Northern League er en fodboldliga i Nordengland for semiprofessionelle hold og amatørhold. Ligaen blev grundlagt i 1889 og er dermed den næstældste aktive fodboldliga i verden, kun overgået af The Football League, som er ét år ældre.

Northern League
Northern Leagues område er markeret med rødt
Land(e)England
KonføderationUEFA
Etableret1889
Første sæson1889-90
Division(er)Division One (22 hold)
Division Two (22 hold)
Antal hold44
Niveauer på pyramideNiveau 9-10
Oprykning tilNorthern Premier League
Nedrykning tilNorthern Football Alliance
Wearside Football League
PokalturneringFA Vase
LigapokalturneringBrooks Mileson Memorial League Cup
Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup
J.R. Cleator Cup
Craven Cup
Ernest Armstrong Memorial Trophy
Nuværende mestreSpennymoor Town FC (Division One)
Newton Aycliffe FC (Division Two)
(2010-11)
Flest mesterskaberBishop Auckland FC (19)
Hjemmesidewww.northernleague.org
Northern League 2011-12

Ligaen består af to divisioner, Division One og Division Two, der hver består af 22 hold. Divisionerne befinder sig på niveau 9 og 10 i ligasystemet i engelsk fodbold. Ligaerne dækker County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, det nordlige Cumbria og den nordlige halvdel af North Yorkshire.

De to bedste hold i Division One kan rykke op i Northern Premier League Division One North, hvis visse kriterier er opfyldt.

Historie

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Northern League var sammen med Isthmian League de to vigtigste amatørfodboldturneringer, som blev afviklet i parløb med den professionelle fodboldliga, Southern League og, siden 1968, Northern Premier League.

I 1974 holdt The Football Association imidlertid op med at skelne mellem professionelle og amatører, og amatørligaer som Northern League måtte finde en plads i det engelske ligasystem. I modsætning til sin sydlige pendant, Isthmian League, afviste Northern League gentagne invitationer til at blive indplaceret på niveauet under Alliance Premier League, da den liga blev oprettet på niveau 5 i ligasystemet i 1979. Northern League forblev uden for ligasystemet indtil 1991, hvilket blev dyrt for dens status, som faldt igennem 1980'erne, mens ligaens førende klubber skiftede til andre ligaer, der var med i ligasystemet som f.eks. Northern Counties East Football League. Da Northern League endelig blev presset ind i ligasystemet, var muligheden for at blive placeret på niveauet under Football Conference for længst forpasset, og i stedet blev Northern League placeret på niveauet under den laveste division i Northern Premier League.

Ligaens prestige faldt yderligere i 1995, da The Football Association begrænsede adgangen til FA Trophy til de første tre niveauer i National League System, dvs. niveau 5-7 i det engelske ligasystem, hvorved holdene i Northern League (og hold i ligaer på samme niveau) blev udelukket fra deltagelse i FA Trophy. Northern League-klubberne deltager nu i FA Vase.

Klubber i sæsonen 2011-12

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Northern League 2011-12
Division One Division Two
Ashington Alnwick Town
Bedlington Terriers Birtley Town
Billingham Synthonia Brandon United
Billingham Town Chester-le-Street Town
Bishop Auckland Crook Town
Consett Darlington Railway Athletic
Dunston UTS Easingdon Colliery
Guisborough Town Esh Winning
Jarrow Roofing Gillford Park
Marske United Hebburn Town
Newcastle Benfield Horden Colliery Welfare
Newton Aycliffe Morpeth Town
Norton & Stockton Ancients North Shields
Penrith Northallerton Town
Shildon Ryton & Crawcrook Albion
South Shields Seaham Red Star
Spennymoor Town Team Northumbria
Stokesley Thornaby
Sunderland RCA Washington
Tow Law Town West Allotment Celtic
West Auckland Town Whickham
Whitley Bay Whitehaven

Oprindeligt bestod ligaen af én division.[1]

Northern League 1889–1905
Sæson Mestre
1889–90 St Augustine's
1890–91 Ironopolis
1891–92 Ironopolis
1892–93 Ironopolis
1893–94 Middlesbrough
1894–95 Middlesbrough
1895–96 Darlington
1896–97 Middlesbrough
1897–98 Stockton
1898–99 Bishop Auckland
1899–1900 Darlington
1900–01 Bishop Auckland
1901–02 Bishop Auckland
1902–03 Newcastle United A
1903–04 Newcastle United A
1904–05 Newcastle United A

