1987–88 Northern Premier League

The 1987–88 Northern Premier League season was the 20th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division
Season 1987–88
Champions Chorley
Promoted Chorley
Relegated Oswestry Town
Workington
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1349 (2.92 per match)

League Table

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Chorley 42 26 10 6 78 35 +43 88
2 Hyde United 42 25 10 7 91 52 +39 85
3 Caernarfon Town 42 22 10 10 56 34 +22 76
4 Morecambe 42 19 15 8 61 41 +20 72
5 Barrow 42 21 8 13 70 41 +29 71
6 Worksop Town 42 20 11 11 74 55 +19 71
7 Bangor City 42 20 10 12 72 55 +17 70
8 Rhyl 42 18 13 11 70 42 +28 67
9 Marine 42 19 10 13 67 45 +22 67
10 Frickley Athletic 42 18 11 13 61 55 +6 65
11 Witton Albion 42 16 12 14 61 47 +14 60
12 Goole Town 42 17 9 16 71 61 +10 60
13 Horwich RMI 42 17 9 16 46 42 +4 60
14 Southport 42 15 12 15 43 48 −5 57
15 South Liverpool 42 10 19 13 56 64 −8 49
16 Buxton 42 11 14 17 72 76 −4 47
17 Mossley 42 11 11 20 54 75 −21 44
18 Gateshead 42 11 7 24 52 71 −19 40
19 Matlock Town 42 10 8 24 58 89 −31 38
20 Gainsborough Trinity 42 8 10 24 38 81 −43 34
21 Oswestry Town 42 6 10 26 44 101 −57 28
22 Workington 42 6 3 33 28 113 −85 21

Results

Home ╲ Away BAN BRW BUXCANCHOFRKGAIGATGOOHorwich RMIHYDMARMATMORMOSOSWRHLCHOSOUWTNWRKWKS
Bangor City 10 22 00 11 32 10 13 21 00 34 20 20 24 31 22 30 01 11 40 50 23
Barrow 23 31 01 12 30 41 21 50 20 21 32 50 00 32 40 24 11 01 10 20 01
Buxton 24 20 13 12 12 00 11 24 21 51 11 21 11 10 33 22 00 01 14 31 22
Caernarfon Town 10 02 21 21 01 00 30 21 24 11 10 31 10 32 30 21 22 21 00 30 10
Chorley 10 10 41 10 03 21 40 11 10 11 21 00 21 11 51 21 42 21 11 90 01
Frickley Athletic 12 04 13 21 12 31 00 33 00 42 11 10 02 41 31 01 21 21 10 21 30
Gainsborough Trinity 00 11 06 00 16 10 10 03 10 11 41 02 23 12 21 01 12 11 11 12 13
Gateshead 11 00 32 01 02 20 41 31 10 01 13 20 11 03 40 01 02 10 11 40 35
Goole Town 12 02 00 10 10 11 22 32 11 05 01 40 21 42 32 31 40 01 30 81 12
Horwich RMI 32 11 10 01 01 12 10 21 02 14 00 20 01 10 21 00 12 11 10 20 20
Hyde United 20 21 42 21 21 00 30 21 31 20 10 20 21 41 20 00 33 51 23 60 11
Marine 22 01 10 00 10 00 51 20 21 10 73 13 11 01 10 42 10 31 01 30 11
Matlock Town 23 51 33 02 11 24 42 21 23 04 23 12 23 23 22 11 22 21 13 21 22
Morecambe 02 00 22 20 12 00 00 41 22 32 41 32 10 41 20 00 10 01 00 20 21
Mossley 12 11 11 11 01 11 10 41 21 02 04 13 11 22 31 13 10 00 02 21 11
Oswestry Town 03 11 14 21 04 33 32 11 10 23 02 17 02 11 12 03 00 20 22 20 24
Rhyl 20 12 21 00 01 21 50 21 10 01 11 01 40 00 11 50 12 12 22 31 21
South Liverpool 00 11 33 04 11 20 12 41 11 11 11 10 42 11 63 22 13 11 03 02 02
Southport 23 12 21 11 23 12 10 12 00 10 10 00 20 20 11 10 22 11 04 30 00
Witton Albion 31 10 23 02 11 20 01 32 31 01 11 22 40 01 32 12 00 00 01 32 51
Workington 01 04 01 14 12 13 23 10 02 22 02 04 02 01 21 21 08 22 01 10 00
Worksop Town 41 10 52 20 00 22 31 32 01 12 02 20 24 23 10 50 11 22 20 10 41

Updated to games played on 2 May 1988.
Source: Northern Premier League 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.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One
Season 1987–88
Champions Fleetwood Town
Promoted Stalybridge Celtic
Matches played 344
Goals scored 1014 (2.95 per match)

League Table

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Fleetwood Town 36 22 7 7 85 45 +40 73
2 Stalybridge Celtic 36 22 6 8 72 42 +30 72
3 Leek Town 36 20 10 6 63 38 +25 70
4 Accrington Stanley 36 21 6 9 71 39 +32 69
5 Farsley Celtic 36 18 9 9 64 48 +16 63
6 Droylsden 36 16 10 10 63 48 +15 58
7 Eastwood Hanley 36 14 12 10 50 37 +13 56
8 Winsford United 36 15 6 15 59 47 +12 51
9 Congleton Town 36 12 16 8 43 39 +4 511
10 Harrogate Town 36 13 9 14 51 50 +1 48
11 Alfreton Town 36 13 8 15 53 54 −1 47
12 Radcliffe Borough 36 11 13 12 66 62 +4 46
13 Irlam Town 36 12 10 14 39 45 −6 46
14 Penrith 36 11 11 14 46 51 −5 44
15 Sutton Town 36 11 5 20 51 96 −45 38
16 Lancaster City 36 10 6 20 45 72 −27 36
17 Eastwood Town 36 8 10 18 45 65 −20 34
18 Curzon Ashton 36 8 4 24 43 73 −30 28
19 Netherfield 36 4 4 28 35 93 −58 16

1 Congleton Town were docked 1 point.

Promotion and relegation

In the twentieth season of the Northern Premier League Chorley (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Meanwhile, Oswestry Town folded at the end of the season and Workington were relegated; these three sides were replaced by Division One winners Fleetwood Town, second placed Stalybridge Celtic and newly admitted Shepshed Charterhouse. Colne Dynamoes, Bishop Auckland, Whitley Bay and Newtown were admitted into Division One at the end of the season.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

President's Cup:

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

External links

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