1908–09 Northern Football League

Northern League
Season	1908–09
Champions	Bishop Auckland
Matches played	132
Goals scored	539 (4.08 per match)
	← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 Northern Football League season was the twentieth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

A Championship Play-Off between Bishop Auckland and South Bank, who finished the season level on points, was played on 27 November 1909 at the home ground of Darlington St Augustine's. Bishop Auckland were declared League Champions after a 4–2 victory.^[1]

Clubs

The league featured 10 clubs which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bishop Auckland	22	14	5	3	67	29	2.310	33	Qualified for the championship match
2	South Bank	22	15	3	4	61	34	1.794	33	Qualified for the championship match
3	Stockton	22	10	6	6	46	29	1.586	26
4	Crook Town	22	10	6	6	49	40	1.225	26
5	West Hartlepool	22	11	2	9	50	35	1.429	24
6	Grangetown Athletic	22	9	3	10	47	53	0.887	21
7	Darlington St Augustine's	22	8	4	10	48	52	0.923	20
8	Scarborough	22	9	1	12	45	56	0.804	19
9	Saltburn	22	6	6	10	33	42	0.786	18
10	West Auckland	22	6	4	12	32	46	0.696	16
11	York City	22	6	3	13	31	73	0.425	15
12	Leadgate Park	22	6	1	15	30	50	0.600	13	Left the league

Source: ^[2]

Championship match

27 November 1909: Bishop Auckland 4–2 South Bank

References

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1908–09 Northern Football League

Contents

Clubs

League table

Championship match

References