1995–96 Northern Football League

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	1995–96
Champions	Morpeth Town
Promoted	Morpeth Town; South Shields; Easington Colliery
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,256 (3.67 per match)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Northern Football League
Division One
Season	1995–96
Champions	Billingham Synthonia
Relegated	Peterlee Newtown; ; Ferryhill Athletic
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,348 (3.55 per match)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Northern Football League season was the 98th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.^[1]

Division One[]

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Billingham Synthonia	38	24	8	6	78	34	+44	80
2	Bedlington Terriers	38	22	12	4	90	37	+53	78
3	Durham City	38	24	6	8	85	35	+50	78
4	Tow Law Town	38	23	9	6	82	43	+39	78
5	Whitby Town	38	21	7	10	100	59	+41	70
6	Guisborough Town	38	20	8	10	80	54	+26	68
7	Dunston Federation Brewery	38	20	8	10	75	52	+23	68
8	West Auckland Town	38	19	5	14	66	57	+9	62
9	Crook Town	38	17	9	12	59	41	+18	60
10	Consett	38	17	7	14	76	64	+12	58
11	Stockton	38	16	8	14	88	71	+17	56
12	Shildon	38	16	3	19	74	74	0	51
13	Seaham Red Star	38	13	11	14	62	66	−4	50
14	Murton	38	12	11	15	57	53	+4	47
15	RTM Newcastle	38	13	7	18	68	58	+10	46
16	Chester-le-Street Town	38	11	9	18	72	78	−6	42
17	Whickham	38	11	8	19	43	77	−34	41
18	Peterlee Newtown	38	5	4	29	40	96	−56	19	Relegated to Division Two
19		38	2	3	33	26	153	−127	9
20	Ferryhill Athletic	38	0	5	33	27	146	−119	5

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

Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Morpeth Town	36	27	5	4	104	40	+64	86	Promoted to Division One
2	South Shields	36	25	4	7	89	34	+55	79
3	Easington Colliery	36	23	7	6	86	40	+46	76
4		36	22	7	7	72	42	+30	73
5	Northallerton Town	36	18	9	9	70	45	+25	63
6	Ashington	36	18	9	9	66	48	+18	63
7	Billingham Town	36	18	6	12	73	51	+22	60
8	Evenwood Town	36	16	8	12	70	61	+9	56
9	Prudhoe Town	36	17	4	15	75	69	+6	55
10	Brandon United	36	16	6	14	59	55	+4	54
11	Esh Winning	36	13	7	16	80	75	+5	46
12	Hebburn	36	13	5	18	50	56	−6	44
13	Washington	36	14	4	18	71	73	−2	43^[a]
14	Horden Colliery Welfare	36	13	3	20	64	74	−10	42
15	Willington	36	11	8	17	53	75	−22	41
16	Alnwick Town	36	10	6	20	47	65	−18	36
17	Ryhope Community	36	6	5	25	41	82	−41	23
18	Norton & Stockton Ancients	36	6	5	25	53	120	−67	17^[b]
19		36	0	4	32	33	151	−118	4

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