2012–13 Northern Football League

The 2012–13 Northern Football League season was the 115th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

Northern League
Season2012–13

Division One

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Northern Football League
Division One
Season2012–13
ChampionsDarlington 1883
PromotedDarlington 1883
RelegatedSouth Shields
Norton & Stockton Ancients
Matches played552
Goals scored1,981 (3.59 per match)
Top goalscorerAndrew Johnson
(Bishop Auckland)
(38 goals)[1]

Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.


  • From this league, only Bishop Auckland, Celtic Nation, Darlington 1883 and Spennymoor Town applied for promotion.[3][4]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Darlington 1883 46 40 2 4 145 35 +110 122 Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One North
2 Spennymoor Town 46 33 10 3 108 34 +74 109
3 Whitley Bay 46 27 7 12 110 62 +48 88
4 West Auckland Town 46 25 9 12 112 75 +37 84
5 Dunston UTS 46 23 10 13 74 50 +24 79
6 Bishop Auckland 46 24 7 15 95 77 +18 79
7 Ashington 46 21 13 12 106 68 +38 76
8 Shildon 46 19 12 15 83 69 +14 69
9 Consett 46 19 11 16 68 63 +5 68
10 Celtic Nation 46 19 10 17 80 79 +1 67
11 Guisborough Town 46 20 6 20 78 87 −9 66
12 Bedlington Terriers 46 18 7 21 90 83 +7 61
13 Billingham Synthonia 46 17 10 19 79 83 −4 61
14 Penrith 46 17 9 20 92 96 −4 60
15 Durham City 46 17 8 21 90 90 0 59
16 Team Northumbria 46 14 14 18 63 80 −17 56
17 Newton Aycliffe 46 16 5 25 71 89 −18 53
18 Hebburn Town 46 15 8 23 81 109 −28 53
19 Marske United 46 15 4 27 66 91 −25 49
20 Billingham Town 46 13 8 25 84 125 −41 47
21 Newcastle Benfield 46 14 4 28 51 88 −37 46
22 Sunderland RCA 46 12 8 26 62 103 −41 41[a]
23 South Shields 46 11 5 30 54 117 −63 38 Relegated to Division Two
24 Norton & Stockton Ancients 46 6 7 33 39 128 −89 25
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Sunderland RCA deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[5]

Results

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Home \ Away ASH BED BLS BLT BIS CEL CON DAR DUN DUR GUI HEB MAR NCB NTA NSA PEN SHI SSH SPE RCA TNO WAT WHI
Ashington 3–3 2–1 8–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 6–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–3 1–2
Bedlington Terriers 4–0 6–0 0–2 1–3 2–4 1–3 0–4 1–1 6–2 1–0 5–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 8–1 1–2 0–6 2–3 5–1 4–2 1–1
Billingham Synthonia 2–2 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 3–4 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–1
Billingham Town 2–4 4–4 1–3 2–5 0–0 1–0 1–7 2–5 2–2 4–2 2–5 0–4 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 1–4 1–2
Bishop Auckland 2–1 2–1 0–8 6–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 4–0 6–2 1–3 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–4 1–4
Celtic Nation 2–0 2–0 1–4 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–3 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–3
Consett 2–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 4–2 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–2[a] 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 3–4 0–1
Darlington 1883 6–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 5–2 1–0 6–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 7–2 3–1 2–0 3–1
Dunston UTS 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–3 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 5–2 2–1
Durham City 2–3 3–1 1–2 6–1 0–2 6–3 3–2 0–4 2–0 1–2 4–2 0–1 4–0 5–2 1–2 4–4 1–0 6–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–4
Guisborough Town 1–0 1–2 2–4 3–7 3–2 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 4–3 1–0 1–0 5–1 5–0 0–3 0–3 1–3 0–6 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–3
Hebburn Town 3–5 2–3 4–0 4–3 0–0 4–3 1–1 1–7 0–3 0–1 1–3 4–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–4 3–2 0–4 0–4 3–3 2–2 0–3 4–1
Marske United 1–5 3–1 0–3 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–5 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 4–0 1–0 0–3
Newcastle Benfield 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 4–4 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–4
Newton Aycliffe 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–8 1–5 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–0 0–3 4–0 1–3 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–3
Norton & Stockton Ancients 0–5 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–4 0–4 2–4 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 0–5 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–6 1–3 1–1 0–7 1–3
Penrith 3–4 1–4 5–0 2–2 0–2 5–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 6–0 2–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2
Shildon 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 11–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–2
South Shields 0–2 1–3 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–4 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–4 0–2 3–3 3–2 5–1 0–2 0–4 2–4 1–3 1–1 1–6
Spennymoor Town 0–0 0–0 4–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1
Sunderland RCA 0–6 0–1 1–3 2–0[b] 1–5 0–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–3 2–2 3–4 2–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–1
Team Northumbria 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–4 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 5–1 0–1 2–2
West Auckland Town 2–2 2–1 2–4 4–1 5–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 4–2 2–2 0–0 6–0 2–3 6–2 0–1 3–2
Whitley Bay 1–3 1–0 2–1 6–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–2 0–3 5–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 8–3 3–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 6–0 2–2
Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ (29 Apr 0-2) : Abn 77 mins floodlight failure. - Replay is 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ (6 Apr 1-0) : Billingham Town have asked for the game to be replayed. - new date is 7 May 2013.[5]

