NORTHERN LEAGUE - MIDDLESBROUGH COMPETED IN THE INAGURAL SEASON AND FOR 10 IN TOTAL UNTIL ELECTION TO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN 1899.

Ex "Northern Goalfields" book by Brian Hunt

Season

Position

Games

played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals

For

Goals

Against

Points

1889/90

6th.

18

8

3

7

42

37

19

1890/91

2nd.

14

8

3

3

33

17

19

1891/92

2nd.

16

13

0

3

33

13

26

1892/93

4th.

10

4

0

6

17

17

8

1893/94

1st.

14

11

1

2

51

16

23

1894/95

1st.

18

12

5

1

58

17

29

1895/96

3rd.

16

8

4

4

28

22

20

1896/97

1st.

16

11

4

1

36

15

26

1897/98

2nd.

16

9

4

3

42

22

22

1898/99

3rd.

16

7

4

5

29

27

18

THE NORTHERN LEAGUE  --  ITS FIRST TEN SEASONS

1889/90

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

Darlington St.Augustine’s

18

12

2

4

39

17

26

Inaugural season for the Northern League.

NB Birtley v Elswick Rangers & Middlesbrough v Elswick Rangers both home wins but counted as draws in the League Table following protests

2

Newcastle West End

18

12

2

4

44

24

26

3

Stockton

18

10

4

4

41

18

24

4

Newcastle East End

18

9

3

6

32

28

21

5

Darlington

18

7

6

5

46

20

20

6

Middlesbrough

18

8

3

7

42

37

19

7

South Bank

18

6

2

10

33

60

14

8

Auckland Town

18

4

4

10

41

49

12

9

Birtley

18

3

3

12

28

48

9

10

Elswick Rangers

18

2

5

11

21

66

9

1890/91

1

Ironopolis

14

9

2

3

37

24

20

2

Middlesbrough

14

8

3

3

33

17

19

3

Sunderland Albion

14

7

3

4

33

16

17

4

Stockton

14

8

1

5

38

19

17

5

Darlington

14

7

0

7

25

29

14

6

Newcastle East End

14

5

2

7

25

39

12

7

Newcastle West End

14

3

4

7

21

38

10

8

Darlington St.Augustine’s

14

0

3

11

14

44

3

1891/92

1

Ironopolis

16

14

1

1

49

13

29

2

Middlesbrough

16

13

0

3

33

13

26

3

Sheffield United

16

10

2

4

49

21

22

4

Newcastle East End

16

9

2

5

37

20

20

5

Stockton

16

6

2

8

31

34

14

6

Sunderland Albion

16

5

0

11

36

38

10

7

South Bank

16

3

2

11

21

50

8

8

Newcastle West End

16

4

0

12

21

56

8

9

Darlington

16

2

3

11

17

49

7

1892/93

1

Ironopolis

10

9

1

0

22

6

19

NB Name Change 9/12/1892 Newcastle East End to Newcastle United

2

Newcastle East End / United

10

5

1

4

30

19

11

3

Sheffield United

10

4

2

4

18

16

10

4

Middlesbrough

10

4

0

6

17

17

8

5

Stockton

10

3

1

6

24

27

7

6

Darlington

10

2

1

7

11

37

5

1893/94

1

Middlesbrough

14

11

1

2

51

16

23

NB Darlington St.Augustine's v Stockton not played but Stockton awarded a win.

2

Stockton

14

10

1

3

41

23

21

3

South Bank

14

8

0

6

36

34

16

4

Darlington

14

7

1

6

30

25

15

5

Bishop Auckland

14

6

0

8

41

39

12

6

Whitby

14

5

2

7

45

43

12

7

North Skelton Rovers

14

3

1

10

25

52

7

8

Darlington St.Augustine’s

14

3

0

11

25

62

6

1894/95

1

Middlesbrough

18

12

5

1

58

17

29

2

South Bank

18

11

4

3

64

23

26

3

Tow Law

18

10

3

5

59

30

23

4

Darlington

18

11

0

7

56

30

22

5

Whitby

18

8

2

8

43

45

18

6

Stockton

18

8

1

9

44

37

17

7

Bishop Auckland

18

7

2

9

42

39

16

8

Howden Rangers

18

6

1

11

40

56

13

9

Darlington St.Augustine’s

18

5

3

10

38

66

13

10

North Skelton Rovers

18

1

1

16

16

117

3

1895/96

1

Darlington

18

10

4

2

53

24

24

Saltburn Swifts transfer their final home game to Tow Law who beat them 3-0

2

South Bank

18

9

2

5

44

20

20

3

Middlesbrough

18

8

4

4

28

22

20

4

Bishop Auckland

18

7

3

6

42

32

17

5

Tow Law

18

5

5

6

23

28

15

6

Whitby

18

6

3

7

23

38

15

7

Stockton

18

5

3

8

26

30

13

8

Howden-le-Wear

18

4

3

9

19

36

11

9

Saltburn Swifts

18

4

1

11

12

40

9

1896/97

1

Middlesbrough

16

11

4

1

36

15

26

Saltburn Swifts withdrew 3/4/97  All results deleted

NB * = 2 points deducted “for playing an unqualified man.”

2

Darlington

16

10

2

4

54

35

22

3

South Bank

16

10

1

5

32

25

21

4

Stockton

16

7

3

6

37

24

17

5

Tow Law

16

7

1

8

29

25

15

6

Bishop Auckland

16

6

3

7

23

34

15

7

Crook Town

16

4

2

10

35

42

10

8

Leadgate Park

16

4

1

11

27

45

9

9

Darlington St.Augustine’s

16

2

5

9

26

54

7*

1897/98

1

Stockton

16

11

2

3

37

20

24

NB 3 Middlesbrough games carried over to the following season.

Britannia Rovers struck out of the competition 31/3/98, all results deleted

2

Middlesbrough

16

9

4

3

42

22

22

3

Darlington

16

8

2

6

41

31

18

4

Bishop Auckland

16

6

4

6

33

35

16

5

Darlington St.Augustine’s

16

7

2

7

29

32

16

6

Leadgate Park

16

5

4

7

23

34

14

7

South Bank

16

5

3

8

34

38

13

8

Tow Law

16

4

4

8

16

24

12

9

Crook Town

16

3

3

10

17

36

9

1898/99

1

Bishop Auckland

16

9

7

0

35

16

25

Middlesbrough elected to the Football League at the end of season 1898/99.

2

Darlington

16

10

3

3

50

29

23

3

Middlesbrough

16

7

4

5

29

27

18

4

South Bank

16

6

6

4

20

21

18

5

Darlington St.Augustine’s

16

5

5

6

19

23

15

6

Leadgate Park

16

4

4

8

25

30

12

7

Stockton

16

4

4

8

25

31

12

8

Tow Law

16

3

6

7

18

25

12

9

Crook Town

16

4

1

11

25

44

9