East Northumberland League

East Northumberland League
Founded 1894
Folded 1910
Country England
Divisions 1
Most championships Blyth Spartans

The East Northumberland League was a football league that existed in Northumberland from 1894-1910.[1]

Overview

The ENL was made up from teams chiefly from the mining areas of Northumberland. However, they had chronic instability, with no team playing in the league for the full period of the league's existence, and more than half lasting for only a single year or less.[2] At least two champions of this league, Ashington and Blyth Spartans, are still in existence however. Both of these teams went on to join the Northern Football Alliance shortly after their successes in the ENL.[3]

Champions

Season
Champions
1894-95 Choppington[4]
1895-96
1896-97
1897-98 Ashington
1898-99 Seghill[5]
1899-00 Morpeth Harriers[6]
1900-01
1901-02
1902-03
1903-04 Blyth Spartans
1904-05
1905-06 Blyth Spartans
1906-07 Blyth Spartans
1907-08
1908-09
1909-10

References

  1. Metcalfe, Alan. "Football in the Mining Communities of East Northumberland, 1882-1914." The International Journal of the History of Sport. Vol. 5, No. 3. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., December 1988.
  2. Metcalfe, Alan. Leisure and Recreation in a Victorian Mining Community: the Social Economy of Leisure in North-East England, 1820-1914. London: Routledge, 2006.
  3. Brennan, Patrick. Northern Alliance, Donmouth, 13 March 2009.
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000344/18950601/059/0003
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000344/18990923/137/0007, decider Seghill - Morpeth Harriers 2-1
  6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000344/19000505/046/0003
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