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Post by Panda on Dec 27, 2011 21:33:01 GMT 1
We've had these lists for the Premier and Football Leagues, Scottish League and Conference and higher non-league levels. Now here's the list for the Northern League - home of my team Marske United.
The Northern League has a long and proud history. It is the second oldest football league in the world, having been formed in 1889, a year after the Football League.
The league covers the north-east of England and Cumbria, though clubs from Yorkshire have occasionally played in the league as well, as did future Scottish Cup finalists Gretna, who won the league twice in the early 1990s. Their benefactor, the late Brooks Mileson, was a long-time sponsor of the league and the League Cup is named in his memory.
Several clubs from the league have gone on to play in the Football League, including Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Darlington and York City.
The league is also home to West Auckland Town, who won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, seen as football's first-ever World Cup, in 1909 and 1911.
For a long time, it was seen as one of the top amateur leagues in the country but its status fell with the formation of the Conference in the early 80s. The league apparently refused invitations to become a direct feeder league to the Conference and remained outside the pyramid until 1991.
Although it now lies at step 5 of the non-league pyramid, the league is strong with its teams probably on a similar level to the EvoStik League clubs in the levels above (three Northern League clubs defeated EvoStik opposition in this season's FA Cup) but with so few north-east clubs in the top levels of the pyramid, the increased travel costs put many Northern League clubs off moving up. The league also shows its strength in the FA Vase, with Northern League clubs regularly reaching the latter stages and this season Whitley Bay are bidding to win the Vase for the fourth year in a row.
Here are the peaks for clubs who have competed in the Northern League. Current members are in bold.
Alnwick Town (8th in Div 1, 1989-90)
Ashington (3rd in Div 1, 1978-79)
Bedlington Terriers (1st in Div 1, 1997-98)
Billingham South (4th in Div 1, 1948-49)
Billingham Synthonia (1st in Div 1, 1956-57)
Billingham Town (2nd in Div 1, 2006-07)
Birtley (9th in Div 1, 1889-90)
Birtley Town (8th in Div 2, 2008-09)
Bishop Auckland (1st in Div 1, 1898-99)
Blyth Spartans (1st in Div 1, 1972-73)
Brandon United (1st in Div 1, 2002-03)
Brandon Welfare (9th in Div 1, 1945-46)
Britannia Rovers (never completed season)
Brotton (13th in Div 1, 1898-99)
Chester-le-Street Town (3rd in Div 1, 1998-99)
Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic (1st in Div 1, 1927-28)
Cockfield (3rd in Div 1, 1922-23)
Consett (2nd in Div 1, 1976-77)
Craghead United (5th in Div 1, 1912-13)
Crook Town (1st in Div 1, 1914-15)
Darlington (1st in Div 1, 1895-96)
Darlington Cleveland Bridge (6th in Div 2, 1983-84)
Darlington Railway Athletic (6th in Div 1, 1920-21)
Darlington Rise Carr Rangers (11th in Div 1, 1897-98)
Darlington St. Augustine's (1st in Div 1, 1889-90)
Dorman, Long & Co. (never completed season)
Dunston UTS (1st in Div 1, 2003-04)
Durham City (1st in Div 1, 1993-94)
Easington Colliery (10th in Div 1, 1986-87)
