1976–77 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1976–77
Champions Boston United
Matches played 506
Goals scored 1447 (2.86 per match)

The 1976–77 Northern Premier League season was the ninth 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 Boston United 44 27 11 6 82 35 +47 65
2 Northwich Victoria 44 27 11 6 85 43 +42 65
3 Matlock Town 44 26 11 7 108 57 +51 63
4 Bangor City 44 22 11 11 87 52 +35 55
5 Scarborough 44 21 12 11 77 66 +11 53
6 Goole Town 44 23 6 15 64 50 +14 52
7 Lancaster City 44 21 9 14 71 58 +13 51
8 Gateshead United 44 18 12 14 80 64 +16 48
9 Mossley 44 17 14 13 74 59 +15 48
10 Altrincham 44 19 9 16 60 53 +7 47
11 Stafford Rangers 44 16 14 14 60 55 +5 46
12 Runcorn 44 15 14 15 58 50 +8 44
13 Worksop Town 44 16 12 16 50 58 −8 44
14 Wigan Athletic 44 14 15 15 62 54 +8 43
15 Morecambe 44 13 11 20 59 75 −16 37
16 Gainsborough Trinity 44 13 10 21 58 74 −16 36
17 Great Harwood 44 11 14 19 63 84 −21 36
18 Buxton 44 11 13 20 48 63 −15 35
19 Macclesfield Town 44 8 15 21 41 68 −27 31
20 Frickley Athletic 44 11 8 25 53 93 −40 30
21 Barrow 44 11 6 27 56 87 −31 28
22 South Liverpool 44 10 8 26 51 104 −53 28
23 Netherfield 44 9 8 27 47 92 −45 26

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 ALT BAN BRWBOSBUXFRKGAIGOOGHTKENLNCMACMATMORMOSNORRUNSCACHOSSHSTAWIGWKS
Altrincham 10 32 00 20 22 41 41 41 41 10 12 10 31 10 03 02 01 00 10 03 13 00
Bangor City 11 60 11 11 10 12 31 31 31 00 10 44 10 30 12 00 10 41 02 20 00 20
Barrow 01 03 01 02 20 22 12 10 22 02 43 03 31 23 31 01 12 12 12 11 41 01
Boston United 40 13 20 20 30 20 10 30 40 32 10 15 60 21 21 20 11 40 11 11 11 42
Buxton 00 42 01 15 01 22 20 31 00 01 10 15 30 11 01 00 22 11 20 11 03 12
Frickley Athletic 11 12 40 03 12 32 15 31 20 01 11 26 02 00 11 02 41 30 20 00 20 00
Gainsborough Trinity 01 21 40 02 21 32 01 70 21 03 20 04 12 01 22 00 20 32 00 53 00 10
Goole Town 21 23 10 02 31 30 20 01 20 20 10 01 00 20 21 21 32 42 32 00 01 11
Great Harwood Town 13 22 02 30 32 52 22 02 01 10 01 22 32 03 11 22 44 41 22 22 20 50
Kendal Town 10 13 31 03 32 13 21 01 00 13 13 31 12 11 13 22 03 23 11 10 10 01
Lancaster City 10 21 13 12 21 13 20 20 11 30 31 43 32 20 11 31 12 52 33 12 11 11
Macclesfield Town 02 11 31 00 12 11 11 12 13 03 00 03 11 13 22 11 01 31 01 22 22 20
Matlock Town 52 11 11 11 12 42 22 11 42 32 20 30 21 22 14 21 11 40 51 40 21 43
Morecambe 30 13 05 01 11 50 12 10 01 20 41 00 01 32 03 11 12 32 11 12 10 51
Mossley 21 32 10 21 11 40 50 25 21 41 30 12 12 11 11 32 01 20 22 11 13 11
Northwich Victoria 11 20 51 13 11 50 10 30 21 41 10 20 32 22 31 13 40 31 21 20 10 10
Runcorn 21 00 12 01 11 40 21 21 20 22 13 40 02 41 04 12 11 20 21 20 11 01
Scarborough 10 23 33 21 10 42 32 22 11 20 22 12 31 41 20 11 11 01 33 10 53 31
South Liverpool 10 08 11 00 21 31 11 12 11 22 23 11 13 30 25 12 04 51 03 21 03 02
South Shields 12 51 32 31 01 32 41 21 51 32 31 11 13 33 11 30 10 01 50 20 20 03
Stafford Rangers 11 05 21 01 20 30 10 10 30 61 02 20 00 01 00 11 30 31 32 22 31 11
Wigan Athletic 12 21 52 11 31 41 30 11 11 20 22 00 02 11 22 01 00 13 30 20 12 20
Worksop Town 17 23 20 11 10 20 20 01 11 31 01 41 00 11 11 01 10 10 01 21 32 11

Updated to games played on 20 May 1977.
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 ninth season of the Northern Premier League only Altrincham was put forward for election to the Football League and after receiving the least votes did not gain promotion. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, with Workington joining the League at the end of the season having left Football League Division Four.

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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