1919–20 Northern Football League

The 1919–20 Northern Football League season was the 27th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England. South Bank were crowned champions via a three team playoff after they finished the season on 38 points along with Bishop Auckland and Crook Town.

Clubs

Northern League

Season	1919–20
Champions	South Bank
Matches played	182
Goals scored	670 (3.68 per match)
← 1914–15 1920–21 →

From the 13 clubs which competed in the 1914–15 season 4 did not reappear:

• Darlington St. Augustine's
• Leadgate Park
• Harrogate
• Grangetown Athletic

Also 5 new clubs joined the league:

• Redcar
• Auckland St. Helen's United
• Darlington Railway Athletic
• Grangetown St. Mary's
• West Hartlepool St. Joseph's

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bishop Auckland	26	16	6	4	76	23	3.304	38	Qualified for the championship play-offs
2	South Bank	26	16	6	4	78	27	2.889	38
3	Crook Town	26	17	4	5	57	24	2.375	38
4	Stanley United	26	13	5	8	52	39	1.333	31
5	Grangetown St. Mary's	26	11	9	6	51	41	1.244	31
6	Willington	26	11	7	8	43	36	1.194	29
7	Esh Winning	26	11	4	11	48	34	1.412	26
8	Eston United	26	9	6	11	48	51	0.941	24
9	Darlington Railway Athletic	26	10	4	12	45	58	0.776	24
10	Redcar	26	9	4	13	38	55	0.691	22
11	West Hartlepool St. Joseph's	26	7	6	13	34	51	0.667	20	Left the league
12	Stockton	26	5	5	16	44	70	0.629	15
13	Auckland St. Helen's United	26	5	5	16	26	67	0.388	15	Left the league
14	Scarborough	26	5	3	18	30	94	0.319	13

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Championship playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	South Bank	2	1	0	1	6	4	1.500	2
2	Bishop Auckland	2	1	0	1	5	4	1.250	2
3	Crook Town	2	1	0	1	2	5	0.400	2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

• 4 September 1920: Bishop Auckland 4–2 South Bank
• 11 September 1920: Crook Town 2–1 Bishop Auckland
• 18 September 1920: South Bank 4–0 Crook Town