2014–15 Northern Football League

The 2014–15 Northern Football League season (known as the 2014–15 Ebac Northern League for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions.

Northern League

Season	2014–15
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Division One

Northern League Division One

Champions	Marske United
Relegated	Billingham Synthonia Crook Town

Division One featured 19 teams which competed in the first division last season, along with three new teams:

• North Shields, West Allotment Celtic, and Jarrow Roofing BCA, promoted from the Second Division
• No team was relegated from the Northern Premier League First Division to Northern League Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Marske United (C)	42	27	9	6	118	54	+64	90
2	Shildon	42	28	5	9	109	48	+61	89
3	Guisborough Town	42	26	8	8	101	50	+51	86
4	North Shields	42	26	7	9	87	49	+38	85
5	West Auckland Town	42	25	7	10	106	58	+48	82
6	Dunston UTS	42	23	7	12	75	51	+24	76
7	Jarrow Roofing BCA	42	21	7	14	84	61	+23	70
8	Morpeth Town	42	19	13	10	90	70	+20	70
9	Consett	42	20	9	13	110	85	+25	69
10	Newcastle Benfield	42	18	8	16	92	73	+19	62
11	Bishop Auckland	42	20	2	20	75	75	0	62
12	Durham City	42	17	7	18	76	76	0	58
13	Ashington	42	17	5	20	77	77	0	56
14	Penrith	42	15	11	16	68	74	−6	56
15	Whitley Bay	42	17	5	20	81	97	−16	56
16	Sunderland RCA	42	13	8	21	66	87	−21	47
17	Bedlington Terriers	42	13	5	24	75	97	−22	44
18	Newton Aycliffe	42	13	3	26	57	78	−21	42
19	West Allotment Celtic	42	12	4	26	59	101	−42	40
20	Billingham Synthonia (R)	42	11	4	27	69	102	−33	37	Relegation to Northern League Division Two
21	Celtic Nation	42	7	7	28	52	121	−69	28	Club folded at the end of the season[lower-alpha 1]
22	Crook Town (R)	42	1	5	36	39	182	−143	5[lower-alpha 2]	Relegation to Northern League Division Two

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Celtic Nation resigned at the end of the season and folded due to financial problems.[1]
2. Crook Town were deducted 3 points.

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2014
2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2015
3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

Only one club has achieved criterion 1:[2]

