2021–22 Northern Football League

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Northern Football League
2021–22
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The 2021–22 Northern Football League season is the 124th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The league operates two divisions in the English football league system, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by the Football Association on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal.

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.

Division One

Northern Football League Division One 2021–22
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At the end of the 2020–21 season, three teams left the division, all promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East:

• Hebburn Town
• Shildon
• Stockton Town

The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following three promoted from Division Two, formed Division One for 2021–22:

• Crook Town
• Redcar Athletic
• West Allotment Celtic

Stadia and locations

Club	Stadium
Ashington	Woodhorn Lane
Bishop Auckland	Heritage Park
Blyth	Woodhorn Lane
Consett	Belle View Stadium
Guisborough Town	King George V Ground
Hebburn Town	Hebburn Sports & Social Ground
Newcastle Benfield	Sam Smith's Park
Newton Aycliffe	Moore Lane Park
North Shields	Daren Persson Stadium
Penrith	Frenchfield Stadium
Ryhope Colliery Welfare	Ryhope Rec Ground
Seaham Red Star	Seaham Town Park
Shildon	Dean Street
Stockton Town	Bishopton Road West
Sunderland Ryhope Comm Ass	Meadow Park
Team Northumbria
West Auckland Town	Darlington Road
Whickham	Glebe Sports Ground
Whitley Bay	Hillheads Park

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	North Shields  (C) (P)	38	25	9	4	86	30	+56	84	Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2	Consett  (P) (O)	38	23	6	9	83	45	+38	75	Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3	Thornaby	38	20	8	10	79	49	+30	68
4	Newton Aycliffe	38	21	4	13	72	47	+25	67
5	Ryhope Colliery Welfare	38	19	8	11	72	48	+24	65
6	West Auckland Town	38	19	6	13	78	50	+28	63
7	Whickham	38	18	7	13	62	46	+16	61
8	Ashington	38	17	7	14	90	77	+13	58
9	Sunderland RCA	38	17	6	15	55	54	+1	57
10	Seaham Red Star	38	15	9	14	55	55	0	54
11	West Allotment Celtic	38	14	10	14	67	80	−13	52
12	Newcastle Benfield	38	15	6	17	65	75	−10	51
13	Guisborough Town	38	13	9	16	52	54	−2	48
14	Redcar Athletic	38	15	2	21	56	83	−27	47
15	Crook Town	38	13	7	18	52	70	−18	46
16	Northallerton Town	38	10	9	19	52	69	−17	39
17	Whitley Bay	38	11	6	21	51	87	−36	39
18	Bishop Auckland	38	9	8	21	42	69	−27	35
19	Penrith	38	10	5	23	47	89	−42	35	Reprieve from relegation
20	Billingham Town  (R)	38	5	10	23	40	79	−39	25	Relegation to Step 6

Source: NL website
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Division Two

Northern Football League Division Two 2021–22
Season information
Season statistics
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At the end of the 2020–21 season, three teams left the division, all promoted to Division One:

• Crook Town
• Redcar Athletic
• West Allotment Celtic

The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following four, formed Division Two for the 2021–22 season:

• Boldon Community Association – promoted from the Wearside League after appeal
• Blyth Town – promoted from the Northern Football Alliance
• Horden Community Welfare – promoted from the Wearside League
• Redcar Town – promoted from the North Riding League

Stadia and locations

Club	Stadium
Bedlington Terriers	Welfare Park
Billingham Synthonia	Norton Sports Complex
Birtley Town	Birtley Sports Complex
Brandon United	Welfare Ground
Carlisle City	Gillford Park
Chester-le-Street Town	Moor Park
Crook Town	The Sir Tom Cowie Millfield Ground
Durham City	Hall Lane (Willington)
Easington Colliery	Welfare Park
Esh Winning	West Terrace
Heaton Stannington	Grounsell Park
Jarrow	Perth Green
Newcastle University	Kimberley Park
Redcar Athletic	Green Lane
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	Kingsley Park
Sunderland West End	Nissan Sports Complex
Tow Law Town	Ironworks Road
Washington	New Ferens Park
West Allotment Celtic	Druid Park
Willington	Hall Lane

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carlisle City  (C) (P)	40	26	4	10	115	49	+66	82	Promotion to Division One
2	Heaton Stannington  (P) (O)	40	25	7	8	103	47	+56	82	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Boldon Community Association	40	23	8	9	123	79	+44	77
4	Tow Law Town	40	23	8	9	71	41	+30	77
5	Easington Colliery	40	23	7	10	88	54	+34	76
6	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	40	23	5	12	87	60	+27	74
7	Horden Community Welfare	40	22	6	12	94	65	+29	72
8	Billingham Synthonia	40	21	7	12	87	54	+33	70
9	Sunderland West End	40	22	3	15	84	69	+15	69
10	Redcar Town	40	20	8	12	76	54	+22	68
11	Newcastle University	40	20	6	14	97	71	+26	66
12	Jarrow	40	16	8	16	89	74	+15	56
13	Birtley Town	40	15	5	20	76	83	−7	50
14	Willington	40	14	4	22	74	78	−4	46
15	Blyth Town	40	14	3	23	65	83	−18	45
16	Brandon United	40	13	6	21	63	84	−21	45
17	Chester-le-Street Town	40	12	4	24	60	78	−18	40
18	Bedlington Terriers	40	9	9	22	62	95	−33	36
19	Washington	40	11	2	27	55	113	−58	35	Reprieve from relegation
20	Esh Winning	40	10	2	28	48	113	−65	32
21	Durham City  (R)	40	1	2	37	23	196	−173	5	Relegation to level 11

Source: NL website
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

External links

• Northern Football League