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. At the end of the season the Northern League expanded to two divisions for the first time since 1899–1900.

Clubs

Northern Football League

Season	1981–82
Champions	Blyth Spartans
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,190 (3.13 per match)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

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.

External links

• Northern Football League official site