1988–89 Northern Premier League

The 1988–89 Northern Premier League season was the 21st in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1988–89
Champions Barrow
Promoted Barrow
Relegated Worksop Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1319 (2.85 per match)

League Table

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Barrow 42 26 9 7 69 35 +34 87
2 Hyde United 42 24 8 10 77 44 +33 80
3 Witton Albion 42 22 13 7 67 39 +28 79
4 Bangor City 42 22 10 10 77 48 +29 76
5 Marine 42 23 7 12 69 48 +21 76
6 Goole Town 42 22 7 13 75 60 +15 73
7 Fleetwood Town 42 19 16 7 58 44 +14 73
8 Rhyl 42 18 10 14 75 65 +10 64
9 Frickley Athletic 42 17 10 15 64 53 +11 61
10 Mossley 42 17 9 16 56 58 −2 60
11 South Liverpool 42 15 13 14 65 57 +8 58
12 Caernarfon Town 42 15 10 17 49 63 −14 55
13 Matlock Town 42 16 5 21 65 73 −8 53
14 Southport 42 13 12 17 66 52 +14 51
15 Buxton 42 12 14 16 61 63 −2 50
16 Morecambe 42 13 9 20 55 60 −5 471
17 Gainsborough Trinity 42 12 11 19 56 73 −17 47
18 Shepshed Charterhouse 42 14 8 20 49 60 −11 442
19 Stalybridge Celtic 42 9 13 20 46 81 −35 40
20 Horwich RMI 42 7 14 21 42 70 −28 35
21 Gateshead 42 7 13 22 36 70 −34 34
22 Worksop Town 42 6 5 31 42 103 −61 23

1 Morecambe had 1 point deducted. 2 Shepshed Charterhouse had 6 points deducted.

Results

Home ╲ Away BAN BRW BUXCANFLEFRKGAIGATGOOHorwich RMIHYDMARMATMORMOSRHLCHRCHOSOUSTLWTNWKS
Bangor City 12 01 11 00 10 11 30 23 32 12 32 20 30 32 31 10 22 30 31 23 21
Barrow 10 10 10 23 20 30 20 32 21 11 02 10 31 22 20 12 02 31 40 30 10
Buxton 11 52 11 10 11 12 11 10 00 12 11 40 03 01 02 33 13 33 41 22 41
Caernarfon Town 01 01 31 22 03 01 11 01 22 10 21 20 10 02 01 10 21 11 20 00 11
Fleetwood Town 20 20 21 10 10 11 11 10 20 02 23 42 10 21 11 11 11 10 00 01 21
Frickley Athletic 04 21 12 23 11 30 41 21 33 20 21 20 10 50 03 31 20 00 22 01 11
Gainsborough Trinity 22 12 13 12 11 12 10 12 11 22 12 21 10 30 61 20 04 21 03 33 13
Gateshead 00 12 21 02 01 11 21 13 10 20 11 01 10 12 11 02 00 12 12 01 21
Goole Town 31 02 11 62 43 21 23 42 31 40 01 21 23 13 32 10 21 22 21 30 21
Horwich RMI 03 03 01 30 11 14 04 11 11 02 01 11 12 01 21 01 20 25 10 22 11
Hyde United 21 02 32 40 11 10 20 50 30 00 41 31 01 22 42 30 12 20 40 22 30
Marine 12 00 31 11 41 01 20 10 02 22 31 31 20 31 31 52 02 11 22 20 10
Matlock Town 42 02 54 23 23 21 22 31 31 00 21 24 32 20 21 12 10 22 30 00 61
Morecambe 12 11 11 31 02 21 52 20 00 10 22 31 12 33 20 20 22 01 12 01 31
Mossley 12 11 10 11 11 21 20 11 20 10 01 01 21 20 11 21 01 02 12 11 21
Rhyl 22 11 01 10 11 33 11 11 01 61 12 02 20 21 40 61 43 10 43 15 21
Shepshed Charterhouse 11 11 11 01 12 20 20 31 02 12 03 20 20 21 21 11 30 01 30 01 01
South Liverpool 13 12 11 51 02 00 41 11 00 42 12 10 10 31 02 13 41 21 44 11 11
Southport 02 11 10 50 31 13 00 70 11 02 02 01 40 11 41 12 00 22 01 01 51
Stalybridge Celtic 22 04 23 02 11 12 11 22 11 11 01 12 10 11 03 01 03 12 22 10 21
Witton Albion 01 00 11 30 11 11 40 20 30 21 22 10 13 31 10 23 20 10 10 61 31
Worksop Town 05 01 30 27 12 31 03 04 45 02 20 13 14 21 15 04 12 11 05 01 02

Updated to games played on 6 May 1989.
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.

First Division

Northern Premier League First Division
Season 1988–89
Champions Colne Dynamoes
Promoted Bishop Auckland
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1408 (3.05 per match)

League Table

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Colne Dynamoes 42 30 11 1 102 21 +81 981
2 Bishop Auckland 42 28 5 9 78 28 +50 89
3 Leek Town 42 25 11 6 74 41 +33 852
4 Droylsden 42 25 9 8 84 48 +36 84
5 Whitley Bay 42 23 6 13 77 49 +28 75
6 Accrington Stanley 42 21 10 11 81 60 +21 73
7 Lancaster City 42 21 8 13 76 54 +22 71
8 Harrogate Town 42 19 7 16 68 61 +7 64
9 Newtown 42 15 12 15 65 59 +6 57
10 Congleton Town 42 15 11 16 62 66 −4 56
11 Workington 42 17 3 22 59 74 −15 54
12 Eastwood Town 42 14 10 18 55 61 −6 52
13 Curzon Ashton 42 13 11 18 74 72 +2 50
14 Farsley Celtic 42 12 13 17 52 73 −21 49
15 Irlam Town 42 11 14 17 53 63 −10 47
16 Penrith 42 14 5 23 61 91 −30 47
17 Radcliffe Borough 42 12 10 20 62 86 −24 46
18 Eastwood Hanley 42 11 12 19 46 67 −21 45
19 Winsford United 42 13 6 23 58 93 −35 45
20 Alfreton Town 42 8 11 23 44 92 −48 35
21 Netherfield 42 8 9 25 57 90 −33 322
22 Sutton Town 42 7 6 29 70 109 −39 27

1 Colne Dynamoes were docked 3 points. 2 Leek Town and Netherfield were docked 1 point.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-first season of the Northern Premier League Barrow (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Meanwhile, Worksop Town were relegated; these two sides were replaced by First Division winners Colne Dynamoes and second placed Bishop Auckland. Sutton Town left the First Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Emley and Rossendale United.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

President's Cup:

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

References

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