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1977–78 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League
Season1977–78
ChampionsBoston United
PromotedWigan Athletic
RelegatedGreat Harwood
Matches played552
Goals scored1,648 (2.99 per match)
Biggest home winGateshead 8–0 South Liverpool[1]
(14 February 1978)
Biggest away winSouth Liverpool 0–5 Northwich Victoria[1]
(10 September 1977)
Lancaster City 1–6 Wigan Athletic[1]
(22 October 1977)
Highest scoringBoston United 7–3 Frickley Athletic[1]
(25 February 1978)
Longest winning run10 matches
Bangor City
(11 March 1978 – 18 April 1978)
Longest unbeaten run26 matches
Wigan Athletic
(11 October 1977 – 5 April 1978)
Longest winless run12 matches
Barrow
(27 August 1977 – 22 October 1977)
Lancaster City
(26 November 1977 – 11 March 1978)
Longest losing run6 matches
Workington
(12 October 1977 – 19 November 1977)
Buxton
(1 April 1978 – 24 April 1978)

The 1977–78 Northern Premier League was the tenth 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 21 August 1976 and concluded on 7 May 1978.[1]

Overview

The League featured twenty-four teams.

Team changes

The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:

The following club joined the League at the start of the season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Boston United (C) 46 31 9 6 85 35 +50 71
2 Wigan Athletic (P) 46 25 15 6 83 45 +38 65 Promoted to Football League Fourth Division
3 Bangor City 46 26 10 10 92 50 +42 62
4 Scarborough 46 26 10 10 80 39 +41 62
5 Altrincham 46 22 15 9 84 49 +35 59
6 Northwich Victoria 46 22 14 10 83 55 +28 58
7 Stafford Rangers 46 22 13 11 71 41 +30 57
8 Runcorn 46 19 18 9 70 44 +26 56
9 Mossley 46 22 11 13 85 73 +12 55
10 Matlock Town 46 21 12 13 79 60 +19 54
11 Lancaster City 46 15 14 17 66 82 −16 44
12 Frickley Athletic 46 15 12 19 77 81 −4 42
13 Barrow 46 14 12 20 58 61 −3 40
14 Goole Town 46 15 9 22 60 68 −8 39
15 Great Harwood 46 13 13 20 66 83 −17 39 Club Folded.
16 Gainsborough Trinity 46 14 10 22 61 74 −13 38
17 Gateshead 46 16 5 25 65 74 −9 37
18 Netherfield 46 11 13 22 50 80 −30 35
19 Workington 46 13 8 25 48 80 −32 34
20 Worksop Town 46 12 10 24 45 84 −39 34
21 Morecambe 46 11 11 24 67 92 −25 33
22 Macclesfield Town 46 12 9 25 60 92 −32 33
23 Buxton 46 13 6 27 60 95 −35 32
24 South Liverpool 46 9 7 30 53 111 −58 25
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 1978. Source: The Football Archives
Rules for classification: 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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away ALT BAN BRW BOS BUX FRK GAI GAT GOO GHA LNC MAC MAT MOR MOS NET NOR RUN SCA SLI STA WIG WRK WOK
Altrincham 3–3 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 5–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 4–0
Bangor City 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 5–2 4–1 4–2 2–1 5–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 6–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0
Barrow 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0
Boston United 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 7–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 5–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 6–0 4–0
Buxton 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 5–1 4–3 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–3 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 7–0
Frickley Athletic 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 4–3 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 7–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 4–2 0–2 4–0 1–2 0–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–2
Gateshead United 5–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–4 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 8–0 0–3 0–3 2–3 1–1
Goole Town 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–0 3–4 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–2
Great Harwood 0–2 7–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 5–2 1–2 4–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–0
Lancaster City 2–1 1–1 4–3 2–2 0–1 1–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–6 1–0 2–0
Macclesfield Town 3–3 0–2 5–0 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–4 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–1
Matlock Town 3–4 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 5–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–1
Morecambe 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 0–1 1–5 4–1 1–2 1–1 3–5 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–3 2–2
Mossley 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 5–4 3–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 5–0 2–1
Netherfield 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–5 4–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Northwich Victoria 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 5–4 4–0 2–1 0–0 5–2 3–0 2–5 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 5–2
Runcorn 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 4–0 0–2 0–0 6–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0
Scarborough 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 5–3 1–0 2–1 6–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 4–0
South Liverpool 0–1 0–4 2–4 1–2 4–3 3–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 3–2 3–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–5 2–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0
Stafford Rangers 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 5–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 3–0
Wigan Athletic 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–4 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0
Workington 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–4 0–0
Worksop Town 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–5 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 1978. Source: The Football Archives
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 1977–78 Northern Premier League teams
Team Stadium
Altrincham Moss Lane
Bangor City Farrar Road
Barrow Holker Street
Boston United York Street
Buxton The Silverlands
Frickley Athletic Westfield Lane
Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme
Gateshead United Gateshead Youth Stadium
Goole Town Victoria Pleasure Ground
Great Harwood The Showground
Lancaster City Giant 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
South Liverpool Holly Park
Stafford Rangers Marston Road
Wigan Athletic Springfield Park
Workington Borough Park
Worksop Town Central Avenue

Cup results

Challenge Cup

Main article: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
Home Team Score Away Team
Matlock Town 3–0 Boston United

Northern Premier League Shield

Main article: Northern Premier League Shield

Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Home Team Score Away Team
Matlock Town beat Boston United

FA Cup

Main article: 1977–78 FA Cup

Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only two teams reached the second round:

Second Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Scarborough
Scarborough 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Replay
Hartlepool United 4–2 Runcorn

Third Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Scarborough

FA Trophy

Main article: 1977–78 FA Trophy

Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, two teams reached the fourth round:

Fourth Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Altrincham 4–2 Winsford United
Merthyr Tydfil 0–0 Runcorn
Runcorn 3–2 Merthyr Tydfil

Semi-finals

Stage Home Team Score Away Team
1st Leg Altrincham 0–0 Runcorn
2nd Leg Runcorn 0–1 Altrincham
Aggregate Altrincham 1–0 Runcorn

Final

Home Team Score Away Team
Altrincham 3–1 Leatherhead

End of the season

At the end of the tenth season of the Northern Premier League, Wigan Athletic who was put forward for election, received enough votes, on the second round of voting, to be promoted to the Football League. Great Harwood folded Great Harwood Town replaced in Lancashire Combination

Football League elections

Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, two non-League teams, one from the Northern Premier League and the other from the Southern League, applied to be elected. Three out of the four Football League teams were re-elected. Wigan Athletic from the Northern Premier League tied with Southport from the Football League on the first round of voting. A second round was then implemented with Wigan Athletic gaining promotion, replacing Southport from the Football League as they did not receive enough votes. Southport was subsequently relegated to the Northern Premier League.[2]

Club League First
round
votes		 Second
round
votes
York City Football League Division Four 49
Rochdale Football League Division Four 39
Hartlepool United Football League Division Four 37
Wigan Athletic Northern Premier League 26 29
Southport Football League Division Four 26 20
Bath City Southern League 23

Promotion and relegation

The number of clubs reduced from twenty-four clubs to twenty-three clubs for the following season.

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season:

The following club joined the League the following season:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "The Football Archives 77–78". The Football Archives.
  2. ^ A history of admission to the Football League
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