The 2008–09 Northern Football League season was the 111th 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
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competition in England.
Division One
Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
* Penrith Town, who also changed name to
Penrith
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Ryton
*
South Shields
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League table
Division Two
Division Two featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
*
Jarrow Roofing BCA, relegated from Division One
*
Washington
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* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
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** A ...
, relegated from Division One
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Whitehaven
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, promoted 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
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