Northern Football League (Scotland)

Northern League

Sport	Football
Founded	1891
No. of teams	Various
Country(ies)	Scotland
Ceased	1920
Last champion(s)	Montrose
Most titles	Dundee 'A' (5)

The Northern League was a regional Scottish football competition held between 1891 and 1920.^[1]

In 1908–09, six clubs left to form the Central Football League and the league shut down for the First World War, returning for a final season in 1919–20.

Dundee 'A' won the title five times, also sharing it on a sixth occasion.

Details

History Season Winners 1891–92 Dundee East End & Dundee Our Boys 1892–93 Arbroath 1893–94 Unfinished 1894–95 Not held 1895–96 Forfar Athletic 1896–97 Orion 1897–98 Victoria United 1898–99 Orion 1899–00 Dundee Wanderers 1900–01 Dundee 'A' 1901–02 Raith Rovers 1902–03 Dundee 'A' 1903–04 Montrose 1904–05 Dundee 'A' 1905–06 Aberdeen 'A' 1906–07 Kirkcaldy United & Dundee 'A' 1907–08 Brechin City 1908–09 Dundee 'A' 1909–10 Dundee 'A' 1910–11 Aberdeen 'A' 1911–12 Unfinished 1912–13 Brechin City 1913–14 Unfinished 1914–15 Forfar Athletic 1915–16 No competition due to war 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 Montrose

Number of titles Winners Titles Dundee 'A' 5 Aberdeen 'A' 2 Brechin City 2 Forfar Athletic 2 Montrose 2 Orion 2 Arbroath 1 Dundee Wanderers 1 Raith Rovers 1 Victoria United 1 Note: Two titles were also shared: the 1891–92 title between Dundee East End and Dundee Our Boys, and the 1906–07 title between Kirkcaldy United and Dundee 'A'. As neither title was won outright, they are not included in the above record.

References

1. ^ McColl, Brian. "Northern Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20090806145633/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northernleague. Retrieved 2008-04-11.