2015–16 Northern Football League

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The 2015–16 Northern Football League season is the 118th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions.

Division One

Northern League Division One
Champions Shildon
Relegated Bedlington Terriers
Norton & Stockton Ancients

Division One consisted of 22 clubs.[1]

The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season:

The following 3 clubs joined Division One before the season:

Only Bishop Auckland applied for promotion to Step 4.[2] They would have needed to have finished in the top three to have achieved this.[3]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Shildon (C) 41 31 3 7 135 36+99 96
2 Marske United 38 25 3 10 82 52+30 78
3 Guisborough Town 39 20 11 8 88 52+36 71
4 Morpeth Town 39 22 5 12 83 61+22 71
5 Consett 40 20 8 12 88 74+14 68
6 Newton Aycliffe 38 20 6 12 71 57+14 66
7 Bishop Auckland 41 20 6 15 78 77+1 66
8 Seaham Red Star 42 18 11 13 90 85+5 65
9 Washington 41 20 5 16 80 81−1 65
10 North Shields 38 18 8 12 68 45+23 62
11 Dunston UTS 41 18 7 16 77 63+14 61
12 Ashington 41 17 6 18 82 74+8 57
13 Penrith 41 14 10 17 67 73−6 52
14 Sunderland RCA 40 14 9 17 71 85−14 51
15 Jarrow Roofing BCA 40 15 5 20 87 97−10 50
16 West Auckland Town 41 15 4 22 56 84−28 49
17 Whitley Bay 39 13 5 21 67 65+2 44
18 Newcastle Benfield 42 11 11 20 79 96−17 44
19 West Allotment Celtic 42 11 7 24 50 105−55 40
20 Durham City 40 9 9 22 59 88−29 36 Relegation to Division Two
21 Bedlington Terriers (R) 42 8 7 27 57 112−55 31
22 Norton & Stockton Ancients (R) 42 8 8 26 67 120−53 32

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016.
Source: Northern League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division Two

Northern League Division Two
Champions South Shields
Promoted South Shields
Ryhope Colliery Welfare
Chester-le-Street Town
Relegated Birtley Town
Stokesley Sports Club

Division Two consisted of 22 clubs.[1]

The following 3 clubs left Division Two before the season:

The following 3 clubs joined Division Two before the season:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 South Shields (C) (P) 42 35 2 5 122 31+91 107 Promotion to Division One
2 Ryhope Colliery Welfare (P) 42 30 4 8 121 65+56 94
3 Chester-le-Street Town (P) 42 28 6 8 108 44+64 90
4 Team Northumbria 42 26 11 5 101 41+60 89
5 Billingham Synthonia 42 25 8 9 81 37+44 83
6 Easington Colliery 42 22 10 10 106 59+47 76
7 Thornaby 42 23 6 13 93 65+28 75
8 Northallerton Town 42 21 10 11 81 48+33 73
9 Heaton Stannington 41 20 8 13 89 59+30 68
10 Hebburn Town 42 17 10 15 78 54+24 61
11 Billingham Town 42 18 7 17 80 67+13 61
12 Whickham 42 17 8 17 57 68−11 59
13 Darlington Railway Athletic 42 18 4 20 86 89−3 58
14 Tow Law Town 42 14 11 17 75 82−7 53
15 Brandon United 42 14 4 24 77 98−21 46
16 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 42 11 11 20 58 79−21 44
17 Alnwick Town 42 12 6 24 66 113−47 42
18 Crook Town 42 10 5 27 53 99−46 35
19 Willington 42 9 5 28 45 98−53 32
20 Esh Winning 41 7 6 28 46 124−78 27
21 Birtley Town (R) 42 5 6 31 50 117−67 21 Relegation to Wearside League
22 Stokesley Sports Club (R) 42 4 2 36 33 167−134 14

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016.
Source: Northern League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

  1. 1 2 News - Northern League
  2. ↑ "Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". The FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Ray (11 November 2015). "Bishop Auckland apply for promotion -- but nobody else does". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

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