2007–08 Northern Football League

The 2007–08 Northern Football League season was the 110th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.^[1]

Division One

Northern Football League
Division One

Season	2007–08
Champions	Durham City
Promoted	Durham City
Relegated	Washington Jarrow Roofing BCA
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,529 (3.31 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

• Seaham Red Star
• Spennymoor Town
• Washington

Also, Dunston Federation Brewery changed name to Dunston Federation, while Newcastle Benfield (Bay Plastics) changed name to Newcastle Benfield.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Durham City	42	32	6	4	106	42	+64	102	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One North
2	Consett	42	26	8	8	105	43	+62	86
3	Whitley Bay	42	26	7	9	99	55	+44	85
4	Newcastle Benfield	42	22	7	13	67	51	+16	73
5	Shildon	42	22	6	14	80	53	+27	72
6	Dunston Federation	42	19	11	12	67	59	+8	68
7	Tow Law Town	42	21	5	16	70	63	+7	68
8	Morpeth Town	42	18	10	14	78	64	+14	64
9	Billingham Synthonia	42	19	7	16	63	63	0	64
10	Billingham Town	42	19	6	17	80	73	+7	63
11	Sunderland Nissan	42	17	12	13	70	64	+6	63
12	Spennymoor Town	42	14	14	14	68	52	+16	56
13	West Allotment Celtic	42	16	8	18	75	80	−5	56
14	Seaham Red Star	42	14	10	18	78	83	−5	52
15	Bedlington Terriers	42	12	10	20	60	80	−20	46
16	West Auckland Town	42	12	9	21	65	81	−16	45
17	Ashington	42	12	9	21	50	77	−27	45
18	Chester-le-Street Town	42	12	9	21	51	86	−35	45
19	Northallerton Town	42	13	4	25	53	85	−32	43
20	Bishop Auckland	42	12	6	24	55	82	−27	42
21	Washington	42	12	5	25	53	97	−44	41	Relegated to Division Two
22	Jarrow Roofing BCA	42	4	7	31	36	96	−60	19

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Northern Football League
Division Two

Season	2007–08
Champions	Penrith Town
Promoted	Penrith Town Ryton South Shields
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,330 (3.5 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Division Two featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

• Birtley Town, promoted from the Wearside Football League
• Darlington Railway Athletic, relegated from Division One
• Horden Colliery Welfare, relegated from Division One

Also, Penrith changed name to Penrith Town.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Penrith Town	38	24	7	7	78	40	+38	79	Promoted to Division One
2	South Shields	38	24	5	9	98	52	+46	77
3	Ryton	38	24	3	11	83	41	+42	75
4	Sunderland RCA	38	22	4	12	83	54	+29	70
5	Horden Colliery Welfare	38	21	5	12	71	57	+14	68
6	Whickham	38	20	6	12	87	73	+14	66
7	Thornaby	38	18	7	13	78	64	+14	61
8	Marske United	38	17	8	13	69	43	+26	59
9	Stokesley Sports Club	38	17	5	16	68	71	−3	56
10	Norton & Stockton Ancients	38	17	3	18	66	46	+20	54
11	Birtley Town	38	16	6	16	57	66	−9	54
12	Guisborough Town	38	16	5	17	73	64	+9	53
13	Esh Winning	38	15	7	16	73	58	+15	52
14	Crook Town	38	14	9	15	60	74	−14	51
15	Hebburn Town	38	14	7	17	55	72	−17	49
16	Prudhoe Town	38	13	9	16	61	68	−7	48
17	North Shields	38	11	4	23	50	87	−37	37
18	Darlington Railway Athletic	38	10	6	22	51	78	−27	36
19	Team Northumbria	38	6	8	24	43	90	−47	23^[a]
20	Brandon United	38	2	4	32	26	132	−106	10

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Team Northumbria were deducted three points.

References

1. "Northern Football League 2003–2011". Non League Matters.

External links

• Northern Football League official site