1969–70 Northern Premier League

The 1969–70 Northern Premier League season was the second in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	1969–70
Champions	Macclesfield Town
Promoted	None
Relegated	Gateshead Hyde United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1158 (3.05 per match)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ^1	Pts ^2	Qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town	38	22	8	8	72	41	1.76	52
2	Wigan Athletic	38	20	12	6	56	32	1.75	52
3	Boston United	38	21	8	9	65	33	1.97	50
4	Scarborough	38	20	10	8	74	39	1.90	50
5	South Shields	38	19	7	12	66	43	1.53	46
6	Gainsborough Trinity	38	16	11	11	64	49	1.31	43
7	Stafford Rangers	38	16	7	15	59	52	1.13	39
8	Bangor City	38	15	9	14	68	63	1.08	39
9	Northwich Victoria	38	15	8	15	60	66	0.91	38
10	Netherfield	38	14	9	15	56	54	1.04	37
11	Hyde United	38	15	7	16	59	59	1.00	37	Relegated to the Cheshire County League
12	Altrincham	38	14	8	16	62	65	0.95	36
13	Fleetwood	38	13	10	15	53	60	0.88	36
14	Runcorn	38	11	13	14	57	72	0.79	35
15	Morecambe	38	10	13	15	41	51	0.80	33
16	South Liverpool	38	11	11	16	44	55	0.80	33
17	Great Harwood	38	10	9	19	63	92	0.68	29
18	Matlock Town	38	8	12	18	52	67	0.78	28
19	Goole Town	38	10	6	22	50	71	0.70	26
20	Gateshead	38	5	12	21	37	94	0.39	22	Relegated to the 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

BAN

BOS

FLE

GAI

GAT

GOO

GHT

HYD

KEN

MAC

MAT

MOR

NOR

RUN

SCA

CHO

SSH

STA

WIG

Altrincham

1–1

1–0

3–2

1–2

3–1

4–2

2–1

4–1

4–1

2–4

3–3

0–3

1–2

2–1

0–2

2–2

3–1

1–2

1–3

Bangor City

3–4

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

5–2

3–0

5–0

1–2

2–0

4–0

2–0

3–2

4–1

0–2

1–0

3–0

1–0

2–1

Boston United

1–0

0–0

3–0

1–2

7–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

4–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

Fleetwood Town

1–1

4–2

3–1

1–3

1–1

1–2

2–2

1–0

2–0

3–2

1–0

0–0

3–0

5–0

0–0

0–6

3–0

2–1

1–0

Gainsborough Trinity

3–0

2–1

1–3

1–1

2–1

5–0

6–1

0–1

3–2

0–0

1–1

0–0

2–2

1–1

2–1

4–2

1–3

2–3

1–1

Gateshead

1–2

2–1

0–0

3–2

2–2

2–2

2–1

3–1

1–2

1–0

3–3

1–1

1–2

1–3

0–4

1–1

0–7

0–1

0–0

Goole Town

3–3

2–3

0–0

2–0

3–1

6–1

1–2

3–1

2–1

1–3

1–0

2–1

0–3

0–0

0–3

1–0

0–1

0–2

0–1

Great Harwood Town

1–2

4–1

5–1

2–0

3–5

1–1

2–4

1–7

3–1

2–3

2–0

2–1

2–2

2–2

1–5

1–1

2–1

4–1

2–1

Hyde United

2–1

3–1

2–1

5–2

1–2

3–0

1–0

1–1

2–1

4–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–0

3–3

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–3

Kendal Town

2–0

2–3

1–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

2–1

3–3

3–0

2–3

2–1

2–0

2–1

4–0

2–2

3–1

0–0

3–2

1–0

Macclesfield Town

1–1

4–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

4–0

2–0

5–2

2–1

1–0

3–1

5–0

1–0

2–2

2–3

1–1

0–0

4–1

0–0

Matlock Town

2–1

0–0

1–4

1–1

2–4

4–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

0–3

0–2

3–0

4–0

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–1

4–1

5–0

Morecambe

1–4

5–1

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

0–0

1–3

3–0

2–0

1–1

1–3

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–1

Northwich Victoria

2–0

2–0

3–2

1–0

2–1

5–1

4–2

1–0

3–0

2–1

2–2

2–2

1–1

3–4

1–2

1–0

0–2

1–1

1–2

Runcorn

2–0

3–3

2–4

4–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

4–4

1–1

1–0

2–2

2–6

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–1

0–4

Scarborough

2–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

8–0

3–1

1–0

0–1

5–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

South Liverpool

0–0

1–0

0–2

1–2

0–0

2–0

1–1

3–2

1–5

0–3

0–1

1–0

3–0

3–4

2–0

3–2

3–1

2–1

0–2

South Shields

2–1

4–1

0–1

3–0

0–1

5–1

2–0

4–1

4–1

3–1

3–1

3–1

1–1

5–1

1–4

3–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

Stafford Rangers

0–1

3–2

3–2

2–1

2–0

5–0

3–1

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–2

1–0

1–1

4–1

1–2

4–1

4–0

1–0

1–2

Wigan Athletic

2–2

2–2

4–0

0–0

1–0

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

3–2

2–0

5–1

2–0

1–0

Updated to games played on 9 May 1970.
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 second 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 Hyde United and Gateshead left the League at the end of the season, replaced by newly admitted Chorley (returning after a year's absence), Kirkby Town, Lancaster City and Bradford Park Avenue, who had just left Football League Division Four.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Altrincham 4–3 agg. Macclesfield Town

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF