1975–76 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1975–76
Champions Runcorn
Promoted Skelmersdale United Fleetwood
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1562 (2.83 per match)

The 1975–76 Northern Premier League season was the eighth 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 Runcorn 46 29 10 7 95 42 2.26 68
2 Stafford Rangers 46 26 15 5 81 41 1.98 67
3 Scarborough 46 26 10 10 84 43 1.95 62
4 Matlock Town 46 26 9 11 96 63 1.52 61
5 Boston United 46 27 6 13 95 58 1.64 60
6 Wigan Athletic 46 21 15 10 81 42 1.93 57
7 Altrincham 46 20 14 12 77 57 1.35 54
8 Bangor City 46 21 12 13 80 70 1.14 54
9 Mossley 46 21 11 14 70 58 1.21 53
10 Goole Town 46 20 13 13 58 49 1.18 53
11 Northwich Victoria 46 17 17 12 79 59 1.34 51
12 Lancaster City 46 18 9 19 61 70 0.87 45
13 Worksop Town 46 17 10 19 63 56 1.13 44
14 Gainsborough Trinity 46 13 17 16 58 69 0.84 43
15 Macclesfield Town 46 15 12 19 50 64 0.78 42
16 Gateshead United 46 17 7 22 64 63 1.02 41
17 Buxton 46 11 13 22 37 62 0.60 35
18 Skelmersdale United 46 12 10 24 45 74 0.61 34
19 Netherfield 46 11 11 24 55 76 0.72 33
20 Morecambe 46 11 11 24 47 67 0.70 33
21 Great Harwood 46 13 7 26 58 86 0.67 33
22 South Liverpool 46 12 9 25 45 78 0.58 33
23 Barrow 46 12 9 25 47 84 0.56 33
24 Fleetwood 46 3 9 34 36 131 0.27 15

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 BRWBOSBUXFLEGAIGOOGHTKENLNCMACMATMORMOSNORRUNSCASKUCHOSSHSTAWIGWKS
Altrincham 10 40 10 40 21 30 11 32 22 22 32 12 41 00 11 31 01 31 11 30 52 10 01
Bangor City 03 31 22 41 21 42 21 23 10 21 01 51 11 33 11 03 11 40 51 31 10 22 32
Barrow 11 12 23 10 40 11 12 02 11 10 20 31 10 12 16 02 21 02 01 10 00 04 11
Boston United 41 41 80 31 21 12 21 40 31 42 60 21 41 30 41 01 20 32 30 10 22 21 31
Buxton 11 01 00 01 11 22 34 41 01 14 11 11 01 01 12 11 21 30 21 10 10 20 00
Fleetwood Town 01 11 23 11 00 02 11 22 04 13 01 12 10 03 06 22 02 14 31 03 02 04 17
Gainsborough Trinity 50 11 42 21 00 51 01 02 31 00 31 10 21 13 22 02 11 21 30 33 11 00 11
Goole Town 03 11 10 00 31 50 21 10 20 11 21 11 11 21 03 02 21 10 12 30 10 00 21
Great Harwood Town 03 12 24 01 01 22 11 20 24 23 21 14 01 22 04 03 12 10 21 13 01 37 10
Kendal Town 11 01 11 14 00 21 22 02 03 00 11 13 20 20 00 01 11 20 60 16 01 02 13
Lancaster City 21 02 32 23 00 71 21 12 15 32 01 42 32 20 00 04 22 10 10 01 02 00 10
Macclesfield Town 21 12 11 10 21 00 20 43 30 21 01 11 01 11 11 12 11 01 20 30 11 11 00
Matlock Town 43 11 20 41 31 42 30 20 31 20 20 10 41 30 21 01 22 10 22 21 32 22 12
Morecambe 00 02 12 12 10 20 50 21 01 01 12 20 01 02 33 11 12 21 20 01 11 30 02
Mossley 01 31 10 10 30 32 01 01 41 21 10 40 04 22 10 10 23 00 00 21 33 11 62
Northwich Victoria 00 12 12 13 10 40 11 00 00 12 21 11 53 52 53 02 10 11 00 11 33 13 41
Runcorn 62 41 31 00 30 21 20 20 21 44 40 31 11 31 10 01 11 60 42 31 22 20 12
Scarborough 10 41 50 41 10 61 30 10 10 21 30 52 42 11 00 12 20 20 43 51 01 00 30
Skelmersdale United 22 31 21 31 01 10 21 11 21 02 01 20 16 00 01 20 11 01 00 11 11 12 03
South Liverpool 11 11 20 20 12 23 30 11 13 20 21 12 03 21 10 31 02 01 32 21 01 00 02
South Shields 02 42 10 10 01 81 00 00 10 10 21 02 51 20 21 01 31 51 22 20 02 12 30
Stafford Rangers 21 32 11 20 10 40 40 21 11 41 40 20 11 11 21 11 21 10 41 30 10 12 22
Wigan Athletic 41 20 10 60 60 30 00 13 00 52 11 01 10 00 23 12 11 21 41 20 10 12 30
Worksop Town 00 11 31 11 00 50 11 00 13 10 12 31 02 30 12 31 30 01 01 20 30 02 01

Updated to games played on 1 May 1976.
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 seventh 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 Skelmersdale United and Fleetwood left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted Frickley Athletic.

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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