title: 1895–96 Northern Football League
text: # 1895–96 Northern Football League
  
  The 1895–96 Northern Football League season was the seventh in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.
  
  ## Clubs
  
  The league featured 8 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:
  
  * Saltburn Swifts
  
  Also Howden Rangers changed name to Howden-le-Wear.
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Darlington | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 2.208 | 24 | |
  | 2 | South Bank | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 20 | 2.200 | 20 | |
  | 3 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 1.273 | 20 | |
  | 4 | Bishop Auckland | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 1.313 | 17 | |
  | 5 | Tow Law | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 0.821 | 15 | |
  | 6 | Whitby | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 0.605 | 15 | Left the league |
  | 7 | Stockton | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 0.867 | 13 | |
  | 8 | Howden-le-Wear | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 0.528 | 11 | Left the league |
  | 9 | Saltburn Swifts | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 0.300 | 9 | |
  