1948–49 Northern Football League
# 1948–49 Northern Football League

The 1948–49 Northern Football League season was the 51st 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:

* Penrith

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Evenwood Town | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 33 | 1.939 | 42 |
| 2 | Bishop Auckland | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 38 | 2.079 | 41 |
| 3 | Billingham Synthonia | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 41 | 1.683 | 37 |
| 4 | Ferryhill Athletic | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 49 | 1.082 | 31 |
| 5 | Willington | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 55 | 1.436 | 30 |
| 6 | Penrith | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 66 | 60 | 1.100 | 29 |
| 7 | Crook Colliery Welfare | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 25 |
| 8 | South Bank | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 63 | 0.857 | 24 |
| 9 | Shildon | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 23 |
| 10 | West Auckland Town | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 53 | 63 | 0.841 | 23 |
| 11 | Stanley United | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 47 | 66 | 0.712 | 18 |
| 12 | Whitby Town | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 68 | 0.574 | 17 |
| 13 | Tow Law Town | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 52 | 79 | 0.658 | 13 |
| 14 | Heaton Stannington | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 78 | 0.526 | 11 |
