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The 2021–22 Northern Football League season is the 124th in the history of the
Northern Football League The Northern League is a men's football league in north east England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest football league in the world still in existence after the English Football League. It contains two divisions; Division ...
, a football competition in England. The league operates two divisions in the
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, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6. The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by
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(The FA) on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal. After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the
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, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.


Division One

At the end of the 2020–21 season, three teams left the division, all promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East: *
Hebburn Town Hebburn Town Football Club is a football club based in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Hebburn Sports & Social Ground. History The club was founded in 1912 as a works team for the Reyrolle ...
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Shildon Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first , built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlin ...
* Stockton Town The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following three promoted from Division Two, formed Division One for 2021–22: *
Crook Town Crook Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Crook, County Durham, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Sir Tom Cowie Millfield. The club won the FA Amateur Cup five times. History Crook Town Football ...
* Redcar Athletic *
West Allotment Celtic West Allotment Celtic Football Club is a football club who currently play their home games at East Palmersville Sports Pavilion, Palmersville, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. History Formed in 1928 in West Allotment, a village in North Tyne ...


Division One table


Results by matchday


Results table


Stadia and locations


Division Two

At the end of the 2020–21 season, three teams left the division, all promoted to Division One: *
Crook Town Crook Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Crook, County Durham, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Sir Tom Cowie Millfield. The club won the FA Amateur Cup five times. History Crook Town Football ...
* Redcar Athletic *
West Allotment Celtic West Allotment Celtic Football Club is a football club who currently play their home games at East Palmersville Sports Pavilion, Palmersville, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. History Formed in 1928 in West Allotment, a village in North Tyne ...
The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following four, formed Division Two for the 2021–22 season: * Boldon Community Association – 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 (or levels 11 to 13) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Northern League Divi ...
after appeal * Blyth Town – promoted from the
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* Horden Community Welfare – promoted from the Wearside League * Redcar Town – promoted from the North Riding League


Division Two table


Stadia and locations


References


External links


Northern Football League
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