Northern Football League

Northern League
Founded1889; 135 years ago (1889)
CountryEngland
DivisionsDivision One
Division Two
Number of teams42
Level on pyramidLevels 9 and 10
Promotion toNorthern Premier League
Division One East or West
Relegation toNorthern Football Alliance Premier Division
Wearside League First Division
North Riding League Premier Division
Domestic cup(s)Northern League Challenge Cup
Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup
J. R. Cleator Cup
Current championsNewton Aycliffe (Division One)
Boro Rangers (Division Two)
(2024–25)
WebsiteEbac Northern League
Current: 2024–25

The Northern League is a British men's football league in north east England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest football league in the world still in existence after the English Football League.

It contains two divisions; Division One and Division Two. Division One sits on the ninth tier of the English football league system, five divisions below the Football League. These leagues cover the historic counties of Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire's North Riding. The champion club of Division One is promoted to the lower division of the Northern Premier League.