East Tanfield Colliery Welfare (11th in Div 1, 1947-48)
Eden Colliery Welfare (4th in Div 1, 1929-30)
Elswick Rangers (10th in Div 1, 1889-90)
Eppleton Colliery Welfare (16th in Div 1, 1993-94)
Esh Winning (1st in Div 1, 1912-13)
Eston United (1st in Div 1, 1910-11)
Evenwood Town (1st in Div 1, 1948-49)
Ferryhill Athletic (1st in Div 1, 1937-38)
Gillford Park (11th in Div 2, 2009-10)
Grangetown Athletic (2nd in Div 1, 1901-02)
Grangetown St. Mary's (5th in Div 1, 1919-20)
Gretna (1st in Div 1, 1990-91)
Guisborough Town (2nd in Div 1, 1990-91)
Harrogate Town (13th in Div 1, 1931-32)
Hartlepool Town (6th in Div 2, 1994-95)
Hartlepool United Reserves (10th in Div 1, 1985-86)
Heaton Stannington (4th in Div 1, 1939-40)
Hebburn Town (11th in Div 1, 1994-95)
Horden Colliery Welfare (3rd in Div 1, 1979-80)
Howden-le-Wear (8th in Div 1, 1894-95)
Ironopolis (1st in Div 1, 1890-91)
Jarrow Roofing (6th in Div 1, 2003-04)
Knaresborough (9th in Div 1, 1909-10)
Langley Park (5th in Div 1, 1928-29)
Leadgate Exiles (13th in Div 1, 1897-98)
Leadgate Park (4th in Div 1, 1906-07)
Loftus (12th in Div 1, 1897-98)
Loftus Albion (6th in Div 1, 1922-23)
Marske United (3rd in Div 1, 2000-01)
Middlesbrough (1st in Div 1, 1893-94)
Morpeth Town (6th in Div 1, 1996-97)
Murton (2nd in Div 1, 1991-92)
Newcastle Benfield (1st in Div 1, 2008-09)
Newcastle Blue Star (1st in Div 1, 2005-06)
Newcastle United (1st in Div 1, 1902-03)
Newcastle West End (2nd in Div 1, 1889-90)
Newton Aycliffe (1st in Div 2, 2010-11)
North Shields (1st in Div 1, 1968-69)
North Skelton Rovers (7th in Div 1, 1893-94)
Northallerton Town (8th in Div 1, 1991-92)
Norton & Stockton Ancients (8th in Div 1, 2009-10)
Penrith (2nd in Div 1, 1961-62)
Peterlee Town (6th in Div 1, 1985-86)
Prudhoe Town (19th in Div 1, 2002-03)
Redcar (10th in Div 1, 1919-20)
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion (10th in Div 1, 2008-09)
Saltburn (8th in Div 1, 1907-08)
Saltburn Swifts (13th in Div 1, 1895-96)
Scarborough (6th in Div 1, 1900-01)
Seaham Red Star (2nd in Div 1, 1999-2000)
Sheffield United (3rd in Div 1, 1891-92)
Shildon (1st in Div 1, 1933-34)
Shotton Comrades (19th in Div 1, 1999-2000)
South Bank (1st in Div 1, 1919-20)
South Shields (8th in Div 1, 1997-98)
Spennymoor Town (1st in Div 1, 1967-68)
Stanley United (1st in Div 1, 1945-46)
Stockton (1st in Div 1, 1897-98)
Stockton St. John's (2nd in Div 1, 1899-1900)
Stockton Vulcan (14th in Div 1, 1898-99)
Stokesley Sports Club (16th in Div 1, 2010-11)
Sunderland 'A' (1st in Div 1, 1905-06)
Sunderland Albion (3rd in Div 1, 1890-91)
Sunderland Nissan (3rd in Div 1, 2006-07)
Sunderland Ryhope CA (10th in Div 1, 1984-85)
Team Northumbria (5th in Div 2, 2010-11)
Thornaby (5th in Div 1, 1989-90)
Thornaby (11th in Div 1, 1899-1900)
Thornaby Utopians (7th in Div 1, 1899-1900)
Tow Law Town (1st in Div 1, 1923-24)
Trimdon Grange (2nd in Div 1, 1931-32)
Washington (12th in Div 1, 2002-03)
West Allotment Celtic (9th in Div 1, 2008-09)
West Auckland Town (1st in Div 1, 1959-60)
West Hartlepool (4th in Div 1, 1907-08)
West Hartlepool St. Joseph's (11th in Div 1, 1919-20)
Whickham (15th in Div 1, 1989-90)
Whitby Town (1st in Div 1, 1992-93)
Whitehaven (7th in Div 2, 2009-10)
Whitley Bay (1st in Div 1, 1964-65)
Willington (1st in Div 1, 1913-14)
York City (11th in Div 1, 1908-09)
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