But Isthmians are go!

AS we move into the 20th century the Northern League’s second season of a three-year flirtation with a Second Division ended in a bit of a shambles.
However, at the end of the second year the rather attractively-named Thornaby Utopians and Stockton St Johns were promoted.
At the end of the next season 11 clubs left which led to the remainder forming a single division which included the second tier’s champions Whitby who returned to the top division. However, they found it a bit too much and left along with the Utopians after one year.
In 1902-03 the three &...