Northern League One
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| Founded | 2014 1998–2013 (as Northern First Division) 1959–1997 (as Northern Second Division) |
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| Country | Australia |
| Number of clubs | 10 |
| Promotion to | NPL NNSW |
| Relegation to | Zone Football League |
| Domestic cup(s) | National Australia Cup State Northern NSW Football State Cup |
| Current premiers | Lake Macquarie City (2026) |
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Northern League One is a semi-professional soccer league based in the Northern regions of New South Wales served as the second tier of Northern NSW men's soccer. The competition is conducted by Northern NSW Football, one of two organising bodies in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues NSW organised by Football NSW).
The league was formally known as the Northern Second Division (1959-1997) and subsequently the Northern First Division (1998-2013).
Format
[edit]The competition consists of 10 teams, who each have a First grade and Reserve grade team. The regular season takes place over 18 rounds, with each team playing each other twice in a home and away format.
From 2024 promotion and relegation was reintroduced. The team in first place at the end of the league season are crowned premiers and promoted to the National Premier League (NPL). The team that finishes 11th in NPL Men’s NNSW will join the teams that finish second, third and fourth in Northern League One in a promotion/relegation play-off series to determine the 12th team in NPL Men’s NNSW.
From 2025 the team that finishes last (10th) is relegated to Zone League One, while the Zone League One champion is promoted to Northern League One with no play-off series.
History
[edit]After Sydney clubs broke away from the NSW Football Association in 1958, the Northern NSW Soccer Federation was created by Newcastle and Coalfields clubs.
An 8-team Northern Division Two was established with: Austral Dutch, Courtaulds, Jesmond, Kahibah, Kurri Kurri, Weston, Whitebridge and Young Wallsend.
Current teams
[edit]The following teams are competing in the 2026 season.
| Club | Nickname(s) | Founded | LGA | Ground | Location | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessnock City | Hornets | 1907 | Cessnock | Turner Park | Cessnock | 500 |
| Dudley Redhead United | Thistles | 1896 | Lake Macquarie | Lydon Oval | Dudley | 450 |
| Lake Macquarie City | Lakes / Roosters | 1912 | Lake Macquarie | Macquarie Field | Speers Point | 400 |
| Newcastle Croatia | 2023 | Lake Macqaurie | Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility | Speers Point | 500 | |
| New Lambton FC | Eagles | 1917 | Newcastle | Alder Park | New Lambton | 250 |
| Singleton Strikers | Wildhogs | 1978 | Singleton | Howe Park | Singleton | 500 |
| South Cardiff | Gunners / Southy | 1964 | Lake Macquarie | Ulinga Oval | Cardiff South | 500 |
| Toronto Awaba | The Stags | 1922 | Lake Macquarie | Lyall Peacock Field | Toronto | 500 |
| Wallsend | Red Devils | 1887 | Newcastle | The Gardens | Wallsend | 2,000 |
| West Wallsend | Bluebells | 1891 | Lake Macquarie | Johnston Park | West Wallsend | 500 |
Honours
[edit]NNSW Northern League 1
