The 2001–02 Northern Football League season was the 104th 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 ...
, a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
competition in England.
Division One
Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
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Ashington
Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...
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Thornaby
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, north of York and south-east of Middlesbrough. On the south bank of the River Tees, Thornaby falls within th ...
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Washington Ikeda Hoover
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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Crook Town
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Easington Colliery
Easington Colliery is a village in County Durham, England, known for a history of coal mining. It is situated to the north of Horden, a short distance to the east of Easington. It had a population of 4,959 in 2001, and 5,022 at the 2011 Census ...
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Hebburn Town
* Plus:
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Washington Nissan, joined from the
Wearside Football League
The Wearside Football League is a non-league football competition based in northern England. It consists of three divisions which sits at steps 7 to 9 of the National League System (levels 11 to 13 of the Football pyramid) and is a feeder to the ...
League table
References
External links
Northern Football League official site
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Northern Football League seasons
2001–02 in English football leagues