title: 1947–48 Northern Football League
text: # 1947–48 Northern Football League
  
  The 1947–48 Northern Football League season was the 50th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.
  
  ## Clubs
  
  The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:
  
  * East Tanfield Colliery Welfare
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ferryhill Athletic | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 40 | 2.250 | 44 | |
  | 2 | Bishop Auckland | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 90 | 41 | 2.195 | 37 | |
  | 3 | South Bank | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 40 | 1.525 | 33 | |
  | 4 | Shildon | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 51 | 1.020 | 30 | |
  | 5 | Evenwood Town | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 44 | 1.205 | 29 | |
  | 6 | Stanley United | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 62 | 0.968 | 27 | |
  | 7 | Tow Law Town | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 61 | 0.951 | 27 | |
  | 8 | Crook Colliery Welfare | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 58 | 0.914 | 27 | |
  | 9 | Willington | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 54 | 0.981 | 25 | |
  | 10 | West Auckland Town | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 73 | 0.781 | 21 | |
  | 11 | East Tanfield Colliery Welfare | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 67 | 0.776 | 19 | Left the league |
  | 12 | Whitby Town | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 76 | 0.684 | 19 | |
  | 13 | Heaton Stannington | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 66 | 0.712 | 15 | |
  | 14 | Billingham Synthonia | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 51 | 96 | 0.531 | 11 | |
  