1984–85 Northern Football League

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	1984–85
Champions	Brandon United
Promoted	Brandon United; Bedlington Terriers; Hartlepool United reserves; Billingham Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,056 (3.45 per match)
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Northern Football League
Division One
Season	1984–85
Champions	Bishop Auckland
Relegated	Horden Colliery Welfare; Shildon
Matches played	306
Goals scored	973 (3.18 per match)
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Northern Football League season was the 87th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.^[1]

Division One[edit]

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bishop Auckland	34	26	4	4	92	26	+66	82
2	Blyth Spartans	34	24	3	7	86	36	+50	75
3	South Bank	34	19	10	5	62	30	+32	67
4	Tow Law Town	34	18	10	6	57	45	+12	64
5	North Shields	34	19	5	10	62	49	+13	62
6	Gretna	34	17	8	9	56	39	+17	59
7	Whitby Town	34	17	7	10	61	44	+17	58
8	Chester-le-Street Town	34	15	6	13	54	44	+10	51
9	Peterlee Newtown	34	13	7	14	51	44	+7	46
10	Ryhope Community	34	13	6	15	49	55	−6	45
11	Spennymoor United	34	11	8	15	63	56	+7	41
12	Billingham Synthonia	34	11	5	18	39	65	−26	38
13	Whitley Bay	34	8	11	15	51	55	−4	32^[a]
14	Ferryhill Athletic	34	8	8	18	39	70	−31	32
15	Consett	34	8	3	23	42	95	−53	27
16	Crook Town	34	6	8	20	32	66	−34	26
17	Horden Colliery Welfare	34	5	10	19	36	67	−31	25	Relegated to Division Two
18	Shildon	34	5	7	22	41	87	−46	22	Relegated to Division Two

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from Division One:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brandon United	34	27	2	5	102	38	+64	83	Promoted to Division One
2	Bedlington Terriers	34	25	5	4	77	28	+49	80
3	Hartlepool United reserves	34	25	2	7	86	37	+49	77
4	Billingham Town	34	22	6	6	74	32	+42	72
5	Durham City	34	21	9	4	73	36	+37	72
6	Seaham Colliery Welware	34	19	7	8	76	41	+35	64
7	Willington	34	17	5	12	59	57	+2	56
8	Darlington Cleveland Bridge	34	14	6	14	57	64	−7	48
9	Langley Park	34	11	9	14	53	62	−9	42
10	Ashington	34	11	7	16	59	58	+1	40
11	Esh Winning	34	12	6	16	46	64	−18	42
12	Northallerton Town	34	11	5	18	44	71	−27	38
13	Norton & Stockton Ancients	34	7	7	20	34	69	−35	28
14	Alnwick Town	34	6	8	20	42	78	−36	26
15	Evenwood Town	34	7	5	22	41	78	−37	26
16	Darlington reserves	34	6	7	21	49	81	−32	25
17	West Auckland Town	34	7	3	24	47	88	−41	24
18	Shotton Comrades	34	4	9	21	37	74	−37	21

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.