1980–81 Northern Premier League

The 1980–81 Northern Premier League was the thirteenth 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 16 August 1980 and concluded on 3 May 1981.[1]

Northern Premier League
Season1980–81
ChampionsRuncorn
PromotedRuncorn
Relegatednone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,348 (2.92 per match)
Biggest home winBuxton 7–0 Tamworth[1]
(18 October 1980)
Marine 7–0 Grantham[1]
(28 February 1981)
Biggest away winTamworth 0–5 Mossley[1]
(29 April 1981)
Highest scoringMacclesfield Town 3–5 Worksop Town[1]
(7 March 1981)
Netherfield 4–4 Gateshead[1]
(31 March 1981)
Longest winning run10 matches
Runcorn
(8 September 1980– 11 November 1980)
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Runcorn
(16 August 1980 – 13 December 1980)
Longest winless run16 matches
King's Lynn
(25 October 1980 – 21 February 1981)
Longest losing run6 matches
Gateshead
(6 September 1980 – 15 November 1980)
Tamworth
(25 October 1980 – 13 December 1980)

Overview

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The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Runcorn (C, P) 42 32 7 3 99 22 +77 71 Promoted to Alliance Premier League
2 Mossley 42 24 7 11 95 55 +40 55
3 Marine 42 22 10 10 66 41 +25 54
4 Buxton 42 21 7 14 64 50 +14 49
5 Gainsborough Trinity 42 17 13 12 80 57 +23 47
6 Burton Albion 42 19 8 15 63 54 +9 46
7 Witton Albion 42 19 8 15 70 62 +8 46
8 Goole Town 42 14 16 12 56 50 +6 44
9 South Liverpool 42 19 6 17 59 64 −5 44
10 Workington 42 15 13 14 57 48 +9 43
11 Gateshead 42 12 18 12 65 61 +4 42
12 Worksop Town 42 15 11 16 66 61 +5 41
13 Macclesfield Town 42 13 13 16 52 69 −17 39
14 Grantham 42 14 9 19 57 74 −17 37
15 Matlock Town 42 12 12 18 57 80 −23 36
16 Lancaster City 42 13 9 20 48 70 −22 35
17 Netherfield 42 11 12 19 73 81 −8 34
18 Oswestry Town 42 13 8 21 54 67 −13 34
19 King's Lynn 42 8 18 16 46 65 −19 34
20 Southport 42 11 11 20 42 68 −26 33
21 Morecambe 42 11 8 23 42 74 −32 30
22 Tamworth 42 9 12 21 38 76 −38 30
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1981. 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

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Home \ Away BRT BUX GAI GAT GOO GRN KLY LNC MAC MAR MAT MOR MOS NET OSW RUN SLI SOU TAM WTN WRK WKS
Burton Albion 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–5 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 5–2 3–0 0–0 5–0 1–1
Buxton 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 7–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Gainsborough Trinity 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 6–0 6–0 6–1 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–3 3–2 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1
Gateshead United 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 5–0 2–1 1–5 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2
Goole Town 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–4 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–0
Grantham 1–2 4–0 0–3 1–4 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–2 1–3 3–2 0–1 2–4 5–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2
King's Lynn 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 4–1 1–3 2–0 1–1
Lancaster City 2–0 0–1 1–5 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 4–1 4–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 2–2
Macclesfield Town 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–4 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–5 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–5
Marine 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 7–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–4 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Matlock Town 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 3–2 2–3 3–3 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–4 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–4 3–3
Morecambe 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–4 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–2 2–3 1–1
Mossley 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–4 4–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 6–1 5–0 2–3 3–2
Netherfield 0–2 1–2 1–3 4–4 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–2 2–3
Oswestry Town 4–0 1–3 1–2 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–4
Runcorn 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 5–0 3–0 1–0
South Liverpool 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–3 4–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–3 2–0 2–4 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0
Southport 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–1
Tamworth 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–2 2–2 2–0 0–5 4–3 0–2 1–4 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–3
Witton Albion 3–1 0–0 4–3 3–4 3–1 3–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 5–0 2–0 1–4 3–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Workington 0–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Worksop Town 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 6–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1981. Source: The Football Archives
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Club Stadium
Burton Albion Eton Park
Buxton The Silverlands
Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme
Gateshead United Gateshead Youth Stadium
Goole Town Victoria Pleasure Ground
Grantham London Road
King's Lynn The Walks
Lancaster City Great Axe
Macclesfield Town Moss Rose
Marine Rossett Park
Matlock Town Causeway Lane
Morecambe Christie Park
Mossley Seel Park
Netherfield Parkside
Oswestry Town Victoria Road
Runcorn Canal Street
South Liverpool Holly Park
Southport Haig Avenue
Tamworth The Lamb Ground
Witton Albion Central Ground
Workington Borough Park
Worksop Town Central Avenue

Cup Results

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Challenge Cup Cup:

  • Marine bt. Runcorn

Northern Premier League Shield:

  • Runcorn bt. Mossley

Cup results

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Challenge Cup

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Home Team Score Away Team
Marine 3–4 Runcorn

Northern Premier League Shield

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Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
As Runcorn won both the Northern Premier League and the Challenge Cup, Mossley qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.

Home Team Score Away Team
Runcorn 2–1 Mossley

FA Cup

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Only one of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round:

Second Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Mossley 1–3 Mansfield Town

FA Trophy

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One of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round:

Fourth Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Bangor City 5–3 Mossley

End of the season

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At the end of the thirteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Runcorn applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

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

The following club joined the League the following season:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "The Football Archives 80–81". The Football Archives.
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