1978–79 Northern Premier League

October 2020 October 2015 Northern Premier League 1978–79 Mossley AltrinchamScarboroughBoston UnitedStafford RangersNorthwich VictoriaBangor CityBarrow none 506 1414 Stafford Rangers 7–0 Netherfield(11 November 1978) Workington 0–6 Mossley(31 January 1979) Lancaster City 5–3 Macclesfield Town(25 November 1978) 7 matchesMossley(20 January 1979 – 24 March 1979) 18 matchesMossley(25 November 1978 – 14 April 1979) 19 matchesGateshead(23 September 1978 – 5 March 1979) 6 matchesNetherfield(11 November 1978 – 16 December 1978) Macclesfield Town(25 November 1978 – 24 February 1979) Macclesfield Town(18 April 1979 – 28 April 1979) 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 Northern Premier League was the eleventh 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 19 August 1978 and concluded on 21 May 1979.The Football Archives 78–79 http://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/competition.php?CID=13&Season=1978-1979 The Football Archives Overview The League featured twenty-three clubs. Team changes The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season: Wigan Athletic promoted to Football League Fourth Division Great Harwood folded The following club joined the League at the start of the season: Southport demoted from Football League Fourth Division League table main WDL QR auto 2 MOS Mossley ALT Altrincham MAT Matlock Town SCA Scarborough SOU Southport BOS Boston United RUN Runcorn STA Stafford Rangers GOO Goole Town NOR Northwich Victoria LNC Lancaster City BAN Bangor City WKS Worksop Town WRK Workington NET Netherfield BRW Barrow GAI Gainsborough Trinity MOR Morecambe FRK Frickley Athletic SLI South Liverpool GAT Gateshead BUX Buxton MAC Macclesfield Town 32 5 7 117 48 C 25 11 8 93 39 P 24 8 12 100 59 19 14 11 61 44 p 19 14 11 62 49 17 18 9 40 33 P 21 9 14 79 54 18 14 12 67 41 P 17 15 12 56 61 18 11 15 64 52 P 17 12 15 62 54 15 14 15 65 66 P 13 14 17 55 67 16 7 21 62 74 13 11 20 39 69 14 9 21 47 78 P 12 12 20 52 67 11 13 20 55 65 13 9 22 58 70 12 10 22 48 85 11 11 22 42 63 11 9 24 50 84 8 10 26 40 92 C C C C C C C green1 Promoted to Alliance Premier League 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. 21 May 1979 The Football Archives Results main FBR grey ALT BAN BRW BOS BUX FRK GAI GAT GOO LNC MAC MAT MOR MOS NET NOR RUN SCA SLI SOU STA WRK WOK Altrincham Bangor City Barrow Boston United Buxton Frickley Athletic Gainsborough Trinity Gateshead United Goole Town Lancaster City Macclesfield Town Matlock Town Morecambe Mossley Netherfield Northwich Victoria Runcorn Scarborough South Liverpool Southport Stafford Rangers Workington Worksop Town 3–2 4–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–3 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–3 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–4 1–6 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–5 3–3 2–4 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–4 5–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–6 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 6–0 1–3 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–4 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–4 3–1 0–1 0–2 4–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 5–3 0–0 4–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–5 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–4 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–3 4–1 2–2 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 3–2 2–3 6–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 5–1 1–1 2–4 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 3–0 6–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 2–0 3–3 5–1 3–1 5–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–3 4–2 2–2 6–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–6 0–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 6–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–3 6–0 2–3 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 4–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 7–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–4 3–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–6 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–2 6–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–5 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 21 May 1979 The Football Archives May 1979 Stadia and locations Northern England right 675 Locations of the 1978–79 Northern Premier League teams Northern England 53.383436 -2.335158 Altrincham 80 top Northern England 53.224167 -4.131389 Bangor City 80 right Northern England 54.123333 -3.235000 Barrow 80 left Northern England 52.976755 0.018816 Boston United 80 left Northern England 53.256635 -1.906555 Buxton 80 right Northern England 53.588000 -1.292194 Frickley Athletic 80 left Northern England 53.403397 -0.774525 Gainsborough Trinity 80 right Northern England 54.961025 -1.579672 