| The Northern League is a men's football league in north east 
				England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest 
				football league in the world still in existence after 
				the English Football League. It contains two divisions; Division One and Division Two. 
				Division One sits on the ninth tier of the English football 
				league system, five divisions below the Football League. These 
				leagues cover the historic counties 
				of Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Yorkshire's North 
				Riding. The champion club of Division One is promoted to the 
				lower division of the Northern Premier League. |