1959–60 Northern Football League
# 1959–60 Northern Football League

The 1959–60 Northern Football League season was the 62nd in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

## Clubs

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | West Auckland Town | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 40 | 1.575 | 42 |
| 2 | Whitley Bay | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 37 | 2.054 | 40 |
| 3 | Crook Town | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 84 | 50 | 1.680 | 39 |
| 4 | Shildon | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 75 | 50 | 1.500 | 34 |
| 5 | Bishop Auckland | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 45 | 1.222 | 34 |
| 6 | Ferryhill Athletic | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 76 | 46 | 1.652 | 30 |
| 7 | Tow Law Town | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 58 | 0.862 | 27 |
| 8 | Stanley United | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 | 26 |
| 9 | Whitby Town | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 61 | 62 | 0.984 | 25 |
| 10 | Evenwood Town | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 65 | 67 | 0.970 | 25 |
| 11 | South Bank | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 25 |
| 12 | Penrith | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 66 | 0.788 | 23 |
| 13 | Willington | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 0.766 | 22 |
| 14 | Durham City | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 84 | 0.417 | 15 |
| 15 | Billingham Synthonia | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 34 | 86 | 0.395 | 11 |

* ↑ Evenwood Town deducted two points.
