2011–12 Northern Football League

The 2011–12 Northern Football League season was the 114th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One

Northern Football League
Division One

Season	2011–12
Champions	Spennymoor Town
Relegated	Jarrow Roofing Stokesley Sports Club Tow Law Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,664 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrew Johnson (Bishop Auckland) (39 goals)[1]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

• Guisborough Town
• Marske United
• Newton Aycliffe

Also, Stokesley changed back name to Stokesley Sports Club.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spennymoor Town	42	30	7	5	86	31	+55	97
2	West Auckland Town	42	29	8	5	117	58	+59	95
3	Dunston UTS	42	27	9	6	85	34	+51	90
4	Sunderland RCA	42	27	7	8	106	54	+52	88
5	Ashington	42	23	8	11	91	58	+33	77
6	Whitley Bay	42	23	7	12	90	54	+36	76
7	Bedlington Terriers	42	20	10	12	97	49	+48	70
8	Bishop Auckland	42	20	9	13	87	69	+18	69
9	Newton Aycliffe	42	18	11	13	70	52	+18	65
10	Shildon	42	18	5	19	83	63	+20	59
11	Billingham Synthonia	42	18	5	19	74	77	−3	59
12	Newcastle Benfield	42	16	7	19	73	65	+8	55
13	South Shields	42	15	6	21	81	92	−11	51
14	Norton & Stockton Ancients	42	14	8	20	54	60	−6	50
15	Consett	42	13	11	18	71	78	−7	50
16	Guisborough Town	42	13	11	18	67	97	−30	50
17	Billingham Town	42	15	4	23	72	95	−23	49
18	Marske United	42	11	11	20	61	89	−28	44
19	Penrith	42	11	7	24	59	97	−38	40
20	Jarrow Roofing BCA	42	12	4	26	65	114	−49	40	Relegated to Division Two
21	Tow Law Town	42	9	1	32	44	102	−58	28
22	Stokesley Sports Club	42	0	4	38	31	176	−145	4

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

Results

Home \ Away	ASH	BED	BLS	BLT	BIS	CON	DUN	GUI	JRO	MAR	NCB	NTA	NSA	PEN	SHI	SSH	SPE	SSC	RCA	TOW	WAT	WHI
Ashington		1–4	2–1	3–0	7–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	6–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	3–0	0–4	2–1	3–1	1–3
Bedlington Terriers	2–4		1–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	4–2	0–2	15–0	1–2	5–2	3–1	4–0
Billingham Synthonia	0–2	2–2		3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–3	1–3	4–0	0–1	5–4	1–3	3–1
Billingham Town	2–3	0–7	2–1		1–1	0–1	0–2	3–3	4–5	3–1	5–2	0–5	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	2–4	3–2	1–2	0–2
Bishop Auckland	1–0	2–3	2–3	5–0		3–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	5–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–3
Consett	1–2	0–0	1–5	2–0	1–1		2–2	4–2	5–1	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–5	4–3	1–0	8–1	3–4	4–1	0–3	0–4
Dunston UTS	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–0		2–2	1–0	5–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	2–4	3–0	0–0	5–0	2–1	5–0	1–3	1–1
Guisborough Town	2–2	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–1		3–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	6–0	0–7	3–1	0–7	0–4
Jarrow Roofing BCA	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–7	2–4	2–1	0–3	3–3		0–3	0–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	0–3	3–2	4–2	4–2	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–4
Marske United	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–6	1–3	4–0		2–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	2–5	1–1	5–0	0–2	2–1	1–4	0–0
Newcastle Benfield	2–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–3	4–2	1–2	2–3	2–3	3–0		1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	5–0	1–3	1–1
Newton Aycliffe	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–2	5–3	2–0	1–2		3–1	1–2	2–4	1–4	0–1	6–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–1
Norton & Stockton Ancients	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–3	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–1	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3
Penrith	2–2	2–2	3–4	3–0	1–5	0–0	0–4	1–0	4–1	5–2	0–5	1–0	0–3		1–4	0–1	0–3	4–0	0–1	2–1	4–4	2–4
Shildon	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–4	5–1	2–2	1–4	2–0	0–2		1–0	1–2	11–0	2–3	3–1	1–2	1–1
South Shields	0–1	0–0	5–1	1–5	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–4	2–1	3–4	1–1	2–1	2–4	1–0	1–2		0–3	5–2	2–3	3–1	3–4	3–2
Spennymoor Town	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	3–0	5–0		5–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Stokesley Sports Club	0–7	1–5	0–5	1–3	2–3	2–7	0–3	1–2	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–3		1–6	1–2	0–3	2–7
Sunderland RCA	5–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	7–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–4	2–1		3–0	2–3	4–3
Tow Law Town	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–4	2–6	4–1	0–3	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	3–2	2–1		0–2	0–1
West Auckland Town	2–1	2–1	9–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	7–3	4–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	5–1	2–1	5–5	1–3	3–0	2–1	3–0		6–1
Whitley Bay	2–0	1–2	4–0	5–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	6–0	2–3	2–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Two

Northern Football League
Division Two

Season	2011–12
Champions	Team Northumbria
Promoted	Gillford Park Hebburn Town Team Northumbria
Relegated	Easington Colliery
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,792 (3.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Watling (Team Northumbria) (39 goals)[2]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

