1937–38 Northern Football League
# 1937–38 Northern Football League

The 1937–38 Northern Football League season was the 45th 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:

* Billingham South

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ferryhill Athletic | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 36 | 2.250 | 42 |
| 2 | Bishop Auckland | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 38 | 1.842 | 36 |
| 3 | Shildon | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 72 | 39 | 1.846 | 34 |
| 4 | Cockfield | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 1.419 | 34 |
| 5 | Stockton | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 48 | 1.438 | 33 |
| 6 | Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 45 | 0.978 | 28 |
| 7 | Billingham South | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 56 | 1.054 | 26 |
| 8 | Evenwood Town | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 55 | 0.818 | 22 |
| 9 | Whitby United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 78 | 0.603 | 22 |
| 10 | South Bank | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 56 | 0.875 | 20 |
| 11 | Willington | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 55 | 66 | 0.833 | 20 |
| 12 | Crook Town | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 0.732 | 20 |
| 13 | West Auckland Town | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 52 | 68 | 0.765 | 17 |
| 14 | Tow Law Town | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 100 | 0.440 | 10 |
