1972–73 Northern Premier League

October 2015 October 2015 Northern Premier League 1972–73 Boston United None Ellesmere Port Town 552 1503 Stafford Rangers 7–0 Barrow(16 September 1972) South Shields (2) 1–5 Lancaster City(30 December 1972) Barrow 0–4 Bradford Park Avenue(17 March 1973) Great Harwood 6–3 Fleetwood(9 October 1972) 7 matchesBoston United(27 September 1972 – 21 October 1972) 32 matchesBoston United(12 August 1972 – 24 February 1973) 13 matchesLancaster City(27 December 1971 – 25 September 1972) Fleetwood(10 February 1973 – 4 May 1973) 8 matchesMatlock Town(2 September 1972 – 7 October 1972) 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 Northern Premier League was the fifth 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 12 August 1972 and concluded on 4 May 1973.The Football Archives 72–73 http://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/competition.php?CID=13&Season=1972-1973 The Football Archives Overview The League featured twenty-four teams for the second consecutive season. Team changes The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season: Chorley resigned, demoted to Cheshire County League Kirkby Town relegated to Lancashire Combination The following two clubs joined the League at the start of the season: Mossley promoted from Cheshire County League Barrow not re-elected to Football League Fourth Division League table main WDL QR y 2 BOS Boston United SCA Scarborough WIG Wigan Athletic ALT Altrincham BPA Bradford Park Avenue STA Stafford Rangers GAI Gainsborough Trinity NOR Northwich Victoria NET Netherfield MAC Macclesfield Town EPT Ellesmere Port Town SKU Skelmersdale United BAN Bangor City MOS Mossley MOR Morecambe GHA Great Harwood SLI South Liverpool RUN Runcorn GOO Goole Town SSH South Shields MAT Matlock Town LNC Lancaster City BRW Barrow FLE Fleetwood 27 16 3 88 34 C 26 9 11 72 39 23 14 9 69 38 22 16 8 75 55 19 17 10 63 50 20 11 15 63 46 18 13 15 70 50 17 15 14 74 62 20 9 17 68 65 16 16 14 58 47 18 11 17 52 56 R 15 16 15 58 59 16 13 17 70 60 17 11 18 70 73 17 11 18 62 70 14 15 17 63 74 12 19 15 47 57 15 12 19 75 78 13 13 20 64 73 17 4 25 64 81 11 11 24 42 80 10 11 25 53 78 12 6 28 52 101 5 15 26 31 77 R #FFCCCC Relegated to Lancashire Combination 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. 4 May 1973 The Football Archives Results main FBR grey ALT BAN BRW BOS BPA EPT FLE GAI GOO GHA LNC MAC MAT MOR MOS NET NOR RUN SCA SKU SLI SSH STA WIG Altrincham Bangor City Barrow Boston United Bradford Park Avenue Ellesmere Port Town Fleetwood Town Gainsborough Trinity Goole Town Great Harwood Lancaster City Macclesfield Town Matlock Town Morecambe Mossley Netherfield Northwich Victoria Runcorn Scarborough Skelmersdale United South Liverpool South Shields Stafford Rangers Wigan Athletic 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 4–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–4 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–4 3–1 0–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 4–1 4–3 3–0 5–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 5–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 2–3 3–1 0–2 6–3 4–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–3 3–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 4–3 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–4 1–4 4–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 1–4 3–1 4–2 3–3 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 6–2 2–1 1–1 4–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 6–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 1–4 2–0 2–4 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–4 3–3 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 5–0 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–5 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 7–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 4–2 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 4 May 1973 The Football Archives May 1973 Stadia and locations Northern England right 675 Locations of the 1972–73 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 53.783605 -1.769383 Bradford Park Avenue top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Northern England 53.272701 -2.881362 Ellesmere Port Town left Arrows 12x12 e.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 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 right Arrows 12x12 w.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 left Arrows 12x12 e.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 bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Northern England 53.357828 -2.889871 South Liverpool left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 54.970771 -1.458480 South Shields 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 Club Stadium Altrincham Moss Lane Bangor City Farrar Road Barrow Holker Street Boston United York Street Bradford Park Avenue Park Avenue Ellesmere Port Town Ellesmere Port 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 Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Challenge Cup Stage Home team Score Away team 1st Leg Northwich Victoria ?–? Wigan Athletic 2nd Leg Wigan Athletic ?–? Northwich Victoria Aggregate Northwich Victoria 3–2 Wigan Athletic 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 Boston United beat Northwich Victoria FA Cup 1972–73 FA Cup Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only three teams reached the second round: Second Round Home team Score Away team Bangor City 2–3 York City Notts County 2–1 Lancaster City Scarborough 1–2 Doncaster Rovers FA Trophy 1972–73 FA Trophy Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, five teams reached the fourth round: Fourth Round Home team Score Away team Bangor City 2–3 Ashford Town (Kent) Morecambe 1–1 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 0–0 Morecambe Replay Wigan Athletic 1–0 Morecambe 2nd Replay Scarborough 2–0 Chelmsford City Stafford Rangers 4–1 Bedford Town Semi-finals Home team Score Away team Ashford Town (Kent) 0–1 Scarborough Wigan Athletic 0–0 Stafford Rangers Wigan Athletic 1–0 Stafford Rangers Replay Final Home team Score Away team Scarborough 2–1 Wigan Athletic End of the season At the end of the fifth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for election received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. Ellesmere Port Town resigned the league. Football League elections Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of ten non-League teams applied for election, two 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 22 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 ClubLeagueVotesColchester UnitedFootball League48Northampton TownFootball League43Crewe AlexandraFootball League36DarlingtonFootball League26Yeovil TownSouthern League14Kettering TownSouthern League12Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League10Chelmsford CitySouthern League4Cambridge CitySouthern League1Nuneaton BoroughSouthern League1Telford UnitedSouthern League1Bedford TownSouthern League0Boston UnitedNorthern Premier League0WimbledonSouthern League0 Promotion and relegation The following club left the League at the end of the season: Ellesmere Port Town resigned, demoted to Lancashire Combination The following club joined the League the following season: Buxton promoted from Cheshire County League References External links Northern Premier League official website Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF Football Club History Database Category:Northern Premier League seasons 5