1938–39 Northern Football League

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

Northern League

Season	1938–39
Champions	Bishop Auckland
Matches played	182
Goals scored	865 (4.75 per match)
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

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

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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.