1952–53 Northern Football League
# 1952–53 Northern Football League

The 1952–53 Northern Football League season was the 55th 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:

* Durham City

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Crook Town | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 106 | 38 | 2.789 | 43 |
| 2 | Bishop Auckland | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 79 | 38 | 2.079 | 37 |
| 3 | Whitby Town | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 45 | 1.578 | 35 |
| 4 | Shildon | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 40 | 1.500 | 33 |
| 5 | Tow Law Town | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 54 | 1.037 | 31 |
| 6 | Ferryhill Athletic | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 43 | 1.186 | 29 |
| 7 | Billingham Synthonia | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 56 | 1.054 | 28 |
| 8 | Willington | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 57 | 0.930 | 26 |
| 9 | Penrith | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 25 |
| 10 | Evenwood Town | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 56 | 0.893 | 20 |
| 11 | Stanley United | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 49 | 72 | 0.681 | 18 |
| 12 | Durham City | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 69 | 0.594 | 18 |
| 13 | West Auckland Town | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 72 | 0.514 | 13 |
| 14 | South Bank | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 103 | 0.359 | 8 |

No changes following this season.

