1972–73 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1972–73
Champions Boston United
Promoted None
Relegated Ellesmere Port Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,503 (2.72 per match)
Biggest home win Stafford Rangers 7-0 Barrow[1]
(16 September 1972)
Biggest away win

South Shields (2) 1–5 Lancaster City[1]
(30 December 1972)

Barrow 0–4 Bradford Park Avenue
(17 March 1973)
Highest scoring Great Harwood 6–3 Fleetwood[1]
(9 October 1972)

The 1972–73 Northern Premier League was the fifth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. The season began on 1 August 1972 and concluded on 4 May 1973.[1]

New teams

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Boston United (C) 46 27 16 3 88 34 2.588 70
2 Scarborough 46 26 9 11 72 39 1.846 61
3 Wigan Athletic 46 23 14 9 69 38 1.816 60
4 Altrincham 46 22 16 8 75 55 1.364 60
5 Bradford Park Avenue 46 19 17 10 63 50 1.260 55
6 Stafford Rangers 46 20 11 15 63 46 1.370 51
7 Gainsborough Trinity 46 18 13 15 70 50 1.400 49
8 Northwich Victoria 46 17 15 14 74 62 1.194 49
9 Netherfield 46 20 9 17 68 65 1.046 49
10 Macclesfield Town 46 16 16 14 58 47 1.234 48
11 Ellesmere Port Town (R) 46 18 11 17 52 56 0.929 47 Relegated to Lancashire Combination
12 Skelmersdale Ufnited 46 15 16 15 58 59 0.983 46
13 Bangor City 46 16 13 17 70 60 1.167 45
14 Mossley 46 17 11 18 70 73 0.959 45
15 Morecambe 46 17 11 18 62 70 0.886 45
16 Great Harwood 46 14 15 17 63 74 0.851 43
17 South Liverpool 46 12 19 15 47 57 0.825 43
18 Runcorn 46 15 12 19 75 78 0.962 42
19 Goole Town 46 13 13 20 64 73 0.877 39
20 South Shields (2) 46 17 4 25 64 81 0.790 38
21 Matlock Town 46 11 11 24 42 80 0.525 33
22 Lancaster City 46 10 11 25 53 78 0.679 31
23 Barrow 46 12 6 28 52 101 0.515 30
24 Fleetwood 46 5 15 26 31 77 0.403 25
Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
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.

Results

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Altrincham 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–0
Bangor City 4–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 4–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 0–0
Barrow 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–4 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–4 0–3 3–1 0–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1
Boston United 4–1 4–3 5–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 5–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Bradford Park Avenue 2–3 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1
Ellesmere Port Town 2–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1
Fleetwood Town 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Gainsborough Trinity 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–3
Goole Town 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0
Great Harwood 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 6–3 4–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–3 3–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–0
Netherfield 2–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 6–2 2–1 1–1 4–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2
Lancaster City 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 4–3 1–2 0–1
Macclesfield Town 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 4–1 0–2 0–1
Matlock Town 0–1 0–0 5–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–4 1–4
Morecambe 4–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 4–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0
Mossley 2–3 1–4 3–3 3–1 4–2 1–0 5–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–3
Northwich Victoria 3–3 3–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–2 6–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Runcorn 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–4 2–4 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–4 3–3 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–0 1–0
Scarborough 0–2 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0
Skelmersdale United 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–4 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–2
South Liverpool 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0
South Shields 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–5 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2
Stafford Rangers 1–1 1–1 7–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 4–2 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–1
Wigan Athletic 4–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 4–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0

Updated to games played on 3 May 1973.
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.

Promotion and relegation

In the fifth 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 Ellesmere Port Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted:

Cup results

Challenge Cup:

  • Northwich Victoria 3–2 agg. Wigan Athletic

Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

  • Boston United bt. Northwich Victoria

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Football Archive 72-73". Football Archive.
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