1976–77 Northern Football League

The 1976–77 Northern Football League season was the 79th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.[1]

Clubs

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Northern Football League
Season1976–77
ChampionsSpennymoor United
Matches played380
Goals scored1,205 (3.17 per match)

Division One featured 20 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Spennymoor United 38 22 10 6 72 38 +34 76
2 Consett 38 22 10 6 71 45 +26 76
3 Whitby Town 38 21 8 9 97 62 +35 71
4 Crook Town 38 19 11 8 63 40 +23 68
5 Blyth Spartans 38 19 9 10 80 49 +31 66
6 North Shields 38 19 8 11 62 51 +11 65
7 Whitley Bay 38 19 8 11 73 62 +11 65
8 Bishop Auckland 38 17 9 12 67 47 +20 60
9 Ashington 38 17 8 13 84 61 +23 57[a]
10 South Bank 38 15 5 18 53 58 −5 50
11 Willington 38 13 10 15 66 68 −2 49
12 Durham City 38 12 11 15 44 53 −9 47
13 Horden Colliery Welfare 38 12 10 16 59 65 −6 46
14 Ferryhill Athletic 38 12 10 16 42 58 −16 46
15 Evenwood Town 38 13 4 21 54 72 −18 43
16 West Auckland Town 38 12 7 19 45 69 −24 43
17 Tow Law Town 38 11 8 19 55 73 −18 41
18 Billingham Synthonia 38 9 6 23 37 64 −27 33
19 Shildon 38 6 9 23 32 75 −43 27
20 Penrith 38 4 11 23 49 95 −46 23
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Ashington were deducted two points.

References

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  1. ^ "Northern Football League 1960–1992". Non League Matters.
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