2010–11 Northern Football League

The 2010–11 Northern Football League season (known as the 2010–11 skilltrainingltd Northern Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

Northern League

Season	2010–11
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Division One

Northern League Division One

Champions	Spennymoor Town
Relegated	Esh Winning Ryton West Allotment Celtic
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,597 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Benjamin (Bedlington Terriers) (39 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Shildon 10–0 Ryton 27 October 2010
Biggest away win	Ryton 0–7 Shildon 19 February 2011
Highest scoring	Shildon 10–0 Ryton 27 October 2010
Highest attendance	626 - Spennymoor Town 2–2 Whitley Bay 30 April 2011
Lowest attendance	24 - Jarrow Roofing 3–0 Penrith 22 March 2011
Average attendance	147

Division One featured 19 teams which competed in the first division the previous season, along with three teams promoted from Division Two:

• Jarrow Roofing
• Stokesley
• Sunderland RCA

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spennymoor Town (C)	42	33	4	5	116	31	+85	103
2	Consett	42	29	6	7	103	51	+52	93
3	Whitley Bay	42	28	9	5	73	32	+41	93
4	Newcastle Benfield	42	27	6	9	94	53	+41	87
5	Shildon	42	26	5	11	114	46	+68	83
6	West Auckland Town	42	26	4	12	96	62	+34	82
7	Dunston UTS	42	24	8	10	84	49	+35	80
8	Ashington	42	21	5	16	83	65	+18	68
9	Bedlington Terriers	42	20	7	15	94	62	+32	67
10	Norton & Stockton Ancients	42	19	9	14	66	45	+21	66
11	South Shields	42	17	7	18	61	66	−5	58
12	Billingham Synthonia	42	16	9	17	63	65	−2	57
13	Sunderland RCA	42	15	6	21	67	80	−13	51
14	Bishop Auckland	42	15	6	21	75	93	−18	51
15	Billingham Town	42	13	7	22	58	88	−30	46
16	Stokesley	42	12	9	21	61	85	−24	45
17	Penrith	42	12	10	20	65	76	−11	43[lower-alpha 1]
18	Tow Law Town	42	12	7	23	49	77	−28	43
19	Jarrow Roofing BCA	42	10	9	23	50	98	−48	39
20	West Allotment Celtic (R)	42	9	5	28	51	82	−31	32	Relegation to Northern League Division Two
21	Esh Winning (R)	42	4	4	34	40	121	−81	16
22	Ryton (R)	42	2	2	38	34	170	−136	8

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2011. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Penrith deducted three points for fielding an unregistered player.[2]

Results

Home \ Away	ASH	BED	BLS	BLT	BIS	CON	DUN	ESH	JRO	NCB	NSA	PEN	RYT	SHI	SSH	SPE	STO	RCA	TOW	WAC	WAT	WHI
Ashington		0–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–4	8–0	3–1	2–1	2–6	2–2	1–2	6–2	2–1	1–2	0–3
Bedlington Terriers	1–2		6–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	6–2	0–1	6–0	3–3	4–0	1–2	2–1	3–3
Billingham Synthonia	2–1	1–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	6–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–5	2–2
Billingham Town	3–2	1–0	0–3		3–2	0–2	2–4	2–0	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	5–2	1–0	1–2	0–5	0–0	0–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	4–1
Bishop Auckland	2–1	1–4	4–2	2–1		2–3	0–0	4–0	3–1	3–4	0–4	2–3	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–5	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	0–2
Consett	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–3		4–0	4–2	3–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	7–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	6–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–1
Dunston UTS	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0		4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	5–0	3–2	3–0	3–2	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–3	1–2
Esh Winning	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–2	0–2	2–5	1–1		3–3	1–3	0–1	3–1	7–0	0–4	1–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	0–4	0–3	0–3	1–5
Jarrow Roofing BCA	0–5	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–3	3–3	1–0		0–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–5	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–0
Newcastle Benfield	0–3	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–2	5–1	2–1	7–0	4–0		2–1	2–0	6–0	1–4	1–0	0–3	1–2	5–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	0–3
Norton & Stockton Ancients	0–3	2–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	6–0	1–2		1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–4	0–2
Penrith	0–0	1–2	6–1	2–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2		5–0	2–3	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	0–2
Ryton	0–1	0–3	5–3	2–2	3–5	1–3	1–5	4–5	0–3	2–5	0–2	2–3		0–7	1–3	0–2	0–5	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–5	0–2
Shildon	4–0	1–1	0–1	7–0	7–1	1–1	0–2	6–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	5–1	10–0		1–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	1–2
South Shields	0–1	2–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	4–2	5–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	5–0	1–2		0–3	0–2	3–2	4–1	3–0	3–1	0–3
Spennymoor Town	5–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	8–1	2–1	4–0		5–0	1–1	3–0	6–1	4–0	2–2
Stokesley	2–2	0–2	0–0	4–3	3–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–4	4–1	1–2	0–0	3–2		1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	0–1
Sunderland RCA	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–3	0–3	1–1	0–5	7–0	4–1	1–4	1–3	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–2		1–2	1–1	3–2	0–2
Tow Law Town	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–4		2–0	0–1	0–1
West Allotment Celtic	2–2	1–5	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	3–0	1–2	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–4	2–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–2		2–7	0–2
West Auckland Town	4–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	5–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	1–0		0–3
Whitley Bay	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2011. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Two

