1979–80 Northern Football League

The 1979–80 Northern Football League season was the 82nd in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.[1]

Clubs
Northern Football League
Season1979–80
ChampionsBlyth Spartans
Matches played380
Goals scored1,208 (3.18 per match)

Division One featured 20 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Blyth Spartans 38 29 5 4 93 28 +65 92
2 Spennymoor United 38 26 7 5 83 40 +43 85
3 Horden Colliery Welfare 38 24 6 8 73 32 +41 78
4 Ashington 38 21 8 9 88 53 +35 71
5 Crook Town 38 21 8 9 77 51 +26 71
6 Bishop Auckland 38 18 9 11 64 54 +10 63
7 Consett 38 19 4 15 78 59 +19 61
8 South Bank 38 16 7 15 68 52 +16 55
9 Shildon 38 16 7 15 70 71 −1 55
10 West Auckland Town 38 16 6 16 57 52 +5 54
11 Whitby Town 38 14 10 14 72 62 +10 52
12 Tow Law Town 38 16 4 18 50 56 −6 52
13 Evenwood Town 38 14 9 15 49 55 −6 51
14 Penrith 38 13 5 20 54 72 −18 44
15 Billingham Synthonia 38 10 12 16 44 72 −28 42
16 North Shields 38 12 3 23 62 81 −19 39
17 Ferryhill Athletic 38 9 7 22 38 60 −22 34
18 Durham City 38 7 9 22 30 63 −33 30
19 Willington 38 6 5 27 27 105 −78 23
20 Whitley Bay 38 4 7 27 31 90 −59 16[lower-alpha 1]
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Whitley Bay were deducted three points.

References
  1. "Northern Football League 1960–1992". Non League Matters.
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