1919–20 Northern Football League

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