1982–83 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1982–83 was the fourth season of the Alliance Premier League.

Alliance Premier League

Season	1982–83
Champions	Enfield (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Runners-up	Maidstone United
Relegated to Level 6	Barrow, Stafford Rangers
Promoted for the next season	Gateshead, Kidderminster Harriers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,440 (3.12 per match)
Biggest home win	Maidstone United – Scarborough 6–0; Maidstone United – Trowbridge Town 6–0; Runcorn – Kettering Town 6–0; 6–0 Wealdstone – Barnet
Biggest away win	Barrow – Telford United 0–5
Highest scoring	Boston United – Yeovil Town 6–3; Northwich Victoria – Trowbridge Town 6–3
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

New teams in the league this season

• Bangor City (promoted 1981–82)
• Nuneaton Borough (promoted 1981–82)
• Wealdstone (promoted 1981–82)

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Enfield	42	16	3	2	57	21	9	6	6	38	27	+47	84	Alliance Premier League Champions, no promotion
2	Maidstone United	42	17	1	3	55	13	8	7	6	28	21	+49	83
3	Wealdstone	42	13	5	3	45	17	9	8	4	35	24	+39	79
4	Runcorn	42	15	5	1	50	21	7	3	11	23	32	+20	74	Alliance Premier League Cup winners
5	Boston United	42	14	5	2	46	25	6	7	8	31	32	+20	72
6	Telford United	42	16	3	2	46	17	4	8	9	23	31	+21	71	FA Trophy winners
7	Weymouth	42	13	6	2	37	14	7	4	10	26	34	+15	70
8	Northwich Victoria	42	15	5	1	48	22	3	5	13	20	41	+5	64
9	Scarborough	42	10	6	5	39	23	7	6	8	32	35	+13	63
10	Bath City	42	12	3	6	41	25	5	6	10	17	30	+3	60
11	Nuneaton Borough	42	11	6	4	36	20	4	7	10	21	40	−3	58
12	Altrincham	42	13	5	3	40	17	2	5	14	22	39	+6	55
13	Bangor City	42	8	9	4	33	29	6	4	11	38	48	−6	55
14	Dagenham	42	5	9	7	30	26	7	6	8	30	39	−5	51
15	Barnet	42	9	3	9	37	39	7	0	14	18	39	−23	51
16	Frickley Athletic	42	11	6	4	41	25	1	7	13	25	52	−11	49
17	Worcester City	42	10	7	4	43	33	2	3	16	15	54	−29	46
18	Trowbridge Town	42	9	5	7	31	30	3	2	16	25	58	−32	43
19	Kettering Town	42	9	5	7	45	37	2	2	17	24	62	−30	40
20	Yeovil Town	42	10	4	7	37	36	1	3	17	26	63	−36	40
21	Barrow	42	7	4	10	26	35	1	8	12	20	39	−28	36	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Stafford Rangers	42	4	8	9	22	30	1	6	14	18	45	−35	29

Source:
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BAN	BAR	BRW	BAT	BOS	DAG	ENF	FRK	KET	MDS	NOR	NUN	RUN	SCA	STA	TEL	TRO	WEA	WEY	WRC	YEO
Altrincham		2–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–1
Bangor City	1–0		1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	4–3	2–2	4–3	0–2	2–2
Barnet	2–1	1–3		2–1	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–3	4–1	2–3	1–3	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	3–1	4–4
Barrow	2–2	1–5	0–1		0–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–5	3–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	3–1
Bath City	0–2	1–2	0–2	4–1		3–2	3–1	2–2	4–3	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–3	5–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–0
Boston United	3–0	4–3	1–0	2–1	2–2		3–3	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	4–1	6–3
Dagenham	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–0	4–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	3–0
Enfield	2–1	6–2	5–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	2–1		2–2	5–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	5–3	0–1	6–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	3–1
Frickley Athletic	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	5–2		3–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–0
Kettering Town	3–2	3–4	3–1	3–1	4–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	4–1		1–3	1–4	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	5–2
Maidstone United	3–2	6–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	4–0	5–1		1–0	2–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	1–0	6–0	0–3	3–0	5–0	2–1
Northwich Victoria	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	6–3	3–3	1–1	3–0	5–0
Nuneaton Borough	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	0–0	2–2	2–1		0–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Runcorn	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	5–1	2–2	3–3	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–1		2–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–1
Scarborough	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	5–1	3–0	3–2		2–1	1–1	5–2	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–2
Stafford Rangers	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–3
Telford United	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	3–0	4–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0		3–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–2
Trowbridge Town	3–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	5–3	2–0		0–0	0–0	2–3	2–1
Wealdstone	1–1	2–0	6–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	4–0		2–4	2–0	2–0
Weymouth	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–1		4–2	2–0
Worcester City	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–4	1–1	4–4	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	3–3		2–1
Yeovil Town	2–1	3–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–4	6–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–5	0–2	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Tony Williams (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1983–84. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1983, p. 920.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Altrincham

Bangor City

Barnet

Barrow

Bath City

Boston United

Dagenham

Enfield

Frickley

Kettering Town

Maidstone

Northwich Victoria

Nuneaton

Runcorn

Scarborough

Stafford

Telford United

Trowbridge

Wealdstone

Weymouth

Worcester City

Yeovil Town

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Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1982–1983

Barnet

Dagenham

Enfield

Wealdstone

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Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1982–1983 London teams

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Gateshead (from the Northern Premier League)
• Kidderminster Harriers (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

• Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
• Stafford Rangers (to the Northern Premier League)

Election to the Football League

This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so 2nd placed Maidstone United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club	Final Position	Votes
Blackpool	21st (Fourth Division)	52
Crewe Alexandra	23rd (Fourth Division)	49
Hereford United	24th (Fourth Division)	49
Hartlepool United	22nd (Fourth Division)	36
Maidstone United	2nd (Alliance Premier League)	26

As a result of this, Maidstone United did not gain membership of the Football League.

External links

• 1982–83 Conference National Results
• Re-election Results – The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote.