1897–98 Northern Football League

Northern League Division Two
Season	1897–98
Champions	Howden-le-Wear
Matches played	30
Goals scored	103 (3.43 per match)

Northern League Division One
Season	1897–98
Champions	Stockton
Matches played	72
Goals scored	272 (3.78 per match)

Northern League
Season	1897–98
	← 1896–97 1898–99 →

The 1897–98 Northern Football League season was the ninth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England. This was the first season in which the Northern League was split into two divisions.

Division One

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		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Stockton	16	11	2	3	37	20	2.400	24
2	Middlesbrough	16	9	4	3	42	22	1.542	22
3	Darlington	16	8	2	6	41	31	1.543	18
4	Bishop Auckland	16	6	4	6	33	35	1.676	16
5	Darlington St. Augustine's	16	7	2	7	29	32	0.481	16
6	Leadgate Park	16	5	4	7	23	34	0.600	14
7	South Bank	16	5	3	8	34	38	1.280	13
8	Tow Law	16	4	4	8	16	24	1.160	12
9	Crook Town	16	3	3	10	17	36	0.833	9

Division Two

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		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Howden-le-Wear	10	5	2	3	17	14	1.214	12
2	Darlington Rise Carr Rangers	10	5	1	4	22	18	1.222	11
3	Loftus	10	5	1	4	18	17	1.059	11
4	Leadgate Exiles	10	5	0	5	17	17	1.000	10
5	Shildon United	10	4	1	5	15	17	0.882	9
6	Brotton	10	3	1	6	14	20	0.700	7
–	Britannia Rovers	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Britannia Rovers were expelled from the league. Their record (P6 W0 D1 L5 F6 A25 P1) was expunged.^[3]

References

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v t e Northern League
Division One	Ashington Bedlington Terriers Bishop Auckland Consett Dunston UTS Durham City Guisborough Town Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association Marske United Morpeth Town Newcastle Benfield Newton Aycliffe North Shields Norton & Stockton Ancients Penrith Seaham Red Star Shildon Sunderland Ryhope Community Association Washington West Allotment Celtic West Auckland Town Whitley Bay
Division Two	Alnwick Town Billingham Synthonia Billingham Town Birtley Town Brandon United Chester-le-Street Town Crook Town Darlington Railway Athletic Easington Colliery Esh Winning Heaton Stannington Hebburn Town Northallerton Town Ryhope Colliery Welfare Ryton & Crawcrook Albion South Shields Stokesley Sports Club Team Northumbria Thornaby Tow Law Town Whickham Willington
Seasons	1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015-16

1897–98 Northern Football League

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