The 2017–18 season was the 120th 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. 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.
The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017, and fixtures were released on 3 June 2017.
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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Billingham Synthonia
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Stockton Town
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Team Northumbria
Division One table
Division Two
Division Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
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Chester-le-Street Town, relegated from Division One
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Jarrow
Jarrow ( or ) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about from the east coast. The 2011 census area classed Hebburn and the Boldons as ...
, promoted from the
Wearside 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 ...
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West Allotment Celtic, relegated from Division One
Also, Blyth Town changed name to
Blyth.
Division Two table
References
External linksNorthern Football League official site
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Northern Football League seasons
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