, although some north Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

 clubs participate. It nominally feeds the Central Midlands League under the larger umbrella of the Northern Counties East League. However, not many clubs have taken the step up, largely because the bulk of the CML's clubs are based around Nottingham and Derby. Due to its status as a fairly new league and the general lack of hierarchical football structure in the Yorkshire area, the Humber Premier League has not established a history of promoting to a certain higher league, so its exact status within the pyramid is still to be determined. However, two clubs did make the step up at the start of the 2008/09 season - Hutton Cranswick United and Westella & Willerby.

Past champions

Season	| Premier Division
2000-01	Reckitts
2001-02	Reckitts
2002-03	Reckitts
2003-04	Hutton Cranswick United
2004-05	Reckitts
Season	Premier Division	Division One
2005-06	Reckitts	North Ferriby United Reserves
2006-07	Sculcoates Amateurs	Smith & Nephew
2007-08	Sculcoates Amateurs	St. Andrews Police Club
2008-09	Chalk Lane	Hessle Sporting Club
2009-10	Reckitts	Crown
2010-11	Sculcoates Amateurs	Hodgsons FC

Member clubs 2011-12

Premier Division

• Beverley Town
• Bridlington Sports Club
• Chalk Lane
• Crown
• Hall Road Rangers
  Hall Road Rangers F.C.
  Hall Road Rangers Football Club is an English football club formed in 1959. They play their games at Dene Park in the village of Dunswell in the East Riding of Yorkshire, four miles north of Hull.-History:...
  
   Reserves
• Hedon Rangers
• Hessle Rangers
• Hodgsons
• Hornsea Town
• North Cave
• North Ferriby United
  North Ferriby United A.F.C.
  North Ferriby United Association Football Club is an English football club based in North Ferriby, near Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They were formed in 1934. They reached the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the first time in 2005...
  
   Reserves
• Pocklington Town
• Reckitts
• St. Andrews
• Sculcoates Amateurs
• Westella & Willerby Reserves

Division One

• Brandesburton
• Bransholme Athletic
• Driffield
• Driffield Evening Institute
• East Riding Rangers
• Hessle Sporting Club
• Hessle United
• Howden
• Long Riston
• Malet Lambert Youth Club
• North Ferriby Athletic
• Scarborough Athletic
  Scarborough Athletic F.C.
  Scarborough Athletic Football Club are an English football club formed on 25 June 2007 following the winding up of Scarborough. Although they bear the name of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, they ground-share with Bridlington Town...
  
   Reserves
• Scarborough Town
  Scarborough Town F.C.
  Scarborough Town Football Club are an English football club from Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They formed in 2008 following the demise of Scarborough F.C. in 2007, and won two successive championships to earn promotion to the Northern Counties East League Division One...
  
  
• Withernsea