NORTH EASTERN LEAGUE 1919-1930

 

After the First World War, the North Eastern League was re-formed, but with a number of changes in terms of membership.  Four clubs – Gateshead Town, Hebburn Argyle, Newcastle City and Sunderland Rovers – seem to have ‘disappeared’.  North Shields Athletic became ‘Preston Colliery’ and opted to play in the Tyneside League.  South Shields were elected to the Football League Division 2 and placed their reserve side in the North Eastern League.  Three clubs joined the competition – Durham City, Leadgate Park and Scotswood.

 

When an asterisk appears at the end of a team’s name, this indicates the reserve side of the club concerned.

 

1919-192O

 

1	Middlesbrough*	34	22	7	5	86	30	51
2	Darlington	34	24	1	9	91	44	49
3	Newcastle United*	34	22	5	7	82	41	49
4	Blyth Spartans	34	18	8	8	62	42	44
5	Durham City	34	17	6	11	52	41	40
6	Jarrow	34	16	6	12	55	52	38
7	Ashington	34	14	8	12	51	51	36
8	South Shields*	34	14	7	13	67	57	35
9	Sunderland*	34	15	4	15	67	49	34
10	Hartlepools United	34	12	10	12	45	36	34
11	Scotswood	34	13	6	15	47	55	32
12	West Stanley	34	12	7	15	45	63	31
13	Carlisle united	34	12	3	19	47	76	27
14	Shildon Athletic	34	10	6	18	50	75	26
15	Houghton Rovers	34	8	8	18	28	60	24
16	Spennymoor United	34	10	2	22	52	78	22
17	Leadgate Park	34	8	6	20	51	83	22
18	Wallsend	34	6	6	22	26	71	18
		612	253	106	253	1004	1004	612

 

Bedlington United and Chester-le-Street were admitted to the competition.

 

1920-1921

 

In some versions of the Final Table for this season, the goals for and goals against columns do not match.  With the help of the F.C.H.D. website and the Wakefield Library Service it has now proved possible to provide a ‘balanced’ version.

 

1	Darlington	38	28	4	6	76	29	60
2	Middlesbrough*	38	27	5	6	93	35	59
3	Newcastle United*	38	23	7	8	96	39	53
4	Sunderland*	38	21	10	7	73	49	52
5	Blyth Spartans	38	19	11	8	69	34	49
6	Carlisle United	38	18	10	10	79	46	46
7	West Stanley	38	14	14	10	54	42	42
8	Hartlepools United	38	18	6	14	64	49	42
9	Ashington	38	14	13	11	66	52	41
10	Jarrow	38	14	11	13	46	44	39
11	Durham City	38	16	5	17	51	60	37
12	Chester-le-Street	38	13	11	14	50	58	37
13	Leadgate Park	38	13	10	15	57	58	36
14	South Shields*	38	12	11	15	51	66	35
15	Spennymoor United	38	10	10	18	51	79	30
16	Houghton Rovers	38	7	10	21	37	69	24
17	Shildon Athletic	38	8	7	23	41	75	23
18	Scotswood	38	8	5	25	35	76	21
19	Wallsend	38	6	8	24	39	96	20
20	Bedlington United	38	4	6	28	32	104	14
		760	293	174	293	1160	1160	760

 

Four clubs – Ashington, Darlington, Durham City and Hartlepools United – left to become founder members of the new Football League Division 3 (North).  Darlington Reserves replaced the club’s first-team in the competition and Preston Colliery, Seaton Delaval and Workington were also admitted.

 

1921-1922

 

