2013–14 Northern Football League

Northern League Division One
Top goalscorer	Danny Johnson (45)
Biggest home win	Celtic Nation 11-0 Bilingham Town
Biggest away win	Billingham Town 1-8 Ashington, Newcastle Benfield 0-7 Bedlington Terriers
Highest scoring	Consett 10-2 Bedlington Terriers, Durham City 9-3 Hebburn Town (12 Goals)
Highest attendance	782, Celtic Nation 2-1 Team Northumbria
Lowest attendance	32, Team Northumbria 2-1 Billingham Synthonia

Northern League
Season	2013–14
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Northern Football League season (known as the 2013–14 Ebac Northern League for sponsorship reasons) is the 116th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions.

Division One

Division One features 21 teams which competed in the first division last season, along with two new teams:

Crook Town & Morpeth, promoted from the Second Division
No team was relegated from the Northern Premier League First Division to Northern League Division One
From this league, three teams - Bishop Auckland, Celtic Nation and Spennymoor Town - applied for promotion.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spennymoor Town (C, P)	44	30	10	4	117	38	+79	100	Promotion to 2014–15 Northern Premier League Division One North
2	Celtic Nation	44	28	11	5	107	41	+66	95
3	Shildon	44	27	10	7	109	45	+64	91
4	Guisborough Town	44	26	7	11	100	61	+39	85
5	West Auckland Town	44	23	15	6	86	58	+28	84
6	Ashington	44	24	5	15	92	58	+34	77
7	Dunston UTS	44	20	13	11	84	55	+29	73
8	Bishop Auckland	44	18	14	12	82	54	+28	68
9	Durham City	44	18	14	12	85	59	+26	68
10	Whitley Bay	44	21	4	19	91	72	+19	67
11	Consett	44	19	9	16	110	83	+27	66
12	Billingham Synthonia	44	20	5	19	86	82	+4	65
13	Penrith	44	17	10	17	90	88	+2	61
14	Newcastle Benfield	44	14	14	16	85	59	+26	56
15	Crook Town	44	16	8	20	90	111	−21	56
16	Marske United	44	14	10	20	64	88	−24	52
17	Morpeth Town	44	13	10	21	73	78	−5	49
18	Newton Aycliffe	44	14	7	23	80	104	−24	49
19	Sunderland RCA	44	12	8	24	57	93	−36	44
20	Bedlington Terriers	44	11	10	23	52	99	−47	43
21	Team Northumbria	44	10	7	27	60	109	−49	37
22	Hebburn Town (R)	44	4	7	33	43	124	−81	19	Relegation to Northern League Division Two
23	Billingham Town (R)	44	2	2	40	26	207	−181	8	Relegation to Northern League Division Two

