2016–17 Northern Football League

The 2016–17 Northern Football League season was the 119th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One
Northern Football League
Division One
Season2016–17
ChampionsSouth Shields
PromotedSouth Shields
RelegatedChester-le-Street Town
West Allotment Celtic
Matches played462
Goals scored1,880 (4.07 per match)

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

Two teams – Bishop Auckland and South Shields – applied for promotion to step 4 for the 2017–18 season.[1]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 South Shields 42 34 6 2 127 35 +92 108 Promoted to the Northern Premier League
2 Morpeth Town 42 32 5 5 136 56 +80 101
3 North Shields 42 32 5 5 107 39 +68 101
4 Shildon 42 29 7 6 112 52 +60 94
5 Marske United 42 22 6 14 103 75 +28 72
6 Whitley Bay 42 19 13 10 88 70 +18 70
7 Consett 42 19 8 15 105 81 +24 65
8 Bishop Auckland 42 18 10 14 88 67 +21 64
9 Newton Aycliffe 42 19 7 16 78 76 +2 64
10 Newcastle Benfield 42 16 10 16 101 71 +30 58
11 Sunderland RCA 42 16 9 17 85 79 +6 57
12 Penrith 42 17 6 19 67 89 −22 57
13 Jarrow Roofing BCA 42 14 12 16 83 90 −7 54
14 Seaham Red Star 42 15 6 21 78 81 −3 51
15 Dunston UTS 42 14 6 22 77 96 −19 48
16 Ashington 42 13 8 21 73 90 −17 47
17 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 42 11 10 21 82 129 −47 43
18 West Auckland Town 42 11 3 28 60 120 −60 36
19 Washington 42 10 5 27 67 111 −44 35
20 Guisborough Town 42 10 7 25 70 124 −54 34[lower-alpha 1]
21 Chester-le-Street Town 42 6 5 31 51 127 −76 23 Relegated to Division Two
22 West Allotment Celtic 42 6 4 32 42 122 −80 22
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
Notes:
  1. On 2 October Guisborough Town have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[2]

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:[4]

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
  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

The following two teams have achieved criterion one:[1]

Division Two
Northern Football League
Division Two
Season2016–17
ChampionsStockton Town
PromotedStockton Town
Team Northumbria
Billingham Synthonia
Matches played420
Goals scored1,554 (3.7 per match)

Division Two featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Stockton Town 40 28 9 3 111 37 +74 93 Promoted to Division One
2 Team Northumbria 40 28 5 7 98 37 +61 89
3 Billingham Synthonia 40 26 8 6 89 37 +52 86
4 Heaton Stannington 40 25 4 11 87 44 +43 79
5 Billingham Town 40 23 9 8 109 42 +67 78
6 Whickham 40 20 9 11 83 51 +32 69
7 Easington Colliery 40 20 9 11 84 61 +23 69
8 Blyth Town 40 20 8 12 96 56 +40 68
9 Northallerton Town 40 17 11 12 90 68 +22 62
10 Durham City 40 18 7 15 73 63 +10 61
11 Hebburn Town 40 18 7 15 57 59 −2 61
12 Bedlington Terriers 40 16 6 18 76 90 −14 54
13 Tow Law Town 40 15 8 17 68 66 +2 53
14 Brandon United 40 9 10 21 46 89 −43 37
15 Alnwick Town 40 10 6 24 72 113 −41 36
16 Thornaby 40 9 7 24 55 102 −47 34
17 Crook Town 40 10 4 26 60 115 −55 34
18 Willington 40 9 5 26 40 94 −54 32
19 Darlington Railway Athletic 40 9 4 27 61 126 −65 31
20 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 40 7 9 24 46 93 −47 30
21 Esh Winning 40 7 7 26 53 111 −58 28
22 Norton & Stockton Ancients[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the league
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
Notes:
  1. Norton & Stockton Ancients withdrew from the league on 9 December, club record W=9 D=1 L=8 GF=38 GA=33 expunged.[5]

References
  1. "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 Dec 2016. Retrieved 15 Dec 2016.
  2. "Points deduction". Guisborough Town F.C. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
  5. "Northern Football League news". Northern Football League. 9 December 2016.
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