Northern League One
Football league
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern League One is a semi-professional soccer competition in Northern New South Wales. 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 sits at Level 2 on the Northern New South Wales league system (Level 3 of the overall Australian league system).
1998–2013 (as Northern First Division)
1959–1997 (as Northern Second Division)
 | |
| Founded | 2014 1998–2013 (as Northern First Division) 1959–1997 (as Northern Second Division) |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Number of clubs | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotion to | NPL NNSW |
| Relegation to | Zone Football League |
| Domestic cup(s) | National Australia Cup State Northern NSW Football State Cup |
| Current premiers | Kahibah (2025) |
| Website | |
The league was formally known as the Northern Second Division (1959-1997) and subsequently the Northern First Division (1998-2013).
Format
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
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
The following teams are competing in the 2025 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 | 1,000 |
| Newcatle 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
NNSW Northern League 1
| Season | Premiers | Champions | Score | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kahibah | No finals series Played. | ||
| 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)
| 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)
| 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
| Premiers | Champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland | 5 | Belmont Swansea United | 5 |
| Belmont Swansea United | 3 | Maitland | 5 |
| Cessnock City | 3 | Maitland | 5 |
| Cooks Hill United | 3 | Cessnock City | 4 |
| New Lambton | 3 | Lambton Jaffas | 4 |
| West Wallsend | 3 | Mayfield United | 4 |
| Lake Macquarie City | 3 | West Wallsend | 4 |
| Adamstown Rosebud | 2 | Cardiff | 3 |
| Austral United | 2 | Wallsend | 3 |
| Cardiff | 2 | Adamstown Rosebud | 2 |
| Dudley Redhead | 2 | Austral United | 2 |
| Edgeworth Eagles | 2 | Beresfield United | 2 |
| Jesmond | 2 | Charlestown City Blues | 2 |
| New Lambton South | 2 | Dudley Redhead | 2 |
| Phoenix Rangers | 2 | Phoenix Rangers | 2 |
| South Cardiff | 2 | Singleton Strikers | 2 |
| Stockton | 2 | Belmont | 1 |
| Toronto-Awaba | 2 | Central Coast United | 1 |
| Wallsend | 2 | Cooks Hill United | 1 |
| Azzuri | 1 | Edgeworth | 1 |
| Budgewoi | 1 | Hamilton Olympic | 1 |
| Central Coast United | 1 | Kahibah | 1 |
| Charlestown City Blues | 1 | Kotara South | 1 |
| Charlestown United | 1 | Lake Macquarie City | 1 |
| Doyalson-Wyee RSL | 1 | Merewether Advance | 1 |
| Dudley Redhead United | 1 | Slavia United | 1 |
| Hamilton Azzuri | 1 | South Cardiff | 1 |
| Hamilton Olympic | 1 | West Lakes | 1 |
| Hamilton Red Star | 1 | Weston Bears | 1 |
| Kahibah | 1 | Whitebridge | 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 | ||