1977–78 Northern Football League
# 1977–78 Northern Football League

The 1977–78 Northern Football League season was the 80th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

## Clubs

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spennymoor United | 38 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 103 | 36 | +67 | 95 |
| 2 | Blyth Spartans | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 107 | 37 | +70 | 89 |
| 3 | Whitby Town | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 84 | 61 | +23 | 73 |
| 4 | Bishop Auckland | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 72 |
| 5 | Consett | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 78 | 49 | +29 | 64 |
| 6 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 63 |
| 7 | North Shields | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 55 |
| 8 | Durham City | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 54 |
| 9 | Willington | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 54 |
| 10 | Crook Town | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 53 |
| 11 | West Auckland Town | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 51 |
| 12 | Billingham Synthonia | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 50 |
| 13 | South Bank | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 49 |
| 14 | Whitley Bay | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 46 |
| 15 | Ashington | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 43 |
| 16 | Shildon | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 41 |
| 17 | Tow Law Town | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 59 | 103 | −44 | 32 |
| 18 | Ferryhill Athletic | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 32 |
| 19 | Evenwood Town | 38 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 36 | 90 | −54 | 17 |
| 20 | Penrith | 38 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 113 | −88 | 14 |

* ↑ North Shields were deducted three points.
* ↑ Ashington were deducted nine points.
