Albany Northern League
The
Northern League (currently sponsored by the Albany Uninsured Loss Recovery Service and known as the
Albany Northern League) is a
football league in
North East England for semi-professional and amateur teams. Having been founded in
1889, the Northern League is the oldest surviving league after
The Football League. It consists of two divisions. Division 1 of the Northern League is on the eighth tier of the
football pyramid,four divisions below the Football League. The champions of the first division win promotion to the
Northern Premier League. The Northern League ran as one of three major amateur competitions (with the
Isthmian League and the
Southern League) in tandem with the (professional) Football League until the professional game was broadened in the 1950s.
Below the second division of the Northern League in the pyramid are the Northern Alliance,the Wearside League,and the Teesside league,each covering a separate geographic area.
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