Division 3 team Burmantofts Amateurs pictured in January 1996. Back row, from left, are Peter Stead, Mark Goodyear, Michael Tosney, Paddy Mumby, Lee Monaghan and Alan Turner (manager). Front row, from left, are Darren Finn, Shaun McGrath, Nigel Greaves, Andy Hawkhead (captain), Richard Smith and Martin Walker.placeholder image
Division 3 team Burmantofts Amateurs pictured in January 1996. Back row, from left, are Peter Stead, Mark Goodyear, Michael Tosney, Paddy Mumby, Lee Monaghan and Alan Turner (manager). Front row, from left, are Darren Finn, Shaun McGrath, Nigel Greaves, Andy Hawkhead (captain), Richard Smith and Martin Walker. | Mel Hulme

39 West Yorkshire League team photos from the 1990s

It was a league which boasted a Premier League referee among its ranks.

Mick Stoddart was a familiar face as the man in black officiating in the West Yorkshire League back in the 1990s. This gallery of memories features the teams which competed all in the different divisions featuring clubs from Leeds, Wakefield and beyond during the decade. Teams featured include Burmantofts Amateurs, Mount St Mary's, Armley Athletic, Ossett Common Rovers, Swillington Miners Welfare, Eastmoor, Headingley Rangers, Whitkirk Wanderers, Barwick and Knaresborough Town. The photos, plucked from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive, are sure to evoke memories for a generation of footballers from back in the day. READ MORE: 21 Leeds Sunday League team photos from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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