1896–97 Northern Football League

April 2022 March 2026 The 1896–97 Northern Football League season was the eighth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England. Clubs Northern League 1896–97 Middlesbrough 72 299 1895–96 1897–98 The league featured 7 clubs which competed in the last season, along with three new clubs: Crook Town Leadgate Park Darlington St. Augustine's League table main WDL 5 2 y PR MID Middlesbrough DAR Darlington SBA South Bank STO Stockton TOW Tow Law BIS Bishop Auckland CRO Crook Town LEA Leadgate Park DSA DSA Darlington St Augustine's SAL – Saltburn Swifts 11 4 1 36 15 10 2 4 54 35 10 1 5 32 25 7 3 6 37 24 7 1 8 29 25 6 3 7 23 34 4 2 10 35 42 4 1 11 27 45 2 5 9 26 54 – – – – – Saltburn Swifts withdrew from the league on 3 April 1897. Their record (P13 W3 D4 L6 F21 A33 P10) was expunged.http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1Nr/nor1889.htm Northern League 1889-1925 Non League Matters 2012-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010502/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1Nr/nor1889.htm 2012-06-06 dead complete https://www.fchd.info/BISHOPAU.HTM BISHOP AUCKLAND Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/CROOKT.HTM CROOK TOWN Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/DARLINGT.HTM DARLINGTON Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/DARLINSA.HTM DARLINGTON ST AUGUSTINES Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/LEADGATP.HTM LEADGATE PARK Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/MIDDLESB.HTM MIDDLESBROUGH Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/SALTBURS.HTM SALTBURN SWIFTS Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/S-BANK.HTM SOUTH BANK Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/STOCKTON.HTM STOCKTON Football Club History Database 2012-09-17https://www.fchd.info/TOW-LAW.HTM TOW LAW Football Club History Database 2012-09-17 References 1896–97 Category:1896–97 in English men's football leagues