# 2014–15 Northern Football League

The 2014–15 season was the 117th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The league has operated two divisions in the English football league system, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6.

## Division One

Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
* Jarrow Roofing BCA
* North Shields
* West Allotment Celtic
Only Bishop Auckland applied for promotion to Step 4.

### Division One 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 |
| 22 | Crook Town | 42 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 39 | 182 | −143 | 5 | Relegated to Division Two |
* ↑ Celtic Nation resigned at the end of the season and folded due to financial problems.
* ↑ Crook Town were deducted three points.

### 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 | |

### Stadia

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| Ashington | Woodhorn Lane | |
| Bedlington Terriers | Welfare Park | 3,000 |
| Billingham Synthonia | Central Avenue | 4,200 |
| Bishop Auckland | Heritage Park | 1,950 |
| Celtic Nation | Gillford Park | 4,000 |
| Consett | Belle View Stadium | 3,000 |
| Crook Town | Sir Tom Cowie Millfield Ground | 1,500 |
| Dunston UTS | Wellington Road | 2,500 |
| Durham City | New Ferens Park | |
| Guisborough Town | King George V Ground | |
| Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association | Boldon CA Sports Ground | 2,000 |
| Marske United | Mount Pleasant | 2,500 |
| Morpeth Town | Craik Park | 1,000 |
| Newcastle Benfield | Sam Smith's Park | 2,000 |
| Newton Aycliffe | Moore Lane Park | 1,000 |
| North Shields | Ralph Gardner Park | 1,000 |
| Penrith | Frenchfields Stadium | 1,500 |
| Shildon | Dean Street | 4,700 |
| Sunderland RCA | Meadow Park | 1,000 |
| West Allotment Celtic | Whitley Park | 1,000 |
| West Auckland Town | Darlington Road | 2,000 |
| Whitley Bay | Hillheads Park | 4,500 |

## Division Two

Division Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.
* Clubs relegated from Division One:
** Billingham Town
** Hebburn Town
** Team Northumbria
* Plus:
** Ryhope Colliery Welfare, promoted from the Northern Football Alliance

### Division Two 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 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Norton & Stockton Ancients | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 98 | 49 | +49 | 85 | Promoted to Division One |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Heaton Stannington were deducted four points.

### 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 | |

### Stadia

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alnwick Town | St James' Park | 2,500 |
| Billingham Town | Bedford Terrace | 3,000 |
| Birtley Town | Birtley Sports Complex | |
| Brandon United | Welfare Ground | |
| Chester-le-Street Town | Moor Park | |
| Darlington Railway Athletic | Brinkburn Road | |
| Esh Winning | West Terrace | 3,500 |
| Heaton Stannington | Grounsell Park | 2,000 |
| Hebburn Town | Hebburn Sports & Social Ground | 1,500 |
| Northallerton Town | Calvert Stadium | |
| Norton & Stockton Ancients | Norton Sports Complex | 1,970 |
| Ryhope Colliery Welfare | Ryhope Recreation Park | |
| Ryton & Crawcrook Albion | Kingsley Park Stadium | 1,500 |
| Seaham Red Star | Seaham Town Park | |
| South Shields | Eden Lane (groundshare with (Peterlee Town) | 6,000 |
| Stokesley Sports Club | Stokesley Sports Club | 2,000 |
| Team Northumbria | Coach Lane Sports Ground | |
| Thornaby | Teesdale Park | 5,000 |
| Tow Law Town | Ironworks Road | 3,000 |
| Washington | Nissan Sports Ground | 1,000 |
| Whickham | The Glebe Sports Ground | 4,000 |
| Willington | Hall Lane | |