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1985–86 Northern Football League

The 1985–86 Northern Football League season was the 88th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.[1]

Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bishop Auckland 38 21 10 7 79 45 +34 73
2 Bedlington Terriers 38 19 10 9 65 44 +21 67
3 South Bank 38 18 12 8 66 36 +30 66
4 Blyth Spartans 38 19 9 10 79 52 +27 66
5 Tow Law Town 38 18 10 10 72 47 +25 64
6 Peterlee Newtown 38 19 6 13 66 56 +10 63
7 Chester-le-Street Town 38 18 7 13 62 53 +9 61
8 Brandon United 38 16 10 12 72 68 +4 58
9 Crook Town 38 15 8 15 73 70 +3 53
10 Hartlepool United reserves 38 14 10 14 65 69 −4 52
11 Gretna 38 13 11 14 70 69 +1 50
12 North Shields 38 14 8 16 65 72 −7 50
13 Consett 38 13 9 16 44 58 −14 48
14 Spennymoor United 38 12 11 15 51 54 −3 47
15 Ryhope Community 38 13 7 18 50 69 −19 46
16 Whitby Town 38 12 9 17 59 74 −15 45
17 Whitley Bay 38 11 8 19 65 73 −8 41
18 Ferryhill Athletic 38 11 6 21 62 94 −32 39
19 Billingham Synthonia 38 8 11 19 47 66 −19 35 Relegated to Division Two
20 Billingham Town 38 6 8 24 46 89 −43 26
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Blue Star 38 36 1 1 133 15 +118 109 Promoted to Division One
2 Easington Colliery 38 27 7 4 101 36 +65 88
3 Guisborough Town 38 25 7 6 88 36 +52 82
4 Durham City 38 22 9 7 89 48 +41 75
5 West Auckland Town 38 19 7 12 64 61 +3 64
6 Seaham Colliery Welware 38 17 7 14 63 56 +7 58
7 Stockton 38 15 9 14 62 56 +6 54
8 Ashington 38 15 9 14 81 85 −4 54
9 Norton & Stockton Ancients 38 16 5 17 67 72 −5 53
10 Alnwick Town 38 13 12 13 62 56 +6 51
11 Willington 38 15 5 18 53 65 −12 50
12 Langley Park 38 11 11 16 43 57 −14 44
13 Horden Colliery Welfare 38 12 8 18 54 85 −31 44
14 Shotton Comrades 38 9 12 17 56 82 −26 39
15 Darlington reserves 38 9 9 20 45 86 −41 36 Resigned from the league
16 Northallerton Town 38 10 5 23 54 83 −29 35
17 Evenwood Town 38 9 7 22 51 79 −28 34
18 Darlington Cleveland Bridge 38 10 4 24 55 89 −34 34
19 Shildon 38 6 15 17 42 66 −24 33
20 Esh Winning 38 5 9 24 49 99 −50 24
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "Northern Football League 1982–1993". Non League Matters.