1971–72 Northern Football League
# 1971–72 Northern Football League

The 1971–72 Northern Football League season was the 74th 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 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 103 | 26 | +77 | 64 |
| 2 | Blyth Spartans | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 85 | 42 | +43 | 55 |
| 3 | Whitley Bay | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 48 |
| 4 | Durham City | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 48 |
| 5 | Consett | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 46 |
| 6 | Shildon | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 98 | 69 | +29 | 45 |
| 7 | Whitby Town | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 75 | 59 | +16 | 44 |
| 8 | Tow Law Town | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 83 | 72 | +11 | 44 |
| 9 | Evenwood Town | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 43 |
| 10 | North Shields | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 40 |
| 11 | Ferryhill Athletic | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 40 |
| 12 | Willington | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 38 |
| 13 | South Bank | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 33 |
| 14 | Penrith | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 32 |
| 15 | Billingham Synthonia | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 75 | −20 | 30 |
| 16 | Crook Town | 38 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 50 | 81 | −31 | 26 |
| 17 | Bishop Auckland | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 25 |
| 18 | Ashington | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 24 |
| 19 | West Auckland Town | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 45 | 102 | −57 | 20 |
| 20 | Stanley United | 38 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 127 | −95 | 11 |

* ↑ Whitley Bay were deducted two points.
* ↑ Stanley United were deducted two points.
