1970–71 Northern Premier League

October 2015 October 2015 Northern Premier League 1970–71 Wigan Athletic None None 462 1466 Wigan Athletic 7–0 Goole Town(22 August 1970) Fleetwood 1–6 Great Harwood(30 January 1971) Great Harwood 0–5 Fleetwood(8 March 1971) Great Harwood 5–7 Stafford Rangers(31 October 1970) 9 matchesNorthwich Victoria(13 February 1971 – 9 April 1971) 16 matchesWigan Athletic(9 October 1970 – 20 February 1971) 14 matchesKirkby Town(13 February 1971 – 28 April 1971) 6 matchesRuncorn(15 August 1970 – 5 September 1970) Netherfield(23 September 1970 – 23 October 1970) Goole Town(28 December 1970 – 20 February 1971) 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 Northern Premier League was the third 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 1970 and concluded on 8 May 1971.The Football Archives 70–71 http://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/competition.php?CID=13&Season=1970-1971 The Football Archives Overview The League was expanded this season, for the first time, from twenty teams to twenty-two teams. Team changes The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season: Hyde United resigned, demoted to Cheshire County League Gateshead relegated to Wearside Football League The following four clubs joined the League at the start of the season: Bradford Park Avenue relegated from Football League Fourth Division. Chorley promoted from Lancashire Combination (returning after a year's absence) Kirkby Town promoted from Lancashire Combination Lancaster City promoted from Lancashire Combination League table main WDL QR y 2 WIG Wigan Athletic STA Stafford Rangers SCA Scarborough BOS Boston United MAC Macclesfield Town NOR Northwich Victoria BAN Bangor City ALT Altrincham SLI South Liverpool CHO Chorley GAI Gainsborough Trinity MOR Morecambe SSH South Shields BPA Bradford Park Avenue LNC Lancaster City NET Netherfield MAT Matlock Town FLE Fleetwood GHA Great Harwood RUN Runcorn KIR Kirkby Town GOO Goole Town 27 13 2 91 32 C 27 7 8 87 51 23 12 7 83 40 22 12 8 69 31 23 10 9 84 45 22 5 15 71 55 19 10 13 72 61 19 10 13 80 76 15 15 12 67 57 14 14 14 58 61 15 11 16 65 63 14 11 17 67 79 12 14 16 67 66 15 8 19 54 73 12 12 18 53 76 13 9 20 59 57 10 13 19 58 80 10 11 21 56 90 8 13 21 66 98 10 5 27 58 84 6 13 23 57 93 10 4 28 44 98 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. 8 May 1971 The Football Archives Results main FBR grey ALT BAN BOS BPA CHO FLE GAI GOO GHA KIR LNC MAC MAT MOR NET NOR RUN SCA SLI SSH STA WIG Altrincham Bangor City Boston United Bradford Park Avenue Chorley Fleetwood Gainsborough Trinity Goole Town Great Harwood Kirkby Town Lancaster City Macclesfield Town Matlock Town Morecambe Netherfield Northwich Victoria Runcorn Scarborough South Liverpool South Shields Stafford Rangers Wigan Athletic 3–1 0–0 1–0 4–4 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–2 5–0 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–2 5–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 3–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 6–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–5 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–2 5–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 4–1 4–0 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–3 5–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–6 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–2 5–0 2–3 1–2 1–4 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–5 0–1 1–1 3–4 0–4 2–3 2–3 0–5 2–1 6–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 5–7 2–2 4–5 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–1 5–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–6 1–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 6–0 2–2 4–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–4 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 2–2 5–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–4 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 6–2 1–2 4–3 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 4–2 2–3 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–2 4–0 4–1 2–1 5–2 0–2 6–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–4 4–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–4 2–3 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–5 0–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 6–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 4–4 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 5–2 1–2 3–1 5–1 4–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 3–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–3 2–2 5–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 5–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 5–0 7–0 3–1 3–3 4–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 8 May 1971 The Football Archives May 1971 Stadia and locations Northern England right 675 Locations of the 1970–71 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 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 53.645550 -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 53.789195 -2.391113 Great Harwood left Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.450631 -2.068179 Hyde United right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Northern England 53.479751 -2.871216 Kirkby Town right Arrows 12x12 w.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 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 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 Team Stadium Altrincham Moss Lane Bangor City Farrar Road Boston United York Street Bradford Park Avenue Park Avenue Chorley Victory Park Fleetwood Highbury Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme Goole Town Victoria Pleasure Ground Great Harwood The Showground Kirkby Town Simonswood Lane Lancaster City Great Axe Macclesfield Town Moss Rose Matlock Town Causeway Lane Morecambe Christie Park Netherfield Parkside Northwich Victoria Drill Field Runcorn Canal Street Scarborough Athletic Ground 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 Venue Notes 1st Leg Fleetwood Town 2-2 Macclesfield Town Highbury scorers for Fleetwood Armstrong and Morley 2nd Leg Macclesfield Town 0-0 Fleetwood Town Moss Rose Replay Fleetwood Town 1–0 Macclesfield Town Springfield Park (Wigan Athletic) scorer Tony Hallam assist Derek Armstrong FA Cup 1970–71 FA Cup Out of the twenty-two clubs from the Northern Premier League, only Wigan Athletic reached for the second round: Second Round Home team Score Away team Wigan Athletic 2–1 Peterborough United Third Round Home team Score Away team Manchester City 1–0 Wigan Athletic FA Trophy 1970–71 FA Trophy Out of the twenty-two clubs from the Northern Premier League, only Macclesfield Town reached for the fourth round: Fourth Round Home team Score Away team Hereford United 2–0 Macclesfield Town End of the season At the end of the third season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward, for election, received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated. Football League elections Alongside the four Football League clubs facing re-election, a total of twelve non-League clubs applied for election, three 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 21 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 ClubLeagueVotesLincoln CityFootball League47BarrowFootball League38HartlepoolFootball League33Newport CountyFootball League33Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League14Cambridge CitySouthern League2Telford UnitedSouthern League2Yeovil TownSouthern League2Boston UnitedNorthern Premier League1RomfordSouthern League1Bradford Park AvenueNorthern Premier League1GatesheadWearside League1Bedford TownSouthern League0Chelmsford CitySouthern League0Hillingdon BoroughSouthern League0Kettering TownSouthern League0 Promotion and relegation The League expanding from twenty-two clubs to twenty-four clubs for the following season. The following two clubs joined the League the following season: Skelmersdale United promoted from Cheshire County League Ellesmere Port Town 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