# 2009–10 Northern Football League

The 2009–10 Northern Football League season was the 112nd 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 three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
* Esh Winning
* Horden Colliery Welfare
* Norton & Stockton Ancients
Also, Dunston Federation changed name to Dunston UTS.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Spennymoor Town | 42 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 118 | 33 | +85 | 100 | |
| 2 | Shildon | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 102 | 60 | +42 | 87 | |
| 3 | Whitley Bay | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 111 | 48 | +63 | 83 | |
| 4 | Dunston UTS | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 96 | 41 | +55 | 82 | |
| 5 | Newcastle Benfield | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 89 | 45 | +44 | 78 | |
| 6 | Ashington | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 74 | |
| 7 | Bedlington Terriers | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 71 | |
| 8 | Norton & Stockton Ancients | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 82 | 84 | −2 | 67 | |
| 9 | Tow Law Town | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 80 | 85 | −5 | 66 | |
| 10 | Consett | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 71 | 73 | −2 | 64 | |
| 11 | South Shields | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 83 | 87 | −4 | 63 | |
| 12 | Billingham Synthonia | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 76 | 75 | +1 | 59 | |
| 13 | Bishop Auckland | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 81 | 89 | −8 | 58 | |
| 14 | Penrith | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 75 | 71 | +4 | 55 | |
| 15 | West Allotment Celtic | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 68 | 84 | −16 | 54 | |
| 16 | West Auckland Town | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 83 | 92 | −9 | 50 | |
| 17 | Ryton | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 62 | 86 | −24 | 44 | |
| 18 | Esh Winning | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 57 | 94 | −37 | 39 | |
| 19 | Billingham Town | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 54 | 110 | −56 | 35 | |
| 20 | Chester-le-Street Town | 42 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 68 | 115 | −47 | 33 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 21 | Morpeth Town | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 49 | 110 | −61 | 27 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 22 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 42 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 48 | 111 | −63 | 22 | Relegated to Division Two |
* ↑ Penrith deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BED | BLS | BLT | BIS | CLS | CON | DUN | ESH | HCW | MOR | NCB | NSA | PEN | RYT | SHI | SSH | SPE | TOW | WAC | WAT | WHI |
| Ashington | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| Bedlington Terriers | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Billingham Synthonia | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Billingham Town | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
| Bishop Auckland | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–7 |
| Chester-le-Street Town | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–6 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–4 | 1–4 | 5–3 | 0–3 |
| Consett | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| Dunston UTS | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| Esh Winning | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Horden Colliery Welfare | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| Morpeth Town | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Newcastle Benfield | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Norton & Stockton Ancients | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–7 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Penrith | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Ryton | 0–3 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 |
| Shildon | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | | 8–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| South Shields | 0–3 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Spennymoor Town | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Tow Law Town | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| West Allotment Celtic | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 5–4 | | 1–5 | 1–2 |
| West Auckland Town | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 |
| Whitley Bay | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |

## Division Two

Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Gillford Park, promoted from the Northern Football Alliance
* Newton Aycliffe, promoted from the Wearside Football League
* Northallerton Town, relegated from Division One
* Seaham Red Star, relegated from Division One
Also, Stokesley Sports Club changed name to Stokesley.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Stokesley | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 121 | 45 | +76 | 91 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Sunderland RCA | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 29 | +56 | 80 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Jarrow Roofing BCA | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 107 | 60 | +47 | 80 | Promoted to Division One |
| 4 | Marske United | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 77 | 34 | +43 | 75 | |
| 5 | Guisborough Town | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 72 | |
| 6 | North Shields | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 63 | |
| 7 | Whitehaven | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 60 | |
| 8 | Northallerton Town | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 74 | 63 | +11 | 57 | |
| 9 | Newton Aycliffe | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 57 | |
| 10 | Whickham | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 55 | |
| 11 | Gillford Park | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 67 | 74 | −7 | 50 | |
| 12 | Seaham Red Star | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 70 | 72 | −2 | 49 | |
| 13 | Crook Town | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 90 | −27 | 45 | |
| 14 | Team Northumbria | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 42 | |
| 15 | Brandon United | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 64 | 92 | −28 | 42 | |
| 16 | Hebburn Town | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 61 | 98 | −37 | 41 | |
| 17 | Thornaby | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 34 | |
| 18 | Washington | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 44 | 77 | −33 | 33 | |
| 19 | Darlington Railway Athletic | 38 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 46 | 115 | −69 | 20 | |
| 20 | Birtley Town | 38 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 41 | 115 | −74 | 16 | |
* ↑ Whickham deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BIR | BRA | CRO | DRA | GIL | GUI | HEB | JRO | MAR | NTA | NOR | NSH | SRS | STO | RCA | TNO | THO | WAS | WHC | WHA |
| Birtley Town | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Brandon United | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 5–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Crook Town | 7–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Darlington Railway Athletic | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–7 |
| Gillford Park | 7–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Guisborough Town | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Hebburn Town | 3–0 | 0–3 | 5–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–8 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Jarrow Roofing BCA | 2–1 | 7–2 | 14–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Marske United | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Newton Aycliffe | 2–1 | 2–1 | 10–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Northallerton Town | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| North Shields | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 6–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Seaham Red Star | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 7–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Stokesley | 3–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Sunderland RCA | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Team Northumbria | 5–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Thornaby | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Washington | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Whickham | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–6 |
| Whitehaven | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |