2014–15 Northern Football League

The 2014–15 Northern Football League season was the 117th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One
Northern Football League
Division One
Season2014–15
ChampionsMarske United
RelegatedBillingham Synthonia
Crook Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,766 (3.82 per match)

Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Marske United 42 27 9 6 118 54 +64 90
2 Shildon 42 28 5 9 109 48 +61 89
3 Guisborough Town 42 26 8 8 101 50 +51 86
4 North Shields 42 26 7 9 87 49 +38 85
5 West Auckland Town 42 25 7 10 106 58 +48 82
6 Dunston UTS 42 23 7 12 75 51 +24 76
7 Jarrow Roofing BCA 42 21 7 14 84 61 +23 70
8 Morpeth Town 42 19 13 10 90 70 +20 70
9 Consett 42 20 9 13 110 85 +25 69
10 Newcastle Benfield 42 18 8 16 92 73 +19 62
11 Bishop Auckland 42 20 2 20 75 75 0 62
12 Durham City 42 17 7 18 76 76 0 58
13 Ashington 42 17 5 20 77 77 0 56
14 Penrith 42 15 11 16 68 74 −6 56
15 Whitley Bay 42 17 5 20 81 97 −16 56
16 Sunderland RCA 42 13 8 21 66 87 −21 47
17 Bedlington Terriers 42 13 5 24 75 97 −22 44
18 Newton Aycliffe 42 13 3 26 57 78 −21 42
19 West Allotment Celtic 42 12 4 26 59 101 −42 40
20 Billingham Synthonia 42 11 4 27 69 102 −33 37 Relegated to Division Two
21 Celtic Nation 42 7 7 28 52 121 −69 28 Club folded[lower-alpha 1]
22 Crook Town 42 1 5 36 39 182 −143 5[lower-alpha 2] Relegated to Division Two
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Celtic Nation resigned at the end of the season and folded due to financial problems.[1]
  2. Crook Town were deducted three points.

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2014
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2015
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

Only one club has achieved criterion 1:[2]

Results
Home \ Away ASH BED BLS BIS CEL CON CRO DUN DUR GUI JRO MAR MOR NCB NTA NSH PEN SHI RCA WAC WAT WHI
Ashington 1–3 3–1 6–1 6–0 2–0 4–1 2–4 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–1
Bedlington Terriers 0–1 5–0 1–2 2–6 6–4 11–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–4 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 2–4 0–0 1–2
Billingham Synthonia 5–2 1–2 1–3 3–0 4–4 8–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–4 1–3 0–4 1–3 3–0 1–2 3–5
Bishop Auckland 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–5 2–1 2–6 3–0 4–4 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 4–1
Celtic Nation 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–7 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–3 2–4 4–5 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–6 1–6 4–1 2–3 1–6
Consett 6–2 6–3 1–1 5–2 4–0 5–0 1–3 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–4 5–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 1–5 2–1 7–0 2–3 4–1
Crook Town 1–1 2–6 0–7 0–6 0–0 0–4 1–3 1–3 1–3 2–6 1–6 1–3 2–5 0–2 1–5 4–4 0–11 0–4 3–1 0–4 0–7
Dunston UTS 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 5–0 3–2 7–2 5–4 3–4 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–4 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0
Durham City 0–2 2–3 1–2 3–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–4 0–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 4–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–4
Guisborough Town 4–0 0–0 6–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–4 4–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 4–1 6–0 5–6 1–2
Jarrow Roofing BCA 3–2 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 4–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–2 0–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1
Marske United 4–0 3–3 2–0 5–3 8–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 3–2 7–0 1–3 3–1 4–1 4–2 4–0
Morpeth Town 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 1–3 6–0 4–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–3 1–2 3–2
Newcastle Benfield 1–3 1–0 5–1 2–1 5–0 7–0 3–3 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 3–3 1–6 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–3
Newton Aycliffe 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–3 5–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–4 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–4 0–1
North Shields 3–2 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 0–4 4–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–0
Penrith 0–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–4 4–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–5 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–5 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–2
Shildon 3–4 4–1 4–0 4–2 4–1 0–1 3–2 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–2 1–0
Sunderland RCA 0–4 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–6 4–0 0–3 1–5 1–1 1–4 3–3 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–4 2–3 2–2 2–1
West Allotment Celtic 2–0 6–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 0–5 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–1
West Auckland Town 4–1 7–2 7–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 4–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 3–2 4–0 2–1 6–3
Whitley Bay 3–4 2–1 0–3 0–4 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–7 2–3 5–3 1–4 2–4 0–3 0–5 2–1 3–2 2–1
Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia
Club Stadium Capacity
AshingtonWoodhorn Lane2,000
Bedlington TerriersDr Pitt Welfare Park2,000
Billingham SynthoniaThe Glamal Engineering Stadium4,200
Bishop AucklandHeritage Park2,004
Celtic NationGillford Park Stadium4,000
ConsettDelves Lane3,000 [3]
Crook TownSir Tom Cowie Millfield1,500
Dunston UTSUTS Stadium4,000
Durham CityThe Arnott Stadium3,000
Guisborough TownKing George V Ground3,500
Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community AssociationBoldon C.A.Sports Ground2,000
Marske UnitedGER Stadium2,500 (169 Seated)
Morpeth TownCraik Park1,000 (100 Seated)
Newcastle BenfieldSam Smith's Park2,000
Newton AycliffeMoore Lane Park1,000
North ShieldsDaren Persson Stadium @ Ralph Gardner Park1,000
PenrithThe World Group Stadium1,500
ShildonDean Street4,700
Sunderland RCAMeadow Park1,000
West Allotment CelticWhitley Park1,000
West Auckland TownDarlington Road6,728 (700 Seated)
Whitley BayHillheads Park4,500

