Inglaterra - Northern League - 1ª División

Inglaterra - Northern League - 1ª División

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The Northern League is a 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.

History

The Northern league was one of many leagues formed the year after the Football League. In its first season, it consisted of ten clubs that were a mixture of professional and amateur organisations. During its early years, the competition included clubs such as Newcastle United, Middlesbrough and Darlington that would go on to play in the Football League. In 1905, the league split into two divisions, one professional and one amateur. The next year, however, the Northern League made the decision to abolish the professional division and restrict itself to amateur clubs, or at least clubs that claimed to be amateur.

The area covered by the Northern League is coloured in red.

Between the World Wars and in the early years following World War II, the Northern League's amateur status meant that they and their equivalent in the London area, the Isthmian League, dominated the old FA Amateur Cup. The two Leagues continued to be separate from the professional game which was dominated by the Football League, Southern League and, from 1968, the Northern Premier League.

The Northern League and Isthmian League (with its feeder leagues) continued to claim amateur status right up until, following pressure, amateur status was abandoned by the Football Association in 1974. This left amateur leagues like the Northern to find a place in the overall structure of non-League football. Unlike its southern equivalent, the Isthmian League, who became a feeder to the Alliance Premier League in 1982, the Northern League rejected repeated invitations. Ultimately, the Northern League remained out of the football pyramid until 1991. The league declined throughout the 1980s as its leading clubs defected to other leagues within the football pyramid, such as the Northern Counties East Football League. When the Northern League finally joined the pyramid, it was as a feeder league to the lower division of the Northern Premier League (Level 9).

Since 1995, Northern League clubs have competed for the FA Vase, with some success, having won 11 finals, losing 4 finals. There were two all Northern League finals in 2012 (Dunston UTS beat West Auckland Town) and 2020 (Hebburn Town beat Consett).

The League had an unusual sponsorship deal put in place by Brooks Mileson, owner of the Albany Group, who were its sponsors in 2003. In that year, Mileson announced that he had created a trust which would continue to sponsor the league throughout his lifetime and that of his sons. In 2008, however, the league announced that this sponsorship had come to an end, and it held a raffle to determine its next sponsor. Interested parties were invited to buy a stake in the raffle for £250. The winning stake was held by a local training company and the league was known as the skilltrainingltd Northern League from the 2008–09 season until the 2011–12 season. The league is currently sponsored by dehumidifier manufacturer Ebac.

Level 11 clubs from the North Riding Football League, Northern Football Alliance and Wearside Football League may apply for promotion into the Northern League's Second Division (level 10).

El torneo de fútbol "Inglaterra - Northern League - 1ª División" es una competencia emocionante que se lleva a cabo en Inglaterra. Esta liga de fútbol de primera división reúne a los mejores equipos de la región norte del país, ofreciendo un nivel de juego de alta calidad y una intensa rivalidad entre los clubes participantes.

Los equipos participantes en esta competición representan a ciudades y localidades del norte de Inglaterra, lo que añade un elemento de orgullo regional a los partidos. Los encuentros se disputan en estadios emblemáticos, donde los aficionados se congregan para animar a sus equipos y disfrutar del espectáculo futbolístico.

La liga cuenta con un formato de competencia en el que los equipos se enfrentan entre sí en una serie de partidos a lo largo de la temporada. Cada victoria, empate o derrota tiene un impacto directo en la clasificación general, lo que genera una gran emoción y tensión en cada encuentro.

Los jugadores que participan en esta liga son reconocidos por su talento y habilidad en el terreno de juego. Muchos de ellos son futbolistas profesionales que han sido formados en las canteras de los clubes o han sido fichados de otras ligas. Su destreza y pasión por el fútbol hacen de cada partido una experiencia única para los espectadores.

El torneo "Inglaterra - Northern League - 1ª División" es una oportunidad para presenciar el fútbol de alto nivel en el norte de Inglaterra. Los aficionados pueden disfrutar de la emoción de los partidos, el ambiente festivo en los estadios y el talento de los jugadores que compiten por el título de campeón de la liga.