1952–53 Northern Football League

The 1952–53 Northern Football League season was the 55th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.[1]

Clubs

Football league season
Northern League
Season1952–53
ChampionsCrook Town
Matches played182
Goals scored807 (4.43 per match)

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Crook Town 26 19 5 2 106 38 2.789 43
2 Bishop Auckland 26 14 9 3 79 38 2.079 37
3 Whitby Town 26 15 5 6 71 45 1.578 35
4 Shildon 26 12 9 5 60 40 1.500 33
5 Tow Law Town 26 13 5 8 56 54 1.037 31
6 Ferryhill Athletic 26 11 7 8 51 43 1.186 29
7 Billingham Synthonia 26 11 6 9 59 56 1.054 28
8 Willington 26 10 6 10 53 57 0.930 26
9 Penrith 26 9 7 10 58 64 0.906 25
10 Evenwood Town 26 6 8 12 50 56 0.893 20
11 Stanley United 26 8 2 16 49 72 0.681 18
12 Durham City 26 7 4 15 41 69 0.594 18
13 West Auckland Town 26 4 5 17 37 72 0.514 13
14 South Bank 26 2 4 20 37 103 0.359 8
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

No changes following this season.

References

  1. ^ "Northern Football League 1925–1960". Non League Matters.
  2. ^ "Northern League 1953". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
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