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)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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

BRW

BOS

BUX

FRK

GAI

GAT

GOO

GHT

KEN

LNC

MAC

MAT

MOR

MOS

NOR

RUN

SCA

CHO

STA

WIG

WRK

WKS

Altrincham

3–3

2–0

3–0

4–0

3–1

0–0

2–2

4–0

5–0

2–2

2–2

2–2

2–1

3–2

1–2

2–2

2–0

0–0

3–1

1–1

0–0

5–1

4–0

Bangor City

2–2

1–0

0–1

1–0

5–2

4–1

4–2

2–1

5–1

4–0

1–0

6–1

2–0

1–1

2–3

1–0

2–1

1–2

6–0

1–0

0–0

3–1

3–0

Barrow

1–2

0–2

0–1

1–1

4–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

7–0

0–0

1–0

3–0

0–1

3–0

2–2

4–2

0–0

0–2

3–1

0–1

1–1

3–1

0–0

Boston United

1–0

3–0

2–0

2–1

7–3

1–0

3–1

2–1

4–2

2–0

1–3

1–0

2–1

5–2

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

0–0

1–1

4–2

6–0

4–0

Buxton

0–2

0–4

0–2

0–2

0–1

0–3

2–1

2–1

5–1

3–1

4–3

1–1

2–3

1–0

3–3

0–2

0–2

0–3

3–1

0–3

2–2

0–1

7–0

Frickley Athletic

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–3

4–3

2–0

1–3

2–2

1–1

1–2

7–1

3–2

1–1

2–2

2–0

0–3

0–0

0–1

4–2

0–2

4–0

1–2

0–0

Gainsborough Trinity

0–2

0–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

2–2

3–2

1–2

3–1

2–2

1–0

1–2

0–0

2–0

2–2

3–1

2–1

0–1

4–2

2–2

1–2

2–0

3–2

Gateshead

5–1

1–2

3–0

0–1

3–1

0–2

0–1

2–4

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–2

2–1

3–2

1–3

1–2

1–3

2–2

8–0

0–3

0–3

2–3

1–1

Goole Town

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–1

6–0

3–4

0–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

0–2

3–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–0

0–2

3–0

0–2

Great Harwood Town

0–2

7–2

1–1

0–1

4–0

3–1

3–1

1–1

2–2

2–2

0–0

1–3

5–2

1–2

4–3

2–0

2–2

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–3

3–1

3–0

Kendal Town

2–1

3–2

1–2

0–1

1–2

2–4

2–0

1–0

0–1

2–1

2–5

4–1

0–1

1–2

3–2

0–0

0–3

0–3

2–2

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–0

Lancaster City

2–1

1–1

4–3

2–2

0–1

1–4

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

1–0

1–3

3–3

3–2

1–2

0–0

2–0

0–0

1–6

1–0

2–0

Macclesfield Town

3–3

0–2

5–0

0–1

3–0

0–3

1–0

2–0

2–1

0–1

0–1

4–0

2–2

1–2

1–3

0–4

3–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

0–4

1–1

2–1

Matlock Town

3–4

1–1

3–2

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

4–1

1–0

3–0

2–2

3–0

2–0

0–0

5–2

2–2

0–2

0–0

4–0

2–1

0–1

3–1

2–1

Morecambe

0–1

0–1

3–1

0–4

1–1

3–2

1–1

1–0

5–1

2–1

4–1

4–2

2–2

0–1

1–5

1–2

1–1

3–5

0–3

1–2

1–2

3–3

2–2

Mossley

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

3–2

2–2

2–1

0–1

3–2

1–1

3–0

4–1

2–1

2–1

5–4

2–2

1–3

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–3

5–0

2–1

Northwich Victoria

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

2–2

2–0

5–4

4–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

5–2

3–0

2–5

3–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

4–2

5–2

Runcorn

1–1

2–2

1–0

2–2

2–1

1–1

3–2

0–3

4–0

0–2

2–0

0–0

6–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

3–0

1–0

4–0

1–1

2–2

1–0

2–0

Scarborough

0–1

0–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

2–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

5–3

0–0

3–0

2–0

1–0

6–0

1–0

2–1

6–2

2–0

3–1

1–2

4–0

South Liverpool

0–1

0–4

2–4

1–2

4–3

3–2

2–3

0–1

0–2

3–0

0–1

2–2

3–2

3–3

2–1

1–2

0–5

2–2

0–4

1–2

0–2

0–1

1–0

Stafford Rangers

0–1

4–1

1–0

1–1

4–1

3–1

5–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

2–0

3–2

2–2

1–3

3–0

0–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

2–3

2–2

1–0

3–0

Wigan Athletic

1–0

2–1

4–1

0–2

4–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

0–0

2–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–4

2–0

1–0

4–1

3–0

Workington

2–1

0–1

2–0

0–1

0–2

0–1

4–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

4–0

0–0

2–1

0–3

4–1

1–2

1–2

1–2

0–0

0–0

0–3

1–4

0–0

Worksop Town

1–0

0–2

2–2

0–1

0–1

2–1

2–1

1–3

2–1

0–1

1–1

3–5

3–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

3–2

4–2

1–1

0–0

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:

• Matlock Town 3–0 Boston United

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

• Matlock Town bt. Boston United

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF