1977–78 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1977–78
Champions Boston United
Promoted Wigan Athletic
Relegated Great Harwood
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1447 (2.62 per match)

The 1977–78 Northern Premier League season was the tenth 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 46 31 9 6 85 35 +50 71
2 Wigan Athletic 46 25 15 6 83 45 +38 65
3 Bangor City 46 26 10 10 92 50 +42 62
4 Scarborough 46 26 10 10 80 39 +41 62
5 Altrincham 46 22 15 9 84 49 +37 59
6 Northwich Victoria 46 22 14 10 83 55 +28 58
7 Stafford Rangers 46 22 13 11 71 41 +30 57
8 Runcorn 46 19 18 9 70 44 +26 57
9 Mossley 46 22 11 13 85 73 +12 55
10 Matlock Town 46 21 12 13 79 60 +19 53
11 Lancaster City 46 15 14 17 66 82 −16 44
12 Frickley Athletic 46 15 12 19 77 81 −4 42
13 Barrow 46 14 12 20 58 61 −3 40
14 Goole Town 46 15 9 22 60 68 −8 39
15 Great Harwood 46 13 13 20 66 83 −17 39
16 Gainsborough Trinity 46 14 10 22 61 74 −13 38
17 Gateshead 46 16 5 25 65 74 −9 37
18 Netherfield 46 11 13 22 50 80 −30 35
19 Workington 46 13 8 25 48 80 −32 34
20 Worksop Town 46 12 10 24 45 84 −39 34
21 Morecambe 46 11 11 24 67 92 −25 33
22 Macclesfield Town 46 12 9 25 60 92 −32 33
23 Buxton 46 13 6 27 60 95 −35 32
24 South Liverpool 46 9 7 30 53 111 −58 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 ALT BAN BRWBOSBUXFRKGAIGATGOOGHTKENLNCMACMATMORMOSNORRUNSCACHOSTAWIGWRKWKS
Altrincham 33 20 30 40 31 00 22 40 50 22 22 22 21 32 12 22 20 00 31 11 00 51 40
Bangor City 22 10 01 10 52 41 42 21 51 40 10 61 20 11 23 10 21 12 60 10 00 31 30
Barrow 12 02 01 11 41 21 10 10 70 00 10 30 01 30 22 42 00 02 31 01 11 31 00
Boston United 10 30 20 21 73 10 31 21 42 20 13 10 21 52 01 01 00 00 00 11 42 60 40
Buxton 02 04 02 02 01 03 21 21 51 31 43 11 23 10 33 02 02 03 31 03 22 01 70
Frickley Athletic 11 11 00 03 43 20 13 22 11 12 71 32 11 22 20 03 00 01 42 02 40 12 00
Gainsborough Trinity 02 00 11 21 01 22 32 12 31 22 10 12 00 20 22 31 21 01 42 22 12 20 32
Gateshead 51 12 30 01 31 02 01 24 21 10 21 12 21 32 13 12 13 22 80 03 03 23 11
Goole Town 01 10 00 11 60 34 01 20 21 22 02 32 31 11 10 22 11 21 10 20 02 30 02
Great Harwood Town 02 72 11 01 40 31 31 11 22 22 00 13 52 12 43 20 22 21 00 11 23 31 30
Kendal Town 21 32 12 01 12 24 20 10 01 21 25 41 01 12 32 00 03 03 22 00 12 11 10
Lancaster City 21 11 43 22 01 14 10 21 00 11 10 31 10 13 33 32 12 00 20 00 16 10 20
Macclesfield Town 33 02 50 01 30 03 10 20 21 01 01 40 22 12 13 04 31 11 13 10 04 11 21
Matlock Town 34 11 32 21 21 21 11 41 10 30 22 30 20 00 52 22 02 00 40 21 01 31 21
Morecambe 01 01 31 04 11 32 11 10 51 21 41 42 22 01 15 12 11 35 03 12 12 33 22
Mossley 11 10 11 12 32 22 21 01 32 11 30 41 21 21 54 22 13 10 21 01 13 50 21
Northwich Victoria 10 11 10 02 22 20 54 40 21 00 11 52 30 25 30 10 00 21 20 11 11 42 52
Runcorn 11 22 10 22 21 11 32 03 40 02 20 00 60 11 21 00 30 10 40 11 22 10 20
Scarborough 01 02 21 11 21 01 21 00 21 21 53 00 30 20 10 60 10 21 62 20 31 12 40
South Liverpool 01 04 24 12 43 32 23 01 02 30 01 22 32 33 21 12 05 22 04 12 02 01 10
Stafford Rangers 01 41 10 11 41 31 50 01 10 20 20 32 22 13 30 00 00 21 20 23 22 10 30
Wigan Athletic 10 21 41 02 40 10 21 10 20 00 00 22 11 20 11 12 11 00 24 20 10 41 30
Workington 21 01 20 01 02 01 41 01 21 20 40 00 21 03 41 12 12 12 00 00 03 14 00
Worksop Town 10 02 22 01 01 21 21 13 21 01 11 35 31 11 21 10 10 21 12 32 42 11 00

Updated to games played on 7 May 1978.
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 tenth season of the Northern Premier League 2nd placed Wigan Athletic applied for election to the Football League and succeeded, joining Football League Division Four; they replaced Southport, who swapped leagues with them. No sides were relegated, but Great Harwood left the League at the end of the season.

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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