# 2012–13 Northern Football League

The 2012–13 Northern Football League season was the 115th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

## Division One

Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.
* Clubs promoted from Division Two:
** Gillford Park, who also changed name to Celtic Nation
** Hebburn Town
** Team Northumbria
* Plus:
** Darlington 1883, new club formed after original club folded
** Durham City, resigned from the Northern Premier League
* From this league, only Bishop Auckland, Celtic Nation, Darlington 1883 and Spennymoor Town applied for promotion.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Darlington 1883 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 145 | 35 | +110 | 122 | Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One North |
| 2 | Spennymoor Town | 46 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 108 | 34 | +74 | 109 | |
| 3 | Whitley Bay | 46 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 110 | 62 | +48 | 88 | |
| 4 | West Auckland Town | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 112 | 75 | +37 | 84 | |
| 5 | Dunston UTS | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 74 | 50 | +24 | 79 | |
| 6 | Bishop Auckland | 46 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 95 | 77 | +18 | 79 | |
| 7 | Ashington | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 106 | 68 | +38 | 76 | |
| 8 | Shildon | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 83 | 69 | +14 | 69 | |
| 9 | Consett | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 68 | |
| 10 | Celtic Nation | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 80 | 79 | +1 | 67 | |
| 11 | Guisborough Town | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 78 | 87 | −9 | 66 | |
| 12 | Bedlington Terriers | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 90 | 83 | +7 | 61 | |
| 13 | Billingham Synthonia | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 79 | 83 | −4 | 61 | |
| 14 | Penrith | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 92 | 96 | −4 | 60 | |
| 15 | Durham City | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 90 | 90 | 0 | 59 | |
| 16 | Team Northumbria | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 80 | −17 | 56 | |
| 17 | Newton Aycliffe | 46 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 71 | 89 | −18 | 53 | |
| 18 | Hebburn Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 81 | 109 | −28 | 53 | |
| 19 | Marske United | 46 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 66 | 91 | −25 | 49 | |
| 20 | Billingham Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 84 | 125 | −41 | 47 | |
| 21 | Newcastle Benfield | 46 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 51 | 88 | −37 | 46 | |
| 22 | Sunderland RCA | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 62 | 103 | −41 | 41 | |
| 23 | South Shields | 46 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 54 | 117 | −63 | 38 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 24 | Norton & Stockton Ancients | 46 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 39 | 128 | −89 | 25 | Relegated to Division Two |
* ↑ Sunderland RCA deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BED | BLS | BLT | BIS | CEL | CON | DAR | DUN | DUR | GUI | HEB | MAR | NCB | NTA | NSA | PEN | SHI | SSH | SPE | RCA | TNO | WAT | WHI |
| Ashington | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Bedlington Terriers | 4–0 | | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Billingham Synthonia | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Billingham Town | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–7 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Bishop Auckland | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–8 | 6–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–4 |
| Celtic Nation | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Consett | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
| Darlington 1883 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Dunston UTS | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Durham City | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 |
| Guisborough Town | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–7 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Hebburn Town | 3–5 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| Marske United | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Newcastle Benfield | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| Newton Aycliffe | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–8 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Norton & Stockton Ancients | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–5 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 1–3 |
| Penrith | 3–4 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Shildon | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 11–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| South Shields | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 |
| Spennymoor Town | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Sunderland RCA | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Team Northumbria | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| West Auckland Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 0–1 | | 3–2 |
| Whitley Bay | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 8–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | |
* ↑ (29 Apr 0-2) : Abn 77 mins floodlight failure. - Replay is 13 May 2013.
* ↑ (6 Apr 1-0) : Billingham Town have asked for the game to be replayed. - new date is 7 May 2013.

## Division Two

Division Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Clubs relegated from Division One:
** Jarrow Roofing BCA
** Stokesley Sports Club
** Tow Law Town
* Plus:
** Ryhope Colliery Welfare, promoted from the Wearside Football League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Crook Town | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 123 | 60 | +63 | 101 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Ryhope Colliery Welfare | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 147 | 52 | +95 | 98 | Demoted to the Northern Football Alliance |
| 3 | Morpeth Town | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 108 | 51 | +57 | 85 | Promoted to Division One |
| 4 | Jarrow Roofing BCA | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 100 | 46 | +54 | 85 | |
| 5 | Darlington Railway Athletic | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 82 | 57 | +25 | 78 | |
| 6 | Northallerton Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 101 | 63 | +38 | 77 | |
| 7 | West Allotment Celtic | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 95 | 66 | +29 | 77 | |
| 8 | North Shields | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 70 | |
| 9 | Whitehaven | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 97 | 74 | +23 | 65 | |
| 10 | Seaham Red Star | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 86 | 85 | +1 | 65 | |
| 11 | Tow Law Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 83 | 66 | +17 | 64 | |
| 12 | Washington | 42 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 72 | 93 | −21 | 52 | |
| 13 | Chester-le-Street Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 49 | |
| 14 | Ryton & Crawcrook Albion | 42 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 49 | |
| 15 | Stokesley Sports Club | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 60 | 93 | −33 | 44 | |
| 16 | Whickham | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 57 | 86 | −29 | 41 | |
| 17 | Birtley Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 47 | 83 | −36 | 38 | |
| 18 | Brandon United | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 93 | −38 | 38 | |
| 19 | Thornaby | 42 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 59 | 106 | −47 | 32 | |
| 20 | Esh Winning | 42 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 49 | 108 | −59 | 30 | |
| 21 | Alnwick Town | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 63 | 100 | −37 | 29 | |
| 22 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 43 | 115 | −72 | 26 | Relegated to the Wearside League |
* ↑ Whitehaven deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
* 1 2 Esh Winning, Brandon United deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Alnwick Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALN | BIR | BRA | CLS | CRO | DRA | ESH | HCW | JRO | MOR | NSH | NOR | RCW | RYC | SRS | SSC | THO | TOW | WAS | WAC | WHC | WHA |
| Alnwick Town | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Birtley Town | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 |
| Brandon United | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–10 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Chester-le-Street Town | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Crook Town | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Darlington Railway Athletic | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 8–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Esh Winning | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 |
| Horden Colliery Welfare | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–6 |
| Jarrow Roofing BCA | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 10–2 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Morpeth Town | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| North Shields | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Northallerton Town | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 5–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Ryhope Colliery Welfare | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| Ryton & Crawcrook Albion | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–6 |
| Seaham Red Star | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 3–1 | | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Stokesley Sports Club | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 3–4 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 7–2 | 2–3 |
| Thornaby | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Tow Law Town | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Washington | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| West Allotment Celtic | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Whickham | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | | 1–4 |
| Whitehaven | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |