Being England’s biggest county, Yorkshire has had some great individual footballing sides over the years.
Yorkshire clubs have ranked up a total of 11 league titles since the creation of the football league.
Sheffield Wednesday have the most titles with four, followed closely by Leeds United and Huddersfield town who both have three each, and Sheffield United who have one.
Yorkshire also boasts 14 domestic cups (FA and League Cup’s only) with The Owls and Blades tied on four each, Leeds have two, whilst Middlesbrough, Bradford, Huddersfield and Barnsley all have one to their names.
Leeds United are not only very successful in the league and cups, they very nearly added European silverware in the 1972/73 season, narrowly losing 1-0 to AC Milan in the European Cup (Champions League).
The current state of affairs shows Huddersfield at the top of the Yorkshire tree as the only side in the Premier League.
The Championship is littered with Yorkshire sides, with the top four containing Middlesbrough (second), Leeds (third) and Sheffield United (fourth).
Three more sides sit in the bottom half of England’s second tier, the higher being Sheffield Wednesday (17th), then Rotherham (19th), followed by Hull City who find themselves 22nd just inside the relegation zone.
League One also has three more sides, Barnsley who are flying in the league in third.
Doncaster Rovers are eighth in League One, but Bradford currently sit rock-bottom of the league.
There are not any sides playing in League Two, and the rest of the more well-known sides like York and Halifax are at different points in the non-league pyramid.
After looking through the archives, the 1991/92 season was the last great year for Yorkshire football.
Leeds United are First Division Champions!
A remarkable season for Leeds as Howard Wilkinson led them to glory in the last season before the formation of the Premier League.
Newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday defied all the odds to finish third and secure them a place in Europe, when many had predicted Trevor Francis’ team to be relegated.
City rivals Sheffield United managed a very respectable ninth place, improving on their bottom half finish the previous year.
In 1992 the Second Division was a well-received in North Yorkshire after Middlesbrough won promotion to the First Division after finishing second.
Barnsley were the only other side in the league from Yorkshire and they cruised to a mid-table finish.
Huddersfield Town witnessed playoff heartbreak after finishing third in the Third Division which was, all things considered, a successful season.
Hull and Bradford City both enjoyed solid seasons in the third tier finishing 14th and 16th respectively.
Division Four contained five sides, with Rotherham finishing the higher in second which led to promotion back to Division Three.
Scarborough performed well to earn a mid-table finish, whilst York led the pack down at the bottom between 19th and 21st consisting of them, Halifax and Doncaster Rovers.
On the whole, this was an impressive showing by Yorkshire as a whole, especially in the top division with both Sheffield clubs and Leeds having great years.
Eight of the clubs that have been mentioned were in a better league position after the 1991/92 season than they are currently, (Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Barnsley, Bradford City, Scarborough, York City and Halifax Town).
Although Scarborough and Halifax Town may have been better off in the present day if they hadn’t dissolved in the 2000’s.
In my opinion, this was the last great year for Yorkshire football because, a Yorkshire team has not won a First Division title since then, and only Middlesbrough have won a domestic cup.