1981–82 Northern Football League

The 1981–82 Northern Football League season was the 84th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.[1] At the end of the season the Northern League expanded to two divisions for the first time since 1899–1900.[2]

Clubs
Northern Football League
Season1981–82
ChampionsBlyth Spartans
Matches played380
Goals scored1,190 (3.13 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 Promotion or relegation
1 Blyth Spartans 38 25 8 5 77 31 +46 83
2 Whitby Town 38 23 11 4 64 21 +43 80
3 South Bank 38 20 7 11 72 44 +28 67
4 Tow Law Town 38 18 8 12 76 58 +18 62
5 Spennymoor United 38 16 13 9 59 37 +22 61
6 Billingham Synthonia 38 17 9 12 57 46 +11 60
7 Bishop Auckland 38 17 8 13 63 51 +12 59
8 Durham City 38 17 5 16 75 67 +8 56
9 Shildon 38 16 8 14 57 53 +4 56
10 North Shields 38 14 13 11 67 61 +6 55
11 Ferryhill Athletic 38 16 6 16 57 59 −2 54
12 Horden Colliery Welfare 38 15 6 17 55 58 −3 51
13 Crook Town 38 15 6 17 60 69 −9 51
14 Evenwood Town 38 13 9 16 57 66 −9 48
15 Penrith 38 13 10 15 63 66 −3 49 Transferred to the North West Counties League
16 Consett 38 10 10 18 46 64 −18 40
17 West Auckland Town 38 9 10 19 42 67 −25 37
18 Ashington 38 9 8 21 50 87 −37 35
19 Whitley Bay 38 8 7 23 47 83 −36 31
20 Willington 38 3 10 25 46 102 −56 19
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
  1. "Northern Football League 1960–1992". Non League Matters.
  2. "Northern League 1983". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
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