1982–83 Northern Premier League
Season | 1982–83 |
---|---|
Champions | Gateshead |
Promoted | Gateshead |
Relegated | Tamworth Netherfield |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,476 (3.19 per match) |
← 1981–82 1983–84 → |
The 1982–83 Northern Premier League was the fifteenth 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 21 August 1982 and concluded on 7 May 1983.[1]
Overview
[edit]The League featured twenty-two clubs.
Team changes
[edit]The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:
- Bangor City promoted to Alliance Premier League
- Lancaster City relegated to North West Counties League Division One
The following two clubs joined the League at the start of the season:
- Chorley promoted from Cheshire County League Division One (returning after a ten years absence)
- Hyde United promoted from Cheshire County League Division One (returning after a twelve years absence)
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gateshead (C, P) | 42 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 114 | 43 | +71 | 100 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
2 | Mossley | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 84 | |
3 | Burton Albion | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 81 | 53 | +28 | 81 | |
4 | Chorley | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 80 | |
5 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 80 | |
6 | Marine | 42 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 81 | 57 | +24 | 68 | |
7 | Workington | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 55 | +16 | 67 | |
8 | Hyde United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 91 | 63 | +28 | 66 | |
9 | King's Lynn | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 64 | Transferred to Southern League Premier Division |
10 | Matlock Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 65 | +5 | 64 | |
11 | Witton Albion | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 82 | 52 | +30 | 63 | |
12 | Buxton | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 60 | |
13 | Morecambe | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 75 | 66 | +9 | 59 | |
14 | Grantham | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 58 | |
15 | Southport | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 47 | |
16 | Goole Town | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 46 | |
17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 42 | |
18 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 99 | −43 | 38 | |
19 | South Liverpool | 42 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 57 | 91 | −34 | 36 | |
20 | Tamworth (R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 44 | 97 | −53 | 29 | Relegated to Southern League Midland Division |
21 | Worksop Town | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 50 | 98 | −48 | 25 | |
22 | Netherfield (R) | 42 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 129 | −101 | 15 | Relegated to NWCL Division One |
Results
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Stadium |
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Burton Albion | Eton Park |
Buxton | The Silverlands |
Chorley | Victory Park |
Gainsborough Trinity | The Northolme |
Gateshead United | Gateshead Youth Stadium |
Goole Town | Victoria Pleasure Ground |
Grantham | London Road |
Hyde United | Ewen Fields |
King's Lynn | The Walks |
Macclesfield Town | Moss Rose |
Marine | Rossett Park |
Matlock Town | Causeway Lane |
Morecambe | Christie Park |
Mossley | Seel Park |
Netherfield | Parkside |
Oswestry Town | Victoria Road |
South Liverpool | Holly Park |
Southport | Haig Avenue |
Tamworth | The Lamb Ground |
Witton Albion | Central Ground |
Workington | Borough Park |
Worksop Town | Central Avenue |
Cup Results
[edit]- Burton Albion 2–1 Macclesfield Town
- Kings Lynn 3–2 Burton Albion
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Burton Albion 2–0 Gateshead[2]
End of the season
[edit]At the end of the fifteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Gateshead applied to join the Alliance Premier League and was successful.
Promotion and relegation
[edit]The following four clubs left the League at the end of the season:
- Gateshead promoted to Alliance Premier League
- King's Lynn transferred to Southern League Premier Division
- Tamworth demoted and transferred to Southern League Midland Division
- Netherfield relegated to North West Counties League Division One
The following four clubs joined the League the following season:
- Barrow relegated from Alliance Premier League
- Stafford Rangers relegated from Alliance Premier League
- Horwich RMI promoted from North West Counties League Division One
- Rhyl promoted from North West Counties League Division One
References
[edit]- ^ "The Football Archives 82–83". The Football Archives.
- ^ Gateshead F.C. 1983/84. Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database. Retrieved on 2012-03-07.