title: 1956–57 Northern Football League
text: # 1956–57 Northern Football League
  
  The 1956–57 Northern Football League season was the 59th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.
  
  ## Clubs
  
  The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Billingham Synthonia | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 66 | 37 | 1.784 | 42 |
  | 2 | West Auckland Town | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 79 | 52 | 1.519 | 34 |
  | 3 | Bishop Auckland | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 48 | 1.583 | 33 |
  | 4 | Ferryhill Athletic | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 48 | 1.313 | 32 |
  | 5 | Willington | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 48 | 1.250 | 32 |
  | 6 | Crook Town | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 62 | 1.081 | 31 |
  | 7 | Durham City | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 50 | 1.160 | 29 |
  | 8 | Shildon | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 56 | 1.071 | 25 |
  | 9 | Stanley United | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 54 | 0.889 | 24 |
  | 10 | Evenwood Town | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 78 | 0.744 | 21 |
  | 11 | Penrith | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 65 | 0.631 | 19 |
  | 12 | South Bank | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 49 | 57 | 0.860 | 18 |
  | 13 | Whitby Town | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 54 | 84 | 0.643 | 14 |
  | 14 | Tow Law Town | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 37 | 77 | 0.481 | 10 |
  