1961–62 Northern Football League
# 1961–62 Northern Football League

The 1961–62 Northern Football League season was the 65th 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, no new clubs joined the league this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stanley United | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 91 | 52 | 1.750 | 48 |
| 2 | Penrith | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 31 | 1.774 | 40 |
| 3 | West Auckland Town | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 80 | 50 | 1.600 | 40 |
| 4 | Whitley Bay | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 95 | 61 | 1.557 | 40 |
| 5 | Crook Town | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 31 | 1.742 | 35 |
| 6 | Spennymoor United | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 71 | 52 | 1.365 | 32 |
| 7 | Billingham Synthonia | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 83 | 66 | 1.258 | 31 |
| 8 | Durham City | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 31 |
| 9 | Ferryhill Athletic | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 66 | 68 | 0.971 | 29 |
| 10 | Bishop Auckland | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 71 | 69 | 1.029 | 27 |
| 11 | South Bank | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 68 | 0.765 | 25 |
| 12 | Shildon | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 82 | 0.707 | 24 |
| 13 | Whitby Town | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 87 | 0.701 | 24 |
| 14 | Tow Law Town | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 56 | 82 | 0.683 | 21 |
| 15 | Willington | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 90 | 0.489 | 19 |
| 16 | Evenwood Town | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 39 | 87 | 0.448 | 14 |
