1936–37 Northern Football League

The 1936–37 Northern Football League season was the 44th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

Clubs

Northern League

Season	1936–37
Champions	Shildon
Matches played	182
Goals scored	877 (4.82 per match)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

• Crook Town, joined from the North Eastern League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shildon	26	20	6	0	80	25	3.200	46
2	Bishop Auckland	26	19	2	5	70	37	1.892	40
3	South Bank	26	15	4	7	72	49	1.469	34
4	Cockfield	26	15	2	9	67	49	1.367	32
5	Whitby United	26	14	1	11	72	60	1.200	29
6	Stockton	26	12	3	11	77	52	1.481	27
7	West Auckland Town	26	11	5	10	68	58	1.172	27
8	Ferryhill Athletic	26	11	3	12	62	66	0.939	25
9	Evenwood Town	26	10	2	14	58	75	0.773	22
10	Willington	26	10	1	15	63	74	0.851	21
11	Crook Town	26	9	3	14	58	77	0.753	21
12	Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic	26	7	3	16	53	67	0.791	17
13	Trimdon Grange Colliery	26	6	1	19	38	86	0.442	13	Left the league
14	Tow Law Town	26	4	2	20	39	102	0.382	10

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

References

1. "Northern League 1925-1960". Non League Matters. Retrieved 2014-09-13.