1974–75 Northern Premier League

October 2015 October 2015 Northern Premier League 1974–75 Wigan Athletic None None 552 1595 Runcorn 7–0 Fleetwood(14 December 1974) Matlock Town 0–10 Lancaster City(14 December 1974) Northwich Victoria 4–6 Mossley(16 September 1974) Barrow 3–7 Morecambe(16 October 1974) Matlock Town 0–10 Lancaster City(14 December 1974) 11 matchesWigan Athletic(9 October 1974 – 21 December 1974) 22 matchesWigan Athletic(24 August 1974 – 21 December 1974) Altrincham(2 September 1974 – 20 January 1975) 24 matchesFleetwood(19 October 1974 – 18 March 1975) 8 matchesNetherfield(2 November 1974 – 16 December 1974) 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 Northern Premier League was the seventh 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 17 August 1974 and concluded on 12 May 1975.The Football Archives 74–75 http://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/competition.php?CID=13&Season=1974-1975 The Football Archives Overview South Shields changed their name to Gateshead United and moved from Simonside Hall to Gateshead Youth Stadium. Team changes The following club left the League at the end of the previous season: Bradford Park Avenue folded The following club joined the League at the start of the season: Worksop Town promoted from Midland League (1889) (returning after a five year's absence) League table main WDL QR y 2 WIG Wigan Athletic RUN Runcorn ALT Altrincham STA Stafford Rangers SCA Scarborough MOS Mossley GAT Gateshead United GOO Goole Town NOR Northwich Victoria GHT Great Harwood MAT Matlock Town BOS Boston United MOR Morecambe WKS Worksop Town SLI South Liverpool BUX Buxton MAC Macclesfield Town LNC Lancaster City BAN Bangor City GAI Gainsborough Trinity SKU Skelmersdale United BRW Barrow KEN Netherfield FLE Fleetwood 33 6 7 94 38 C 30 8 8 102 42 26 12 8 87 43 25 13 8 81 39 24 12 10 75 45 23 11 12 78 52 22 12 12 74 48 19 12 15 75 71 18 12 16 83 71 17 14 15 69 66 19 8 19 87 79 16 14 16 64 63 14 15 17 71 87 14 14 18 69 66 14 14 18 59 71 11 17 18 50 77 11 14 21 46 62 13 10 23 53 76 13 9 24 56 67 10 15 21 46 79 13 7 26 63 93 9 15 22 45 72 12 8 26 42 91 5 10 31 26 97 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored. The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season. The points system up until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing. 12 May 1975 The Football Archives Results main FBR grey ALT BAN BRW BOS BUX FLE GAI GAT GOO GHA LNC MAC MAT MOR MOS NET NOR RUN SCA SKU SLI STA WIG WOK Altrincham Bangor City Barrow Boston United Buxton Fleetwood Town Gainsborough Trinity Gateshead United Goole Town Great Harwood Lancaster City Macclesfield Town Matlock Town Morecambe Mossley Netherfield Northwich Victoria Runcorn Scarborough Skelmersdale United South Liverpool Stafford Rangers Wigan Athletic Worksop Town 1–0 1–0 5–1 5–0 4–2 0–0 4–2 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 6–2 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 5–2 3–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–5 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–5 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–4 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–4 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 4–2 1–2 5–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 4–4 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 5–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–10 0–3 2–3 0–1 3–0 5–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–3 5–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 7–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 5–2 2–3 3–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 3–7 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 4–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–3 2–1 2–3 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–5 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–6 1–0 0–1 0–4 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 0–1 5–1 0–0 4–6 7–1 3–4 1–1 4–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 5–0 5–1 0–0 7–0 4–1 1–2 4–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 6–0 4–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 1–1 5–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 4–3 4–3 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–5 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–5 2–3 2–3 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 5–0 2–1 0–2 5–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 6–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 6–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 5–1 2–3 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 12 May 1975 The Football Archives May 1975 Stadia and locations Northern England right 675 Locations of the 1974–75 Northern Premier League teams Northern England 53.383436 -2.335158 Altrincham right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.224167 -4.131389 Bangor City right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 54.123333 -3.235000 Barrow