1972–73 Northern Football League
# 1972–73 Northern Football League

The 1972–73 Northern Football League season was the 75th 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 | Blyth Spartans | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 102 | 39 | +63 | 59 |
| 2 | Bishop Auckland | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 57 |
| 3 | Willington | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 53 |
| 4 | Billingham Synthonia | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 49 |
| 5 | Spennymoor United | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 70 | 50 | +20 | 47 |
| 6 | Ferryhill Athletic | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 46 |
| 7 | Whitley Bay | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 42 |
| 8 | Shildon | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 72 | 62 | +10 | 39 |
| 9 | Ashington | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 38 |
| 10 | Durham City | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 36 |
| 11 | Consett | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 36 |
| 12 | Evenwood Town | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 35 |
| 13 | Whitby Town | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 72 | −14 | 31 |
| 14 | Penrith | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 31 |
| 15 | Tow Law Town | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 30 |
| 16 | West Auckland Town | 38 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 39 | 76 | −37 | 27 |
| 17 | Crook Town | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 26 |
| 18 | Stanley United | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 49 | 88 | −39 | 26 |
| 19 | North Shields | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 25 |
| 20 | South Bank | 38 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 49 | 85 | −36 | 21 |

* ↑ Whitley Bay were deducted two points.
* ↑ Whitby Town were deducted two points.
* ↑ North Shields were deducted two points.
