2015–16 Northern Football League

Northern League
Season 2015-16

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
Durham City

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 finish in the top three to achieve this.[3]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Shildon (C) 42 31 3 8 135 37+98 96
2 Marske United 42 26 3 13 86 60+26 81
3 Guisborough Town 42 22 11 9 95 55+40 77
4 Morpeth Town 42 24 5 13 89 64+25 77
5 North Shields 42 21 9 12 77 48+29 72
6 Newton Aycliffe 42 21 9 12 76 61+15 72
7 Consett 42 21 8 13 92 76+16 71
8 Bishop Auckland 42 20 7 15 80 79+1 67
9 Seaham Red Star 42 18 11 13 90 85+5 65
10 Washington 42 20 5 17 82 853 65
11 Dunston UTS 42 18 8 16 78 64+14 62
12 Ashington 42 18 6 18 85 76+9 60
13 Sunderland RCA 42 15 9 18 73 8916 54
14 Penrith 42 14 10 18 67 758 52
15 Jarrow Roofing BCA 42 15 6 21 90 10212 51
16 Whitley Bay 42 15 5 22 75 70+5 50
17 West Auckland Town 42 15 5 22 56 8428 50
18 Newcastle Benfield 42 11 11 20 79 9617 44
19 West Allotment Celtic 42 11 7 24 50 10555 40
20 Durham City (R) 42 9 9 24 59 9536 36 Relegation to Division Two
21 Norton & Stockton Ancients (R) 42 8 8 26 67 12053 32
22 Bedlington Terriers (R) 42 8 7 27 57 11255 31

Updated to games played on 9 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.

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 8 106 44+62 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 42 21 8 13 92 59+33 71
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 6811 59
13 Darlington Railway Athletic 42 18 4 20 86 893 58
14 Tow Law Town 42 14 11 17 75 827 53
15 Brandon United 42 14 4 24 77 9821 46
16 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 42 11 11 20 58 7921 44
17 Alnwick Town 42 12 6 24 66 11347 42
18 Crook Town 42 10 5 27 53 9946 35
19 Willington 42 9 5 28 45 9853 32
20 Esh Winning 42 7 6 29 46 12781 27
21 Birtley Town (R) 42 5 6 31 50 11767 21 Relegation to Northern Alliance
22 Stokesley Sports Club (R) 42 4 2 36 33 167134 14 Relegation to Wearside League

Updated to games played on 5 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.

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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