Gateshead United 80 left Northern England 53.703148 -0.880842 Goole Town 80 left Northern England 54.051057 -2.810889 Lancaster City 80 right Northern England 53.242828 -2.127114 Macclesfield Town 80 bottom Northern England 53.137075 -1.551715 Matlock Town 80 right Northern England 54.067545 -2.847084 Morecambe 80 left Northern England 53.516412 -2.044307 Mossley 80 left Northern England 54.320474 -2.736481 Netherfield 80 top Northern England 53.258283 -2.510747 Northwich Victoria 80 left Northern England 53.341841 -2.722481 Runcorn 80 right Northern England 54.265534 -0.418267 Scarborough 80 left Northern England 53.357828 -2.889871 South Liverpool 80 top Northern England 53.638089 -2.978856 Southport 80 right Northern England 52.818542 -2.116858 Stafford Rangers 80 left Northern England 54.648714 -3.551050 Workington 80 right Northern England 53.306293 -1.125125 Worksop Town 80 top Club StadiumAltrinchamMoss LaneBangor CityFarrar RoadBarrowHolker StreetBoston UnitedYork StreetBuxtonThe SilverlandsFrickley AthleticWestfield LaneGainsborough TrinityThe NortholmeGateshead UnitedGateshead Youth StadiumGoole TownVictoria Pleasure GroundLancaster CityGreat AxeMacclesfield TownMoss RoseMatlock TownCauseway LaneMorecambeChristie ParkMossleySeel ParkNetherfieldParksideNorthwich VictoriaDrill FieldRuncornCanal StreetScarboroughAthletic GroundSouth LiverpoolHolly ParkSouthportHaig AvenueStafford RangersMarston RoadWorkingtonBorough ParkWorksop TownCentral Avenue Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Challenge Cup Home team Score Away teamMossley4–1Northwich Victoria Northern Premier League Shield Northern Premier League Shield Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the Challenge Cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL. Home team Score Away teamAltrinchambeatMossley FA Cup 1978–79 FA Cup Only two of the twenty-four Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round: Second Round Home team Score Away teamDroylsden0–2AltrinchamYork City3–0Scarborough Third Round Home team Score Away teamTottenham Hotspur1–1AltrinchamAltrincham0–3Tottenham HotspurReplay FA Trophy 1978–79 FA Trophy Two of the twenty-four Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round: Fourth Round Home team Score Away teamBishop Auckland1–1Stafford RangersStafford Rangers3–1Bishop AucklandReplayRuncorn2–1Hayes Semi-finals Stage Home team Score Away team1st LegRuncorn1–2Stafford Rangers2nd LegStafford Rangers1–1RuncornAggregateStafford Rangers3–2Runcorn Final Home team Score Away teamStafford Rangers2–0Kettering Town End of the season At the end of the eleventh season of the Northern Premier League, Altrincham who was put forward for election did not receive enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. The Alliance Premier League was established as a new, national top division of non-League football. Seven Northern Premier League clubs and thirteen clubs from the Premier Division of the Southern League joined the newly created Alliance Premier League. The remaining clubs in the Northern Premier League had effectively been relegated down one tier in the English football league system. Football League elections Alongside the four Football League clubs facing re-election, two non-League clubs, one from the Northern Premier League and the other from the Southern League, applied to be elected. All four Football League clubs 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 16 May 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 ClubLeagueVotesDoncaster RoversFootball League Division Four50Crewe AlexandraFootball League Division Four49DarlingtonFootball League Division Four43Halifax TownFootball League Division Four37AltrinchamNorthern Premier League13Kettering TownSouthern League Premier Division12 Promotion and relegation The number of clubs reduced from twenty-three to twenty-two for the following season. The following seven clubs left the league at the end of the season: Altrincham promoted to Alliance Premier League Bangor City promoted to Alliance Premier League Barrow promoted to Alliance Premier League Boston United promoted to Alliance Premier League Northwich Victoria promoted to Alliance Premier League Scarborough promoted to Alliance Premier League Stafford Rangers promoted to Alliance Premier League The following six clubs joined the league the following season: Burton Albion promoted from Southern League Division One North Grantham promoted from Southern League Division One North Marine promoted from Cheshire County League Division One Oswestry Town promoted from Southern League Division One North Tamworth promoted from Southern League Division One North Witton Albion promoted from Cheshire County League Division One References External links Northern Premier League official website Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF Football Club History Database Category:Northern Premier League seasons 5