title: 1921–22 Northern Football League
text: # 1921–22 Northern Football League
  
  The 1921–22 Northern Football League season was the 29th 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:
  
  * Cockfield
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Bank | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 23 | 2.522 | 42 | |
  | 2 | Bishop Auckland | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 22 | 2.409 | 38 | |
  | 3 | Crook Town | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 31 | 1.871 | 38 | |
  | 4 | Stockton | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 41 | 1.439 | 30 | |
  | 5 | Cockfield | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 37 | 1.405 | 30 | |
  | 6 | Tow Law Town | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 38 | 1.368 | 30 | |
  | 7 | Esh Winning | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 0.951 | 27 | |
  | 8 | Willington | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 24 | |
  | 9 | Eston United | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 52 | 0.769 | 23 | |
  | 10 | Langley Park | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 52 | 0.654 | 21 | |
  | 11 | Darlington Railway Athletic | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | 20 | |
  | 12 | Scarborough | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 71 | 0.549 | 16 | |
  | 13 | Stanley United | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 64 | 0.563 | 13 | |
  | 14 | Redcar | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 53 | 0.377 | 12 | Left the league |
  