1964–65 Northern Football League
# 1964–65 Northern Football League

The 1964–65 Northern Football League season was the 68th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

## Clubs

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with two new clubs, joined from the North Eastern League:

* Blyth Spartans
* North Shields

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Whitley Bay | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 112 | 45 | 2.489 | 53 |
| 2 | Crook Town | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 86 | 32 | 2.688 | 52 |
| 3 | North Shields | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 99 | 60 | 1.650 | 44 |
| 4 | Whitby Town | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 52 | 1.423 | 42 |
| 5 | Tow Law Town | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 53 | 1.358 | 40 |
| 6 | Willington | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 72 | 61 | 1.180 | 40 |
| 7 | Spennymoor United | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 53 | 1.000 | 39 |
| 8 | Ferryhill Athletic | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 79 | 62 | 1.274 | 37 |
| 9 | Stanley United | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 86 | 84 | 1.024 | 35 |
| 10 | West Auckland Town | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 66 | 54 | 1.222 | 34 |
| 11 | Billingham Synthonia | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 79 | 0.646 | 32 |
| 12 | Penrith | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 64 | 0.891 | 30 |
| 13 | Bishop Auckland | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 73 | 0.795 | 28 |
| 14 | Durham City | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 49 | 78 | 0.628 | 26 |
| 15 | South Bank | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 67 | 97 | 0.691 | 24 |
| 16 | Evenwood Town | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 51 | 80 | 0.638 | 23 |
| 17 | Shildon | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 51 | 89 | 0.573 | 23 |
| 18 | Blyth Spartans | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 38 | 105 | 0.362 | 10 |
