2016–17 Northern Football League

Champions	Stockton Town
Promoted	Stockton Town; Team Northumbria; Billingham Synthonia

Champions	South Shields
Promoted	South Shields
Relegated	Chester-le-Street Town; Guisborough Town; West Allotment Celtic

Northern Football League
Season	2016–17
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Northern League season is the 119th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One

Division One consisted of 22 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season -

Bedlington Terriers – relegated to Division Two
Durham City – relegated to Division Two
Norton & Stockton Ancients – relegated to Division Two

The following 3 clubs joined Division One before the season -

Chester-le-Street Town – promoted from Division Two
Ryhope Colliery Welfare – promoted from Division Two
South Shields – promoted from Division Two

Two teams – Bishop Auckland and South Shields – applied for promotion to step 4 for the 2017–18 season.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Shields (C, P)	42	34	6	2	127	35	+92	108	Promoted to NPL Division One North
2	Morpeth Town	42	32	5	5	136	56	+80	101
3	North Shields	42	32	5	5	107	39	+68	101
4	Shildon	42	29	7	6	112	52	+60	94
5	Marske United	42	22	6	14	103	75	+28	72
6	Whitley Bay	42	19	13	10	88	70	+18	70
7	Consett	42	19	8	15	105	81	+24	65
8	Bishop Auckland	42	18	10	14	88	67	+21	64
9	Newton Aycliffe	42	19	7	16	78	76	+2	64
10	Newcastle Benfield	42	16	10	16	101	71	+30	58
11	Sunderland RCA	42	16	9	17	85	79	+6	57
12	Penrith	42	17	6	19	67	89	−22	57
13	Jarrow Roofing BCA	42	14	12	16	83	90	−7	54
14	Seaham Red Star	42	15	6	21	78	81	−3	51
15	Dunston UTS	42	14	6	22	77	96	−19	48
16	Ashington	42	13	8	21	73	90	−17	47
17	Ryhope Colliery Welfare	42	11	10	21	82	129	−47	43
18	West Auckland Town	42	11	3	28	60	120	−60	36
19	Washington	42	10	5	27	67	111	−44	35
20	Guisborough Town (R)	42	10	7	25	70	124	−54	34^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Relegated to Division Two
21	Chester-le-Street Town (R)	42	6	5	31	51	127	−76	23
22	West Allotment Celtic (R)	42	6	4	32	42	122	−80	22

Source: NFL division one table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ On 2 October Guisborough Town have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[2]

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:^[4]

Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following two teams have achieved criterion one:^[1]

South Shields Passed criteria 2 and have been promoted.

Division Two

Division Two consisted of 22 clubs.

The following 5 clubs left Division Two before the season -

Birtley Town – relegated to Northern Football Alliance
Chester-le-Street Town – promoted to Division One
Ryhope Colliery Welfare – promoted to Division One
South Shields – promoted to Division One
Stokesley Sports Club – relegated to Wearside League

The following 5 clubs joined Division Two before the season -

Bedlington Terriers – relegated from Division One
Blyth Town – promoted from Northern Football Alliance
Durham City – relegated from Division One
Norton & Stockton Ancients – relegated from Division One
Stockton Town – promoted from Wearside League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Stockton Town (C, P)	40	28	9	3	111	37	+74	93	Promoted to the Division One
2	Team Northumbria (P)	40	28	5	7	98	37	+61	89
3	Billingham Synthonia (P)	40	26	8	6	89	37	+52	86
4	Heaton Stannington	40	25	4	11	87	44	+43	79
5	Billingham Town	40	23	9	8	109	42	+67	78
6	Whickham	40	20	9	11	83	51	+32	69
7	Easington Colliery	40	20	9	11	84	61	+23	69
8	Blyth Town	40	20	8	12	96	56	+40	68
9	Northallerton Town	40	17	11	12	90	68	+22	62
10	Durham City	40	18	7	15	73	63	+10	61
11	Hebburn Town	40	18	7	15	57	59	−2	61
12	Bedlington Terriers	40	16	6	18	76	90	−14	54
13	Tow Law Town	40	15	8	17	68	66	+2	53
14	Brandon United	40	9	10	21	46	89	−43	37
15	Alnwick Town	40	10	6	24	72	113	−41	36
16	Thornaby	40	9	7	24	55	102	−47	34
17	Crook Town	40	10	4	26	60	115	−55	34
18	Willington	40	9	5	26	40	94	−54	32
19	Darlington Railway Athletic	40	9	4	27	61	126	−65	31
20	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	40	7	9	24	46	93	−47	30
21	Esh Winning	40	7	7	26	53	111	−58	28
22	Norton & Stockton Ancients^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league

Source: NFL division two table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

↑ Norton & Stockton Ancients withdrew from the league on 9 December, club record W=9 D=1 L=8 GF=38 GA=33 expunged.^[5]

References

1 2 "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 Dec 2016. Retrieved 15 Dec 2016.
↑ "Points deduction". Guisborough Town F.C. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
1 2 "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
↑ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
↑ "Northern Football League news". Northern Football League. 9 December 2016.

External links

Official league website

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[table_hth_GUI0.22302438049718-3] On 2 October Guisborough Town have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[2]

[table_note_NSA0.63949880313105-7] Norton & Stockton Ancients withdrew from the league on 9 December, club record W=9 D=1 L=8 GF=38 GA=33 expunged.^[5]

[Promotion_applications-1] 1 2 "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 Dec 2016. Retrieved 15 Dec 2016.

[2] "Points deduction". Guisborough Town F.C. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[Standardised_rules-4] 1 2 "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[Promotion_criteria-5] "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.

[6] "Northern Football League news". Northern Football League. 9 December 2016.

2018–19 Northern League
Division One	Ashington Bishop Auckland ~~Blyth~~ Consett Dunston UTS Guisborough Town Hebburn Town Newcastle Benfield Newton Aycliffe North Shields Penrith Ryhope Colliery Welfare Seaham Red Star Shildon Stockton Town Sunderland Ryhope Community Association ~~Team Northumbria~~ West Auckland Town Whickham Whitley Bay
Division Two	Bedlington Terriers Billingham Town Billingham Synthonia Birtley Town Brandon United Chester-le-Street Town Crook Town Durham City Easington Colliery Esh Winning Heaton Stannington Jarrow Northallerton Town Redcar Athletic Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Thornaby Tow Law Town Washington West Allotment Celtic Willington
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