• Bishop Auckland

Results

Home \ Away	ASH	BED	BLS	BIS	CEL	CON	CRO	DUN	DUR	GUI	JRO	MAR	MOR	NCB	NTA	NSH	PEN	SHI	RCA	WAC	WAT	WHI
Ashington		1–3	3–1	6–1	6–0	2–0	4–1	2–4	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–1
Bedlington Terriers	0–1		5–0	1–2	2–6	6–4	11–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	4–1	3–0	0–4	1–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	2–4	0–0	1–2
Billingham Synthonia	5–2	1–2		1–3	3–0	4–4	8–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–4	1–3	0–4	1–3	3–0	1–2	3–5
Bishop Auckland	2–0	3–0	4–2		2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–5	2–1	2–6	3–0	4–4	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–4	4–1
Celtic Nation	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–1		1–7	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–3	2–4	4–5	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–6	1–6	4–1	2–3	1–6
Consett	6–2	6–3	1–1	5–2	4–0		5–0	1–3	3–3	1–0	3–0	1–4	5–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	1–5	2–1	7–0	2–3	4–1
Crook Town	1–1	2–6	0–7	0–6	0–0	0–4		1–3	1–3	1–3	2–6	1–6	1–3	2–5	0–2	1–5	4–4	0–11	0–4	3–1	0–4	0–7
Dunston UTS	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	5–0	3–2	7–2		5–4	3–4	1–0	1–3	1–3	0–0	2–1	4–0	3–2	2–4	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–0
Durham City	0–2	2–3	1–2	3–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–0		2–4	0–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	4–3	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–4
Guisborough Town	4–0	0–0	6–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–4		4–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	4–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	4–1	6–0	5–6	1–2
Jarrow Roofing BCA	3–2	3–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	4–2	0–0	0–2	1–2		1–0	1–3	1–0	4–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1
Marske United	4–0	3–3	2–0	5–3	8–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–2		2–2	1–0	4–0	3–2	7–0	1–3	3–1	4–1	4–2	4–0
Morpeth Town	2–1	1–2	4–0	3–1	2–2	2–3	3–0	1–3	6–0	4–3	2–2	1–1		2–2	1–4	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–3	1–2	3–2
Newcastle Benfield	1–3	1–0	5–1	2–1	5–0	7–0	3–3	2–0	4–1	1–2	3–0	3–3	1–6		3–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–3
Newton Aycliffe	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–3	5–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2		0–1	2–4	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–4	0–1
North Shields	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	0–4	4–2	3–1	3–0		1–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	0–3	3–0
Penrith	0–3	3–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	2–4	4–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–5	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–5		0–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2
Shildon	3–4	4–1	4–0	4–2	4–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–1		5–1	2–0	2–2	1–0
Sunderland RCA	0–4	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–6	4–0	0–3	1–5	1–1	1–4	3–3	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–4		2–3	2–2	2–1
West Allotment Celtic	2–0	6–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–5	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–3	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3		1–3	1–1
West Auckland Town	4–1	7–2	7–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	5–0	0–0	4–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	3–2	4–0	2–1		6–3
Whitley Bay	3–4	2–1	0–3	0–4	3–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–7	2–3	5–3	1–4	2–4	0–3	0–5	2–1	3–2	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2015. Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Ashington	Woodhorn Lane	2,000
Bedlington Terriers	Dr Pitt Welfare Park	2,000
Billingham Synthonia	The Glamal Engineering Stadium	4,200
Bishop Auckland	Heritage Park	2,004
Celtic Nation	Gillford Park Stadium	4,000
Consett	Delves Lane	3,000 [3]
Crook Town	Sir Tom Cowie Millfield	1,500
Dunston UTS	UTS Stadium	4,000
Durham City	The Arnott Stadium	3,000
Guisborough Town	King George V Ground	3,500
Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association	Boldon C.A.Sports Ground	2,000
Marske United	GER Stadium	2,500 (169 Seated)
Morpeth Town	Craik Park	1,000 (100 Seated)
Newcastle Benfield	Sam Smith's Park	2,000
Newton Aycliffe	Moore Lane Park	1,000
North Shields	Daren Persson Stadium @ Ralph Gardner Park	1,000
Penrith	The World Group Stadium	1,500
Shildon	Dean Street	4,700
Sunderland RCA	Meadow Park	1,000
West Allotment Celtic	Whitley Park	1,000
West Auckland Town	Darlington Road	6,728 (700 Seated)
Whitley Bay	Hillheads Park	4,500

Division Two

Northern League Division Two

Champions	Seaham Red Star
Promoted	Seaham Red Star Washington Norton & Stockton Ancients

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

• Ryhope Colliery Welfare, promoted from the Northern Football Alliance, while Billingham Town, Team Northumbria and Hebburn Town were relegated from the First Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Seaham Red Star (C, P)	42	31	5	6	134	54	+80	98	Promotion to Northern League Division One
2	Washington (P)	42	28	5	9	123	66	+57	89
3	Norton & Stockton Ancients (P)	42	25	10	7	98	49	+49	85
4	Team Northumbria	42	25	8	9	102	44	+58	83
5	Hebburn Town	42	24	9	9	100	60	+40	81
6	Ryhope Colliery Welfare	42	22	10	10	93	57	+36	76
7	Thornaby	42	21	10	11	84	66	+18	73
8	Heaton Stannington	42	23	4	15	95	69	+26	70[lower-alpha 1]
9	Whickham	42	20	10	12	80	60	+20	70
10	Northallerton Town	42	18	9	15	93	64	+29	63
11	Willington	42	17	9	16	78	77	+1	60
12	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	42	17	7	18	75	94	−19	58
13	Chester-le-Street Town	42	15	12	15	70	60	+10	57
14	Darlington Railway Athletic	42	17	6	19	81	87	−6	57
15	South Shields	42	16	5	21	78	74	+4	53
16	Alnwick Town	42	15	5	22	85	121	−36	50
17	Birtley Town	42	13	3	26	67	112	−45	42
18	Billingham Town	42	9	11	22	59	75	−16	38
19	Stokesley Sports Club	42	10	3	29	72	120	−48	33
20	Esh Winning	42	9	4	29	47	135	−88	31
21	Tow Law Town	42	5	8	29	37	114	−77	23
22	Brandon United	42	4	4	34	38	132	−94	16

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Heaton Stannington were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player on 4 April at Willington.[4]

