2017–18_Northern_Football_League

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	2017–18
Champions	Blyth
Promoted	Blyth; Hebburn Town; Whickham
Relegated	Alnwick Town; Darlington Railway Athletic
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,495 (3.56 per match)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Northern Football League
Division One
Season	2017–18
Champions	Marske United
Promoted	Marske United; Morpeth Town
Relegated	Billingham Synthonia; Washington
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,727 (3.74 per match)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Northern Football League

Football league season

The 2017–18 season was the 120th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The league has operated two divisions in the English football league system, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6.

The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017, and fixtures were released on 3 June 2017.^[1]^[2]

Division One

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

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Marske United	42	32	6	4	102	31	+71	102	Promoted to the Northern Premier League^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Morpeth Town	42	30	7	5	117	52	+65	97	Promoted to the Northern Premier League^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Shildon	42	24	8	10	93	55	+38	80
4	Sunderland RCA	42	24	7	11	96	54	+42	79
5	West Auckland Town	42	23	9	10	107	64	+43	78
6	Stockton Town	42	23	2	17	91	72	+19	71
7	Newcastle Benfield	42	22	5	15	90	71	+19	71
8	North Shields	42	21	6	15	103	73	+30	69
9	Consett	42	21	5	16	93	83	+10	68
10	Dunston UTS	42	19	6	17	77	68	+9	63
11	Ryhope Colliery Welfare	42	19	3	20	85	87	−2	60
12	Ashington	42	16	11	15	80	67	+13	59
13	Team Northumbria	42	17	5	20	64	70	−6	56	Resigned from the league^[3]
14	Newton Aycliffe	42	13	13	16	53	58	−5	52
15	Guisborough Town	42	15	10	17	70	82	−12	52^{[lower-alpha 2]}
16	Whitley Bay	42	15	6	21	73	91	−18	51
17	Penrith	42	15	3	24	71	85	−14	48
18	Seaham Red Star	42	12	7	23	57	90	−33	43
19	Bishop Auckland	42	13	4	25	68	112	−44	43
20	Jarrow Roofing BCA	42	11	6	25	70	102	−32	39	Resigned from the league^[5]
21	Washington	42	4	6	32	39	132	−93	18	Relegated to Division Two
22	Billingham Synthonia	42	2	7	33	28	128	−100	13	Relegated to Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blyth	40	26	8	6	95	39	+56	86	Promoted to Division One
2	Hebburn Town	40	24	9	7	85	37	+48	81
3	Whickham	40	25	5	10	80	52	+28	80
4	Northallerton Town	40	25	4	11	99	64	+35	79
5	Heaton Stannington	40	21	9	10	86	57	+29	72
6	Thornaby	40	21	5	14	85	53	+32	68
7	Willington	40	20	7	13	65	49	+16	67
8	Tow Law Town	40	19	7	14	88	70	+18	64
9	Billingham Town	40	17	10	13	81	60	+21	61
10	Easington Colliery	40	16	9	15	78	75	+3	57
11	Durham City	40	14	9	17	73	79	−6	51
12	Jarrow	40	13	11	16	56	69	−13	50
13	Esh Winning	40	14	8	18	76	90	−14	50
14	Chester-le-Street Town	40	13	10	17	58	71	−13	49
15	West Allotment Celtic	40	13	6	21	64	86	−22	45
16	Bedlington Terriers	40	14	5	21	63	70	−7	44^{[lower-alpha 1]}
17	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	40	12	8	20	53	76	−23	44
18	Crook Town	40	12	6	22	62	104	−42	42
19	Brandon United	40	8	9	23	56	88	−32	33
20	Darlington Railway Athletic	40	9	4	27	41	90	−49	31	Relegated to the Wearside League
21	Alnwick Town	40	6	7	27	51	116	−65	25	Relegated to the Northern Football Alliance