1919–20 Northern Football League
Appearance
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
[edit]Season | 1919–20 |
---|---|
Champions | South Bank |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 670 (3.68 per match) |
← 1914–15 1920–21 → |
From the 13 clubs which competed in the 1914–15 season 4 did not reappear:
- Darlington St. Augustine's
- Leadgate Park
- Harrogate
- Grangetown Athletic
Also 5 new clubs joined the league:
- Redcar
- Auckland St. Helen's United
- Darlington Railway Athletic
- Grangetown St. Mary's
- West Hartlepool St. Joseph's
League table
[edit]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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Championship playoff
[edit]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.
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
[edit]- ^ a b "Northern League 1889-1925". Non League Matters. Retrieved 13 September 2014.