1900–01 Northern Football League
# 1900–01 Northern Football League

The 1900–01 Northern Football League season was the twelfth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England. The league reverted to a single division after having two divisions for the previous three seasons.

## Clubs

The league featured 8 clubs which competed in the last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from last seasons's Division Two:

* Whitby
* West Hartlepool
* Scarborough

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bishop Auckland | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 22 | 2.773 | 29 | |
| 2 | Darlington St. Augustine's | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 1.480 | 25 | |
| 3 | Darlington | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 37 | 1.486 | 24 | |
| 4 | Stockton | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 1.360 | 21 | |
| 5 | Crook Town | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 1.267 | 21 | |
| 6 | Scarborough | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 0.893 | 21 | |
| 7 | South Bank | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 45 | 0.778 | 21 | |
| 8 | Thornaby Utopians | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 0.811 | 18 | Left the league |
| 9 | Stockton St. John's | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 0.657 | 17 | |
| 10 | West Hartlepool | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 0.838 | 15 | |
| 11 | Whitby | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 65 | 0.262 | 8 | Left the league |
