1981–82 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League

Season	1981–82
Champions	Bangor City
Promoted	Bangor City
Relegated	Lancaster City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,293 (2.8 per match)
Biggest home win	Workington 7–1 Morecambe (29 September 1981) Witton Albion 6–0 Netherfield (23 February 1982)
Biggest away win	Morecambe 0–9 Bangor City (21 September 1981)
Highest scoring	Gainsborough Trinity 4–5 Bangor City (22 August 1981) Morecambe 0–9 Bangor City (21 September 1981) Morecambe 2–7 Bangor City (31 October 1981)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Northern Premier League was the fourteenth 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 15 August 1981 and concluded on 1 May 1982.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:

• Runcorn promoted to Alliance Premier League

The following club joined the League at the start of the season:

• Bangor City relegated from Alliance Premier League (returning after a two years absence)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bangor City (C, P)	42	27	8	7	108	60	+48	62	Promoted to Alliance Premier League
2	Mossley	42	24	11	7	76	43	+33	59
3	Witton Albion	42	22	10	10	75	44	+31	54
4	Gateshead	42	19	14	9	65	49	+16	52
5	King's Lynn	42	19	12	11	61	36	+25	50
6	Grantham	42	18	13	11	65	53	+12	49
7	Burton Albion	42	19	9	14	71	62	+9	47
8	Southport	42	16	14	12	63	55	+8	46
9	Marine	42	17	12	13	64	57	+7	46
10	Macclesfield Town	42	17	9	16	67	58	+9	43
11	Workington	42	18	7	17	62	60	+2	43
12	Worksop Town	42	15	13	14	52	60	−8	43
13	South Liverpool	42	13	13	16	55	57	−2	39
14	Goole Town	42	13	13	16	56	60	−4	39
15	Oswestry Town	42	14	11	17	55	59	−4	39
16	Buxton	42	14	11	17	48	56	−8	39
17	Lancaster City (R)	42	13	12	17	47	50	−3	38	Relegated to NWCL Division One
18	Gainsborough Trinity	42	10	13	19	60	69	−9	33
19	Tamworth	42	10	9	23	31	56	−25	29
20	Morecambe	42	9	11	22	43	86	−43	29
21	Matlock Town	42	7	12	23	38	72	−34	26
22	Netherfield	42	5	9	28	31	91	−60	19

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 1982. Source: The Football Archives
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. The points system up until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAN	BRT	BUX	GAI	GAT	GOO	GRN	KLY	LNC	MAC	MAR	MAT	MOR	MOS	NET	OSW	SLI	SOU	TAM	WTN	WRK	WKS
Bangor City		3–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–4	2–1	2–1	5–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–1
Burton Albion	2–2		1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	5–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–0
Buxton	1–0	5–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	6–1
Gainsborough Trinity	4–5	4–3	0–0		1–1	2–2	4–1	1–3	1–2	1–4	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	4–2	3–0
Gateshead United	3–3	2–4	2–0	3–2		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0
Goole Town	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	3–0		0–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–3
Grantham	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1		2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1
King's Lynn	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0		2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Lancaster City	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	1–2		1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0
Macclesfield Town	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–2		1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	4–2
Marine	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	1–4	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–1
Matlock Town	2–7	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–5	1–0	0–4	1–3	2–1	0–1	3–0		1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1
Morecambe	0–9	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–2	3–2	0–3		1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0
Mossley	6–1	1–0	3–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2		4–2	2–0	4–1	4–2	4–0	2–2	1–3	1–0
Netherfield	1–5	0–5	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–5	2–2		0–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–3
Oswestry Town	1–2	2–1	5–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–4	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–1		2–3	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–2	0–2
South Liverpool	3–3	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0		0–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–1
Southport	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–1		1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1
Tamworth	1–4	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–3		1–2	0–0	1–1
Witton Albion	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	5–2	0–0	5–1	1–0	6–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	5–1		2–1	3–0
Workington	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–4	2–4	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	7–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–0		2–0
Worksop Town	1–6	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 1982. Source: The Football Archives
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Bangor City

Burton Albion

Buxton

Gainsborough Trinity

Gateshead United

Goole Town

Grantham

King's Lynn

Lancaster City

Macclesfield Town

Marine

Matlock Town

Morecambe

Mossley

Netherfield

Oswestry Town

South Liverpool

Southport

Tamworth

Witton Albion

Workington

Worksop Town

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Locations of the 1981–82 Northern Premier League teams

Club	Stadium
Bangor City	Farrar Road
Burton Albion	Eton Park
Buxton	The Silverlands
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme
Gateshead United	Gateshead Youth Stadium
Goole Town	Victoria Pleasure Ground
Grantham	London Road
King's Lynn	The Walks
Lancaster City	Great Axe
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

Challenge Cup

Main article: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Gainsborough Trinity	1–0	Mossley

President's Cup

Main article: Northern Premier League President's Cup

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Buxton	4–3	Goole Town

Northern Premier League Shield

Main article: Northern Premier League Shield

Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Bangor City	?-?	Gainsborough Trinity

FA Cup

Main article: 1980–81 FA Cup

None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round:

First Round

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Stockport County	3–1	Mossley
Workington	1–1	Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town	5–0	Workington	Replay

FA Trophy

Main article: 1980–81 FA Trophy

None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round:

Third Round

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Altrincham	2–0	Mossley
Bishop's Stortford	6–1	Witton Albion

End of the season

At the end of the fourteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Bangor City applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the 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 the following 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)

External links

• Northern Premier League official website
• Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF
• Football Club History Database