Northern League Division Two

Champions	Newton Aycliffe
Promoted	Guisborough Town Marske United Newton Aycliffe
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,484 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Warren Byrne (Newton Aycliffe) (44 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Northallerton Town 9–0 Morpeth Town 23 April 2011
Biggest away win	Washington 1–9 North Shields 16 April 2011
Highest scoring	Whitehaven 9–5 Darlington Railway Athletic 18 April 2011
Highest attendance	567 - Newton Aycliffe 1–0 Darlington Railway Athletic 4 March 2011
Lowest attendance	7 - Morpeth Town 2–5 Thornaby 26 March 2011
Average attendance	75

Division Two featured 17 teams which competed in the second division the previous season, along with three teams relegated from Division One:

• Chester-Le-Street Town
• Horden Colliery Welfare
• Morpeth Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Newton Aycliffe (C, P)	38	30	5	3	116	37	+79	95	Promotion to Northern League Division One
2	Guisborough Town (P)	38	28	4	6	110	52	+58	88
3	Marske United (P)	38	25	7	6	95	41	+54	82
4	North Shields	38	24	8	6	98	36	+62	80
5	Team Northumbria	38	24	1	13	88	45	+43	73
6	Whickham	38	21	5	12	70	51	+19	68
7	Whitehaven	38	18	8	12	104	85	+19	62
8	Chester-le-Street Town	38	18	5	15	78	63	+15	59
9	Northallerton Town	38	17	7	14	80	58	+22	58
10	Hebburn Town	38	17	5	16	76	72	+4	53[lower-alpha 1]
11	Gillford Park	38	14	9	15	63	59	+4	51
12	Crook Town	38	15	5	18	77	80	−3	50
13	Birtley Town	38	13	10	15	70	89	−19	49
14	Thornaby	38	12	6	20	53	84	−31	42
15	Darlington Railway Athletic	38	12	3	23	54	92	−38	39
16	Washington	38	9	7	22	46	95	−49	34
17	Seaham Red Star	38	9	4	25	66	118	−52	31
18	Horden Colliery Welfare	38	8	4	26	52	95	−43	28
19	Brandon United	38	5	8	25	41	86	−45	23
20	Morpeth Town	38	4	3	31	47	145	−98	15

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2011. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Hebburn Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[4]

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BRA	CLS	CRO	DRA	GIL	GUI	HEB	HCW	MAR	MOR	NTA	NSH	NOR	SRS	TNO	THO	WAS	WHC	WHA
Birtley Town		1–3	2–1	4–7	1–1	2–2	3–3	3–2	4–2	1–1	5–3	1–6	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–6	1–0	2–4	0–2	2–1
Brandon United	0–1		0–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–4	2–2	1–3	2–4	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–4	1–2
Chester-le-Street Town	2–2	3–2		3–2	4–2	2–0	5–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–3	0–4	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–4
Crook Town	1–2	4–1	0–3		4–0	1–1	2–4	2–3	6–0	2–8	2–1	0–4	2–0	2–3	2–3	2–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	3–5
Darlington Railway Athletic	2–1	2–0	1–4	0–3		0–5	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	6–3	0–5	2–4	0–5	3–0	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–4
Gillford Park	3–2	2–2	1–5	0–1	3–1		1–4	0–1	1–3	0–2	4–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1
Guisborough Town	2–2	4–0	4–1	5–2	4–0	4–3		1–4	5–1	1–2	9–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–0	1–0	8–1	1–1	5–2
Hebburn Town	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–3		4–2	1–3	5–0	1–5	4–1	1–6	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–4
Horden Colliery Welfare	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–4	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–2		0–2	6–0	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–3	0–3	4–1	1–3	1–2	3–3
Marske United	3–1	5–0	7–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		7–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	5–0	4–3	3–1	4–2
Morpeth Town	5–4	1–5	2–5	1–4	1–2	3–1	1–5	1–2	0–1	0–3		1–2	1–2	0–5	1–3	0–0	2–5	3–2	2–1	0–5
Newton Aycliffe	5–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	8–2	2–1	5–0		3–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
North Shields	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–4	2–0	4–1	4–1	0–3		1–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	7–1	1–0	0–1
Northallerton Town	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	8–3	1–3	1–3	9–0	0–2	2–2		5–2	1–3	0–1	5–0	2–3	5–3
Seaham Red Star	1–1	2–2	0–5	1–6	5–2	4–0	1–5	0–3	4–2	0–3	3–3	1–6	4–4	1–4		2–5	2–4	3–1	1–4	3–6
Team Northumbria	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–4	5–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	3–1		2–1	4–0	0–1	8–3
Thornaby	1–4	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–4	0–5	1–0	3–1	3–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3		0–3	3–3	2–6
Washington	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	1–9	0–4	1–5	1–1		0–1	1–2
Whickham	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–5	1–3	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–5	0–1	4–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–1		2–0
Whitehaven	5–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	9–5	2–2	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	6–4	2–4	1–1	0–4	5–2	5–0	4–0	0–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2011. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Top Goalscorers 1011". Northern Football League. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
2. "Points deduction for Penrith". The Northern Echo. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
3. "Top Goalscorers 1011". Northern Football League. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
4. "Hebburn have three points deducted". The Northern Echo. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

External links

• Northern League Archives for season 2010-11