2019–20 NTFL season

2019–20 NTFL season
2019–20 NTFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Nightcliff; 5th premiership
Minor premiers	Nightcliff; 10th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Palmerston; 10th wooden spoon
Matches played	76
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019–20 NTFL season was the 99th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).^[1]

The first game was played on Saturday, 5 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 14 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 13 points against St Marys, claiming their fifth premiership title in history. This was the first time in the club's history going back to back in titles.^[2]

Ladder

2019–20 NTFL Ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Nightcliff (P)	18	17	1	0	1880	955	196.9	68
2	St Marys	18	14	4	0	1567	1143	137.1	56
3	Tiwi Bombers	18	11	7	0	1606	1569	102.4	44
4	Southern Districts	18	10	7	1	1556	1293	120.3	42
5	Darwin	18	10	8	0	1450	1226	118.3	40
6	Waratah	18	5	13	0	1309	1774	73.8	20
7	Wanderers	18	3	14	1	1166	1646	70.8	14
8	Palmerston	18	1	17	0	933	1861	50.1	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Premiers

Ladder progression

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

1	Nightcliff (P)	4₄	8₃	12₂	16₁	20₁	24₁	24₁	28₁	32₁	36₁	40₁	44₁	48₁	52₁	56₁	60₁	64₁	68₁
2	St Marys	4₂	8₂	8₃	12₃	16₂	16₃	20₂	20₄	24₄	28₂	32₂	36₂	40₂	40₂	44₂	48₂	52₂	56₂
3	Tiwi Bombers	0₈	0₈	4₆	4₆	8₆	8₆	12₆	16₅	16₅	20₅	24₅	28₅	32₃	36₃	40₃	40₃	40₄	44₃
4	Southern Districts	0₅	2₅	6₄	10₄	14₃	18₂	18₃	22₂	26₂	26₃	30₃	30₃	30₄	30₅	30₅	34₅	38₅	42₄
5	Darwin	4₁	8₁	12₁	12₂	12₄	12₅	16₄	20₃	24₃	24₄	24₄	28₄	28₅	32₄	32₄	36₄	40₃	40₅
6	Waratah	0₆	0₆	0₇	0₇	0₇	4₇	8₇	8₇	8₇	12₇	12₇	12₇	12₇	16₆	20₆	20₆	20₆	20₆
7	Wanderers	4₃	6₄	6₅	10₅	10₅	14₄	14₅	14₆	14₆	14₆	14₆	14₆	14₆	14₇	14₇	14₇	14₇	14₇
8	Palmerston	0₇	0₇	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	4₈	4₈	4₈	4₈	4₈	4₈

Finals


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Nightcliff	77				2	St Marys	60

			2	St Marys	103				1	Nightcliff	73

2	St Marys	78				1	Nightcliff	88

3	Tiwi Bombers	47				4	Southern Districts	51

			3	Tiwi Bombers	71

			4	Southern Districts	111

4	Southern Districts	113

5	Darwin	42

Grand Final


	2019–20 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 14 March 2020 (7:15 pm)	St Marys	def. by	Nightcliff	Marrara Stadium	Report
	1.1 (7) 4.3 (27) 8.4 (52) 9.6 (60)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.3 (15) 6.8 (44) 7.12 (54) 10.13 (73)







Nightcliff Tiger's won the premiership back to back for the first time in the club's history. St Marys made the grand final after claiming the wooden spoon in the previous year. But didn't make it to the premiership win.

References

^ "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2020-03-15.
^ "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2019/20". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.

[ntfootball-1] "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2020-03-15.

[australianfootball-2] "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2019/20". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.

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v t e Northern Territory Football League
Clubs	Darwin Nightcliff Palmerston PINT Southern Districts St Mary's Tiwi Bombers Wanderers Waratah
Seasons	1916–17 1917–18 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942−1945 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Awards	Nichols Medal Chaney Medal