1920–21 Northern Football League

The 1920–21 Northern Football League season was the 28th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

Clubs

The league featured 12 clubs which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bishop Auckland	26	19	5	2	71	24	2.958	43
2	Stockton	26	18	3	5	57	43	1.326	39
3	Crook Town	26	15	4	7	58	39	1.487	34
4	South Bank	26	14	6	6	48	38	1.263	34
5	Willington	26	14	3	9	52	43	1.209	31
6	Darlington Railway Athletic	26	13	2	11	43	39	1.103	28
7	Tow Law Town	26	11	7	8	50	32	1.563	27^[a]
8	Langley Park	26	8	7	11	53	48	1.104	23
9	Esh Winning	26	9	5	12	39	39	1.000	23
10	Eston United	26	7	8	11	43	51	0.843	22
11	Stanley United	26	8	3	15	51	56	0.911	19
12	Grangetown St. Mary's	26	6	2	18	30	75	0.400	14	Left the league
13	Redcar	26	5	4	17	22	58	0.379	14
14	Scarborough	26	4	3	19	28	60	0.467	11

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Notes: