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2014–15 Northern Football League

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2014-15

The 2014–15 Northern Football League season (known as the 2014–15 Ebac Northern League for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions.

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Division One

Division One featured 19 teams which competed in the first division last season, along with three new teams:

  • North Shields !North Shields, West Allotment Celtic !West Allotment Celtic, and Jarrow Roofing BCA !Jarrow Roofing BCA, promoted from the Second Division
  • No team was relegated from the Northern Premier League First Division to Northern League Division One

    • League table

    Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
    Source: [1]
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    # Crook Town were deducted 3 points.
    * Celtic Nation resigned at the end of the season and folded due to financial problems.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Promotion criteria

    To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

    1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2014
    2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2015
    3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
    4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

    Only one club has achieved criterion 1:

  • Bishop Auckland

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
    Source: League Official
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Division Two

    Division Two featured 18 teams which competed in the first division last season, along with four new teams:

  • Ryhope Colliery Welfare, promoted from the Northern Football Alliance, while Billingham Town, Team Northumbria and Hebburn Town were relegated from the First Division.

    • League table

    Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
    Source: [2]
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    # Heaton Stannington were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player on 4 April at Willington.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
    Source: [3]
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    References

    2014–15 Northern Football League Wikipedia
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