Division Two

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Northern Football League
Division Two
Season2012–13
ChampionsCrook Town
PromotedCrook Town
Morpeth Town
RelegatedHorden Colliery Welfare
Matches played462
Goals scored1,706 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Butler
(Ryhope Colliery Welfare)
(56 goals)[6]

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Crook Town 42 32 5 5 123 60 +63 101 Promoted to Division One
2 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 42 30 8 4 147 52 +95 98 Demoted to the Northern Football Alliance[7]
3 Morpeth Town 42 25 10 7 108 51 +57 85 Promoted to Division One
4 Jarrow Roofing BCA 42 26 7 9 100 46 +54 85
5 Darlington Railway Athletic 42 22 12 8 82 57 +25 78
6 Northallerton Town 42 23 8 11 101 63 +38 77
7 West Allotment Celtic 42 23 8 11 95 66 +29 77
8 North Shields 42 21 7 14 72 54 +18 70
9 Whitehaven 42 20 8 14 97 74 +23 65[a]
10 Seaham Red Star 42 19 8 15 86 85 +1 65
11 Tow Law Town 42 19 7 16 83 66 +17 64
12 Washington 42 16 4 22 72 93 −21 52
13 Chester-le-Street Town 42 13 10 19 51 73 −22 49
14 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 42 15 4 23 56 82 −26 49
15 Stokesley Sports Club 42 12 8 22 60 93 −33 44
16 Whickham 42 11 8 23 57 86 −29 41
17 Birtley Town 42 10 8 24 47 83 −36 38
18 Brandon United 42 10 11 21 55 93 −38 38[b]
19 Thornaby 42 9 5 28 59 106 −47 32
20 Esh Winning 42 10 3 29 49 108 −59 30[b]
21 Alnwick Town 42 8 8 26 63 100 −37 29[c]
22 Horden Colliery Welfare 42 7 5 30 43 115 −72 26 Relegated to the Wearside League
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Whitehaven deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[8]
  2. ^ a b Esh Winning, Brandon United deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[9]
  3. ^ Alnwick Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[10]

Results

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Home \ Away ALN BIR BRA CLS CRO DRA ESH HCW JRO MOR NSH NOR RCW RYC SRS SSC THO TOW WAS WAC WHC WHA
Alnwick Town 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–3 0–2 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–4 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–3 3–4 1–1 4–1 2–0 5–2 0–4 0–1 2–4
Birtley Town 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–6 0–1 2–1 0–3 4–1 0–2 3–3 2–0 2–2 4–3
Brandon United 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 2–2 3–1 1–10 1–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 6–3 2–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–4
Chester-le-Street Town 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 6–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–5 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1
Crook Town 3–2 5–1 2–2 6–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–2 5–0 7–1 2–0 6–1 1–3 7–1 2–0 1–1 3–1
Darlington Railway Athletic 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 8–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–6 1–0 1–1 5–0 4–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Esh Winning 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 6–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–5 1–2 3–1 0–5 0–3 4–1 2–3 0–5 0–2 0–4 0–3 4–2 2–3
Horden Colliery Welfare 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–3 1–4 0–5 1–3 0–4 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–5 1–3 2–6
Jarrow Roofing BCA 3–1 4–0 3–0 6–1 2–3 0–3 2–0 10–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–2
Morpeth Town 4–1 0–0 5–2 4–2 3–1 9–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 6–0 3–4 2–3 0–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 6–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
North Shields 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 7–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–3 3–0 1–1
Northallerton Town 3–1 4–0 4–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–4 0–2 5–1 2–2 1–1 5–2 4–1 7–1 2–2 3–4 0–1 1–0 4–0
Ryhope Colliery Welfare 4–3 2–0 3–0 5–0 2–5 3–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 5–0 2–2 5–0 5–1 1–3 1–0 7–1 3–1 5–2
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–3 4–3 3–2 0–2 0–5 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–6
Seaham Red Star 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–3 2–5 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–4 0–5 3–1 6–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 3–3 0–0 1–2
Stokesley Sports Club 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–7 3–4 1–0 1–3 2–2 3–2 0–2 7–2 2–3
Thornaby 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–3 0–6 3–5 4–4 1–2 0–2 5–2 0–4 2–4 0–2 0–1 1–4
Tow Law Town 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 2–3 0–1 3–1 5–1 2–2 2–5 1–4 1–2 2–5 0–0 3–1 1–5 2–0 0–1
Washington 4–2 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–0 5–2 2–3 1–3 2–4 2–0 0–6 2–1 1–2 6–0 1–3 1–2 1–4 2–0 2–4
West Allotment Celtic 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–4 0–4 6–0 7–0 3–5 4–4 2–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0
Whickham 2–3 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–3 5–3 1–2 3–2 1–2 0–3 4–0 1–2 2–5 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–4 1–4
Whitehaven 4–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 5–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 5–2 1–2 1–0 4–1
Source: League Official
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Division One (League Only) Top Goalscorers 2012-13". Northern Football League. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Darlington relegated four divisions after FA recommendation". BBC Sport. 25 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Applications For Promotion - Step 5 To Step 4". The Official Website of The North West Counties Football League. 11 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Step 4 applications received". TheFA.com. 6 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b "RCA points deduction". Northern League. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Division Two (League Only) Top Goalscorers 2012-13". Northern Football League. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Ryhope CW". Northern Football League. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Whitehaven deducted points". Northern Football League. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Two clubs deducted points". Northern Football League. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Town get points penalty". Northumberland Gazette. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
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