2019–20 NTFL season

The 2019–20 NTFL season was the 99th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).

2019–20 NTFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Nightcliff 5th premiership
Minor premiers	Nightcliff 10th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Palmerston 10th wooden spoon
Matches played	76

The first game was played on Saturday, 5 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 14 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 13 points against St Marys, claiming their fifth premiership title in history. This was the first time in the club's history going back to back in titles.

Ladder

2019–20 NTFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Nightcliff (P)	18	17	1	0	1880	955	196.9	68
2	St Marys	18	14	4	0	1567	1143	137.1	56
3	Tiwi Bombers	18	11	7	0	1606	1569	102.4	44
4	Southern Districts	18	10	7	1	1556	1293	120.3	42
5	Darwin	18	10	8	0	1450	1226	118.3	40
6	Waratah	18	5	13	0	1309	1774	73.8	20
7	Wanderers	18	3	14	1	1166	1646	70.8	14
8	Palmerston	18	1	17	0	933	1861	50.1	4

Source:
(P) Premiers

Ladder progression

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Nightcliff (P)	44	83	122	161	201	241	241	281	321	361	401	441	481	521	561	601	641	681
2	St Marys	42	82	83	123	162	163	202	204	244	282	322	362	402	402	442	482	522	562
3	Tiwi Bombers	08	08	46	46	86	86	126	165	165	205	245	285	323	363	403	403	404	443
4	Southern Districts	05	25	64	104	143	182	183	222	262	263	303	303	304	305	305	345	385	424
5	Darwin	41	81	121	122	124	125	164	203	243	244	244	284	285	324	324	364	403	405
6	Waratah	06	06	07	07	07	47	87	87	87	127	127	127	127	166	206	206	206	206
7	Wanderers	43	64	65	105	105	144	145	146	146	146	146	146	146	147	147	147	147	147
8	Palmerston	07	07	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	48	48	48	48	48	48

Finals

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Nightcliff	77								2	St Marys	60
						2	St Marys	103								1	Nightcliff	73
	2	St Marys	78								1	Nightcliff	88
	3	Tiwi Bombers	47								4	Southern Districts	51
						3	Tiwi Bombers	71
						4	Southern Districts	111
	4	Southern Districts	113
	5	Darwin	42

Grand Final

	2019–20 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 14 March 2020 (7:15 pm)	St Marys	def. by	Nightcliff	Marrara Stadium	Report
	1.1 (7) 4.3 (27) 8.4 (52) 9.6 (60)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.3 (15) 6.8 (44) 7.12 (54) 10.13 (73)
Nightcliff Tiger's won the premiership back to back for the first time in the club's history. St Marys made the grand final after claiming the wooden spoon in the previous year. But didn't make it to the premiership win.