North Eastern League tables 1907-1915 appear below, together with details of changes/movements for those seasons.  Seasons 1919-1930 can be accessed using  the button above.

 

NORTH EASTERN LEAGUE 1907-1915

 

A number of Football League clubs fielded their second teams in the North Eastern League during these years.  All of these have been referred to as ‘Reserves’ in the Tables below, though they were also called ‘A’ teams at the time.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1907-1908

 

1	Newcastle United Reserves	24	16	2	6	90	28	34
2	Sunderland Reserves	24	14	6	4	72	31	34
3	Shildon Athletic	24	14	3	7	43	35	31
4	Leeds City Reserves	24	13	3	8	54	46	29
5	Sunderland Royal Rovers	24	11	4	9	44	47	26
6	Middlesbrough Reserves	24	9	6	9	43	53	24
7	West Stanley	24	9	4	11	53	52	22
8	Hebburn Argyle	24	9	4	11	37	65	22
9	Bradford Park Avenue Reserves	24	9	3	12	43	55	21
10	Bradford City Reserves	24	7	6	11	47	56	20
11	Workington Reserves	24	7	6	11	40	57	20
12	Carlisle United Reserves	24	7	3	14	48	58	17
13	Penrith	24	4	4	16	34	65	12
		312	129	54	129	648	648	312

Bradford City Reserves, Leeds City Reserves and Penrith left the competition.  Eight new clubs were admitted - Darlington, Hartlepools United, Huddersfield Town, North Shields Athletic, Seaham White Star, South Shields Adelaide, Spennymoor United, and Wallsend Park Villa.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1908-1909

 

1	Newcastle United Reserves	34	26	4	4	106	48	56
2	South Shields Adelaide	34	22	4	8	80	41	48
3	Bradford Park Avenue Reserves	34	19	5	10	84	49	43
4	Hartlepools United	34	16	9	9	79	51	41
5	Middlesbrough Reserves	34	17	6	11	82	45	40
6	Sunderland Reserves	34	18	3	13	81	54	39
7	West Stanley	34	18	3	13	73	56	39
8	Darlington	34	15	8	11	76	73	38
9	North Shields Athletic	34	14	6	14	63	48	34
10	Spennymoor United	34	13	7	14	55	63	33
11	Wallsend Park Villa	34	13	6	15	55	66	32
12	Workington Reserves	34	12	5	17	55	80	29
13	Seaham White Star	34	10	7	17	50	64	27
14	Hebburn Argyle	34	10	6	18	55	91	26
15	Carlisle United Reserves	34	10	4	20	61	84	24
16	Huddersfield Town	34	10	4	20	47	78	24
17	Shildon Athletic	34	7	6	21	51	101	20
18	Sunderland Royal Rovers	34	7	5	22	39	100	19
		612	257	98	257	1192	1192	612

Bradford Park Avenue Reserves and Huddersfield Town left the competition.  Wingate Albion joined the league.  Seaham White Star became Seaham Harbour.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1909-1910

 

1	Spennymoor United	32	24	3	5	75	39	51
2	Newcastle United Reserves	32	21	6	5	134	31	48
3	Middlesbrough Reserves	32	21	5	6	90	51	47
4	Hartlepools United	32	17	11	4	82	27	45
5	Darlington	32	16	5	11	60	55	37
6	Sunderland Reserves	32	15	6	11	65	43	36
7	Shildon Athletic	32	13	8	11	61	61	34
8	South Shields Adelaide	32	14	5	13	77	63	33
9	North Shields Athletic	32	12	8	12	60	61	32
10	Seaham Harbour	32	14	3	15	56	57	31
11	Wallsend Park Villa	32	12	6	14	56	67	30
12	Carlisle United Reserves	32	11	4	17	52	62	26
13	Wingate Albion	32	8	8	16	43	80	24
14	West Stanley	32	9	5	18	56	85	23
15	Hebburn Argyle	32	8	4	20	33	103	20
16	Workington Reserves	32	7	4	21	41	98	18
17	Sunderland Royal Rovers	32	2	5	25	25	83	9
		544	224	96	224	1066	1066	544

Jarrow Croft joined the North Eastern League.  Carlisle United’s and Workington’s first teams replaced their reserve sides.  South Shields dropped the ‘Adelaide’ part of their name and Sunderland Royal Rovers dropped the ‘Royal’ part of theirs.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1910-1911

 

1	Newcastle United Reserves	34	25	4	5	88	25	54
2	Sunderland Reserves	34	20	6	8	81	38	46
3	Hartlepools United	34	18	8	8	71	40	44
4	Darlington	34	19	5	10	79	39	43
5	South Shields*	33	18	5	10	56	33	41
6	North Shields Athletic	34	19	3	12	57	56	41
7	Middlesbrough Reserves	34	16	6	12	83	54	38
8	Wingate Albion	34	14	7	13	48	39	35
9	Wallsend Park Villa	34	15	3	16	49	59	33
10	Hebburn Argyle	34	13	6	15	38	62	32
11	Seaham Harbour	34	13	5	16	44	63	31
12	Spennymoor United*	32	12	5	15	52	54	29
13	Workington	34	12	3	19	47	72	27
14	Shildon Athletic	34	11	3	20	50	64	25
15	Carlisle United	34	8	8	18	45	52	24
16	Jarrow Croft	34	11	2	21	34	70	24
17	West Stanley*	33	10	3	20	39	84	23
18	Sunderland Rovers	34	8	2	24	37	94	18
		608	262	84	262	998	998	608

*Spennymoor United did not complete their fixtures for the season.

