Northern Football Alliance
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| Northern Football Alliance |
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| Founded |
| 1890 |
| Nation |
 England |
| Promotion To |
| Northern League Division Two |
| Divisions |
| Premier Division Division One Division Two |
| Relegation To |
| Tyneside Amateur League Division One North Northumberland League Division One |
| Number of Teams |
| 50 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 11 to 13 |
| Cups |
| Challenge Cup Stan Seymour League Cup |
| Current Champions (2007-08) |
| Walker Central (Premier) Wark (Division One) Killingworth YPC (Division Two) |
The Northern Football Alliance is a football competition based in the North-East of England and Cumbria. It has three divisions headed by the Premier Division, which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
The top club in the Premier Division is eligible for promotion to the Northern League Division Two. The top clubs in the First and Second Divisions get promoted to the Premier and First Divisions respectively. The bottom club in the Second Division may get relegated to either the North Northumberland League Division One, or the Tyneside Amateur League Division One, depending on which is more geographically appropriate.
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 still exists today.
The Northern Alliance currently has a total membership of 50 teams.
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[edit] Member teams, 2007-08 season
[edit] Premier Division
Alnwick Town | Ashington Colliers | Blyth Town | Carlisle City | Cramlington Town | Gateshead Leam Lane | Gillford Park | Harraby Catholic Club | Heaton Stannington | Heddon | Newcastle University | Northbank Carlisle | Peterlee Town | Ponteland United | Seaton Delaval Amateurs | Shankhouse | Walker Central
[edit] Division One
Berwick United | Chopwell Officials Club | Gosforth Bohemians Garnet | Haydon Bridge United | Hebburn Reyrolle | Murton | Newcastle East End Railway | Penrith United | Percy Main Amateurs | Red Row Welfare | Rutherford | Seaton Burn | Stocksfield | Wallington | Wark | Westerhope | Whitley Bay 'A'
[edit] Division Two
Amble | Amble United | Cullercoats | Hexham | Jesmond | Killingworth Youth People's Club | Newcastle British Telecom | Newcastle Chemfica | North Shields Athletic | Shields United | Tynemouth United | Wallsend Boys Club | Wallsend Town | Whitley Bay Town | Wideopen & District | Willington Quay Saints
[edit] Champions (1890-1988)
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[edit] Divisional Champions (1988-date)
| Season | Premier Division | Division One | Division Two |
| 1988-89 | Seaton Delaval Seaton Terrace | Ashington Premier | Blyth Kitty Brewster |
| 1989-90 | Seaton Delaval Amateurs | Westerhope Hillheads | Heaton Corner House |
| 1990-91 | West Allotment Celtic | Blyth Kitty Brewster | Proctor & Gamble |
| 1991-92 | West Allotment Celtic | Carlisle City | St Columbas |
| 1992-93 | Seaton Delaval Amateurs | Longbenton | Amble Town |
| 1993-94 | Morpeth Town | Amble Town | Ashington Hirst Progressive |
| 1994-95 | Newcastle Benfield Park | Amble Town | Walker Ledwood |
| 1995-96 | Seaton Delaval | Gosforth Bohemians | Walbottle Masons |
| 1996-97 | Lemington Social | Ryton | Northbank |
| 1997-98 | West Allotment Celtic | Shankhouse | Coxlodge S C |
| 1998-99 | West Allotment Celtic | Percy Main Amateurs | Amble Vikings |
| 1999-00 | West Allotment Celtic | Coxlodge S C | Harraby Catholic Club |
| 2000-01 | Walker Central | Amble Vikings | Wallington |
| 2001-02 | West Allotment Celtic | Bedlington Terriers "A" | Haydon Bridge |
| 2002-03 | Newcastle Benfield Saints | Chopwell Top Club | Blyth Town |
| 2003-04 | West Allotment Celtic | Heddon | Alnmouth |
| 2004-05 | Shankhouse | Alnmouth | Ashington Colliers |
| 2005-06 | Team Northumbria | Wallsend | Whitley Bay "A" |
| 2006-07 | Harraby Catholic Club | Gillford Park Spartans | Westerhope |
| 2007-08 | Walker Central | Wark | Killingworth Y P C |
