Northern Counties East Football League 2016-17

The 2016–17 Northern Counties East Football League season is the 35th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs.

The following 4 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -
 * Brigg Town – relegated to NCEL Division One
 * Nostell Miners Welfare – relegated to NCEL Division One
 * Pontefract Collieries – relegated to NCEL Division One
 * Tadcaster Albion – promoted to Northern Premier League Division One North

The following 4 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -
 * AFC Mansfield – promoted from NCEL Division One
 * Bottesford Town – promoted from NCEL Division One
 * Harrogate Railway Athletic – relegated from Northern Premier League Division One North
 * Hemsworth Miners Welfare – promoted from NCEL Division One

From this league five teams – Bridlington Town, Cleethorpes Town, Handsworth Parramore, Pickering Town and Thackley – applied for promotion to step 4 for the 2017–18 season.

Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
 * 1) Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
 * 2) Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
 * 3) Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
 * 4) Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following five teams have achieved criterion one: citation to follow
 * Bridlington Town
 * Cleethorpes Town
 * Handsworth Parramore
 * Pickering Town
 * Thackley

Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs.

The following 5 clubs left Division One before the season -
 * AFC Mansfield – promoted to NCEL Premier Division
 * Bottesford Town – promoted to NCEL Premier Division
 * Hemsworth Miners Welfare – promoted to NCEL Premier Division
 * Hull United – relegated to Humber Premier League
 * Lincoln Moorlands Railway – relegated to Lincolnshire Football League

The following 5 clubs joined Division One before the season -
 * Brigg Town – relegated from NCEL Premier Division
 * Campion – promoted from West Riding County Amateur Football League Premier Division
 * Nostell Miners Welfare – relegated from NCEL Premier Division
 * Ollerton Town – promoted from Central Midlands League North Division
 * Pontefract Collieries – relegated from NCEL Premier Division

Play-offs
Semi-finals

Final

League Cup
The 2016–17 Northern Counties East Football League League Cup is the 35th season of the league cup competition of the Northern Counties East Football League.