Northern Football League
Division One
Season	2008–09
Champions	Newcastle Benfield
Relegated	Northallerton Town Seaham Red Star
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,567 (3.39 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Newcastle Benfield	42	25	9	8	78	42	+36	84
2	Consett	42	25	8	9	91	51	+40	83
3	Whitley Bay	42	25	7	10	108	58	+50	82
4	Spennymoor Town	42	24	10	8	78	49	+29	82
5	Sunderland Nissan	42	23	9	10	93	56	+37	78	Club folded
6	Dunston Federation	42	20	13	9	77	48	+29	73
7	Penrith	42	21	8	13	90	62	+28	71
8	Shildon	42	18	15	9	84	58	+26	69
9	West Allotment Celtic	42	19	11	12	66	60	+6	68
10	Ryton	42	18	8	16	81	77	+4	62
11	Tow Law Town	42	17	11	14	73	69	+4	62
12	Morpeth Town	42	19	4	19	64	68	−4	61
13	Chester-le-Street Town	42	17	7	18	74	72	+2	58
14	Bedlington Terriers	42	15	9	18	66	76	−10	54
15	Billingham Synthonia	42	12	11	19	68	75	−7	47
16	Ashington	42	13	8	21	63	83	−20	47
17	Billingham Town	42	11	8	23	63	96	−33	41
18	Bishop Auckland	42	9	11	22	56	85	−29	38
19	South Shields	42	9	10	23	52	79	−27	37
20	West Auckland Town	42	8	7	27	50	99	−49	31
21	Seaham Red Star	42	8	7	27	42	94	−52	31	Relegated to Division Two
22	Northallerton Town	42	8	5	29	50	110	−60	29	Relegated to Division Two

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	2008–09
Champions	Horden Colliery Welfare
Promoted	Esh Winning Horden Colliery Welfare Norton & Stockton Ancients
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,318 (3.47 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Horden Colliery Welfare	38	24	8	6	92	44	+48	80	Promoted to Division One
2	Norton & Stockton Ancients	38	24	8	6	79	36	+43	80
3	Esh Winning	38	23	8	7	89	59	+30	77
4	Sunderland RCA	38	21	8	9	88	46	+42	71
5	Marske United	38	18	8	12	63	59	+4	62
6	Brandon United	38	18	7	13	85	67	+18	61
7	Guisborough Town	38	18	7	13	71	53	+18	61
8	Birtley Town	38	18	7	13	73	62	+11	61
9	Crook Town	38	17	7	14	68	71	−3	58
10	Hebburn Town	38	15	10	13	71	83	−12	55
11	Whitehaven	38	15	8	15	57	52	+5	53
12	Team Northumbria	38	13	12	13	75	66	+9	51
13	Stokesley Sports Club	38	14	7	17	63	67	−4	49
14	Whickham	38	14	7	17	55	73	−18	49
15	North Shields	38	13	6	19	53	76	−23	45
16	Jarrow Roofing BCA	38	11	4	23	50	78	−28	37
17	Washington	38	10	6	22	44	61	−17	33^[a]
18	Darlington Railway Athletic	38	10	2	26	45	80	−35	32
19	Prudhoe Town	38	5	11	22	47	88	−41	26	Resigned to the Wearside Football League
20	Thornaby	38	5	7	26	50	97	−47	22