Northern Premier League 1978-79
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The 1978–79 Northern Premier League season was the 11th in the history of the Northern Premier League
, a football competition in England
.
1 The points system up until the 1982-83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
nor were automatically promoted. This season saw several sides leave the League to join the newly-formed Alliance Premier League, which would later become the Football Conference
. Altrincham, Scarborough, Boston United, Stafford Rangers, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City and Barrow all left, replaced by Southern League
sides Grantham
, Oswestry Town
, Burton Albion
and Tamworth
, as well as Cheshire County League
sides Witton Albion
and Marine
. No sides were relegated.
:
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
1 As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the NPL cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one...
, a football competition in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Teams
- AltrinchamAltrincham F.C.Altrincham Football Club is an English association football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Conference North, having been relegated from the Conference National at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:...
- Bangor CityBangor City F.C.Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992....
- BarrowBarrow A.F.C.Barrow A.F.C. are an English football club founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have...
- Boston UnitedBoston United F.C.Boston United Football Club are an association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They currently play in the Conference North. The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who fled from Boston to the USA and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's...
- BuxtonBuxton F.C.Buxton Football Club are an English football club based in Buxton, Derbyshire. They were established in 1877 and joined the Combination League in 1891. They then joined the Manchester League in 1899 and won the championship in 1932. They reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup in the 1951-52 season....
- Frickley AthleticFrickley Athletic F.C.Frickley Athletic F.C. are a football club based in South Elmsall, in West Yorkshire, England. They were established in 1910 as Frickley Colliery F.C., and changed to their present name in 1974.-History:...
- Gainsborough TrinityGainsborough Trinity F.C.Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304...
- GatesheadGateshead F.C.Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....
- Goole Town
- Lancaster CityLancaster City F.C.Lancaster City F.C. is an English football club based in Lancaster, Lancashire. The club are currently members of Northern Premier League Division One North and play at Giant Axe.-History:...
- Macclesfield TownMacclesfield Town F.C.Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...
- Matlock TownMatlock Town F.C.Matlock Town F.C. is an English football club based at Causeway Lane in Matlock, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in the late 1870s and have competed in the Central Alliance and the Midland Counties League before reaching the Northern Premier League.In the 1974–75 season the club won...
- MorecambeMorecambe F.C.Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...
- Mossley
- NetherfieldKendal Town F.C.Kendal Town F.C. is an English football club based in Kendal, Cumbria. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League and play at Parkside.-History:...
- Northwich VictoriaNorthwich Victoria F.C.Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club who play at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system.Northwich are an old club, founded in 1874 and named in honour of...
- Runcorn
- ScarboroughScarborough F.C.Scarborough Football Club was an English football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, with debts of £2.5 million.In the 2006–07 season...
- South LiverpoolSouth Liverpool F.C.South Liverpool F.C. are a football club from Liverpool, England. They are currently in the West Cheshire Amateur Football League and play their home matches at Jericho Lane. The club's colours are white shirts, black shorts and red socks.-First incarnation:...
- SouthportSouthport F.C.Southport Football Club are an English football club, based in Southport, Merseyside. They are currently in the Conference National, and play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6,008...
- Stafford RangersStafford Rangers F.C.Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts...
- WorkingtonWorkington A.F.C.Workington A.F.C. is an English football club from Workington, Cumbria. They are in the Conference North, and play their home matches at Borough Park, which has a capacity of 3,101 . The club play in red, and are known locally as the Reds...
- Worksop TownWorksop Town F.C.Worksop Town Football Club are a semi-professional English football club from Worksop, Nottinghamshire who play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division...
Final table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mossley | 44 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 117 | 48 | +69 | 69 |
| 2 | Altrincham | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 93 | 39 | +54 | 61 |
| 3 | Matlock Town | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 100 | 59 | +41 | 56 |
| 4 | Scarborough | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 52 |
| 5 | Southport | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 52 |
| 6 | Boston United | 44 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 52 |
| 7 | Runcorn | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 79 | 54 | +25 | 51 |
| 8 | Stafford Rangers | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 50 |
| 9 | Goole Town | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 61 | -5 | 49 |
| 10 | Northwich Victoria | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 47 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 46 |
| 12 | Bangor City | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 65 | 66 | -1 | 44 |
| 13 | Worksop Town | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 55 | 67 | -12 | 40 |
| 14 | Workington | 44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 62 | 74 | -12 | 39 |
| 15 | Netherfield | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 69 | -30 | 37 |
| 16 | Barrow | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 47 | 78 | -31 | 37 |
| 17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 52 | 67 | -15 | 36 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 65 | -10 | 35 |
| 19 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 58 | 70 | -12 | 35 |
| 20 | South Liverpool | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 85 | -37 | 34 |
| 21 | Gateshead | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | -21 | 33 |
| 22 | Buxton | 44 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 84 | -34 | 31 |
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 92 | -52 | 26 |
1 The points system up until the 1982-83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
Promotion and relegation
In the eleventh season of the Northern Premier League no sides applied for election to the Football LeagueThe Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
nor were automatically promoted. This season saw several sides leave the League to join the newly-formed Alliance Premier League, which would later become the Football Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
. Altrincham, Scarborough, Boston United, Stafford Rangers, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City and Barrow all left, replaced by Southern League
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
sides Grantham
Grantham Town F.C.
Grantham Town F.C. is a football club, based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South. They are nicknamed The Gingerbreads and they play their home matches at the South Kesteven Sports Stadium . They were established in August 1874...
, Oswestry Town
Oswestry Town F.C.
Oswestry Town F.C. was a football club, formerly playing in the League of Wales.The club was founded as Oswestry United in 1860, which meant they were one of the world's oldest football clubs. Matches were latterly played at Park Hall stadium, Oswestry, after a spell at Victoria Road...
, Burton Albion
Burton Albion F.C.
Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...
and Tamworth
Tamworth F.C.
Tamworth Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Nicknamed 'The Lambs', they are currently members of the Conference National, the fifth highest tier in the English league system....
, as well as Cheshire County League
Cheshire County League
The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties and North Wales....
sides Witton Albion
Witton Albion F.C.
Witton Albion F.C. are a football club based in Northwich, England. They were founded in 1887. They have won the Cheshire Senior Cup 11 times since 1902. Their most recent success in this competition was in 2006, when they defeated Stalybridge Celtic in the final. They have also reached the FA Cup...
and Marine
Marine F.C.
Marine Football Club is an English football club in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, which was founded in 1894, is a member of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations, and currently plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.Marine is notable for having the...
. No sides were relegated.
Cup Results
Challenge CupNorthern Premier League Challenge Cup
The Northern Premier League Challenge Cup is a knock-out cup competition organised by the Northern Premier League....
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- Mossley 4-1 Northwich Victoria
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Altrincham 1 bt. Mossley
1 As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the NPL cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.