1968–69 Northern Premier League

October 2015 October 2015 Northern Premier League 1968–69 Macclesfield Town None AshingtonChorleyWorksop Town 380 1230 Altrincham 8–1 Northwich Victoria(25 January 1969) South Liverpool 1–7 Bangor City(28 August 1968) Goole Town 1–7 Bangor City(1 February 1969) Ashington 0–6 Chorley(19 April 1969) Bangor City 7–3 Ashington(8 February 1969) South Shields 8–2 Runcorn(15 February 1969) 10 matchesSouth Shields(8 February 1969 – 12 April 1969) 14 matchesWigan Athletic(10 August 1968 – 12 October 1968)Macclesfield Town(28 September 1968 – 4 January 1969) 12 matchesNetherfield(17 August 1968 – 26 October 1968) 8 matchesAshington(25 January 1969 – 5 April 1969) 1969–70 The 1968–69 Northern Premier League was the inaugural 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 10 August 1968 and concluded on 10 May 1969.The Football Archives 68–69 http://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/competition.php?CID=13&Season=1968-1969 The Football Archives Overview The League featured twenty teams transferred from the Cheshire County League, the Lancashire Combination, the Midland League, the North Regional League and the West Midlands (Regional) League. Founding teams Cheshire County League 18em Altrincham Bangor City Hyde United Macclesfield Town Northwich Victoria Runcorn Wigan Athletic Lancashire Combination 18em Chorley Fleetwood Morecambe Netherfield South Liverpool Midland League 18em Gainsborough Trinity Goole Town Scarborough Worksop Town North Regional League 18em Ashington Gateshead South Shields West Midlands (Regional) League 18em Boston United League table main WDL QR y 2 MAC Macclesfield Town WIG Wigan Athletic MOR Morecambe GAI Gainsborough Trinity SSH South Shields BAN Bangor City HYD Hyde United GOO Goole Town ALT Altrincham FLE Fleetwood GAT Gateshead SLI South Liverpool NOR Northwich Victoria BOS Boston United RUN Runcorn NET Netherfield SCA Scarborough ASH Ashington CHO Chorley WOK Worksop Town 27 6 5 82 38 C 18 12 8 59 41 16 14 8 64 37 19 8 11 64 43 19 8 11 78 56 18 9 11 102 64 16 10 12 71 65 15 10 13 80 78 14 10 14 69 52 16 6 16 58 58 14 9 15 42 48 12 13 13 56 66 16 5 17 59 82 14 8 16 59 65 12 11 15 59 63 12 4 22 51 69 9 10 19 49 68 10 8 20 48 74 R 8 9 21 46 75 R 6 8 24 34 88 R RN RL RM #FFCCCC Relegation to Northern Alliance #FFCCCC Relegation to Lancashire Combination #FFCCCC Relegation to Midland League 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 a losing. 10 May 1969 The Football Archives.Com Results main FBR grey ALT ASH BAN BOS CHO FLE GAI GAT GOO HYD MAC MOR NET NOR RUN SCA SLI SSH WIG WOK Altrincham Ashington Bangor City Boston United Chorley Fleetwood Gainsborough Trinity Gateshead Goole Town Hyde United Macclesfield Town Morecambe Netherfield Northwich Victoria Runcorn Scarborough South Liverpool South Shields Wigan Athletic Worksop Town 6–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 8–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–2 1–2 4–0 0–6 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 5–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 4–3 7–3 5–2 5–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 4–3 3–3 0–0 2–2 6–0 4–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 3–3 6–1 2–1 0–2 2–6 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 6–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 5–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–5 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–2 0–3 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–3 5–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 6–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 6–2 3–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 5–2 1–7 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 5–2 0–5 3–1 5–0 3–0 2–3 2–2 1–3 1–1 4–2 2–0 5–1 2–7 4–0 4–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–3 2–1 5–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–4 1–1 1–3 4–5 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–4 5–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 2–5 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 6–0 1–7 3–0 5–3 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–4 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–3 0–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–4 3–1 1–0 6–2 8–2 2–2 5–0 1–0 5–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–3 0–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 2–6 1–3 4–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–4 0–1 3–1 1–1 10 May 1969 The Football Archives May 1969 Stadia and locations Northern England right 600 Locations of the 1968–69 Northern Premier League teams Northern England 53.383436 -2.335158 Altrincham right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 55.184600 -1.571700 Ashington left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.224167 -4.131389 Bangor City right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 52.976755 0.018816 Boston United left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.645550 -2.629206 Chorley 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 54.952283 -1.630517 Gateshead bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Northern England 53.703148 -0.880842 Goole Town left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Northern England 53.450631 -2.068179 Hyde United right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.242828 -2.127114 Macclesfield Town right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 54.067545 -2.847084 Morecambe 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 53.357828 -2.889871 South Liverpool top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Northern England 54.970771 -1.458480 South Shields 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 bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Team Stadium Altrincham Moss Lane Ashington Portland Park Boston United York Street Bangor City Farrar Road Chorley Victory Park Fleetwood Highbury Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme Gateshead Redheugh Park Goole Town Victoria Pleasure Ground Hyde United Ewen Fields Macclesfield Town Moss Rose Morecambe Christie Park Netherfield Parkside Northwich Victoria Drill Field Runcorn Canal Street Scarborough Athletic Ground South Liverpool Holly Park South Shields Simonside Hall Wigan Athletic Springfield Park Worksop Town Central Avenue Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Challenge Cup Stage Home team Score Away team Attendance 1st Leg Bangor City 3–1 Runcorn 2nd Leg Runcorn 1–2 Bangor City 2260 Aggregate Bangor City 5–2 Runcorn FA Cup 1968–69 FA Cup Out of the twenty clubs from the Northern Premier League only Morecambe reached for the second round: Second Round Home team Score Away team York City 2–0 Morecambe End of the season At the end of the first season of the Northern Premier League none of the clubs decided to put their teams forward to be promoted to the Football League. Chorley and Worksop Town were both relegated. Ashington resigned the League, due to financial difficulties. Football League elections Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of ten non-League teams applied for election, none 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 24 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 TeamLeagueVotesGrimsby TownFootball League47York CityFootball League45Bradford Park AvenueFootball League38Newport CountyFootball League27Cambridge UnitedSouthern League16Kettering TownSouthern League3Cambridge CitySouthern League2Hereford UnitedSouthern League2RomfordSouthern League2Bedford TownSouthern League1Chelmsford CitySouthern League1Worcester CitySouthern League1Nuneaton BoroughSouthern League0WimbledonSouthern League0 Promotion and relegation The following three clubs left the League at the end of the season: Ashington resigned, demoted to Northern Alliance Chorley relegated to Lancashire Combination Worksop Town relegated to Midland League (1889) The following three clubs joined the League the following season: Stafford Rangers promoted from Cheshire County League Great Harwood promoted from Lancashire Combination Matlock Town promoted from Midland League (1889) References External links Northern Premier League official website Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF Football Club History Database Category:Northern Premier League seasons 5