Results

Home \ Away	ALN	BLT	BIR	BRA	CLS	DRA	ESH	HST	HEB	NOR	NSA	RCW	RYC	SRS	SSC	SSH	TNO	THO	TOW	WAS	WHC	WIL
Alnwick Town		4–3	4–1	4–0	0–3	2–3	4–4	2–0	1–5	1–2	4–3	3–1	0–6	4–8	5–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	6–1	2–4	2–3	2–1
Billingham Town	4–1		3–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–4	1–3	4–4	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–3	1–6	4–1	1–3	1–2	2–3
Birtley Town	1–2	2–1		2–0	0–3	2–5	5–0	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–5	1–4	5–1	1–5	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	0–5	2–2	1–1
Brandon United	1–1	2–2	0–3		5–3	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–5	1–2	2–3	2–7	0–1	0–5	2–4	3–5	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–1
Chester-le-Street Town	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1		1–0	3–0	2–3	2–3	3–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–4	2–4	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–3	0–1	5–2
Darlington Railway Athletic	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	0–4		2–1	5–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–3	2–2	2–5	1–2	1–4	2–2	7–1	1–2	4–1	2–1
Esh Winning	1–5	0–0	1–4	0–0	0–3	1–4		1–3	1–3	0–10	0–5	1–0	4–2	4–3	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–4	6–1	0–2	0–2	2–1
Heaton Stannington	3–1	1–0	7–0	5–1	0–2	4–0	2–0		2–3	3–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–4	4–1	4–0	2–3	2–1	1–1
Hebburn Town	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–3	1–2	6–0	3–4		2–1	4–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–0	2–4	2–2	2–1
Northallerton Town	8–0	1–2	3–1	5–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	3–3		2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–3	2–2	2–0
Norton & Stockton Ancients	8–0	1–0	7–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	6–0	3–2	0–1	0–0		2–2	5–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1
Ryhope Colliery Welfare	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	5–0	2–1	3–1	6–5	2–0		4–0	2–3	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	2–2	3–3	3–0	3–2	2–3	1–0	2–3	3–1		2–2	4–2	1–1	1–2	4–3	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–3
Seaham Red Star	9–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	5–0	3–2	8–3	0–4	4–3	3–1	3–1	6–0		4–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	5–2	4–2	5–1
Stokesley Sports Club	4–1	2–3	3–4	3–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–3	2–5	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–3		1–4	0–5	0–2	2–1	2–9	2–3	1–4
South Shields	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–5	4–1	2–4	0–1	5–3	2–3	1–2	4–0	1–3	3–1		0–2	6–0	5–0	2–1	1–2	2–3
Team Northumbria	2–2	2–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	4–0	3–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	6–0	0–2	5–2	1–0		2–3	0–1	2–4	3–0	6–0
Thornaby	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	4–1	3–3	3–0	2–3		1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2
Tow Law Town	1–3	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–3	3–2	0–5	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–1		3–2	0–2	1–1
Washington	3–2	4–0	1–0	5–0	4–0	3–1	9–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–5	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–4	5–1	2–2		3–0	4–1
Whickham	3–2	0–2	1–4	7–0	1–0	0–0	6–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	4–0	2–6	4–0	2–1	1–0	6–2	4–0	0–2		4–1
Willington	6–1	2–2	3–1	5–0	1–0	4–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	5–3	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2015. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadiums

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Alnwick Town	St James' Park	2,500
Billingham Town	The Evolution Arena	1,500
Birtley Town	The Birtley Sports Complex	300+ (80 Seated)
Brandon United	The Welfare Ground	1,000
Chester-le-Street Town	Moor Park	224
Darlington Railway Athletic	Brinkburn Road	2,000
Esh Winning	West Terrace	3,500
Heaton Stannington	Grounsell Park	2,000
Hebburn Town	Hebburn Sports & Social Ground	1,500
Northallerton Town	Regency Stadium	3,000
Norton & Stockton Ancients	Norton Sports Complex	1,500
Ryhope Colliery Welfare	Ryhope Recreation Park
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	Kingsley Park Stadium	1,500
Seaham Red Star	Seaham Town Park	500
South Shields	Eden Lane, Peterlee	6,000 [5]
Stokesley Sports Club	Stokesley Sports Club	2,000
Team Northumbria	Coach Lane Sports Ground	1,000
Thornaby	Teesdale Park	5,000
Tow Law Town	Ironworks Road	3,000
Washington	Nissan Sports Ground	1,000
West Allotment Celtic	Whitley Park	1,000
Whickham	The Glebe Sports Ground	4,000
Whitehaven	The Focus Scaffolding Sports Complex	8,000
Willington	Hall Lane	1,000

References

1. "Celtic Nation Quit". Northern League. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
2. "Promotion To Step 4". NWCFL. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
3. "Work begins on new £3m ground for Consett AFC". Northern Echo. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
4. Heaton Stannington penalty - 10/04/2015
5. "South Shields to play 'home' games in Peterlee". Hartlepool Mail. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

External links

• Northern League