# 1982–83 Northern Football League

The 1982–83 Northern Football League season was the 85th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The Northern League expanded to two divisions this season for the first time since 1899–1900.

## Division One

Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Blyth Spartans | 36 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 92 | 31 | +61 | 80 | |
| 2 | Whitby Town | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 80 | 34 | +46 | 78 | |
| 3 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 68 | |
| 4 | Bishop Auckland | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 64 | |
| 5 | Spennymoor United | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 61 | |
| 6 | Billingham Synthonia | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 60 | |
| 7 | North Shields | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 58 | |
| 8 | Tow Law Town | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 58 | |
| 9 | Consett | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 55 | |
| 10 | Crook Town | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 55 | |
| 11 | South Bank | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 54 | |
| 12 | Ferryhill Athletic | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 54 | |
| 13 | Whitley Bay | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 47 | |
| 14 | Shildon | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 71 | −23 | 38 | |
| 15 | Evenwood Town | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 35 | |
| 16 | Ashington | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 73 | −37 | 33 | |
| 17 | Durham City | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 83 | −51 | 20 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 18 | West Auckland Town | 36 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 37 | 110 | −73 | 18 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 19 | Willington | 36 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 26 | 140 | −114 | 8 | Relegated to Division Two |

## Division Two

This was the first season since 1899–1900 the league ran with a Division Two. The Division was formed by eleven clubs.
* Clubs joined from the Northern Football Alliance:
** Alnwick Town
** Bedlington Terriers
** Esh Winning
** Ryhope Community
* Clubs joined from the Wearside Football League:
** Hartlepool United reserves
** Peterlee Newtown
* Plus:
** Billingham Town, joined from the Teesside Football League
** Darlington reserves
** Gretna, joined from the Carlisle and District League
** Northallerton Town, joined from the Harrogate and District Football League
** Norton & Stockton Ancients

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Peterlee Newtown | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 63 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Gretna | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 60 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Darlington reserves | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 52 | |
| 4 | Hartlepool reserves | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 46 | |
| 5 | Ryhope Community | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 45 | |
| 6 | Esh Winning | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 37 | |
| 7 | Billingham Town | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 35 | |
| 8 | Northallerton Town | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 34 | |
| 9 | Norton & Stockton Ancients | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 27 | |
| 10 | Bedlington Terriers | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 24 | |
| 11 | Alnwick Town | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 24 | |
* ↑ Hartlepool United reserves were deducted three points.
* ↑ Ryhope Community were deducted three points.