The 1996–97 Northern Football League season was the 99th in the history of
Northern Football League
The Northern League is a British men's association football, football league in North East England, north east England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest football league in the world still in existence after the English Footb ...
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football
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competition in England.
Division One
Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
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Easington Colliery
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Morpeth Town
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South Shields
South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman Britain, Roman times as ''Arbeia'' and as ''Caer Urfa'' by the Early Middle Ag ...
League table
Division Two
Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.
* Clubs relegated from Division One:
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Eppleton Colliery Welfare
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Ferryhill Athletic
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Peterlee Newtown
* Plus:
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Jarrow Roofing BCA, joined from the
Wearside Football League
League table
References
External links
Northern Football League official site
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Northern Football League seasons
1996–97 in English football leagues