1	Carlisle United	38	24	8	6	85	39	56
2	Newcastle United*	38	24	7	7	80	30	55
3	Blyth Spartans	38	16	16	6	55	31	48
4	Chester-le-Street	38	20	7	11	53	35	47
5	South Shields*	38	16	13	9	60	31	45
6	Shildon Athletic	38	20	5	13	65	44	45
7	Middlesbrough*	38	18	8	12	61	45	44
8	Sunderland*	38	16	11	11	66	43	43
9	Workington	38	17	8	13	52	49	42
10	Darlington*	38	15	9	14	67	68	39
11	Jarrow	38	16	5	17	51	59	37
12	Leadgate Park	38	14	9	15	56	66	37
13	West Stanley	38	10	15	13	55	65	35
14	Spennymoor United	38	14	5	19	59	65	33
15	Wallsend	38	11	11	16	49	62	33
16	Preston Colliery	38	7	15	16	38	58	29
17	Bedlington United	38	8	11	19	32	56	27
18	Seaton Delaval	38	6	14	18	36	69	26
19	Scotswood	38	5	10	23	43	90	20
20	Houghton Rovers	38	4	11	23	27	85	19
		760	281	198	281	1090	1090	760

 

Houghton Rovers moved to the Wearside League and were replaced by Hartlepools United Reserves.

 

1922-1923

 

1	Newcastle United*	38	30	8	0	109	24	68
2	Blyth Spartans	38	23	7	8	78	43	53
3	Sunderland*	38	23	3	12	74	35	49
4	Middlesbrough*	38	20	8	10	76	45	48
5	South Shields*	38	21	5	12	74	44	47
6	Carlisle United	38	19	8	11	56	43	46
7	Workington	38	20	4	14	85	57	44
8	Shildon Athletic	38	17	10	11	74	55	44
9	Jarrow	38	17	6	15	56	63	40
10	Preston Colliery	38	16	7	15	48	47	39
11	Hartlepools United*	38	14	9	15	64	56	37
12	Bedlington United	38	14	5	19	50	61	33
13	West Stanley	38	10	12	16	43	60	32
14	Darlington*	38	13	5	20	46	57	31
15	Chester-le-Street	38	12	6	20	47	71	30
16	Seaton Delaval	38	10	7	21	40	68	27
17	Wallsend	38	8	9	21	43	89	25
18	Leadgate Park	38	8	8	22	38	82	24
19	Scotswood	38	6	10	22	40	91	22
20	Spennymoor United	38	6	9	23	42	92	21
		760	307	146	307	1183	1183	760

 

Shildon Athletic became ‘Shildon’.

 

1923-1924

 

1	South Shields*	38	29	5	4	106	32	63
2	Newcastle United*	38	26	9	3	99	44	61
3	Middlesbrough*	38	26	6	6	95	34	58
4	Sunderland*	38	24	5	9	90	40	53
5	Workington	38	21	10	7	87	43	52
6	Blyth Spartans	38	21	7	10	68	35	49
7	West Stanley	38	18	11	9	66	43	47
8	Seaton Delaval	38	14	8	16	61	61	36
9	Hartlepools United*	38	13	10	15	60	62	36
10	Shildon	38	15	4	19	60	63	34
11	Carlisle United	38	13	6	17	46	61	34
12	Darlington*	38	13	8	19	55	64	32
13	Spennymoor United	38	10	10	18	41	65	30
14	Bedlington United	38	12	4	22	52	94	28
15	Scotswood	38	8	10	20	46	81	26
16	Leadgate Park	38	10	6	22	50	92	26
17	Preston Colliery	38	9	7	22	37	64	25
18	Chester-le-Street	38	9	6	23	36	80	24
19	Wallsend	38	6	11	21	44	91	23
20	Jarrow	38	10	3	25	46	96	23
		760	307	146	307	1245	1245	760

 

1924-1925

 

1	Sunderland*	38	27	7	4	98	29	61
2	Darlington*	38	25	7	6	97	40	57
3	Newcastle United*	38	24	5	9	93	35	53
4	Middlesbrough*	38	22	7	9	81	40	51
5	South Shields*	38	19	11	8	79	55	49
6	Shildon	38	19	9	10	88	58	47
7	Workington	38	20	6	12	80	57	46
8	Blyth Spartans	38	17	9	12	69	46	43
9	West Stanley	38	14	14	10	51	53	42
10	Hartlepools United*	38	16	7	15	63	54	39
11	Carlisle United	38	16	6	16	67	63	38
12	Jarrow	38	13	11	14	51	56	37
13	Spennymoor United	38	11	11	16	54	69	33
14	Seaton Delaval	38	12	3	23	39	79	27
15	Scotswood	38	9	9	20	36	78	27
16	Preston Colliery	38	10	6	22	41	73	26
17	Chester-le-Street	38	10	6	22	35	75	26
18	Leadgate Park	38	9	5	24	52	103	23
19	Bedlington United	38	6	8	24	41	84	20
20	Wallsend	38	5	5	28	33	101	15
		760	304	152	304	1248	1248	760

 

Leadgate Park disbanded at the end of the season and Wallsend left the competition.  Annfield Plain and Durham City Reserves joined the North Eastern League from the Northern Alliance.

