2022–23 Northern Football League

Northern Football League 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Division One: Newton Aycliffe Division Two:
Promoted	Division One: Newton Aycliffe Ashington Division Two: Boro Rangers Birtley Town
Relegated	Division One: Thornaby Division Two: Willington
Season statistics
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Northern Football League season was the 125th 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 12 May 2022, and are subject to appeals.

Division One

Main article: 2022–23 Northern Football League Division One

Northern Football League Division One 2022–23
Season information
Season statistics
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

At the end of the 2021–22 season, four teams left the division:

• Billingham Town – relegated to Division Two
• Consett – promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East
• North Shields – promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East
• Ryhope Colliery Welfare – resigned from the Northern League post-allocations

The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following three, formed Division One for 2022–23:

• Carlisle City – promoted from Division Two
• Heaton Stannington – promoted from Division Two
• Pickering Town – relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One East
• Tow Law Town – promoted from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Newton Aycliffe (C, P)	38	27	4	7	102	48	+54	85	Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2	Ashington (O, P)	38	25	5	8	79	35	+44	80	Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3	Bishop Auckland	38	24	6	8	99	48	+51	78
4	Whitley Bay	38	22	7	9	68	55	+13	73
5	West Allotment Celtic	38	21	4	13	74	55	+19	67
6	Redcar Athletic	38	18	7	13	83	70	+13	61
7	Whickham	38	18	7	13	56	49	+7	61
8	Heaton Stannington	38	18	5	15	81	62	+19	59
9	Guisborough Town	38	16	9	13	69	54	+15	57
10	Newcastle Benfield	38	14	11	13	67	57	+10	53
11	West Auckland Town	38	12	11	15	65	65	0	47
12	Tow Law Town	38	14	4	20	59	84	−25	46
13	Crook Town	38	14	2	22	52	77	−25	44
14	Penrith	38	11	8	19	45	64	−19	41
15	Carlisle City	38	10	10	18	57	68	−11	37
16	Seaham Red Star	38	9	9	20	46	61	−15	36
17	Pickering Town	38	11	3	24	45	94	−49	36	Transfer to the Northern Counties East League
18	Northallerton Town	38	10	8	20	53	73	−20	35
19	Sunderland RCA	38	11	5	22	43	94	−51	35	Reprieve from relegation
20	Thornaby (R)	38	9	7	22	42	72	−30	31	Relegation to Division Two

Source: Northern League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• Thornaby were deducted three points for playing an ineligible player.
• Northallerton Town were deducted three points for playing an ineligible player.
• Carlisle City were deducted three points for playing an ineligible player.
• Sunderland RCA were deducted three points for playing an ineligible player.

Division Two

Main article: 2022–23 Northern Football League Division Two

Northern Football League Division Two 2022–23
Season information
Season statistics
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

At the end of the 2021–22 season, four teams left the division:

• Carlisle City – promoted to Division One
• Durham City – relegated to the Wearside League
• Heaton Stannington – promoted to Division One
• Tow Law Town – promoted to Division One

The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following four, formed Division One for 2022–23:

• Billingham Town – relegated from Division One
• Boro Rangers – promoted from the North Riding League
• Chester-le-Street United – promoted from the Wearside League
• Prudhoe Youth Club – promoted from the Northern Alliance

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Boro Rangers (C, P)	40	28	9	3	97	34	+63	93	Promotion to Division One
2	Horden Community Welfare	40	29	3	8	95	44	+51	90	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Bedlington Terriers	40	28	5	7	120	58	+62	89
4	Billingham Town	40	27	5	8	114	59	+55	86
5	Birtley Town (O, P)	40	24	8	8	130	55	+75	80
6	Blyth Town	40	21	4	15	83	54	+29	67
7	Redcar Town	40	19	7	14	70	51	+19	64
8	Prudhoe Youth Club	40	19	6	15	71	62	+9	63
9	Boldon Community Association	40	16	8	16	83	83	0	56
10	Brandon United	40	16	6	18	61	71	−10	54
11	Easington Colliery	40	15	8	17	70	77	−7	53
12	Chester-le-Street United	40	16	4	20	79	79	0	52
13	Esh Winning	40	14	8	18	53	72	−19	50
14	Chester-le-Street Town	40	15	4	21	50	74	−24	49
15	Newcastle University	40	14	6	20	71	80	−9	48
16	Billingham Synthonia	40	12	6	22	71	82	−11	42
17	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	40	11	8	21	56	91	−35	41
18	Jarrow	40	11	7	22	54	82	−28	40
19	Washington	40	11	4	25	44	80	−36	37
20	Sunderland West End	40	11	3	26	51	88	−37	36	Reprieve from relegation
21	Willington (R)	40	2	3	35	22	169	−147	3	Relegation to the Wearside League

Source: Northern League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• Willington were deducted six points for playing ineligible players in two games.

External links

• Northern Football League