title: 1908–09 Northern Football League
text: # 1908–09 Northern Football League
  
  The 1908–09 Northern Football League season was the twentieth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.
  
  A Championship Play-Off between Bishop Auckland and South Bank, who finished the season level on points, was played on 27 November 1909 at the home ground of Darlington St Augustine's. Bishop Auckland were declared League Champions after a 4–2 victory.
  
  ## Clubs
  
  The league featured 10 clubs which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:
  
  * West Auckland
  * York City
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bishop Auckland | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 29 | 2.310 | 33 | Qualified for the championship match |
  | 2 | South Bank | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 61 | 34 | 1.794 | 33 | Qualified for the championship match |
  | 3 | Stockton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 1.586 | 26 | |
  | 4 | Crook Town | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 1.225 | 26 | |
  | 5 | West Hartlepool | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 1.429 | 24 | |
  | 6 | Grangetown Athletic | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 53 | 0.887 | 21 | |
  | 7 | Darlington St Augustine's | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 52 | 0.923 | 20 | |
  | 8 | Scarborough | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 56 | 0.804 | 19 | |
  | 9 | Saltburn | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 0.786 | 18 | |
  | 10 | West Auckland | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 46 | 0.696 | 16 | |
  | 11 | York City | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 73 | 0.425 | 15 | |
  | 12 | Leadgate Park | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 0.600 | 13 | Left the league |
  
  ## Championship match
  
  * 27 November 1909: Bishop Auckland 4–2 South Bank
  