 

1925-1926

 

1	Newcastle United*	38	31	4	3	147	43	66
2	Sunderland*	38	26	6	6	133	50	58
3	South Shields*	38	22	6	10	113	71	50
4	Workington	38	21	6	11	84	59	48
5	Carlisle United	38	19	9	10	83	70	47
6	Darlington*	38	20	6	12	107	57	46
7	Middlesbrough*	38	21	3	14	107	71	45
8	West Stanley	38	18	7	13	92	73	43
9	Jarrow	38	18	4	16	62	72	40
10	Preston Stanley	38	16	7	15	71	66	39
11	Shildon	38	16	5	17	93	86	37
12	Annfield Plain	38	15	7	16	77	78	37
13	Hartlepools United*	38	16	5	17	77	108	37
14	Blyth Spartans	38	13	6	19	77	105	32
15	Chester-le-Street	38	14	1	23	68	97	29
16	Bedlington United	38	13	3	22	75	113	29
17	Scotswood	38	9	5	24	70	121	23
18	Durham City*	38	11	1	26	58	109	23
19	Spennymoor United	38	6	8	24	76	134	20
20	Seaton Delaval	38	5	1	32	51	138	11
		760	330	100	330	1721	1721	760

 

The North Eastern League combined with the Northern Alliance to form a 2-division competition.  The 16 Alliance clubs + Dipton United and Seaham Harbour formed the new 2^nd Division.

1926-1927

 

Division One

 

1	Sunderland*	38	27	2	9	115	54	56
2	Newcastle United*	38	24	6	8	99	43	54
3	South Shields*	38	24	6	8	103	65	54
4	Middlesbrough*	38	22	7	9	133	69	51
5	Carlisle United	38	23	3	12	106	75	49
6	Jarrow	38	16	9	13	80	66	41
7	Hartlepools United*	38	16	9	13	91	79	41
8	Darlington*	38	15	11	12	86	82	41
9	Blyth Spartans	38	17	6	15	78	72	40
10	Annfield Plain	38	15	9	14	83	81	39
11	Shildon	38	13	10	15	83	87	36
12	Bedlington United	38	14	8	16	84	94	36
13	Durham City*	38	15	5	18	72	91	35
14	Preston Colliery	38	14	6	18	89	101	34
15	Spennymoor United	38	11	10	17	82	89	32
16	Workington	38	12	8	18	60	76	32
17	Scotswood	38	9	10	19	77	106	28
18	West Stanley	38	10	8	20	66	113	28
19	Chester-le-Street	38	9	5	24	55	105	23
20	Seaton Delaval	38	4	2	32	40	134	10
		760	310	140	310	1682	1682	760

 

Chester-le-Street and Seaton Delaval relegated.

 

Division Two

 

1	Consett	34	25	1	8	114	64	51
2	Ashington*	34	22	6	6	129	53	50
3	Wallsend	34	21	4	9	92	65	46
4	Walker Celtic	34	20	6	8	93	67	46
5	Chilton Colliery RA	34	19	6	9	96	52	44
6	Chopwell Institute	34	16	9	9	98	81	41
7	Dipton United	34	16	6	12	92	62	38
8	Seaham Harbour	34	17	2	15	97	86	36
9	Craghead United	34	13	7	14	88	86	33
10	Washington Colliery	34	12	8	14	63	64	32
11	Spen Black & White	34	13	3	18	66	85	29
12	Birtley	34	11	7	16	66	95	29
13	High Fell	34	12	3	19	72	92	27
14	Ouston Rovers	34	10	7	17	65	90	27
15	Crawcrook Albion	34	11	5	18	54	81	27
16	Mickley	34	9	4	21	60	85	22
17	Felling Colliery	34	8	6	20	59	109	22
18	Newburn	34	6	0	28	54	141	12
		612	261	90	261	1458	1458	612

 

Ashington Reserves and Consett promoted.

Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic and Newburn left the competition, to which Usworth Colliery were admitted.

 

1927-1928

 

Division One

 

1	Sunderland*	38	31	3	4	128	30	65
2	Carlisle United	38	25	5	8	111	61	55
3	Middlesbrough*	38	22	8	8	126	59	52
4	West Stanley	38	22	6	10	106	82	50
5	Annfield Plain	38	21	5	12	96	61	47
6	Newcastle United*	38	21	4	13	101	61	46
7	South Shields*	38	20	4	14	98	74	44
8	Bedlington United	38	18	5	15	78	97	41
9	Workington	38	18	4	16	99	80	40
10	Spennymoor United	38	16	8	14	71	73	40
11	Hartlepools United*	38	16	4	18	98	113	36
12	Darlington *	38	16	2	20	92	90	34
13	Blyth Spartans	38	14	4	20	56	77	32
14	Ashington*	38	12	6	20	71	106	30
15	Jarrow	38	12	5	21	76	122	29
16	Shildon	38	10	8	20	56	73	28
17	Consett	38	10	8	20	76	117	28
18	Scotswood	38	8	9	21	61	97	25
19	Preston Colliery	38	7	6	25	60	130	20
20	Durham City*	38	7	4	27	48	105	18
		760	326	108	326	1708	1708	760

 

Carlisle United were elected to Football League Division 3 (North), taking the place of Durham City, who moved to the North Eastern League.  Durham City Reserves left the competition, while Preston Colliery were relegated and became ‘North Shields’.

 

Division Two

 

1	Washington Colliery	32	22	5	5	108	45	49
2	Wallsend	32	21	6	5	100	47	48
3	Dipton United	32	20	4	8	119	64	44
4	Usworth Colliery	32	18	6	8	73	49	42
5	Birtley	32	18	2	12	90	64	38
6	Seaham Harbour	32	16	6	10	68	50	38
7	Chopwell Institute	32	16	4	12	90	69	36
8	Spen Black & White	32	16	4	12	87	73	36
9	Walker Celtic	32	16	3	13	89	65	35
10	Seaton Delaval	32	15	3	14	72	77	33
11	Chester-le-Street	32	11	7	14	70	79	29
12	Mickley	32	12	2	18	61	103	26
13	Craghead United	32	7	11	14	77	96	25
14	Crawcrook Albion	32	11	2	19	59	75	24
15	Ouston Rovers	32	9	4	19	72	107	22
16	High Fell	32	4	4	24	51	128	12
17	Felling Colliery	32	3	1	28	44	139	7
		544	235	74	235	1330	1330	544

 

Wallsend and Washington Colliery promoted.

Felling Colliery left the competition, to which Carlisle United Reserves, St. Peters Albion and White-le-Head rangers were elected.

 

1928-1929

 

Division One

 

1	Sunderland*	38	30	3	5	127	41	63
2	South Shields*	38	23	8	7	110	49	54
3	Middlesbrough*	38	21	7	10	113	66	49
4	Workington	38	19	8	11	100	74	46
5	Newcastle United*	38	20	4	14	99	67	44
6	Spennymoor United	38	18	8	12	79	66	44
7	Annfield Plain	38	18	6	14	75	66	42
8	Hartlepools United*	38	16	6	16	77	97	38
9	Jarrow	38	16	5	17	67	77	37
10	Wallsend	38	16	4	18	75	80	36
11	Blyth Spartans	38	13	10	15	66	75	36
12	Bedlington United	38	16	3	19	72	80	35
13	Shildon	38	12	10	16	74	77	34
14	Consett	38	14	6	18	65	91	34
15	Washington Colliery	38	14	5	19	81	103	33
16	Darlington*	38	13	6	19	74	97	32
17	Scotswood	38	11	7	20	64	94	29
18	West Stanley	38	7	11	20	55	91	25
19	Ashington*	38	9	7	22	47	89	25
20	Durham City	38	8	8	22	51	91	24
		760	314	132	314	1571	1571	760

 

Ashington Reserves and Durham City relegated.

