1979–80 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1979–80
Champions Mossley
Promoted Frickley Athletic
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1350 (2.92 per match)

The 1979–80 Northern Premier League season was the 12th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

P W D L F A GD Pts 1
1 Mossley 42 28 9 7 96 41 +55 65
2 Witton Albion 42 28 8 6 89 30 +59 64
3 Frickley Athletic 42 24 13 5 93 48 +45 61
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

1 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 BRT BUX FRKGAIGATGOOGRNKENLNCMACMARMATMORMOSOSWRUNCHOSOUTAMWTNWRKWKS
Burton Albion 12 10 20 80 12 30 04 31 12 20 32 10 31 00 20 51 60 30 11 50 41
Buxton 21 11 11 02 30 11 00 31 20 20 23 10 01 21 21 43 11 31 21 20 10
Frickley Athletic 10 22 41 20 22 31 40 40 21 40 22 31 31 42 62 32 22 50 21 31 10
Gainsborough Trinity 01 32 12 10 11 41 45 10 02 11 10 21 23 23 31 10 12 20 23 30 10
Gateshead 01 20 01 03 32 01 20 23 20 42 03 22 11 10 11 11 30 11 30 00 23
Goole Town 12 01 22 52 21 02 10 23 21 22 44 21 02 41 02 43 41 20 03 20 10
Grantham Town 03 21 11 11 42 10 23 22 21 11 23 31 01 30 32 62 21 60 03 31 13
Kendal Town 11 01 02 24 20 11 10 12 22 04 00 11 00 00 20 11 11 23 02 22 00
Lancaster City 13 44 22 42 50 10 32 10 31 01 11 20 00 22 23 22 11 52 11 34 33
Macclesfield Town 31 00 11 41 00 01 11 40 32 04 11 31 22 31 32 00 10 40 31 30 01
Marine 31 01 22 41 11 11 12 30 34 34 22 11 10 02 20 52 20 10 01 22 20
Matlock Town 00 20 41 31 22 32 23 20 42 70 11 21 03 21 01 31 80 20 11 21 22
Morecambe 13 02 12 22 21 30 11 00 20 04 10 11 11 11 10 30 00 01 01 21 02
Mossley 32 21 21 42 61 22 30 10 21 21 31 22 10 00 11 40 30 60 03 51 31
Oswestry Town 11 21 11 10 20 00 21 20 20 11 10 11 00 01 20 13 10 12 14 20 11
Runcorn 01 02 04 12 11 00 10 42 11 02 10 11 41 03 22 00 01 00 12 30 02
South Liverpool 01 11 10 11 12 10 22 10 11 21 12 33 12 12 22 13 11 01 15 22 13
Southport 01 01 03 21 21 11 01 00 00 00 02 02 01 27 30 04 20 11 14 11 01
Tamworth 01 02 11 22 12 03 02 12 21 02 31 02 11 02 10 01 01 11 02 10 02
Witton Albion 30 31 30 20 50 00 40 30 10 10 20 11 30 41 20 30 12 01 00 30 11
Workington 22 41 12 11 21 11 05 31 24 00 13 21 13 04 31 00 22 40 00 23 30
Worksop Town 32 10 22 10 33 52 10 11 20 13 01 10 20 15 60 22 10 12 20 22 10

Updated to games played on 7 May 1980.
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 twelfth season of the Northern Premier League no sides applied for election to the Football League nor were automatically promoted. Frickley Athletic applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful; they were replaced by Southern League side King's Lynn.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

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

External links

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