1979–80 Northern Premier League

The 1979–80 Northern Premier League was the twelfth 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 18 August 1979 and concluded on 7 May 1980.[1]

Northern Premier League
Season1979–80
ChampionsMossley
PromotedFrickley Athletic
Relegatednone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,350 (2.92 per match)
Biggest home winBurton Albion 8–0 Gateshead[1]
(22 September 1979)
Matlock Town 8–0 Southport[1]
(30 April 1980)
Biggest away winWorkington 0–5 Grantham[1]
(1 September 1979)
Southport 2–7 Mossley[1]
(10 November 1979)
Highest scoringSouthport 2–7 Mossley[1]
(10 November 1979)
Gainsborough Trinity 4–5 Netherfield[1]
(8 December 1978)
Longest winning run10 matches
Burton Albion
(22 September 1979 – 26 December 1979)
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Mossley
(5 January 1980 – 3 May 1980)
Longest winless run16 matches
Runcorn
(25 September 1979 – 2 February 1980)
Longest losing run6 matches
Gateshead
(11 November 1978 – 16 December 1978)
Tamworth
(13 October 1979 – 17 November 1979)

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The Alliance Premier League was established as a new, national top division of non-League football. Seven Northern Premier League clubs and thirteen clubs from the Premier Division of the Southern League joined the newly created Alliance Premier League. The remaining clubs in the Northern Premier League had effectively been relegated down one tier in the English football league system.

The following seven clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:

The following six clubs 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 Mossley (C) 42 28 9 5 96 41 +55 65
2 Witton Albion 42 28 8 6 89 30 +59 64
3 Frickley Athletic (P) 42 24 13 5 93 48 +45 61 Promoted to Alliance Premier League
4 Burton Albion 42 25 6 11 83 42 +41 56
5 Matlock Town 42 18 17 7 87 53 +34 53
6 Buxton 42 21 9 12 61 48 +13 51
7 Worksop Town 42 20 10 12 65 52 +13 50
8 Macclesfield Town 42 18 11 13 67 53 +14 47
9 Grantham 42 18 8 16 71 65 +6 44
10 Marine 42 16 10 16 65 57 +8 42
11 Goole Town 42 14 13 15 61 63 −2 41
12 Lancaster City 42 13 13 16 74 77 −3 39
13 Oswestry Town 42 12 14 16 44 60 −16 38
14 Gainsborough Trinity 42 14 8 20 64 75 −11 36
15 Runcorn 42 11 11 20 46 63 −17 33
16 Gateshead 42 11 11 20 50 77 −27 33
17 Morecambe 42 10 12 20 40 59 −19 32
18 Netherfield 42 7 15 20 37 66 −29 29
19 Southport 42 8 13 21 30 75 −45 29
20 South Liverpool 42 7 14 21 51 84 −33 28
21 Workington 42 8 12 22 50 85 −35 28
22 Tamworth 42 8 9 25 26 77 −51 25
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 1980. 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) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results
Home \ Away BRT BUX FRK GAI GAT GOO GRN LNC MAC MAR MAT MOR MOS NET OSW RUN SLI SOU TAM WTN WRK WKS
Burton Albion 1–2 1–0 2–0 8–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 0–4 0–0 2–0 5–1 6–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 4–1
Buxton 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
Frickley Athletic 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 4–0 4–2 6–2 3–2 2–2 5–0 2–1 3–1 1–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 4–5 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–0
Gateshead United 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 4–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–3
Goole Town 1–2 0–1 2–2 5–2 2–1 0–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 4–4 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–1 0–2 4–3 4–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–0
Grantham 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 3–2 6–2 2–1 6–0 0–3 3–1 1–3
Lancaster City 1–3 4–4 2–2 4–2 5–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 5–2 1–1 3–4 3–3
Macclesfield Town 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 0–1
Marine 3–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–4 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 5–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0
Matlock Town 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 4–2 7–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 8–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2
Morecambe 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2
Mossley 3–2 2–1 2–1 4–2 6–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 6–0 0–3 5–1 3–1
Netherfield 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–4 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–2 0–0
Oswestry Town 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–1
Runcorn 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–3 4–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–2
South Liverpool 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–5 2–2 1–3
Southport 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–7 0–0 3–0 0–4 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–1
Tamworth 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–2
Witton Albion 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–1
Workington 2–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–5 2–4 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 0–4 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 2–3 3–0
Worksop Town 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–5 1–1 6–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 1980. Source: The Football Archives
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Stadia and locations
Locations of the 1979–80 Northern Premier League teams
Club Stadium
Burton AlbionEton Park
BuxtonThe Silverlands
Frickley AthleticWestfield Lane
Gainsborough TrinityThe Northolme
Gateshead UnitedGateshead Youth Stadium
Goole TownVictoria Pleasure Ground
GranthamLondon Road
Lancaster CityGreat Axe
Macclesfield TownMoss Rose
MarineRossett Park
Matlock TownCauseway Lane
MorecambeChristie Park
MossleySeel Park
NetherfieldParkside
Oswestry TownVictoria Road
RuncornCanal Street
South LiverpoolHolly Park
SouthportHaig Avenue
TamworthThe Lamb Ground
Witton AlbionCentral Ground
WorkingtonBorough Park
Worksop TownCentral Avenue

Cup results

Challenge Cup
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Runcorn2–0Lancaster City

Northern Premier League Shield

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

Home TeamScoreAway Team
RuncornbeatMossley

FA Cup
Main article: 1979–80 FA Cup

None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round:

First Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Burton Albion0–2Bury
Chester5–1Workington
Morecambe1–1Rotherham UnitedReplay
Rotherham United2–0Morecambe
York City5–2Mossley

FA Trophy
Main article: 1979–80 FA Trophy

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

Fourth Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Mossley1–1Blyth Spartans
Blyth Spartans0–2MossleyReplay

Semi-finals

StageHome TeamScoreAway Team
1st LegMossley1–1Boston United
2nd LegBoston United1–2Mossley
AggregateMossley3–2Boston United

Final

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Dagenham2–1Mossley

End of the season

At the end of the twelfth season of the Northern Premier League, Frickley Athletic applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful

Promotion and relegation

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

The following club joined the League the following season:

Notes

References
  1. "The Football Archives 79–80". The Football Archives.
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