Yorkshire Amateur do not have bottomless pit – Sibson

Neil Sibson insists that Yorkshire Amateur’s budget is no different to their Toolstation NCEL Premier Division rivals. Joint manager Sibson believes other clubs think the East Leeds-based club have a “bottomless pit” of money, something he denies. The Ammers are widely seen as title favourites, but what people forget is that their squad is largely  read more→

Tiani gets Yorkshire Amateur back firing

Yorkshire Amateur returned to winning ways with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Maltby Main at Bracken Edge, with midfielder Brice Tiani scoring twice. It was the perfect response to Saturday’s Toolstation NCEL Premier Division defeat to Garforth Town in the East Leeds El-Clasico by Neil Sibson and Phil Harding’s men. A free-flowing attack set up  read more→

Defender Zalo joins Liversedge

Experienced centre-back Frank Zalo has moved from Yorkshire Amateur to Liversedge. Zalo’s paperwork is all done ahead of tonight’s home game with Penistone Church. The defender is best known for his association with Nostell Miners Welfare with whom he played for under several managers such as Alan Colquhoun, Darren Holmes, Paul Lines, Kevin Allsop and  read more→

Priestley settles East Leeds El-Clasico

Adam Priestley predictively hammered home the winner for Garforth Town in the end-to-end East Leeds El-Clasico at title favourites Yorkshire Amateur. Priestley. making his first competitive appearance for the Miners since his celebrated return, scored the only goal of the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division encounter. The tenth minute was the decisive moment. A free-flowing move  read more→

Yorkshire Amateur sign title-winning striker

Ambitious Yorkshire Amateur have captured title-winning Worksop Town striker Matthew Sykes. Sykes was available following his shock departure from Worksop earlier this week for “personal reasons”. Sykes won the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title in April, scoring 26 times in the process, and the Ammers will be hoping the forward can help lead them to  read more→

Who will win the NCEL Premier and Division One titles?

Choosing who will finish in the top ten of each Division has been hard enough so picking the actual winners is difficult. With more promotion places available in both Divisions, a vast number of teams have shelled out on top signings – making it harder for us so-called pundits to call. We’ve sure they will  read more→

Yorkshire Amateur want to win historic promotion

Joint manager Neil Sibson reckons Yorkshire Amateur have never had a squad as strong in their 100-year history as they aim to win promotion to the BetVictor League for the first ever time. The Ammers have recruited wisely this summer, adding higher league experience in the likes of former Farsley Celtic favourites Ross Daly and  read more→

Ammers ease to victory at Glasshoughton

Glasshoughton Welfare 1-5 Yorkshire Amateur  Yorkshire Amateur continued their perfect start to pre-season with an easy victory at Glasshoughton Welfare. The promotion-chasing East Leeds outfit had all their stars out playing and goals from Niall Heaton, Harrison Blakey, Aiden Savory, Steve Crawford and Adam Field led them to victory. A peach of a strike from  read more→

Garforth beaten by goal from old boy St Juste

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Yorkshire Amateur 1-0 Garforth Town  A late Jason St Juste goal broke local rivals Garforth Town’ resolve as ambitious Yorkshire Amateur continued their six-point hold on top spot. Injury-hit Garforth, with a makeshift centre-half pairing, gave absolutely everything at Bracken Edge, but ultimately could not hold out in the Leeds derby  read more→

Ammers demolish Bottesford to stay top

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Ambitious Yorkshire Amateur blew away Bottesford Town in the easy 4-0 victory at Bracken Edge. The table-toppers remain three points ahead of Penistone Church, who themselves are in great form. Two goals from Ash Flynn and solitary strikes from Fernando Moke and Callum Charlton guided the Ammers to the three points.  read more→