1896–97 Northern Football League
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Northern League
| season = 1896–97
| winners = Middlesbrough
| promoted =
| relegated =
| league topscorer =
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| matches = 72
| total goals = 299
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 1895–96
| nextseason = 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=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|show_limit=5
|winpoints=2
|use_goal_ratio=y
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=MID|name_MID=Middlesbrough
|team2=DAR|name_DAR=Darlington
|team3=SBA|name_SBA=South Bank
|team4=STO|name_STO=Stockton
|team5=TOW|name_TOW=Tow Law
|team6=BIS|name_BIS=Bishop Auckland
|team7=CRO|name_CRO=Crook Town
|team8=LEA|name_LEA=Leadgate Park
|team9=DSA|DSA|name_DSA=Darlington St Augustine's
|team10=SAL|pos_SAL=–|name_SAL=Saltburn Swifts
|win_MID=11|draw_MID=4|loss_MID=1|gf_MID=36|ga_MID=15
|win_DAR=10|draw_DAR=2|loss_DAR=4|gf_DAR=54|ga_DAR=35
|win_SBA=10|draw_SBA=1|loss_SBA=5|gf_SBA=32|ga_SBA=25
|win_STO=7|draw_STO=3|loss_STO=6|gf_STO=37|ga_STO=24
|win_TOW=7|draw_TOW=1|loss_TOW=8|gf_TOW=29|ga_TOW=25
|win_BIS=6|draw_BIS=3|loss_BIS=7|gf_BIS=23|ga_BIS=34
|win_CRO=4|draw_CRO=2|loss_CRO=10|gf_CRO=35|ga_CRO=42
|win_LEA=4|draw_LEA=1|loss_LEA=11|gf_LEA=27|ga_LEA=45
|win_DSA=2|draw_DSA=5|loss_DSA=9|gf_DSA=26|ga_DSA=54
|win_SAL=–|draw_SAL=–|loss_SAL=–|gf_SAL=–|ga_SAL=–
|hth_SAL=Saltburn Swifts withdrew from the league on 3 April 1897. Their record (P13 W3 D4 L6 F21 A33 P10) was expunged.{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1Nr/nor1889.htm|title=Northern League 1889-1925|publisher=Non League Matters|access-date=2012-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010502/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1Nr/nor1889.htm|archive-date=2012-06-06|url-status=dead}}
|update=complete|source={{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/BISHOPAU.HTM|title=BISHOP AUCKLAND|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/CROOKT.HTM|title=CROOK TOWN|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/DARLINGT.HTM|title=DARLINGTON|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/DARLINSA.HTM|title=DARLINGTON ST AUGUSTINES|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/LEADGATP.HTM|title=LEADGATE PARK|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/MIDDLESB.HTM|title=MIDDLESBROUGH|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/SALTBURS.HTM|title=SALTBURN SWIFTS|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/S-BANK.HTM|title=SOUTH BANK|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/STOCKTON.HTM|title=STOCKTON|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/TOW-LAW.HTM|title=TOW LAW|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=2012-09-17}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Northern League (football)}}
{{1896–97 in English football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Northern Football League 1896-97}}