1985–86 Northern Football League

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	1985–86
Champions	Blue Star
Promoted	Blue Star; Easington Colliery
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,312 (3.45 per match)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Northern Football League
Division One
Season	1985–86
Champions	Bishop Auckland
Relegated	Billingham Synthonia; Billingham Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,258 (3.31 per match)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Northern Football League season was the 88th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.^[1]

Division One[]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bishop Auckland	38	21	10	7	79	45	+34	73
2	Bedlington Terriers	38	19	10	9	65	44	+21	67
3	South Bank	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66
4	Blyth Spartans	38	19	9	10	79	52	+27	66
5	Tow Law Town	38	18	10	10	72	47	+25	64
6	Peterlee Newtown	38	19	6	13	66	56	+10	63
7	Chester-le-Street Town	38	18	7	13	62	53	+9	61
8	Brandon United	38	16	10	12	72	68	+4	58
9	Crook Town	38	15	8	15	73	70	+3	53
10	Hartlepool United reserves	38	14	10	14	65	69	−4	52
11	Gretna	38	13	11	14	70	69	+1	50
12	North Shields	38	14	8	16	65	72	−7	50
13	Consett	38	13	9	16	44	58	−14	48
14	Spennymoor United	38	12	11	15	51	54	−3	47
15	Ryhope Community	38	13	7	18	50	69	−19	46
16	Whitby Town	38	12	9	17	59	74	−15	45
17	Whitley Bay	38	11	8	19	65	73	−8	41
18	Ferryhill Athletic	38	11	6	21	62	94	−32	39
19	Billingham Synthonia	38	8	11	19	47	66	−19	35	Relegated to Division Two
20	Billingham Town	38	6	8	24	46	89	−43	26	Relegated to Division Two

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

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
- Horden Colliery Welfare
- Shildon
Clubs joined from the Wearside Football League:
- Blue Star
- Easington Colliery
- Stockton
Plus:
- Guisborough Town, transferred from the Northern Counties East League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blue Star	38	36	1	1	133	15	+118	109	Promoted to Division One
2	Easington Colliery	38	27	7	4	101	36	+65	88	Promoted to Division One
3	Guisborough Town	38	25	7	6	88	36	+52	82
4	Durham City	38	22	9	7	89	48	+41	75
5	West Auckland Town	38	19	7	12	64	61	+3	64
6	Seaham Colliery Welware	38	17	7	14	63	56	+7	58
7	Stockton	38	15	9	14	62	56	+6	54
8	Ashington	38	15	9	14	81	85	−4	54
9	Norton & Stockton Ancients	38	16	5	17	67	72	−5	53
10	Alnwick Town	38	13	12	13	62	56	+6	51
11	Willington	38	15	5	18	53	65	−12	50
12		38	11	11	16	43	57	−14	44
13	Horden Colliery Welfare	38	12	8	18	54	85	−31	44
14		38	9	12	17	56	82	−26	39
15	Darlington reserves	38	9	9	20	45	86	−41	36	Resigned from the league
16	Northallerton Town	38	10	5	23	54	83	−29	35
17	Evenwood Town	38	9	7	22	51	79	−28	34
18		38	10	4	24	55	89	−34	34
19	Shildon	38	6	15	17	42	66	−24	33
20	Esh Winning	38	5	9	24	49	99	−50	24

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