The 1927–28 Northern Football League season was the 35th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.
Clubs
edit| Season | 1927–28 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic |
| Matches played | 156 |
| Goals scored | 741 (4.75 per match) |
← 1926–27 1928–29 → | |
The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 35 | 2.029 | 37 |
| 2 | Whitby United | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 58 | 1.086 | 32 |
| 3 | Stockton | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 42 | 1.476 | 30 |
| 4 | Cockfield | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 40 | 1.250 | 28 |
| 5 | Willington | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 78 | 57 | 1.368 | 25 |
| 6 | Esh Winning | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 58 | 1.000 | 24 |
| 7 | South Bank | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 23 |
| 8 | Tow Law Town | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 58 | 53 | 1.094 | 22 |
| 9 | Ferryhill Athletic | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 73 | 0.712 | 19 |
| 10 | Stanley United | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 57 | 71 | 0.803 | 18 |
| 11 | Loftus Albion | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 64 | 0.750 | 18 |
| 12 | Bishop Auckland | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 65 | 0.662 | 18 |
| 13 | Langley Park | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 62 | 0.661 | 18 |
| – | Crook Town | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0[a] |
- ^ Crook Town were suspended by the Durham County Football Association on 7 January 1928. Their record (P13 W11 D0 L2 F49 A14 P22) was expunged on 9 February 1928.[1]
References
edit- ^ "CROOK TOWN". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ "Northern League 1925-1960". Non League Matters. Retrieved 2014-09-13.