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The 1971–72 Northern Football League season was the 74th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.[1]

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[a]
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[b]
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Whitley Bay were deducted two points.
  2. ^ Stanley United were deducted two points.

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