The 2018–19 season was the 121st in the history of the
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.
Division One
After
Team Northumbria resigned from the league and disbanded during the close season, Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
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Blyth
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Hebburn Town
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Whickham
Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
History
Whickham underwent some expansion ...
Division One table
Stadia and locations
Division Two
Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
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Billingham Synthonia, relegated from Division One
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Birtley Town, promoted from the
Northern Alliance
The Northern Alliance ( ''Da Šumāl E'tilāf'' or ''Ettehād Šumāl''), officially known as the United National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( ''Jabha-ye Muttahid-e barāye Afğānistān''), was a military alliance of groups that op ...
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Redcar Athletic, 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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Washington
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* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
, relegated from Division One
Division Two table
Stadia and locations
References
External links
Northern Football League
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