I 1905 blev ligaen delt i to divisioner – en for professionelle og én for amatører. Dette varede dog kun én sæson.[1]

Northern League 1905–06
Sæson Mestre (prof.) Mestre (amatør)
1905–06 Sunderland A Bishop Auckland

I 1906 vendte ligaen tilbage til én division, og det format eksisterede indtil 1982.[1]

Northern League 1906–1932
Sæson Mestre
1906–07 Stockton
1907–08 South Bank
1908–09 Bishop Auckland
1909–10 Bishop Auckland
1910–11 Eston United
1911–12 Bishop Auckland
1912–13 Esh Winning
1913–14 Willington
1914–15 Crook Town
Ingen turneringer i 191519
1919–20 South Bank
1920–21 Bishop Auckland
1921–22 South Bank
1922–23 Eston United
1923–24 Tow Law
1924–25 Tow Law
1925–26 Willington
1926–27 Crook Town
1927–28 Chilton Colliery
1928–29 Stockton
1929–30 Willington
1930–31 Bishop Auckland
1931–32 Stockton
Northern League 1932–1959
Sæson Mestre
1932–33 Stockton
1933–34 Shildon
1934–35 Shildon
1935–36 Shildon
1936–37 Shildon
1937–38 Ferryhill Athletic
1938–39 Bishop Auckland
1939–40 Shildon
Ingen turneringer i 194045
1945–46 Stanley United
1946–47 Bishop Auckland
1947–48 Ferryhill Athletic
1948–49 Evenwood Town
1949–50 Bishop Auckland
1950–51 Bishop Auckland
1951–52 Bishop Auckland
1952–53 Crook Town
1953–54 Bishop Auckland
1954–55 Bishop Auckland
1955–56 Bishop Auckland
1956–57 Billingham Synthonia
1957–58 Ferryhill Athletic
1958–59 Crook Town
Northern League 1959–1982
Sæson Mestre
1959–60 West Auckland
1960–61 West Auckland
1961–62 Stanley United
1962–63 Crook Town
1963–64 Stanley United
1964–65 Whitley Bay
1965–66 Whitley Bay
1966–67 Bishop Auckland
1967–68 Spennymoor United
1968–69 North Shields
1969–70 Evenwood Town
1970–71 Evenwood Town
1971–72 Spennymoor
1972–73 Blyth Spartans
1973–74 Spennymoor United
1974–75 Blyth Spartans
1975–76 Blyth Spartans
1976–77 Spennymoor United
1977–78 Spennymoor United
1978–79 Spennymoor United
1979–80 Blyth Spartans
1980–81 Blyth Spartans
1981–82 Blyth Spartans

I 1982 blev ligaen udvidet med Division Two.[1]

Northern League 1982–2011
Sæson Division One Division Two
1982–83 Blyth Spartans Peterlee Newtown
1983–84 Blyth Spartans Chester-le-Street Town
1984–85 Bishop Auckland Brandon United
1985–86 Bishop Auckland Newcastle Blue Star
1986–87 Blyth Spartans Billingham Synthonia
1987–88 Blyth Spartans Stockton
1988–89 Billingham Synthonia Consett
1989–90 Billingham Synthonia Murton
1990–91 Gretna West Auckland Town
1991–92 Gretna Stockton
1992–93 Whitby Town Dunston Federation Brewery
1993–94 Durham City Bedlington Terriers
1994–95 Tow Law Town Whickham
1995–96 Billingham Synthonia Morpeth Town
1996–97 Whitby Town Northallerton
1997–98 Bedlington Terriers Chester-le-Street Town
1998–99 Bedlington Terriers Durham City
1999–2000 Bedlington Terriers Brandon United
2000–01 Bedlington Terriers Ashington
2001–02 Bedlington Terriers Shildon
2002–03 Brandon United Penrith
2003–04 Dunston Federation Brewery Ashington
2004–05 Dunston Federation Brewery West Allotment Celtic
2005–06 Newcastle Blue Star Consett
2006–07 Whitley Bay Spennymoor Town
2007–08 Durham City Penrith Town
2008–09 Newcastle Benfield Horden Colliery Welfare
2009–10 Spennymoor Town Stokesley
2010–11 Spennymoor Town Newton Aycliffe

Eksterne henvisninger

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  1. ^ a b c d "England – Northern League". RSSSF. 2007-02-07. Hentet 2008-07-02.