left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 52.976755 0.018816 Boston United left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.256635 -1.906555 Buxton right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.916500 -3.024700 Fleetwood right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.403397 -0.774525 Gainsborough Trinity right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 54.961025 -1.579672 Gateshead United left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.703148 -0.880842 Goole Town left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.789195 -2.391113 Great Harwood left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 54.051057 -2.810889 Lancaster City left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.242828 -2.127114 Macclesfield Town bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Northern England 53.137075 -1.551715 Matlock Town right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 54.067545 -2.847084 Morecambe right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.516412 -2.044307 Mossley right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 54.320474 -2.736481 Netherfield right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.258283 -2.510747 Northwich Victoria right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.341841 -2.722481 Runcorn right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 54.265534 -0.418267 Scarborough left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.272667 -2.881222 Skelmersdale United left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.357828 -2.889871 South Liverpool left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 52.818542 -2.116858 Stafford Rangers left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.555028 -2.650384 Wigan Athletic right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.306293 -1.125125 Worksop Town top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Team Stadium Altrincham Moss Lane Bangor City Farrar Road Barrow Holker Street Boston United York Street Buxton The Silverlands Fleetwood Highbury Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme Gateshead United Gateshead Youth Stadium 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 Stafford Rangers Marston Road Wigan Athletic Springfield Park Worksop Town Central Avenue Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Challenge Cup Stage Home team Score Away team 1st Leg Runcorn ?–? Stafford Rangers 2nd Leg Stafford Rangers ?–? Runcorn Aggregate Runcorn 2–1 Stafford Rangers Northern Premier League Shield Northern Premier League Shield Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. Home team Score Away team Wigan Athletic beat Runcorn FA Cup 1974–75 FA Cup Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only four teams reached for the second round: Second Round Home team Score Away team Altrincham 3–0 Gateshead United Stafford Rangers 2–1 Halifax Town Wigan Athletic 1–1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 3–1 Wigan Athletic Replay Third Round Home team Score Away team Everton 1–1 Altrincham Altrincham 0–2 Everton Replay Stafford Rangers 0–0 Rotherham United Rotherham United 0–2 Stafford Rangers Replay Fourth Round Home team Score Away team Stafford Rangers 1–2 Peterborough United FA Trophy 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 Goole Town 0–1 Matlock Town Scarborough 1–0 Wimbledon Wigan Athletic 0–1 Bedford Town Semi-finals Stage Home team Score Away team 1st Leg Matlock Town 0–1 Burton Albion 2nd Leg Burton Albion 0–2 Matlock Town Aggregate Matlock Town 2–1 Burton Albion 1st Leg Scarborough 3–1 Bedford Town 2nd Leg Bedford Town 1–3 Scarborough Aggregate Scarborough 6–2 Bedford Town Final Home team Score Away team Matlock Town 4–0 Scarborough End of the season At the end of the seventh season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for election received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. Football League elections Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of twelve non-League teams applied for election, four of which were from the Northern Premier League. All four Football League teams were re-elected.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League 23 April 2019 26 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesSwansea CityFootball League43Scunthorpe UnitedFootball League41DarlingtonFootball League32WorkingtonFootball League28Kettering TownSouthern League20Yeovil TownSouthern League8WimbledonSouthern League4Bedford TownSouthern League2Goole TownNorthern Premier League2ScarboroughNorthern Premier League2Gainsborough TrinityNorthern Premier League1Nuneaton BoroughSouthern League1Telford UnitedSouthern League1WeymouthSouthern League1Boston UnitedNorthern Premier League0Chelmsford CitySouthern League0 Promotion and relegation No clubs were promoted, conversely, none of the clubs were relegated. References External links Northern Premier League official website Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF Football Club History Database Category:Northern Premier League seasons 5