• Clubs relegated from Division One:
  • Esh Winning
  • Ryton, who also changed name to Ryton & Crawcrook Albion
  • West Allotment Celtic
• Plus:
  • Alnwick Town, promoted from the Northern Football Alliance
  • Easington Colliery, promoted from the Wearside Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Team Northumbria	42	28	5	9	112	49	+63	89	Promoted to Division One
2	Gillford Park	42	27	8	7	125	62	+63	86[a]
3	Hebburn Town	42	26	4	12	110	73	+37	82
4	Morpeth Town	42	22	10	10	78	54	+24	76
5	Darlington Railway Athletic	42	22	7	13	84	68	+16	73
6	Birtley Town	42	21	9	12	100	77	+23	72
7	West Allotment Celtic	42	21	8	13	90	72	+18	71
8	North Shields	42	19	11	12	77	51	+26	68
9	Northallerton Town	42	19	11	12	99	74	+25	68
10	Crook Town	42	18	13	11	99	69	+30	67
11	Esh Winning	42	20	6	16	95	74	+21	66
12	Chester-le-Street Town	42	16	8	18	70	63	+7	56
13	Whitehaven	42	15	9	18	71	79	−8	54
14	Washington	42	16	5	21	69	97	−28	53
15	Whickham	42	13	10	19	76	82	−6	49
16	Alnwick Town	42	13	10	19	56	86	−30	49
17	Brandon United	42	13	7	22	70	94	−24	46
18	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	42	13	5	24	68	117	−49	44
19	Thornaby	42	11	8	23	78	110	−32	41
20	Seaham Red Star	42	8	7	27	61	113	−52	31
21	Horden Colliery Welfare	42	8	6	28	44	92	−48	30
22	Easington Colliery	42	6	7	29	60	136	−76	22[b]	Relegated to the Wearside League

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

1. Gillford Park deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]
2. Easington Colliery deducted three points for failing to fulfil a fixture.^[4]

Results

Home \ Away	ALN	BIR	BRA	CLS	CRO	DRA	ESC	ESH	GIL	HEB	HCW	MOR	NSH	NOR	RYC	SRS	TNO	THO	WAS	WAC	WHC	WHA
Alnwick Town		1–3	0–2	2–1	1–5	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–5	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	5–2	0–7	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–1
Birtley Town	1–1		2–1	2–0	2–3	1–3	4–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	6–1	1–4	3–4	5–1	2–5	1–0	4–0
Brandon United	2–1	0–3		0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–6	0–1	6–3	4–1	0–3	1–2	5–5	3–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2
Chester-le-Street Town	4–3	1–2	1–0		0–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	5–2	0–2	2–4	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–2
Crook Town	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–0		0–2	7–1	1–4	3–3	1–5	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	6–0	1–3	2–3	4–1	5–1	2–2	1–1	3–0
Darlington Railway Athletic	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–1		2–3	5–0	5–1	0–6	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–2
Easington Colliery	0–1	1–4	6–0	0–3	0–2	2–3		0–3	0–4	2–5	4–2	2–2	0–3	1–3	0–3	1–0	2–4	3–5	1–4	1–3	2–3	2–2
Esh Winning	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	5–5	3–0	5–3		2–5	2–3	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	3–4	4–1	4–1	7–1	1–2	1–0	3–3	3–0
Gillford Park	3–1	4–4	5–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–0		1–2	11–1	1–2	3–0	4–4	4–3	5–1	1–2	7–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	4–1
Hebburn Town	4–1	1–2	3–0	1–4	1–4	4–4	3–1	1–3	1–2		5–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	8–2	6–3	0–0	4–3	3–1	3–1	4–0	0–5
Horden Colliery Welfare	1–2	2–1	0–1	3–4	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4		1–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	1–0
Morpeth Town	3–3	0–3	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–1	3–0
North Shields	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–4	5–2	2–2	3–0	2–3	0–2	4–0	1–2		2–0	5–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	2–0
Northallerton Town	3–0	2–3	4–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	6–1	3–3	1–4	2–1	3–1	4–3	2–2		3–1	2–3	4–5	3–0	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–0
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–4	1–6	0–4	3–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–5	4–1		5–4	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–3
Seaham Red Star	4–2	3–4	0–0	0–0	0–5	2–4	0–1	1–3	2–5	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–3		1–0	2–1	6–0	3–3	1–6	0–1
Team Northumbria	2–1	4–1	2–0	5–1	2–2	2–0	14–0	0–1	2–3	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–0		4–0	4–2	0–0	3–1	2–0
Thornaby	3–4	2–2	4–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	7–1	2–0	2–5	1–2	1–2	4–4	0–6	1–6	4–3	2–0	0–2		2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2
Washington	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–6	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–5	3–2	4–0	0–4	3–1		1–1	3–1	2–2
West Allotment Celtic	3–2	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	8–4	1–2	2–3	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	5–1	5–0	1–5	2–1	3–0		0–2	2–4
Whickham	1–1	6–5	6–1	1–1	3–1	5–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–4	1–2	3–3	1–2	2–2	1–3	5–0		0–3
Whitehaven	1–1	2–2	5–0	2–8	1–5	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	5–2	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	4–4

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.