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ASH	BED	BLS	BLT	BIS	CEL	CON	CRO	DUN	DUR	GUI	HEB	MAR	MOR	NCB	NTA	PEN	SHI	SPE	RCA	TNO	WAT	WHI
Ashington		0–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	7–3	4–0	1–1	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	2–3	4–0	4–1	5–1	2–1
Bedlington Terriers	0–3		0–1	3–1	0–3	1–4	0–1	3–4	1–2	3–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–7	2–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–4	1–0	0–2	0–3
Billingham Synthonia	2–1	4–0		4–0	0–3	1–5	2–0	6–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	5–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	5–0	1–5	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–2	6–2
Billingham Town	1–8	0–5	0–3		2–6	1–2	0–4	1–4	1–2	0–3	1–3	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–9	1–6	4–5	0–8	0–7	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–5
Bishop Auckland	0–2	3–1	4–0	6–0		1–0	3–2	8–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	4–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	3–0	4–0	1–2
Celtic Nation	2–0	0–0	1–1	11–0	1–1		4–4	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	4–3	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0
Consett	3–2	10–2	4–3	8–0	3–0	1–2		4–3	0–0	0–1	1–5	3–0	7–1	7–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–4	4–1	2–5	2–2
Crook Town	2–1	2–2	1–0	6–1	3–1	1–4	2–2		4–3	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–4	2–0	3–0	3–3	1–2	4–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	4–5	3–0
Dunston UTS	1–1	2–2	0–0	6–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–2		2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–2	4–0	5–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–5
Durham City	2–3	6–1	0–2	5–0	0–2	0–1	3–4	1–0	1–1		2–1	9–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–3	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Guisborough Town	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	2–2	2–3	2–5	4–2	1–2	1–1		3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–4	3–1
Hebburn Town	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–6	0–4	2–2	0–5	3–5	1–1		1–0	1–4	1–3	5–2	0–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–2	2–6
Marske United	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–4	3–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–4	2–1		3–1	2–2	5–1	1–3	1–2	0–1	3–2	5–1	2–2	3–2
Morpeth Town	0–3	1–1	5–2	9–0	0–0	0–1	3–5	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–2		1–1	2–1	1–6	0–4	1–4	5–0	7–2	3–1	2–0
Newcastle Benfield	2–0	3–0	5–1	5–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	6–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–1		4–2	2–2	0–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–2
Newton Aycliffe	3–4	1–2	4–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–3	0–3	1–5	4–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	4–2		3–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–1
Penrith	3–0	2–2	1–3	5–1	4–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	4–3	2–2	3–4	2–0	2–4		0–3	2–2	5–1	2–2	4–1	2–3
Shildon	2–3	3–0	6–2	7–0	4–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–3	6–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0		1–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–1
Spennymoor Town	4–0	5–1	3–1	10–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	4–2		3–0	4–1	1–1	3–1
Sunderland RCA	1–2	1–3	2–4	3–1	0–4	0–3	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	5–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–4	0–1	1–2	1–1		3–0	0–2	2–1
Team Northumbria	1–3	1–1	2–1	5–0	1–1	0–2	2–5	2–1	3–5	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–4	0–4	3–1		0–3	3–4
West Auckland Town	2–2	1–1	2–1	6–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	5–3	1–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–2		1–1
Whitley Bay	1–0	0–3	0–1	5–1	4–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–5	4–1	1–2	6–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	5–2	3–1	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadiums

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Ashington	Woodhorn Lane	2,000
Bedlington Terriers	Dr Pitt Welfare Park	2,000
Billingham Synthonia	The Glamal Engineering Stadium	4,200
Billingham Town	Th Ron Grieg Stadium	1,500
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
Hebburn Town	Hebburn Sports & Social Ground	1,500
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
Penrith	The World Group Stadium	1,500
Shildon	Dean Street	4,700
Spennymoor Town	Brewery Field	4,000
Sunderland RCA	Meadow Park	1,000
Team Northumbria	Coach Lane Sports Ground	1,000
West Auckland Town	Darlington Road	6,728 (700 Seated)
Whitley Bay	Hillheads Park	4,500

Division Two

Division Two features 22 teams which competed in the first division last season, along with four new teams:

Heaton Stannington and Willington, promoted from the Northern Football Alliance and Wearside Football League respectively, while Norton & Stockton Ancients and South Shields were relegated from the First Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	North Shields (P)	42	31	7	4	141	33	+108	100	Promotion to Northern League Division One
2	West Allotment Celtic (P)	42	27	9	6	96	58	+38	90
3	Jarrow Roofing BCA (P)	42	26	8	8	118	63	+55	86
4	Seaham Red Star	42	27	7	8	99	45	+54	85^[a]
5	Heaton Stannington	42	25	6	11	88	59	+29	81
6	Norton & Stockton Ancients	42	20	9	13	83	66	+17	69
7	Northallerton Town	42	19	9	14	84	67	+17	66
8	Whickham	42	19	7	16	86	63	+23	64
9	Tow Law Town	42	17	8	17	91	82	+9	59
10	Washington	42	19	5	18	92	98	−6	62
11	Chester-le-Street Town	42	15	13	14	66	72	−6	58
12	Darlington Railway Athletic	42	15	11	16	81	76	+5	56
13	Birtley Town	42	16	8	18	62	74	−12	56
14	Thornaby	42	16	6	20	85	84	+1	54
15	Willington	42	14	8	20	64	86	−22	50
16	Whitehaven	42	14	7	21	69	94	−25	49
17	South Shields	42	11	15	16	62	88	−26	48
18	Alnwick Town	42	10	9	23	63	96	−33	39
19	Brandon United	42	9	7	26	71	101	−30	34
20	Stokesley Sports Club	42	8	9	25	61	98	−37	33
21	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	42	7	7	28	45	106	−61	28
22	Esh Winning	42	8	3	31	50	138	−88	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted
Notes:

