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1938–39 Northern Football League

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The 1938–39 Northern Football League season was the 46th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

Clubs

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Northern League
Season1938–39
ChampionsBishop Auckland
Matches played182
Goals scored865 (4.75 per match)

The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.

Billingham South dropped the ‘South’ part from their name.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bishop Auckland 26 21 3 2 94 27 3.481 45
2 Shildon 26 21 2 3 92 27 3.407 44
3 Stockton 26 17 3 6 88 44 2.000 37 Transferred to the North Eastern League
4 Billingham 26 15 1 10 76 57 1.333 31
5 Willington 26 13 4 9 75 62 1.210 30
6 Whitby United 26 12 1 13 51 64 0.797 25
7 Cockfield 26 9 6 11 53 55 0.964 24
8 West Auckland Town 26 11 2 13 50 56 0.893 24
9 Ferryhill Athletic 26 9 4 13 62 65 0.954 22
10 Tow Law Town 26 8 3 15 39 81 0.481 19
11 South Bank 26 5 8 13 43 69 0.623 18
12 Evenwood Town 26 7 2 17 43 70 0.614 16
13 Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic 26 6 3 17 47 95 0.495 15 Left the league
14 Crook Town 26 4 6 16 52 93 0.559 14
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

References

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