Season | 1978β79 |
---|---|
Champions | Mossley |
Promoted |
Altrincham Scarborough Boston United Stafford Rangers Northwich Victoria Bangor City Barrow |
Relegated | none |
Matches played | 506 |
Goals scored | 1,414 (2.79 per match) |
Biggest home win |
Stafford Rangers 7β0
Netherfield
[1] (11 November 1978) |
Biggest away win |
Workington 0β6
Mossley
[1] (31 January 1979) |
Highest scoring |
Lancaster City 5β3
Macclesfield Town
[1] (25 November 1978) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Mossley (20 January 1979 β 24 March 1979) |
Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Mossley (25 November 1978 β 14 April 1979) |
Longest winless run | 19 matches Gateshead (23 September 1978 β 5 March 1979) |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Netherfield (11 November 1978 β 16 December 1978)
Macclesfield Town (18 April 1979 β 28 April 1979) |
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1977β78
1979β80 β |
The 1978β79 Northern Premier League was the eleventh 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 19 August 1978 and concluded on 21 May 1979. [1]
The League featured twenty-three clubs.
The following two clubs 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 | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mossley (C) | 44 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 117 | 48 | +69 | 69 | |
2 | Altrincham (P) | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 93 | 39 | +54 | 61 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
3 | Matlock Town | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 100 | 59 | +41 | 56 | |
4 | Scarborough (P) | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 52 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
5 | Southport | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 52 | |
6 | Boston United (P) | 44 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 52 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
7 | Runcorn | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 79 | 54 | +25 | 51 | |
8 | Stafford Rangers (P) | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 50 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
9 | Goole Town | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 49 | |
10 | Northwich Victoria (P) | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 47 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
11 | Lancaster City | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 46 | |
12 | Bangor City (P) | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 44 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
13 | Worksop Town | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 40 | |
14 | Workington | 44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 39 | |
15 | Netherfield | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 37 | |
16 | Barrow (P) | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 47 | 78 | −31 | 37 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 36 | |
18 | Morecambe | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 35 | |
19 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 35 | |
20 | South Liverpool | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 85 | −37 | 34 | |
21 | Gateshead | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 33 | |
22 | Buxton | 44 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 84 | −34 | 31 | |
23 | Macclesfield Town | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 92 | −52 | 26 |
Club | Stadium |
---|---|
Altrincham | Moss Lane |
Bangor City | Farrar Road |
Barrow | Holker Street |
Boston United | York Street |
Buxton | The Silverlands |
Frickley Athletic | Westfield Lane |
Gainsborough Trinity | The Northolme |
Gateshead United | Gateshead Youth Stadium |
Goole Town | Victoria Pleasure Ground |
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 |
South Liverpool | Holly Park |
Southport | Haig Avenue |
Stafford Rangers | Marston Road |
Workington | Borough Park |
Worksop Town | Central Avenue |
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Mossley | 4β1 | Northwich Victoria |
Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the Challenge Cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Altrincham | beat | Mossley |
Only two of the twenty-four Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round:
Second Round
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Droylsden | 0β2 | Altrincham |
York City | 3β0 | Scarborough |
Third Round
Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Tottenham Hotspur | 1β1 | Altrincham | |
Altrincham | 0β3 | Tottenham Hotspur | Replay |
Two of the twenty-four Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round:
Fourth Round
Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Bishop Auckland | 1β1 | Stafford Rangers | |
Stafford Rangers | 3β1 | Bishop Auckland | Replay |
Runcorn | 2β1 | Hayes |
Semi-finals
Stage | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|---|
1st Leg | Runcorn | 1β2 | Stafford Rangers |
2nd Leg | Stafford Rangers | 1β1 | Runcorn |
Aggregate | Stafford Rangers | 3β2 | Runcorn |
Final
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Stafford Rangers | 2β0 | Kettering Town |
At the end of the eleventh season of the Northern Premier League, Altrincham who was put forward for election did not receive enough votes to be promoted to the Football League.
The Alliance Premier League was established as a new, national top division of non-League football. Seven Northern Premier League clubs and thirteen clubs from the Premier Division of the Southern League joined the newly created Alliance Premier League. The remaining clubs in the Northern Premier League had effectively been relegated down one tier in the English football league system.
Alongside the four Football League clubs facing re-election, two non-League clubs, one from the Northern Premier League and the other from the Southern League, applied to be elected. All four Football League clubs were re-elected. [2]
Club | League | Votes |
---|---|---|
Doncaster Rovers | Football League Division Four | 50 |
Crewe Alexandra | Football League Division Four | 49 |
Darlington | Football League Division Four | 43 |
Halifax Town | Football League Division Four | 37 |
Altrincham | Northern Premier League | 13 |
Kettering Town | Southern League Premier Division | 12 |
The number of clubs reduced from twenty-three to twenty-two for the following season.
The following seven clubs left the league at the end of the season:
The following six clubs joined the league the following season: