1905–06 Northern Football League

The 1905–06 Northern Football League season was the seventeenth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

A championship match between the Professional Champions, Sunderland A, and the Amateur Champions, Bishop Auckland, was played on 28 April 1906. The match was a 1–1 draw.[1]

Clubs

Northern League
Season1905–06
ChampionsSunderland A
(Professional Champions)
Bishop Auckland
(Amateur Champions)
Matches played182
Goals scored647 (3.55 per match)

The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sunderland A 26 21 3 2 90 21 4.286 45 Qualified for the championship match
and then founder member of North Eastern League
2 Newcastle United A 26 19 4 3 92 14 6.571 42 Founder member of North Eastern League
3 Bishop Auckland 26 15 3 8 45 39 1.154 33 Qualified for the championship match
4 Darlington 26 12 7 7 47 47 1.000 31
5 Middlesbrough A 26 12 5 9 59 30 1.967 29 Founder member of North Eastern League
6 South Bank 26 13 2 11 49 35 1.400 28
7 Shildon Athletic 26 11 6 9 40 45 0.889 28
8 Spennymoor United 26 8 6 12 34 34 1.000 22
9 Grangetown Athletic 26 9 2 15 37 43 0.860 20
10 Stockton 26 7 5 14 32 54 0.593 19
11 Crook Town 26 7 5 14 33 57 0.579 19
12 West Hartlepool 26 7 5 14 49 65 0.754 17[a]
13 Scarborough 26 7 2 17 24 93 0.258 16
14 Darlington St Augustine's 26 3 7 16 16 70 0.229 13
Source: [2]
Notes:
  1. ^ West Hartlepool deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player.

Championship match

  • 28 April 1906: Sunderland A 1–1 Bishop Auckland

References

  1. ^ "BISHOP AUCKLAND". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Northern League Table 1905-06". poolstats.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2012.