^ 3 points deducted

Results

Home \ Away	ALN	BIR	BRA	CLS	DRA	ESH	HST	JRO	NSH	NOR	NSA	RYC	SRS	SSH	SSC	THO	TOW	WAS	WAC	WHC	WHA	WIL
Alnwick Town		0–0	5–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	0–2	3–4	2–6	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–6	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–4	0–4	0–1	0–2	2–2
Birtley Town	5–2		2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–4	1–2	1–3	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	6–2	1–1	2–4
Brandon United	1–4	9–0		0–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–5	0–1	1–5	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–5	0–3	7–0	1–2	1–1	1–5	3–0
Chester-le-Street Town	3–1	3–0	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–6	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–5	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0
Darlington Railway Athletic	2–1	1–2	2–3	2–0		10–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–3	4–1	2–3	4–3	2–3	0–4	0–3	6–0	2–2
Esh Winning	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–4	1–5		2–5	0–3	0–6	1–5	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–4	1–5	1–3	3–6	4–1	0–2
Heaton Stannington	4–2	3–0	5–1	1–3	1–3	1–0		4–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	6–1	3–2	2–1	4–2	2–1
Jarrow Roofing BCA	3–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–0	10–0	1–0		1–2	4–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–1	2–4	3–3	0–2	4–3	2–1	1–3
North Shields	3–0	0–0	6–0	3–0	5–1	5–0	3–1	1–0		2–2	3–2	6–1	0–1	4–3	5–0	2–0	1–1	8–0	3–0	5–1	10–0	4–1
Northallerton Town	1–4	3–2	4–0	2–4	1–1	6–0	1–2	1–1	1–3		2–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	4–2	3–3
Norton & Stockton Ancients	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	7–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1		5–0	0–5	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–3	0–3	3–2	2–1
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	1–2	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–4	1–4	1–4	0–3	2–1		0–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	2–0	1–7	2–4	1–1	2–1	3–4
Seaham Red Star	5–0	4–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–0		5–0	2–0	5–2	3–0	4–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0
South Shields	0–3	2–1	1–1	4–3	3–3	2–3	0–2	1–5	1–3	2–2	3–2	2–4	1–1		2–1	1–1	4–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0
Stokesley Sports Club	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–2	2–4	3–6	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–3		3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–3	2–2	3–5
Thornaby	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–5	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–2	0–1	4–0	1–2	4–2		6–3	2–4	3–1	3–1	5–0	3–1
Tow Law Town	3–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	5–0	2–0	4–5	1–3	0–0	3–1	3–5	1–1	2–3	1–1	5–0	4–2		3–0	3–4	2–2	1–3	2–1
Washington	1–2	2–2	4–3	3–1	0–3	4–3	3–1	4–2	0–9	3–0	1–4	4–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–3		2–3	0–5	3–1	0–0
West Allotment Celtic	5–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–5	0–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–0		3–1	2–0	3–0
Whickham	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	2–3	0–1	4–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–3		1–2	2–5
Whitehaven	4–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–3	2–1	0–4	0–0	3–5	2–1	1–1	4–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	3–1	2–3		0–1
Willington	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–3	0–6	0–2	1–1	5–0	0–7	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–4	0–2	0–3	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadiums

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Alnwick Town	St James' Park	2,500
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
Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association	Boldon C.A.Sports Ground	2,000
North Shields	Daren Persson Stadium @ Ralph Gardner Park	1,000
Northallerton Town	Regency Stadium	3,000
Norton & Stockton Ancients	Norton Sports Complex	1,500
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	Kingsley Park Stadium	1,500
Seaham Red Star	Seaham Town Park	500
South Shields	Eden Lane, Peterlee	6,000 ^[4]
Stokesley Sports Club	Stokesley Sports Club	2,000
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

^ "Division One (League only) Top Goalscorers 1314". Northern League. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
^ "Promotion hopefuls". Northern League Official website. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-26. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "Work begins on new £3m ground for Consett AFC". Northern Echo. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-15. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "South Shields to play 'home' games in Peterlee". Hartlepool Mail. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-23. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

Northern League

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[1] "Division One (League only) Top Goalscorers 1314". Northern League. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

[League_News-2] "Promotion hopefuls". Northern League Official website. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-26. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[3] "Work begins on new £3m ground for Consett AFC". Northern Echo. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-15. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[groundshare-5] "South Shields to play 'home' games in Peterlee". Hartlepool Mail. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-23. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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