2021–22 Northern Football League
The 2021–22 Northern Football League season is the 124th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The league operates two divisions in the English football league system, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6. The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by the Football Association (The FA) on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal. After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis  over the previous two seasons. Division One. At the end of the 2020–21 season, three teams left the division, all promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East: The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following three promoted from Division Two, formed Division One for 2021–22: Division One table. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Division Two. At the end of the 2020–21 season, three teams left the division, all promoted to Division One: The remaining seventeen teams, together with the following four, formed Division Two for the 2021–22 season: Division Two table. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>