1987 �88 NORTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	1987–88
Champions	Stockton
Promoted	Stockton; Seaham Red Star; Durham City; Billingham Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	895 (2.92 per match)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Northern Football League season was the 90th 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	Blyth Spartans	38	28	8	2	106	36	+70	92
2	Newcastle Blue Star	38	28	3	7	79	33	+46	87
3	Billingham Synthonia	38	23	8	7	76	41	+35	77
4	Whitley Bay	38	22	9	7	60	27	+33	75	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
5	Guisborough Town	38	18	12	8	63	41	+22	66
6	Bishop Auckland	38	19	7	12	70	48	+22	64	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
7	Gretna	38	17	6	15	69	46	+23	57
8	Tow Law Town	38	16	6	16	65	72	−7	54
9	North Shields	38	16	5	17	62	59	+3	53
10	Brandon United	38	15	7	16	64	61	+3	52
11	Spennymoor United	38	15	7	16	57	57	0	52
12	Shildon	38	14	7	17	61	59	+2	49
13	Whitby Town	38	12	10	16	57	74	−17	46
14	Ferryhill Athletic	38	12	7	19	58	75	−17	43
15	Easington Colliery	38	12	6	20	65	85	−20	42
16	South Bank	38	10	11	17	34	48	−14	41
17	Crook Town	38	8	9	21	45	84	−39	33
18	Chester-le-Street Town	38	7	9	22	38	73	−35	30
19	Ryhope Community	38	5	10	23	40	89	−49	25	Relegated to Division Two
20	Consett	38	5	9	24	44	105	−61	24	Relegated to Division Two

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 two new clubs, relegated from Division One:

Also, Seaham Colliery Welware changed name to Seaham Red Star.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stockton	34	21	10	3	78	31	+47	73	Promoted to Division One
2	Seaham Red Star	34	21	8	5	63	32	+31	71
3	Durham City	34	19	6	9	55	37	+18	63
4	Billingham Town	34	14	13	7	60	43	+17	55
5	Esh Winning	34	14	7	13	47	49	−2	49
6	Alnwick Town	34	12	9	13	53	47	+6	45
7	Bedlington Terriers	34	11	11	12	49	46	+3	44
8	Peterlee Newtown	34	11	11	12	37	34	+3	44
9	Northallerton Town	34	13	5	16	49	49	0	44
10	Norton & Stockton Ancients	34	11	10	13	49	58	−9	43
11	Horden Colliery Welfare	34	10	13	11	48	65	−17	43
12	Langley Park	34	11	9	14	52	57	−5	42
13	Willington	34	11	7	16	44	53	−9	40
14	Darlington Cleveland Bridge	34	11	7	16	45	57	−12	40
15	Ashington	34	10	9	15	45	62	−17	39
16	Evenwood Town	34	10	8	16	42	56	−14	38
17	West Auckland Town	34	9	8	17	46	62	−16	35
18	Shotton Comrades	34	7	9	18	33	57	−24	30

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