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1919–20 Northern Football League

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The 1919–20 Northern Football League season was the 27th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England. South Bank were crowned champions via a three team playoff after they finished the season on 38 points along with Bishop Auckland and Crook Town.

Clubs

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Northern League
Season1919–20
ChampionsSouth Bank
Matches played182
Goals scored670 (3.68 per match)

From the 13 clubs which competed in the 1914–15 season 4 did not reappear:

Also 5 new clubs joined the league:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bishop Auckland 26 16 6 4 76 23 3.304 38 Qualified for the championship play-offs
2 South Bank 26 16 6 4 78 27 2.889 38
3 Crook Town 26 17 4 5 57 24 2.375 38
4 Stanley United 26 13 5 8 52 39 1.333 31
5 Grangetown St. Mary's 26 11 9 6 51 41 1.244 31
6 Willington 26 11 7 8 43 36 1.194 29
7 Esh Winning 26 11 4 11 48 34 1.412 26
8 Eston United 26 9 6 11 48 51 0.941 24
9 Darlington Railway Athletic 26 10 4 12 45 58 0.776 24
10 Redcar 26 9 4 13 38 55 0.691 22
11 West Hartlepool St. Joseph's 26 7 6 13 34 51 0.667 20 Left the league
12 Stockton 26 5 5 16 44 70 0.629 15
13 Auckland St. Helen's United 26 5 5 16 26 67 0.388 15 Left the league
14 Scarborough 26 5 3 18 30 94 0.319 13
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Championship playoff

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 South Bank 2 1 0 1 6 4 1.500 2
2 Bishop Auckland 2 1 0 1 5 4 1.250 2
3 Crook Town 2 1 0 1 2 5 0.400 2
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
  • 4 September 1920: Bishop Auckland 4–2 South Bank
  • 11 September 1920: Crook Town 2–1 Bishop Auckland
  • 18 September 1920: South Bank 4–0 Crook Town

References

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  1. ^ a b "Northern League 1889-1925". Non League Matters. Retrieved 13 September 2014.