1968–69 Northern Premier League

The 1968–69 Northern Premier League was the first of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	1968–69
Champions	Macclesfield Town
Promoted	None
Relegated	Ashington Chorley Worksop Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1230 (3.24 per match)
1969–70 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ^1	Pts ^2	Qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town	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	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	38	10	8	20	48	74	0.65	28	Relegated to Northern League
19	Chorley	38	8	9	21	46	75	0.61	25	Relegated to Lancashire Combination
20	Worksop Town	38	6	8	24	34	88	0.39	20	Relegated to Midland Counties League

^{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.}

Results

Home ╲ Away

ALT

ASH

BAN

BOS

CHO

FLE

GAI

GAT

GOO

HYD

KEN

MAC

MOR

NOR

RUN

SCA

CHO

SSH

WIG

WKS

Altrincham

6–0

2–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

3–0

1–0

6–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

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

5–2

2–3

0–2

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

6–0

0–0

2–2

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

2–1

1–0

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

3–1

1–1

0–5

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

2–1

1–2

1–2

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

4–1

1–2

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

2–1

2–4

1–1

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

3–1

5–2

0–5

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

1–1

0–1

1–1

3–2

4–3

2–1

5–1

0–0

2–2

3–0

Kendal Town

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

Macclesfield Town

2–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

2–1

3–2

2–0

3–0

3–0

4–0

2–0

2–2

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

3–0

1–2

2–3

2–0

1–1

2–1

3–0

2–2

0–0

Northwich Victoria

3–1

2–2

3–1

2–1

3–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

0–3

1–2

1–1

2–1

0–0

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

5–0

2–0

1–1

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

0–1

2–5

0–0

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

1–0

0–1

1–1

3–4

2–2

4–1

2–2

1–1

5–0

South Shields

4–3

0–0

3–1

2–3

3–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

3–1

1–0

0–4

3–1

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

3–1

0–0

1–0

2–4

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

2–0

1–3

4–1

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.

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, Great Harwood and Matlock Town.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Bangor City 5–2 agg. Runcorn

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF