1984–85 Northern Premier League

The 1984–85 Northern Premier League season was the 17th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsStafford Rangers
PromotedStafford Rangers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,295 (2.8 per match)

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Stafford Rangers 42 26 8 8 81 40 +41 86
2 Macclesfield Town 42 23 13 6 67 39 +28 82
3 Witton Albion 42 22 8 12 57 39 +18 74
4 Hyde United 42 21 8 13 68 52 +16 71
5 Marine 42 18 15 9 59 34 +25 69
6 Burton Albion 42 18 15 9 70 49 +21 69
7 Worksop Town 42 19 10 13 68 56 +12 67
8 Workington 42 18 9 15 59 53 +6 63
9 Horwich RMI 42 16 14 12 67 50 +17 62
10 Bangor City 42 17 9 16 70 61 +9 60
11 Gainsborough Trinity 42 14 14 14 72 73 −1 56
12 Southport 42 15 9 18 65 66 −1 54
13 Matlock Town 42 14 9 19 56 66 −10 51
14 Oswestry Town 42 14 9 19 59 75 −16 51
15 Mossley 42 14 9 19 45 65 −20 51
16 Goole Town 42 13 11 18 60 65 −5 50
17 Rhyl 42 11 14 17 52 63 −11 47
18 Morecambe 42 11 14 17 51 67 −16 47
19 Chorley 42 12 10 20 47 63 −16 46
20 South Liverpool 42 9 15 18 43 71 −28 42
21 Grantham 42 8 13 21 41 69 −28 36[lower-alpha 1]
22 Buxton 42 8 6 28 38 79 −41 30
Source:
Notes:
  1. Grantham had 1 point deducted.

Results
Home \ Away BAN BRT BUX CHO GAI GOO GRN HOR HYD MAC MAR MAT MOR MOS OSW RHL SLI SOU STA WTN WRK WKS
Bangor City 1–2 1–2 6–1 3–1 8–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–4
Burton Albion 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–4 0–0 3–1 1–1
Buxton 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Chorley 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 5–2 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2
Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 4–3 0–4 1–3 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 6–1 2–4 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–6
Goole Town 1–2 2–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–4 4–0
Grantham Town 4–3 2–0 3–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Horwich RMI 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1
Hyde United 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–3
Macclesfield Town 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 6–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–1
Marine 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–1
Matlock Town 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–5 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 4–2 2–1 4–2 0–4 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0
Morecambe 1–4 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–4 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1
Mossley 1–0 3–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–3
Oswestry Town 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 5–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 5–3
Rhyl 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–5 2–3 1–2 0–1 0–1
South Liverpool 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3
Southport 1–1 1–0 7–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 5–2 1–0 2–1
Stafford Rangers 4–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 6–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 7–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0
Witton Albion 5–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1
Workington 4–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–0
Worksop Town 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 1985. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

In the seventeenth season of the Northern Premier League Stafford Rangers (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Gateshead, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile, Grantham moved to the Southern League Midland Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Caernarfon Town.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

  • Marine bt. Goole Town

President's Cup:

  • Rhyl 2–0 Macclesfield Town

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

  • Stafford Rangers bt. Marine
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