About Northern Football Alliance League

Northern Football Alliance League

The Northern Football Alliance League is an amateur football league based in the North East of England. It has four divisions: Premier Division, First Division, Second Division, and Third Division.

The league was founded in 1890 and is currently sponsored by Bay Plastics. The Premier Division sits at Step 7 of the National League System, which is the 11th tier of the English football league system.

History

The Northern Football Alliance was founded in 1890 as a single league, with a membership of seven teams. In 1926 it became the Second Division of the North Eastern League, but it split away again in 1935. It disbanded in 1964 due to lack of membership, but reformed just one season later, in 1965–66.

In 1988 the Northern Amateur League and the Northern Combination League combined with the Northern Football Alliance (all under the name Northern Football Alliance) to create a three-division format, which later expanded to four.

Current Season

The current season of the Northern Football Alliance League began on 5 August 2023 and is scheduled to end on 29 April 2024. The Premier Division champions are eligible for promotion to the Northern League Division Two. The top clubs in the First, Second and Third Divisions are promoted to the Premier, First, and Second Divisions respectively.

The current standings for the Premier Division are as follows:

Alnwick Town
AFC Newbiggin
Gateshead Rutherford
Newcastle Chemfica
Ponteland United

The current cup competitions for the Northern Football Alliance League are the Challenge Cup and the Stan Seymour League Cup.

Northern Football Alliance League