2020–21 NTFL season explained

Competition:ntfl
Year:2020–21
Teams:8
Premiers:Nightcliff
Count:6
Minor Premiers:Nightcliff
Mpcount:11
Wooden Spooners:Tiwi Bombers
Wscount:2
Matches:76
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The 2020–21 NTFL season was the 100th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).[1]

The first game was played on Saturday, 2 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 20 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 7 points in a golden point thriller over St Marys. The Tigers claimed their sixth premiership title and even winning three premiership's in a row, this was the first team asides Saint Mary's to win three or more titles in a row since the Darwin Buffaloes 4 peat from 1967/68 to 1970/71.[2]

Ladder

Ladder progression

width=20 abbr="Position" !width=175px Teamwidth=20 abbr="Round 1" 1width=20 abbr="Round 2" 2width=20 abbr="Round 3" 3width=20 abbr="Round 4" 4width=20 abbr="Round 5" 5width=20 abbr="Round 6" 6width=20 abbr="Round 7" 7width=20 abbr="Round 8" 8width=20 abbr="Round 9" 9width=20 abbr="Round 10" 10width=20 abbr="Round 11" 11width=20 abbr="Round 12" 12width=20 abbr="Round 13" 13width=20 abbr="Round 14" 14width=20 abbr="Round 15" 15width=20 abbr="Round 16" 16width=20 abbr="Round 17" 17width=20 abbr="Round 18" 18
 
1Nightcliff (P)
2St Marys
3Wanderers
4Waratah
5Darwin
6Southern Districts
7Palmerston
8Tiwi Bombers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT) . 2021-03-21.
  2. Web site: Australian Football - NTFL Season 2020/21 . australianfootball.com. 2021-03-21.