 

Division Two

 

1	North Shields	34	26	6	2	120	44	58
2	Carlisle United*	34	26	0	8	130	40	52
3	Spen Black & White	34	19	9	6	105	61	47
4	Walker Celtic	34	16	10	8	84	56	42
5	White-le-Head Rangers	34	17	8	9	94	66	42
6	Usworth Colliery	34	16	8	10	78	53	40
7	Dipton United	34	16	7	11	85	76	39
8	St. Peters Albion	34	15	6	13	78	63	36
9	Chopwell Institute	34	15	6	13	83	88	36
10	Crawcrook Albion	34	16	3	15	73	85	35
11	Birtley	34	10	9	15	61	72	29
12	High Fell	34	9	9	16	62	83	27
13	Mickley	34	10	5	19	79	127	25
14	Seaham Harbour	34	10	5	19	58	103	25
15	Craghead United	34	9	5	20	73	96	23
16	Chester-le-Street	34	7	7	20	62	115	21
17	Ouston Rovers	34	6	6	22	61	99	18
18	Seaton Delaval	34	5	7	22	61	120	17
		612	248	116	248	1447	1447	612

 

Carlisle United Reserves and North Shields promoted.

Ashington Reserves were replaced by their first-team after the club failed to gain re-election to Football League Division 3 (North).  High Fell, Ouston Rovers and Seaham Harbour all left the North Eastern League.

 

1929-1930

 

Division One

 

1	Sunderland*	38	26	6	6	157	58	58
2	Newcastle United*	38	27	2	9	111	46	56
3	Darlington*	38	21	8	9	103	79	50
4	Middlesbrough*	38	22	4	12	118	53	48
5	West Stanley	38	20	6	12	89	79	46
6	Hartlepools United*	38	20	5	13	97	80	45
7	North Shields	38	18	8	12	89	69	44
8	Jarrow	38	17	6	15	74	68	40
9	Workington	38	18	3	17	96	89	39
10	South Shields*	38	16	4	18	80	85	36
11	Wallsend	38	14	8	16	73	88	36
12	Carlisle United*	38	15	5	18	83	97	35
13	Spennymoor United	38	13	8	17	85	99	34
14	Annfield Plain	38	11	11	16	84	93	33
15	Consett	38	13	4	21	73	113	30
16	Scotswood	38	13	2	23	75	110	28
17	Shildon	38	11	6	21	65	101	28
18	Washington Colliery	38	11	4	23	79	126	26
19	Blyth Spartans	38	10	6	22	58	95	26
20	Bedlington United	38	9	4	25	65	126	22
		760	325	110	325	1754	1754	760

 

Bedlington United were relegated.

South Shields Reserves became ‘Gateshead Reserves’ after the Laides switch of towns/homes.  Crook Town joined Division One from the Northern League, from which the club had been suspended during the previous season.  This meant the 1^st Division would have 22 clubs in it.

 

Division Two

 

1	Walker Celtic	28	20	3	5	99	36	43
2	White-le-Head Rangers	28	21	0	7	85	50	42
3	Ashington	28	20	1	7	96	40	41
4	Spen Black & White	28	18	1	9	79	65	37
5	Usworth Colliery	28	15	3	10	85	61	33
6	Crawcrook Albion	28	13	3	12	83	70	29
7	Durham City	28	14	1	13	77	66	29
8	St. Peters Albion	28	11	7	10	57	65	29
9	Chopwell Institute	28	12	4	12	64	74	28
10	Birtley	28	10	4	14	83	78	24
11	Dipton United	28	10	2	16	51	74	22
12	Craghead United	28	8	3	17	66	82	19
13	Mickley	28	7	4	17	40	78	18
14	Seaton Delaval	28	6	2	20	34	92	14
15	Chester-le-Street	28	4	4	20	38	106	12
		420	189	42	189	1037	1037	420

 

Ashington and Walker Celtic were promoted.  The 2^nd Division would now continue with 14 clubs.