[edit]| Season | Premiers | Champions | Score | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lake Macquarie City | No finals series Played. | ||
| 2025 | Kahibah | |||
| 2024 | Belmont Swansea United | |||
| 2023 | Toronto-Awaba | West Wallsend | 1–1 (4–2 (p)) | South Cardiff |
| 2022 | New Lambton | Belmont Swansea United | 2–1 | New Lambton |
| 2021 | New Lambton | Not Played due to COVID-19 | ||
| 2020 | New Lambton | Singleton Strikers | 2–0 | New Lambton |
| 2019 | Cooks Hill United | Belmont Swansea United | 3–2 | Cooks Hill United |
| 2018 | Cooks Hill United | Belmont Swansea United | 4–2 | West Wallsend |
| 2017 | Cooks Hill United | Cooks Hill United | 4–0 | Belmont Swansea United |
| 2016 | Lake Macquarie City | Wallsend | 0–0 (4–3 (p)) | Belmont Swansea United |
| 2015 | Valentine | Wallsend | 1–0 | Valentine |
| 2014 | Maitland | Maitland | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Valentine |
NNSW Northern First Division (1998–2013)
[edit]| Season | Premiers | Champions | Score | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Adamstown Rosebud | Adamstown Rosebud | 2–1 | Maitland |
| 2012 | Lambton Jaffas | Lambton Jaffas | 1–0 | Adamstown Rosebud |
| 2011 | Charlestown City Blues | Charlestown City Blues | 1–0 | Lambton Jaffas |
| 2010 | Lake Macquarie City | Charlestown City Blues | 3–2 | Lake Macquarie City |
| 2009 | Azzuri | Maitland | 1–0 | Azzuri |
| 2008 | Adamstown Rosebud | Adamstown Rosebud | 1–0 | Maitland |
| 2007 | West Wallsend | West Wallsend | 4–1 (a.e.t.) | Lambton Jaffas |
| 2006 | Dudley Redhead | Beresfield United | 1–0 | Dudley Redhead |
| 2005 | Phoenix Rangers | Phoenix Rangers | 3–1 | West Wallsend |
| 2004 | Phoenix Rangers | Phoenix Rangers | 3–1 | West Wallsend |
| 2003 | Newcastle University | West Wallsend | 2-Jan | Dudley Redhead |
| 2002 | Toronto-Awaba | Dudley Redhead | 1–0 | Toronto-Awaba |
| 2001 | Lake Macquarie City | Lake Macquarie City | 2–0 | Toronto-Awaba |
| 2000 | West Wallsend | West Wallsend | 1–0 | Medowie |
| 1999 | West Wallsend | Dudley Redhead | 4–0 | Budgewoi |
| 1998 | Budgewoi | Lambton Jaffas | 3–1 | Budgewoi |
NNSW Northern Second Division (1959–1997)
[edit]| Season | Premiers | Champions | Score | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | South Cardiff | Lambton Jaffas | 2–1 | South Cardiff |
| 1996 | Dudley Redhead | South Cardiff | 3–2 | Budgewoi |
| 1995 | South Cardiff | No Final Series | ||
| 1994 | Wallsend | Wallsend | 2–0 | Broadmeadow Macedonia |
| 1993 | Newcastle Macedonia | Cessnock City | 4–0 | Belmont Swansea |
| 1992 | Cessnock City | Singleton Strikers | 1–0 | Stockton |
| 1991 | Hamilton Olympic | Hamilton Olympic | 0–0 (3–0 (p)) | Lambton Jaffas |
| 1990 | Newcastle Croatia | Lambton Jaffas | 0–0 (4–3 (p)) | Newcastle Croatia |
| 1989 | Edgeworth Eagles | Edgeworth Eagles | 3–2 | Belmont |
| 1988 | Cessnock City | Cessnock City | 1–0 | Newcastle Macedonia |
| 1987 | Stockton | Cessnock City | 1–0 | Stockton |
| 1986 | Stockton | Cessnock City | 3–0 | Belmont |
| 1985 | Wallsend | Belmont | 1–0 | Wallsend |
| 1984 | Austral United | Austral United | 2–0 | Wallsend |
| 1983 | Cardiff | Cardiff | 3–0 | Austral United |
| 1982 | Doyalson-Wyee RSL | Cardiff | Doyalson-Wyee RSL | |
