Northern Football League

1984/85 Tables 1985/86 Tables 1986/87 Tables

Northern League Division 1  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Bishop Auckland 38 21 10 7 79 45 +34 73 Champions
2nd  Bedlington Terriers 38 19 10 9 65 44 +21 67 Runners Up
3rd  South Bank 38 18 12 8 66 36 +30 66 -
4th  Blyth Spartans 38 19 9 10 79 52 +27 66 -
5th  Tow Law Town 38 18 10 10 72 47 +25 64 -
6th  Peterlee Newtown 38 19 6 13 66 56 +10 63 -
7th  Chester-le-Street Town 38 18 7 13 62 53 +9 61 -
8th  Brandon United 38 16 10 12 72 68 +4 58 -
9th  Crook Town 38 15 8 15 73 70 +3 53 -
10th  Hartlepool United Reserves 38 14 10 14 65 69 -4 52 -
11th  Gretna 38 13 11 14 70 69 +1 50 -
12th  North Shields 38 14 8 16 65 72 -7 50 -
13th  Consett 38 13 9 16 44 58 -14 48 -
14th  Spennymoor United 38 12 11 15 51 54 -3 47 -
15th  Ryhope Community Association 38 13 7 18 50 69 -19 46 -
16th  Whitby Town 38 12 9 17 59 74 -15 45 -
17th  Whitley Bay 38 11 8 19 65 73 -8 41 -
18th  Ferryhill Athletic 38 11 6 21 62 94 -32 39 -
19th  Billingham Synthonia 38 8 11 19 47 66 -19 35 ▼Relegated
20th  Billingham Town 38 6 8 24 46 89 -43 26 ▼Relegated

Northern League Division 2  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Blue Star 38 36 1 1 133 15 +118 109 ▲Champions
2nd  Easington Colliery 38 27 7 4 101 36 +65 88 Runners Up
3rd  Guisborough Town 38 25 7 6 88 36 +52 82 -
4th  Durham City 38 22 9 7 89 48 +41 75 -
5th  West Auckland Town 38 19 7 12 64 61 +3 64 -
6th  Seaham Colliery Welfare 38 17 7 14 63 56 +7 58 -
7th  Stockton 38 15 9 14 62 56 +6 54 -
8th  Ashington 38 15 9 14 81 85 -4 54 -
9th  Norton & Stockton Ancients 38 16 5 17 67 72 -5 53 -
10th  Alnwick Town 38 13 12 13 62 56 +6 51 -
11th  Willington 38 15 5 18 53 65 -12 50 -
12th  Langley Park 38 11 11 16 43 57 -14 44 -
13th  Horden Colliery Welfare 38 12 8 18 54 85 -31 44 -
14th  Shotton Comrades 38 9 12 17 56 82 -26 39 -
15th  Darlington Reserves 38 9 9 20 45 86 -41 36 Resigned
16th  Northallerton Town 38 10 5 23 54 83 -29 35 -
17th  Evenwood Town 38 9 7 22 51 79 -28 34 -
18th  Darlington Cleveland Bridge 38 10 4 24 55 89 -34 34 -
19th  Shildon 38 6 15 17 42 66 -24 33 -
20th  Esh Winning 38 5 9 24 49 99 -50 24 -

Teams Leaving the Northern League

 Darlington Reserves Resigned from the League

Team Name Changes

 - Blue Star changed their name to Newcastle Blue Star

1984/85 Tables 1985/86 Tables 1986/87 Tables