Season | 1973β74 |
---|---|
Champions | Boston United |
Promoted | None |
Relegated | none |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,479 (2.68 per match) |
Biggest home win |
Wigan Athletic 7β0
Matlock Town
[1] (8 September 1973)
Wigan Athletic 7β0
Great Harwood
[1] (26 April 1974) |
Biggest away win |
Bradford Park Avenue 1β7
Stafford Rangers
[1] (8 September 1973)
Bradford Park Avenue 0β6
South Shields
[1] (2 May 1974) |
Highest scoring |
Bradford Park Avenue 1β7
Stafford Rangers
[1] (8 September 1973)
Runcorn 6β2
Mossley
[1] (20 April 1974) |
Longest winning run | 10 matches Stafford Rangers (24 November 1973 β 9 February 1974) |
Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Scarborough (21 August 1973 β 20 October 1973) |
Longest winless run | 17 matches Bradford Park Avenue (11 August 1973 β 27 October 1973) Mossley (8 October 1973 β 26 January 1974) |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Netherfield (9 February 1974 β 16 March 1974) |
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The 1973β74 Northern Premier League was the sixth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 11 August 1973 and concluded on 9 May 1974. [1]
The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:
The following club joined the League at the start of the season:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Boston United (C) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 69 | 32 | 2.156 | 65 | |
2 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 96 | 39 | 2.462 | 64 | |
3 | Altrincham | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 77 | 34 | 2.265 | 63 | |
4 | Stafford Rangers | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 101 | 45 | 2.244 | 63 | |
5 | Scarborough | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 62 | 43 | 1.442 | 58 | |
6 | South Shields | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 87 | 48 | 1.813 | 56 | |
7 | Runcorn | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 72 | 47 | 1.532 | 56 | |
8 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 48 | 47 | 1.021 | 51 | |
9 | Bangor City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 56 | 1.161 | 49 | |
10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 77 | 64 | 1.203 | 47 | |
11 | South Liverpool | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 55 | 47 | 1.170 | 47 | |
12 | Skelmersdale United | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 59 | 0.847 | 45 | |
13 | Goole Town | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 60 | 69 | 0.870 | 43 | |
14 | Fleetwood | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 68 | 0.706 | 43 | |
15 | Northwich Victoria | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 68 | 75 | 0.907 | 41 | |
16 | Mossley | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 65 | 0.815 | 41 | |
17 | Morecambe | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 62 | 84 | 0.738 | 39 | |
18 | Buxton | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 71 | 0.634 | 38 | |
19 | Matlock Town | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 50 | 79 | 0.633 | 36 | |
20 | Great Harwood | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | 34 | |
21 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 84 | 0.500 | 33 | Club Folded |
22 | Barrow | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 94 | 0.489 | 33 | |
23 | Lancaster City | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 52 | 67 | 0.776 | 32 | |
24 | Netherfield | 46 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 42 | 88 | 0.477 | 27 |
The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976β77 season.
The points system up until the 1982β83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.Team | Stadium |
---|---|
Altrincham | Moss Lane |
Bangor City | Farrar Road |
Barrow | Holker Street |
Boston United | York Street |
Bradford Park Avenue | Park Avenue |
Buxton | The Silverlands |
Fleetwood | Highbury |
Gainsborough Trinity | The Northolme |
Goole Town | Victoria Pleasure Ground |
Great Harwood | The Showground |
Lancaster City | Great Axe |
Macclesfield Town | Moss Rose |
Matlock Town | Causeway Lane |
Morecambe | Christie Park |
Mossley | Seel Park |
Netherfield | Parkside |
Northwich Victoria | Drill Field |
Runcorn | Canal Street |
Scarborough | Athletic Ground |
Skelmersdale United | White Moss Park |
South Liverpool | Holly Park |
South Shields | Simonside Hall |
Stafford Rangers | Marston Road |
Wigan Athletic | Springfield Park |
Stage | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|---|
1st Leg | Boston United | ?β? | Altrincham |
2nd Leg | Altrincham | ?β? | Boston United |
Aggregate | Boston United | 4β3 | Altrincham |
Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Wigan Athletic | beat | Boston United |
Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only three teams reached for the second round:
Second Round
Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Blackburn Rovers | 0β0 | Altrincham | |
Altrincham | 0β2 | Blackburn Rovers | Replay |
Boston United | 1β0 | Hitchin Town | |
Port Vale | 2β1 | Scarborough |
Third Round
Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Derby County | 0β0 | Boston United | |
Boston United | 1β6 | Derby County | Replay |
Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, four teams reached for the fourth round:
Fourth Round
Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Bedford Town | 0β1 | Morecambe | |
Stafford Rangers | 0β0 | Macclesfield Town | |
Macclesfield Town | 2β0 | Stafford Rangers | Replay |
South Shields | 0β0 | Worcester City | |
Worcester City | 0β2 | South Shields | Replay |
Semi-finals
Stage | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|---|
1st Leg | Macclesfield Town | 0β0 | Dartford |
2nd Leg | Dartford | 2β1 | Macclesfield Town |
Aggregate | Dartford | 2β1 | Macclesfield Town |
1st Leg | South Shields | 0β1 | Morecambe |
2nd Leg | Morecambe | 2β0 | South Shields |
Aggregate | Morecambe | 3β0 | South Shields |
Final
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Morecambe | 2β1 | Dartford |
At the end of the sixth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for election received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. Bradford Park Avenue folded.
Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of seven non-League teams applied for election, one of which were from the Northern Premier League. All four Football League teams were re-elected. [2]
The following club left the League at the end of the season:
The following club joined the League the following season: