# 2019–20 NTFL season

The 2019–20 NTFL season was the 99th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The first game was played on Saturday, 5 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 14 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 13 points against St Marys, claiming their fifth premiership title in history. This was the first time in the club's history going back to back in titles.

## Ladder

2019–20 NTFL Ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | Nightcliff (P) | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1880 | 955 | 196.9 | 68 |
| 2 | St Marys | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1567 | 1143 | 137.1 | 56 |
| 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1606 | 1569 | 102.4 | 44 |
| 4 | Southern Districts | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1556 | 1293 | 120.3 | 42 |
| 5 | Darwin | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1450 | 1226 | 118.3 | 40 |
| 6 | Waratah | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1309 | 1774 | 73.8 | 20 |
| 7 | Wanderers | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1166 | 1646 | 70.8 | 14 |
| 8 | Palmerston | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 933 | 1861 | 50.1 | 4 |

### Ladder progression

| | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 1 | Nightcliff (P) | 4$_4$ | 8$_3$ | 12$_2$ | 16$_1$ | 20$_1$ | 24$_1$ | 24$_1$ | 28$_1$ | 32$_1$ | 36$_1$ | 40$_1$ | 44$_1$ | 48$_1$ | 52$_1$ | 56$_1$ | 60$_1$ | 64$_1$ | 68$_1$ |
| 2 | St Marys | 4$_2$ | 8$_2$ | 8$_3$ | 12$_3$ | 16$_2$ | 16$_3$ | 20$_2$ | 20$_4$ | 24$_4$ | 28$_2$ | 32$_2$ | 36$_2$ | 40$_2$ | 40$_2$ | 44$_2$ | 48$_2$ | 52$_2$ | 56$_2$ |
| 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 4$_6$ | 4$_6$ | 8$_6$ | 8$_6$ | 12$_6$ | 16$_5$ | 16$_5$ | 20$_5$ | 24$_5$ | 28$_5$ | 32$_3$ | 36$_3$ | 40$_3$ | 40$_3$ | 40$_4$ | 44$_3$ |
| 4 | Southern Districts | 0$_5$ | 2$_5$ | 6$_4$ | 10$_4$ | 14$_3$ | 18$_2$ | 18$_3$ | 22$_2$ | 26$_2$ | 26$_3$ | 30$_3$ | 30$_3$ | 30$_4$ | 30$_5$ | 30$_5$ | 34$_5$ | 38$_5$ | 42$_4$ |
| 5 | Darwin | 4$_1$ | 8$_1$ | 12$_1$ | 12$_2$ | 12$_4$ | 12$_5$ | 16$_4$ | 20$_3$ | 24$_3$ | 24$_4$ | 24$_4$ | 28$_4$ | 28$_5$ | 32$_4$ | 32$_4$ | 36$_4$ | 40$_3$ | 40$_5$ |
| 6 | Waratah | 0$_6$ | 0$_6$ | 0$_7$ | 0$_7$ | 0$_7$ | 4$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 12$_7$ | 12$_7$ | 12$_7$ | 12$_7$ | 16$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 20$_6$ |
| 7 | Wanderers | 4$_3$ | 6$_4$ | 6$_5$ | 10$_5$ | 10$_5$ | 14$_4$ | 14$_5$ | 14$_6$ | 14$_6$ | 14$_6$ | 14$_6$ | 14$_6$ | 14$_6$ | 14$_7$ | 14$_7$ | 14$_7$ | 14$_7$ | 14$_7$ |
| 8 | Palmerston | 0$_7$ | 0$_7$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 4$_8$ | 4$_8$ | 4$_8$ | 4$_8$ | 4$_8$ | 4$_8$ |

## Finals

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | Nightcliff | 77 | | | | 2 | St Marys | 60 |
| | | | 2 | St Marys | 103 | | | | 1 | Nightcliff | 73 |
| 2 | St Marys | 78 | | | | 1 | Nightcliff | 88 | | | |
| 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 47 | | | | 4 | Southern Districts | 51 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Southern Districts | 111 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Southern Districts | 113 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Darwin | 42 | | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

| | 2019–20 NTFL Grand Final | 2019–20 NTFL Grand Final | 2019–20 NTFL Grand Final | | |
| Saturday 14 March 2020 (7:15 pm) | St Marys | def. by | Nightcliff | Marrara Stadium | Report |
| | 1.1 (7) 4.3 (27) 8.4 (52) 9.6 (60) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 2.3 (15) 6.8 (44) 7.12 (54) 10.13 (73) | | |
| Nightcliff Tiger's won the premiership back to back for the first time in the club's history. St Marys made the grand final after claiming the wooden spoon in the previous year. But didn't make it to the premiership win. ||||||