1972–73 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1972–73
Champions Boston United
Promoted None
Relegated Ellesmere Port Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1503 (2.72 per match)

The 1972–73 Northern Premier League season was the fifth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

P W D L F A GA 1 Pts 2
1 Boston United 46 27 16 3 88 34 2.59 70
2 Scarborough 46 26 9 11 72 39 1.85 61
3 Wigan Athletic 46 23 14 9 69 38 1.82 60
4 Altrincham 46 22 16 8 75 55 1.36 60
5 Bradford Park Avenue 46 19 17 10 63 50 1.26 56
6 Stafford Rangers 46 20 11 15 63 46 1.37 51
7 Gainsborough Trinity 46 18 13 15 70 50 1.40 49
8 Northwich Victoria 46 17 15 14 74 62 1.19 49
9 Netherfield 46 20 9 17 68 65 1.05 49
10 Macclesfield Town 46 16 16 14 58 47 1.23 48
11 Ellesmere Port Town 46 18 11 17 52 56 0.93 47
12 Skelmersdale Ufnited 46 15 16 15 58 59 0.98 46
13 Bangor City 46 16 13 17 70 60 1.17 45
14 Mossley 46 17 11 18 70 73 0.96 45
15 Morecambe 46 17 11 18 62 70 0.89 45
16 Great Harwood 46 14 15 17 63 74 0.85 43
17 South Liverpool 46 12 19 15 47 57 0.82 43
18 Runcorn 46 15 12 19 75 78 0.96 42
19 Goole Town 46 13 13 20 64 73 0.88 39
20 South Shields 46 17 4 25 64 81 0.79 38
21 Matlock Town 46 11 11 24 42 80 0.53 33
22 Lancaster City 46 10 11 25 53 78 0.68 31
23 Barrow 46 12 6 28 52 101 0.51 30
24 Fleetwood 46 5 15 26 31 77 0.40 25

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 BRWBOSBPAEPTFLEGAIGOOGHTKENLNCMACMATMORMOSNORRUNSCASKUCHOSSHSTAWIG
Altrincham 22 11 00 11 20 30 20 41 00 12 42 11 10 30 31 00 20 10 00 21 32 01 20
Bangor City 40 30 13 00 20 20 22 11 11 42 42 21 11 02 32 31 00 12 40 11 30 42 00
Barrow 12 20 11 04 12 32 11 24 03 01 31 02 41 01 10 30 00 23 30 21 12 20 01
Boston United 41 43 51 30 22 40 11 30 51 21 22 20 20 40 40 20 11 21 10 10 21 11 00
Bradford Park Avenue 23 01 42 11 12 10 10 21 21 20 22 11 40 11 22 10 10 10 21 01 21 11 21
Ellesmere Port Town 22 20 40 12 00 11 02 10 30 20 02 00 00 30 12 10 14 01 21 00 10 12 01
Fleetwood Town 11 20 01 00 00 02 12 14 11 13 12 11 11 00 01 10 03 01 02 11 11 01 11
Gainsborough Trinity 00 11 50 12 02 11 30 21 40 20 00 21 30 40 51 10 21 21 12 11 11 10 33
Goole Town 02 21 41 11 10 21 11 10 12 10 21 11 41 33 01 22 20 00 23 11 12 11 40
Great Harwood Town 13 20 31 22 23 02 63 42 00 31 30 20 11 42 03 33 21 01 22 21 14 00 00
Kendal Town 22 21 03 21 50 11 02 21 20 21 41 20 10 62 21 11 43 02 01 01 10 20 22
Lancaster City 21 10 30 02 02 01 12 03 30 01 22 00 11 01 02 22 02 12 11 22 43 12 01
Macclesfield Town 23 21 10 01 22 40 10 10 12 00 00 00 30 41 11 31 10 10 00 40 41 02 01
Matlock Town 01 00 50 03 11 20 10 10 10 22 21 02 03 02 13 12 10 21 12 21 12 34 14
Morecambe 41 02 31 01 11 01 30 21 43 21 22 11 12 30 11 11 40 03 21 31 10 02 10
Mossley 23 14 33 31 42 10 50 11 41 10 11 12 22 22 21 10 31 12 00 12 32 31 13
Northwich Victoria 33 32 41 00 11 30 22 30 22 30 11 30 32 61 22 20 21 21 22 30 20 10 10
Runcorn 22 21 20 14 14 24 22 11 22 21 40 31 11 31 10 41 34 33 11 12 51 10 10
Scarborough 02 10 50 11 00 30 20 20 20 31 02 21 00 00 00 30 20 31 31 21 21 10 30
Skelmersdale United 12 21 22 10 00 50 00 14 21 11 32 41 20 02 11 00 41 12 23 10 01 02 22
South Liverpool 11 00 12 11 11 02 20 10 11 22 01 21 22 00 21 21 00 33 22 20 03 11 00
South Shields 10 12 31 13 21 22 02 32 31 01 23 15 02 20 31 20 10 22 32 01 01 31 12
Stafford Rangers 11 11 70 01 12 12 10 01 42 00 10 20 41 01 02 00 42 42 10 22 10 50 21
Wigan Athletic 41 41 10 00 20 11 40 11 42 40 30 10 20 41 10 21 10 30 11 00 12 20 00

Updated to games played on 3 May 1973.
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 fifth 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 Ellesmere Port Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted Buxton.

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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