2023–24 Northern Football League

Northern Football League 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Division One: Bishop Auckland Division Two: Blyth Town
Promoted	Division One: Bishop Auckland Heaton Stannington Division Two: Blyth Town Easington Colliery Newcastle Blue Star
Relegated	Division One: Sunderland RCA Division Two: Brandon United
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Northern Football League season was the 126th 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 15 May 2023. Starting this season, the league's Division One (step 5) will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaces the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there were only one club relegated from the division.

Division One

Main article: 2023–24 Northern Football League Division One

Northern Football League Division One 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Bishop Auckland
Promoted	Bishop Auckland Heaton Stannington
Relegated	Sunderland RCA
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.

• Promoted from Division Two:
  • Birtley Town
  • Boro Rangers
• Demoted/relegated from the Northern Premier League:
  • North Shields
  • Shildon

Division One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bishop Auckland (C, P)	38	32	4	2	133	32	+101	100	Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2	Shildon	38	29	4	5	126	32	+94	91	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Heaton Stannington (O, P)	38	23	9	6	76	42	+34	78
4	Birtley Town	38	24	3	11	98	56	+42	75
5	West Auckland Town	38	23	6	9	88	49	+39	75
6	Guisborough Town	38	22	7	9	75	40	+35	70
7	Boro Rangers	38	20	8	10	82	42	+40	68
8	Carlisle City	38	18	6	14	73	81	−8	60
9	West Allotment Celtic	38	17	8	13	85	53	+32	59
10	Whitley Bay	38	17	6	15	71	76	−5	57
11	Whickham	38	16	6	16	73	68	+5	54
12	Redcar Athletic	38	14	9	15	82	67	+15	51
13	Crook Town	38	13	12	13	50	60	−10	51
14	North Shields	38	12	8	18	55	63	−8	44
15	Penrith	38	13	2	23	82	89	−7	41
16	Seaham Red Star	38	7	9	22	45	74	−29	30
17	Newcastle Benfield	38	9	6	23	56	99	−43	33
18	Northallerton Town	38	5	6	27	39	106	−67	21
19	Tow Law Town	38	4	1	33	32	159	−127	13
20	Sunderland RCA (R)	38	1	2	35	28	161	−133	5	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

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Shildon	0
	5	West Auckland Town	1
						3	Heaton Stannington	3
						5	West Auckland Town	0
	3	Heaton Stannington	1
	4	Birtley Town	0

Division Two

Main article: 2023–24 Northern Football League Division Two

Northern Football League Division Two 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Blyth Town
Promoted	Blyth Town Easington Colliery Newcastle Blue Star
Relegated	Brandon United
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

Division Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

• FC Hartlepool, promoted from the Wearside League
• Newcastle Blue Star, promoted from the Northern Alliance
• Thornaby, relegated from Division One
• Yarm & Eaglescliffe, promoted from the North Riding League

Division Two table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Blyth Town (C, P)	42	34	3	5	139	37	+102	105	Promotion to Division Two
2	Newcastle Blue Star (P)	42	27	8	7	102	46	+56	89	Qualification for the play-offs, then promotion to Division One
3	Easington Colliery (O, P)	42	25	8	9	97	49	+48	83	Qualification for the play-offs
4	Bedlington Terriers	42	24	5	13	81	54	+27	77
5	Horden Community Welfare	42	22	8	12	76	58	+18	74
6	Billingham Synthonia	42	21	10	11	105	62	+43	73
7	Chester-le-Street Town	42	21	9	12	83	60	+23	72
8	Yarm & Eaglescliffe	42	21	8	13	79	70	+9	71
9	Newcastle University	42	19	7	16	104	78	+26	64
10	Esh Winning	42	17	13	12	61	69	−8	64
11	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	42	19	5	18	99	68	+31	62
12	Jarrow	42	18	8	16	80	72	+8	62
13	Thornaby	42	18	7	17	61	57	+4	61
14	FC Hartlepool	42	18	9	15	81	64	+17	60
15	Prudhoe Youth Club	42	13	10	19	73	73	0	49
16	Boldon Community Association	42	12	10	20	62	91	−29	46
17	Redcar Town	42	14	4	24	57	90	−33	46
18	Billingham Town	42	12	8	22	58	85	−27	44
19	Chester-le-Street United	42	12	6	24	50	79	−29	42
20	Sunderland West End	42	8	7	27	61	96	−35	31
21	Washington	42	6	2	34	43	149	−106	20
22	Brandon United (R)	42	3	1	38	30	175	−145	7	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

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Newcastle Blue Star	2
	5	Horden Community Welfare	1
						2	Newcastle Blue Star	1
						3	Easington Colliery	2
	3	Easington Colliery	4
	4	Bedlington Terriers	0

External links

• Northern Football League