1968–69 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League
Season	1968–69
Champions	Macclesfield Town
Promoted	None
Relegated	Ashington; Chorley; Worksop Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,230 (3.24 per match)
Biggest home win	Altrincham 8–1 Northwich Victoria[1]; (25 January 1969)
Biggest away win	South Liverpool 1–7 Bangor City[1]; (28 August 1968); Goole Town 1–7 Bangor City[1]; (1 February 1969); Ashington 0–6 Chorley[1]; (19 April 1969)
Highest scoring	Bangor City 7–3 Ashington[1]; (8 February 1969); South Shields (2) 8–2 Runcorn[1]; (15 February 1969)
	1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Northern Premier League was the inaugural season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. The season began on 10 August 1969 and concluded on 10 May 1970.^[1]

Founding teams

The League features twenty teams transferred from the following leagues:

Cheshire County League

Lancashire Combination

Midland Football League

North Regional League

West Midlands (Regional) League

Boston United

Final Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ¹	Pts ²	Qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town (C)	38	27	6	5	82	38	2.16	60
2	Wigan Athletic	38	18	12	8	59	41	1.44	48
3	Morecambe	38	16	14	8	64	37	1.73	46
4	Gainsborough Trinity	38	19	8	11	64	43	1.49	46
5	South Shields (2)	38	19	8	11	78	56	1.39	46
6	Bangor City	38	18	9	11	102	64	1.59	45
7	Hyde United	38	16	10	12	71	65	1.09	42
8	Goole Town	38	15	10	13	80	78	1.03	40
9	Altrincham	38	14	10	14	69	52	1.33	38
10	Fleetwood	38	16	6	16	58	58	1.00	38
11	Gateshead	38	14	9	15	42	48	0.88	37
12	South Liverpool	38	12	13	13	56	66	0.85	37
13	Northwich Victoria	38	16	5	17	59	82	0.72	37
14	Boston United	38	14	8	16	59	65	0.91	36
15	Runcorn	38	12	11	15	59	63	0.94	35
16	Netherfield	38	12	4	22	51	69	0.74	28
17	Scarborough	38	9	10	19	49	68	0.72	28
18	Ashington (R)	38	10	8	20	48	74	0.65	28	Relegated to Northern Alliance
19	Chorley (R)	38	8	9	21	46	75	0.61	25	Relegated to Lancashire Combination
20	Worksop Town (R)	38	6	8	24	34	88	0.39	20	Relegated to Midland League (1889)

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALT	ASH	BAN	BOS	CHO	FLE	GAI	GAT	GOO	HYD	MAC	MOR	NET	NOR	RUN	SCA	SLI	SSH	WIG	WKS
Altrincham		6–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	6–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	8–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–2
Ashington	1–2		1–2	4–0	0–6	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–3	0–2	5–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–2	1–0
Bangor City	4–3	7–3		5–2	5–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–3	3–3	0–0	2–2	6–0	4–0	2–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	3–3	6–1
Boston United	2–1	0–2	2–6		0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	6–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	5–3	1–2	0–1
Chorley	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3		1–3	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0
Fleetwood Town	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–2		0–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–3	5–0	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	6–2
Gainsborough Trinity	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2		5–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0
Gateshead	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1		6–2	3–0	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Goole Town	3–3	5–2	1–7	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1		4–0	5–2	0–5	3–1	5–0	3–0	2–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–2
Hyde United	2–0	5–1	2–7	4–0	4–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	3–3		0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–3	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–2	3–0
Macclesfield Town	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–0		2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–1
Morecambe	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	1–2		3–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–0
Netherfield	2–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	1–2	0–2		4–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–0
Northwich Victoria	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1		1–4	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1
Runcorn	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–4	1–1	1–3	4–5	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–2		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0
Scarborough	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	5–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–5	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1
South Liverpool	0–0	6–0	1–7	3–0	5–3	2–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–4	2–2	4–1		2–2	1–1	0–0
South Shields	4–3	0–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–4	3–1	1–0	6–2	8–2	2–2	5–0		1–0	5–0
Wigan Athletic	3–2	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–3		3–1
Worksop Town	2–1	0–3	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3	2–6	1–3	4–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–4	0–1	3–1	1–1

Updated to games played on 10 May 1969.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 1968–69 Northern Premier League teams

Team	Stadium
Altrincham	Moss Lane
Ashington	Portland Park
Boston United	York Street
Bangor City	Farrar Road
Chorley	Victory Park
Fleetwood	Highbury
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme
Gateshead	Redheugh Park
Goole Town	Victoria Pleasure Ground
Hyde United	Ewen Fields
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose
Morecambe	Christie Park
Netherfield	Parkside
Northwich Victoria	Drill Field
Runcorn	Canal Street
Scarborough	Athletic Ground
South Liverpool	Holly Park
South Shields	Simonside Hall
Wigan Athletic	Springfield Park
Worksop Town	Sandy Lane

Promotion and relegation

In the first season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, but Ashington, Chorley and Worksop Town left the League at the end of the season, replaced by newly admitted:

Stafford Rangers promoted from Cheshire County League
Great Harwood promoted from Lancashire Combination
Matlock Town promoted from Midland Football League

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Bangor City 5–2 agg. Runcorn

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Football Archive 68-69". Football Archive.

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

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