1936–37 Northern Football League
# 1936–37 Northern Football League

The 1936–37 Northern Football League season was the 44th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

## Clubs

The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

* Crook Town, joined from the North Eastern League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shildon | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 25 | 3.200 | 46 | |
| 2 | Bishop Auckland | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 70 | 37 | 1.892 | 40 | |
| 3 | South Bank | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 72 | 49 | 1.469 | 34 | |
| 4 | Cockfield | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 67 | 49 | 1.367 | 32 | |
| 5 | Whitby United | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 72 | 60 | 1.200 | 29 | |
| 6 | Stockton | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 77 | 52 | 1.481 | 27 | |
| 7 | West Auckland Town | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 68 | 58 | 1.172 | 27 | |
| 8 | Ferryhill Athletic | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 25 | |
| 9 | Evenwood Town | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 58 | 75 | 0.773 | 22 | |
| 10 | Willington | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 | 21 | |
| 11 | Crook Town | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 21 | |
| 12 | Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 53 | 67 | 0.791 | 17 | |
| 13 | Trimdon Grange Colliery | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 38 | 86 | 0.442 | 13 | Left the league |
| 14 | Tow Law Town | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 39 | 102 | 0.382 | 10 | |
