2018–19 NTFL season

2018/19 NTFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Nightcliff 4th premiership
Minor premiers	Nightcliff 9th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	St Marys 1st wooden spoon

The 2018/19 NTFL season was the 98th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).

The first game was played on Friday, 5 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 16 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers defeating Southern Districts Crocs by 22 points to win its fourth premiership. This was the first time when the club won a premiership since 1964/65, breaking its 54-year drought. This was the longest premiership drought in NTFL history, second is Wanderers Eagles by 34 years from 1923/24 to 1957/58).

Ladder

2018/19 NTFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Nightcliff (P)	18	15	3	0	1689	1017	166.08	60
2	Southern Districts	18	13	5	0	1677	1138	147.36	52
3	Tiwi Bombers	18	9	9	0	1599	1572	101.72	36
4	Waratah	18	9	9	0	1356	1350	100.44	36
5	Darwin	18	8	10	0	1331	1407	94.60	32
6	Palmerston	18	7	11	0	1180	1672	70.57	28
7	Wanderers	18	6	12	0	1111	1497	74.22	24
8	St Marys	18	5	13	0	1058	1354	78.14	20
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Ladder progression

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Nightcliff (P)	42	81	83	123	162	162	202	242	282	322	362	402	441	481	481	521	561	601
2	Southern Districts	44	82	121	161	201	241	241	281	321	361	361	401	402	402	442	482	522	522
3	Tiwi Bombers	06	07	08	08	08	47	87	125	125	127	127	166	206	244	284	285	324	363
4	Waratah	08	43	84	124	124	124	163	164	203	204	204	244	244	245	285	324	325	364
5	Darwin	05	44	82	122	123	163	164	163	204	203	243	243	283	323	323	323	323	325
6	Palmerston	41	46	47	47	86	125	126	127	127	166	205	205	245	246	246	246	286	286
7	Wanderers	43	45	45	45	47	48	48	88	88	88	128	128	128	168	168	208	208	247
8	St Marys	07	08	46	46	85	86	125	126	126	165	166	167	167	167	207	207	207	208

Finals

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Nightcliff	149								1	Nightcliff	61
						3	Tiwi Bombers	59								2	Southern Districts	39
	2	Southern Districts	65								3	Tiwi Bombers	40
	3	Tiwi Bombers	86								2	Southern Districts	160
						2	Southern Districts	89
						4	Waratah	46
	4	Waratah	133
	5	Darwin	60

Grand Final

	2018/19 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 16 March 2019 (7:15 pm)	Nightcliff	def.	Southern Districts	Marrara Stadium (crowd: 8,219)	Report
	1.3 (9) 4.7 (31) 6.10 (46) 8.13 (61)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.3 (9) 2.5 (17) 3.7 (25) 5.9 (39)
This was the Nightcliff Tiger's first premiership win since the 1964/65 season.

Awards

• Nightcliff finished on top for the first time since 2011/12.
• The wooden spoon was "awarded" to St Marys for the first time in the club's history.