1983–84 Northern Football League

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	1983–84
Champions	Chester-le-Street Town
Promoted	Chester-le-Street Town; Ryhope Community
Matches played	306
Goals scored	982 (3.21 per match)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Northern Football League season was the 86th 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 two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blyth Spartans	34	23	9	2	74	22	+52	78
2	North Shields	34	21	6	7	81	51	+30	69
3	Whitby Town	34	20	7	7	79	33	+46	67
4	Tow Law Town	34	19	8	7	72	44	+28	65
5	Bishop Auckland	34	19	7	8	80	39	+41	64
6	South Bank	34	18	7	9	62	35	+27	61
7	Billingham Synthonia	34	14	8	12	56	54	+2	50
8	Gretna	34	15	7	12	65	58	+7	49^[a]
9	Whitley Bay	34	14	5	15	39	60	−21	47
10	Horden Colliery Welfare	34	12	7	15	48	59	−11	43
11	Spennymoor United	34	10	9	15	41	57	−16	39
12	Consett	34	10	8	16	43	58	−15	38
13	Peterlee Newtown	34	11	5	18	50	78	−28	38
14	Crook Town	34	9	10	15	38	50	−12	37
15	Shildon	34	10	6	18	50	66	−16	36
16	Ferryhill Athletic	34	9	6	19	47	61	−14	33
17	Ashington	34	7	8	19	39	71	−32	26^[b]	Relegated to Division Two
18	Evenwood Town	34	1	5	28	27	95	−68	8	Relegated to Division Two

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chester-le-Street Town	34	25	7	2	84	21	+63	82	Promoted to Division One
2	Ryhope Community	34	23	6	5	66	33	+33	75	Promoted to Division One
3	Seaham Colliery Welware	34	23	5	6	69	30	+39	74
4	Brandon United	34	20	6	8	67	37	+30	66
5	Durham City	34	16	11	7	61	38	+23	59
6	Darlington Cleveland Bridge	34	15	9	10	60	52	+8	54
7	Hartlepool United reserves	34	18	5	11	73	52	+21	53^[a]
8	Bedlington Terriers	34	14	7	13	52	41	+11	49
9	Esh Winning	34	13	10	11	49	55	−6	49
10	Billingham Town	34	13	6	15	63	51	+12	45
11	Darlington reserves	34	12	4	18	47	69	−22	40
12	Northallerton Town	34	12	6	16	48	52	−4	39^[b]
13	Langley Park	34	9	8	17	46	76	−30	35
14	Alnwick Town	34	7	12	15	49	53	−4	33
15	Shotton Comrades	34	9	5	20	55	76	−21	32
16	Norton & Stockton Ancients	34	6	10	18	30	55	−25	28
17	West Auckland Town	34	7	3	24	36	83	−47	24
18	Willington	34	2	4	28	27	108	−81	10

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