1899–1900 Northern Football League

The 1899–1900 Northern Football League season was the eleventh in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

Northern League
Season1899–1900

Division One

Northern League Division One
Season1899–1900
ChampionsDarlington
Matches played72
Goals scored243 (3.38 per match)

The division featured 7 clubs which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from last seasons's Division Two:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Darlington 16 12 3 1 42 16 2.625 27
2 Stockton St. John's 16 10 3 3 32 17 1.882 23
3 Bishop Auckland 16 9 2 5 41 21 1.952 20
4 Darlington St Augustine's 16 7 4 5 34 27 1.259 18
5 South Bank 16 7 3 6 18 26 0.692 17
6 Crook Town 16 3 7 6 14 24 0.583 13
7 Thornaby Utopians 16 3 6 7 14 25 0.560 12
8 Tow Law 16 3 3 10 23 43 0.535 9 Left the league
9 Stockton 16 2 1 13 25 44 0.568 5
Source: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Division Two

Northern League Division Two
Season1899–1900
ChampionsWhitby
Matches played56
Goals scored232 (4.14 per match)

The division featured 7 clubs which competed in the last season, along with three new clubs:

  • Dorman, Long & Co.
  • Grangetown Athletic
  • Whitby

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Whitby 14 9 3 2 49 23 2.130 21 Promoted to the Northern League Division One
2 Thornaby 14 8 3 3 29 15 1.933 19 Left the league
3 Grangetown Athletic 14 7 5 2 36 24 1.500 19
4 Loftus 14 6 2 6 23 24 0.958 14
5 West Hartlepool 14 6 0 8 28 28 1.000 12 Promoted to the Northern League Division One
6 Scarborough 14 4 3 7 27 34 0.794 11
7 Stockton Vulcan 14 4 2 8 20 36 0.556 10 Left the league
8 Brotton 14 3 0 11 20 48 0.417 6
– Dorman, Long & Co. 0 – – – – – — 0[a]
– Shildon United 0 – – – – – — 0[b]
Source: [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Notes:
  1. ^ Dorman, Long & Co. resigned from the league on 15 November 1899. Their record (P8 W1 D1 L6 F8 A26 P3) was expunged.
  2. ^ Shildon United resigned from the league on 13 January 1900. Their record (P5 W3 D1 L1 F13 A5 P7) was expunged.

References

  1. ^ "BISHOP AUCKLAND". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  2. ^ "CROOK TOWN". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ^ "DARLINGTON". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  4. ^ "DARLINGTON ST AUGUSTINES". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  5. ^ "SOUTH BANK". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  6. ^ "STOCKTON". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  7. ^ "THORNABY UTOPIANS". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  8. ^ "STOCKTON ST JOHN'S". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  9. ^ "TOW LAW". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  10. ^ "BROTTON". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  11. ^ "DORMAN, LONG & CO". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  12. ^ "GRANGETOWN ATHLETIC". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  13. ^ "LOFTUS". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  14. ^ "SCARBOROUGH". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  15. ^ "SHILDON UNITED". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  16. ^ "STOCKTON VULCAN". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  17. ^ "THORNABY". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  18. ^ "WEST HARTLEPOOL". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  19. ^ "WHITBY". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 18 September 2012.