| 1981 | Austral United | Austral United | 4–1 | Doyalson-Wyee RSL |
| 1980 | Dudley Redhead United | Beresfield United | 6–1 | Belmont |
| 1979 | Hamilton Red Star | West Lakes | 4–3 | Hamilton Red Star |
| 1978 | Belmont Swansea United | Belmont Swansea United | 1–0 | Belmont |
| 1977 | Cessnock City | Belmont Swansea United | Cessnock City | |
| 1976 | Central Coast United | |||
| 1975 | Maitland | Central Coast United | 3–2 | Maitland |
| 1974 | Charlestown United | Maitland | Charlestown United | |
| 1973 | Edgeworth Eagles | Kotara South | 2–1 | Edgeworth Eagles |
| 1972 | Mayfield United | Mayfield United | 3–1 | Cessnock City |
| 1971 | New Lambton South | Mayfield United | 2–0 | New Lambton South |
| 1970 | Maitland | Maitland | 2–1 | Charlestown RSL |
| 1969 | Maitland | Maitland | 2–1 | Mayfield United |
| 1968 | Cardiff | Cardiff | 2–1 | Cessnock City |
| 1967 | New Lambton South | Mayfield United | New Lambton South | |
| 1966 | Belmont Swansea United | |||
| 1965 | Hamilton Azzuri | Slavia United | 3–2 | Hamilton Azzuri |
| 1964 | Weston Bears | Weston Bears | 2–1 | Dudley Redhead |
| 1963 | Jesmond | Mayfield United | 7–2 | Jesmond |
| 1962 | Maitland | Whitebridge | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Maitland |
| 1961 | Merewether Advance | Merewether Advance | 6–4 | Jesmond |
| 1960 | Jesmond | |||
| 1959 | Whitebridge | Kahibah | 2–1 | Young Wallsend |
Titles
[edit]| Premiers | Champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland | 5 | Belmont Swansea United | 5 |
| Lake Macquarie City | 4 | Maitland | 5 |
| Belmont Swansea United | 3 | Cessnock City | 4 |
| Cessnock City | 3 | Lambton Jaffas | 4 |
| Cooks Hill United | 3 | Mayfield United | 4 |
| New Lambton | 3 | West Wallsend | 4 |
| West Wallsend | 3 | Cardiff | 3 |
| Adamstown Rosebud | 2 | Wallsend | 3 |
| Austral United | 2 | Adamstown Rosebud | 2 |
| Cardiff | 2 | Austral United | 2 |
| Dudley Redhead | 2 | Beresfield United | 2 |
| Edgeworth Eagles | 2 | Charlestown City Blues | 2 |
| Jesmond | 2 | Dudley Redhead | 2 |
| New Lambton South | 2 | Phoenix Rangers | 2 |
| Phoenix Rangers | 2 | Singleton Strikers | 2 |
| South Cardiff | 2 | Belmont | 1 |
| Stockton | 2 | Central Coast United | 1 |
| Toronto-Awaba | 2 | Cooks Hill United | 1 |
| Wallsend | 2 | Edgeworth | 1 |
| Azzuri | 1 | Hamilton Olympic | 1 |
| Budgewoi | 1 | Kahibah | 1 |
| Central Coast United | 1 | Kotara South | 1 |
| Charlestown City Blues | 1 | Lake Macquarie City | 1 |
| Charlestown United | 1 | Merewether Advance | 1 |
| Doyalson-Wyee RSL | 1 | Slavia United | 1 |
| Dudley Redhead United | 1 | South Cardiff | 1 |
| Hamilton Azzurri | 1 | West Lakes | 1 |
| Hamilton Olympic | 1 | Weston Bears | 1 |
| Hamilton Red Star | 1 | Whitebridge | 1 |
| Kahibah | 1 | ||
| Lambton Jaffas | 1 | ||
| Mayfield United | 1 | ||
| Merewether Advance | 1 | ||
| Newcastle Croatia | 1 | ||
| Newcastle Macedonia | 1 | ||
| Newcastle University | 1 | ||
| Valentine | 1 | ||
| Weston Bears | 1 | ||
| Whitebridge | 1 | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Northern League One Division Home Page
- Northern NSW Football website
- Oz Football Northern NSW Statistics
- Oz Football Northern League One Champions Statistics
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