Division Two
Northern Football League
Division Two
Season2014–15
ChampionsSeaham Red Star
PromotedSeaham Red Star
Washington
Norton & Stockton Ancients
Matches played462
Goals scored1,789 (3.87 per match)

Division Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Seaham Red Star 42 31 5 6 134 54 +80 98 Promoted to Division One
2 Washington 42 28 5 9 123 66 +57 89
3 Norton & Stockton Ancients 42 25 10 7 98 49 +49 85
4 Team Northumbria 42 25 8 9 102 44 +58 83
5 Hebburn Town 42 24 9 9 100 60 +40 81
6 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 42 21 11 10 93 57 +36 74
7 Thornaby 42 21 10 11 84 66 +18 73
8 Heaton Stannington 42 23 4 15 95 69 +26 70[lower-alpha 1]
9 Whickham 42 20 10 12 80 60 +20 70
10 Northallerton Town 42 18 9 15 93 64 +29 63
11 Willington 42 17 9 16 78 77 +1 60
12 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 42 17 7 18 75 94 −19 58
13 Chester-le-Street Town 42 15 12 15 70 60 +10 57
14 Darlington Railway Athletic 42 17 6 19 81 87 −6 57
15 South Shields 42 16 5 21 78 74 +4 53
16 Alnwick Town 42 15 5 22 85 121 −36 50
17 Birtley Town 42 13 3 26 67 112 −45 42
18 Billingham Town 42 9 11 22 59 75 −16 38
19 Stokesley Sports Club 42 10 3 29 72 120 −48 33
20 Esh Winning 42 9 4 29 47 135 −88 31
21 Tow Law Town 42 5 8 29 37 114 −77 23
22 Brandon United 42 4 4 34 38 131 −93 16
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Heaton Stannington were deducted four points.[4]

