East Northumberland League

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East Northumberland League
Founded1894
Folded1910
CountryEngland
Divisions1
Most championshipsBlyth Spartans

The East Northumberland League (ENL) was a football league that existed in Northumberland from 1894 to 1910. [1]

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Overview

The ENL was made up of teams chiefly from the mining areas of Northumberland. However, the teams had chronic instability, with no team playing in the league for the full period of the league's existence, and more than half lasting for only a single year or less. [2] At least two champions of the league, Ashington and Blyth Spartans, are still in existence however. Both of these teams went on to join the Northern Football Alliance shortly after their successes in the ENL. [3]

Champions

Season
Champions
1894-95 Choppington [4]
1895-96Seghill
1896-97Burradon
1897-98 Ashington
1898-99 Seghill [5]
1899–1900 Morpeth Harriers [6]
1900-01Ashington
1901-02New Delaval
1902-03New Delaval
1903-04 Blyth Spartans
1904-05Bedlington United
1905-06 Blyth Spartans
1906-07 Blyth Spartans
1907-08Bedlington United
1908-09Choppington St Pauls
1909-10Amble

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References

  1. Metcalfe, Alan. "Football in the Mining Communities of East Northumberland, 1882-1914." The International Journal of the History of Sport. Vol. 5, No. 3. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., December 1988.
  2. Metcalfe, Alan. Leisure and Recreation in a Victorian Mining Community: the Social Economy of Leisure in North-East England, 1820-1914. London: Routledge, 2006.
  3. Brennan, Patrick. Northern Alliance, Donmouth, 13 March 2009.
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000344/18950601/059/0003 via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000344/18990923/137/0007, decider Seghill - Morpeth Harriers 2-1
  6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000344/19000505/046/0003 via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)