The 2015–16 season was the 118th 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. The league has operated two divisions in the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the ...
, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6.
Division One
Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
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Norton & Stockton Ancients
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Seaham Red Star
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Washington
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Only Bishop Auckland applied for promotion to Step 4. They would have needed to finish in the top three to achieve this.
Division One table
Division Two
Division Two featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
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Billingham Synthonia, relegated from Division One
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Crook Town, relegated from Division One
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Easington Colliery
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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 ...
Division Two table
References
External links
Northern Football League official site
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Northern Football League seasons
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