Results
Home \ Away ALN BLT BIR BRA CLS DRA ESH HST HEB NOR NSA RCW RYC SRS SSC SSH TNO THO TOW WAS WHC WIL
Alnwick Town 4–3 4–1 4–0 0–3 2–3 4–4 2–0 1–5 1–2 4–3 3–1 0–6 4–8 5–1 2–1 4–3 0–1 6–1 2–4 2–3 2–1
Billingham Town 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–4 1–3 4–4 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–6 4–1 1–3 1–2 2–3
Birtley Town 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–3 2–5 5–0 0–4 2–2 0–4 0–5 1–4 5–1 1–5 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 0–5 2–2 1–1
Brandon United 1–1 2–2 0–3 5–3 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–5 1–2 2–3 2–7 0–1 0–5 2–4 3–5 1–4 0–4 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–1
Chester-le-Street Town 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–3 3–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–4 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–3 0–1 5–2
Darlington Railway Athletic 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–4 2–1 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–5 1–2 1–4 2–2 7–1 1–2 4–1 2–1
Esh Winning 1–5 0–0 1–4 0–0 0–3 1–4 1–3 1–3 0–10 0–5 1–0 4–2 4–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–4 6–1 0–2 0–2 2–1
Heaton Stannington 3–1 1–0 7–0 5–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–4 4–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 1–1
Hebburn Town 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 6–0 3–4 2–1 4–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–4 2–2 2–1
Northallerton Town 8–0 1–2 3–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–3 2–2 2–0
Norton & Stockton Ancients 8–0 1–0 7–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 6–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1
Ryhope Colliery Welfare 2–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 5–0 2–1 3–1 6–5 2–0 4–0 2–3 5–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 2–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 3–3 3–0 3–2 2–3 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–2 4–2 1–1 1–2 4–3 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–3
Seaham Red Star 9–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 5–0 3–2 8–3 0–4 4–3 3–1 3–1 6–0 4–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 5–2 4–2 5–1
Stokesley Sports Club 4–1 2–3 3–4 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–3 2–5 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 0–5 0–2 2–1 2–9 2–3 1–4
South Shields 1–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–5 4–1 2–4 0–1 5–3 2–3 1–2 4–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 6–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–3
Team Northumbria 2–2 2–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 4–0 3–3 0–2 2–2 2–2 6–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–4 3–0 6–0
Thornaby 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–3 3–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2
Tow Law Town 1–3 1–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–4 0–3 3–2 0–5 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–1
Washington 3–2 4–0 1–0 5–0 4–0 3–1 9–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–5 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–4 5–1 2–2 3–0 4–1
Whickham 3–2 0–2 1–4 7–0 1–0 0–0 6–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 4–0 2–6 4–0 2–1 1–0 6–2 4–0 0–2 4–1
Willington 6–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 5–3 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadif
Club Stadium Capacity
Alnwick TownSt James' Park2,500
Billingham TownThe Evolution Arena1,500
Birtley TownThe Birtley Sports Complex300+ (80 Seated)
Brandon UnitedThe Welfare Ground1,000
Chester-le-Street TownMoor Park224
Darlington Railway AthleticBrinkburn Road2,000
Esh WinningWest Terrace3,500
Heaton StanningtonGrounsell Park2,000
Hebburn TownHebburn Sports & Social Ground1,500
Northallerton TownRegency Stadium3,000
Norton & Stockton AncientsNorton Sports Complex1,500
Ryhope Colliery WelfareRyhope Recreation Park
Ryton & Crawcrook AlbionKingsley Park Stadium1,500
Seaham Red StarSeaham Town Park500
South ShieldsEden Lane, Peterlee6,000 [5]
Stokesley Sports ClubStokesley Sports Club2,000
Team NorthumbriaCoach Lane Sports Ground1,000
ThornabyTeesdale Park5,000
Tow Law TownIronworks Road3,000
WashingtonNissan Sports Ground1,000
West Allotment CelticWhitley Park1,000
WhickhamThe Glebe Sports Ground4,000
WhitehavenThe Focus Scaffolding Sports Complex8,000
WillingtonHall Lane1,000

References
  1. "Celtic Nation Quit". Northern League. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. "Promotion To Step 4". NWCFL. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  3. "Work begins on new £3m ground for Consett AFC". Northern Echo. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. Heaton Stannington penalty - 10/04/2015
  5. "South Shields to play 'home' games in Peterlee". Hartlepool Mail. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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