Workington withdrew from the league.  Gateshead Town and Newcastle City joined the competition.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1911-1912

 

1	Middlesbrough Reserves	36	28	5	3	122	33	61
2	Newcasle United Reserves	36	28	2	6	113	33	58
3	Darlington	36	23	8	5	84	34	54
4	Sunderland Reserves	36	21	5	10	99	52	47
5	South Shields	36	21	4	11	73	43	46
6	Spennymoor United	36	18	6	12	62	57	42
7	Newcastle City	36	16	9	11	68	44	41
8	Gateshead Town	36	16	6	14	64	66	38
9	Hartlepools United	36	14	8	14	62	50	36
10	West Stanley	36	13	10	13	61	58	36
11	North Shields Athletic	36	13	9	14	59	72	35
12	Seaham Harbour	36	15	2	19	52	69	32
13	Hebburn Argyle	36	11	9	16	56	54	31
14	Wingate Albion	36	9	11	16	41	84	29
15	Jarrow Croft	36	10	7	19	52	87	27
16	Shildon Athletic	36	9	6	21	57	95	24
17	Carlisle United	36	7	6	23	37	98	20
18	Wallsend Park Villa	36	8	3	25	43	93	19
19	Sunderland Rovers	36	2	4	30	42	125	8
		684	282	120	282	1247	1247	684

Houghton Rovers were elected.  Wallsend dropped the ‘Park Villa’ parts of their name.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1912-1913

 

1	Darlington	38	31	4	3	116	23	66
2	South Shields	38	27	7	4	103	30	61
3	Middlesbrough Reserves	38	26	6	6	102	40	58
4	Sunderland Reserves	38	26	5	7	100	48	57
5	Newcastle United Reserves	38	24	5	9	109	47	53
6	Spennymoor United	38	19	6	13	80	61	44
7	Shildon Athletic	38	17	9	12	79	69	43
8	Houghton Rovers	38	15	9	14	53	64	39
9	Wallsend	38	14	10	14	83	71	38
10	North Shields Athletic	38	15	7	16	72	78	37
11	Newcastle City	38	15	7	16	48	62	37
12	Hartlepools United	38	15	6	17	69	66	36
13	Hebburn Argyle	38	12	6	20	49	75	30
14	Carlisle United	38	12	5	21	61	98	29
15	Seaham Harbour	38	10	7	21	48	77	27
16	Jarrow	38	10	5	23	52	86	25
17	West Stanley	38	7	10	21	54	94	24
18	Sunderland Rovers	38	7	8	23	39	79	22
19	Gateshead Town	38	8	6	24	49	112	22
20	Wingate Albion	38	5	2	31	28	114	12
		760	315	130	315	1394	1394	760

Wingate Albion left the North Eastern League.  Blyth Spartans were elected.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1913-1914

 

1	South Shields	38	32	5	1	133	31	69
2	Middlesbrough Reserves	38	23	8	7	99	37	54
3	Newcastle United Reserves	38	24	5	9	91	40	53
4	Darlington	38	20	10	8	72	43	50
5	Sunderland Reserves	38	20	8	10	83	55	48
6	Blyth Spartans	38	19	7	12	71	51	45
7	Hartlepools United	38	17	10	11	68	37	44
8	Hebburn Argyle	38	14	11	13	55	50	39
9	Shildon Athletic	38	18	3	17	54	60	39
10	Gateshead Town	38	17	5	16	58	76	39
11	Jarrow	38	12	10	16	55	63	34
12	North Shields Athletic	38	11	10	17	57	81	32
13	Carlisle United	38	11	10	17	48	84	32
14	Spennymoor United	38	10	11	17	60	63	31
15	Sunderland Rovers	38	10	10	18	46	67	30
16	Newcastle City	38	7	16	15	34	57	30
17	West Stanley	38	13	3	22	54	87	29
18	Houghton Rovers	38	11	2	25	38	81	24
19	Seaham Harbour	38	7	8	23	30	72	22
20	Wallsend	38	5	6	27	44	115	16
		760	301	158	301	1250	1250	760

Seaham Harbour left the North Eastern League.  Ashington were elected.

 

North Eastern League Final Table 1914-1915

 

1	South Shields	38	31	4	3	160	34	66
2	Middlesbrough Reserves	38	28	5	5	151	34	61
3	Newcastle United Reserves	38	26	6	6	132	43	58
4	Darlington	38	25	4	9	109	37	54
5	West Stanley	38	24	4	10	79	44	52
6	Sunderland Reserves	38	18	9	11	86	50	45
7	Hartlepools United	38	16	11	11	74	57	43
8	North Shields Athletic	38	19	5	14	67	63	43
9	Ashington	38	15	11	12	60	63	41
10	Sunderland Rovers	38	17	4	17	74	79	38
11	Spennymoor United	38	12	9	17	40	82	33
12	Shildon Athltic	38	11	9	18	70	61	31
13	Blyth Spartans	38	11	9	18	49	72	31
14	Hebburn Argyle	38	12	6	20	49	73	30
15	Jarrow	38	10	10	18	45	95	30
16	Houghton Rovers	38	11	4	23	43	125	26
17	Carlisle United	38	8	7	23	51	120	23
18	Newcastle City	38	8	5	25	42	87	21
19	Gateshead Town	38	8	3	27	51	121	19
20	Wallsend	38	6	3	29	44	136	15
		760	316	128	316	1476	1476	760

The competition was suspended because of the Great War.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 20th - There will be more on the North Eastern League in the not too distant future.