1899–1900 Northern Football League
# 1899–1900 Northern Football League

The 1899–1900 Northern Football League season was the eleventh in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

## Division One

The division featured 7 clubs which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from last seasons's Division Two:

* Stockton St. John's
* Thornaby Utopians

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Darlington | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 2.625 | 27 | |
| 2 | Stockton St. John's | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 1.882 | 23 | |
| 3 | Bishop Auckland | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 1.952 | 20 | |
| 4 | Darlington St. Augustine's | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 1.259 | 18 | |
| 5 | South Bank | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 0.692 | 17 | |
| 6 | Crook Town | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 0.583 | 13 | |
| 7 | Thornaby Utopians | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 0.560 | 12 | |
| 8 | Tow Law | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 0.535 | 9 | Left the league |
| 9 | Stockton | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 0.568 | 5 | |

## Division Two

The division featured 7 clubs which competed in the last season, along with three new clubs:

* Dorman, Long & Co.
* Grangetown Athletic
* Whitby

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Whitby | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 2.130 | 21 | Promoted to the Northern League Division One |
| 2 | Thornaby | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 1.933 | 19 | Left the league |
| 3 | Grangetown Athletic | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 1.500 | 19 | Left the league |
| 4 | Loftus | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 0.958 | 14 | Left the league |
| 5 | West Hartlepool | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 1.000 | 12 | Promoted to the Northern League Division One |
| 6 | Scarborough | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 0.794 | 11 | Promoted to the Northern League Division One |
| 7 | Stockton Vulcan | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 0.556 | 10 | Left the league |
| 8 | Brotton | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 48 | 0.417 | 6 | Left the league |
| – | Dorman, Long & Co. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 | |
| – | Shildon United | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 | |

* ↑ Dorman, Long & Co. resigned from the league on 15 November 1899. Their record (P8 W1 D1 L6 F8 A26 P3) was expunged.
* ↑ Shildon United resigned from the league on 13 January 1900. Their record (P5 W3 D1 L1 F13 A5 P7) was expunged.
