1991–92 Northern Premier League

The 1991–92 Northern Premier League season was the 24th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier Division, won by Stalybridge Celtic, and the First Division, won by Colwyn Bay. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1991–92
Champions Stalybridge Celtic
Promoted Stalybridge Celtic
Relegated Shepshed Albion
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1324 (2.87 per match)

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Stalybridge Celtic (C) (P) 42 26 14 2 84 33+51 92 Promotion to Conference
2 Marine 42 23 9 10 64 32+32 78
3 Morecambe 42 21 13 8 70 44+26 76
4 Leek Town 42 21 10 11 62 49+13 73
5 Buxton 42 21 9 12 65 47+18 72
6 Emley 42 18 11 13 69 47+22 65
7 Southport 42 16 17 9 57 48+9 65
8 Accrington Stanley 42 17 12 13 78 62+16 63
9 Hyde United 42 17 9 16 69 67+2 60
10 Fleetwood Town 42 17 8 17 67 64+3 59
11 Bishop Auckland 42 16 9 17 48 5810 57
12 Goole Town 42 15 9 18 60 7212 54
13 Horwich RMI 42 13 14 15 44 528 53
14 Frickley Athletic 42 12 16 14 61 57+4 52
15 Droylsden 42 12 14 16 62 7210 50
16 Mossley 42 15 4 23 51 7322 49
17 Whitley Bay 42 13 9 20 53 7926 48
18 Gainsborough Trinity 42 11 13 18 48 6315 46
19 Matlock Town 42 12 9 21 59 8728 45
20 Bangor City 42 11 10 21 46 5711 43 Transferred to the League of Wales
21 Chorley 42 11 9 22 61 8221 42
22 Shepshed Charterhouse (R) 42 6 8 28 46 7933 26 Relegation to NPL Division One

Updated to games played on May 1992.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ACC BAN BISBUXCHODROEmleyFLEFRKGAIGOOHorwich RMIHYDLEEMARMATMORMOSSPDSOUSTLWHI
Accrington Stanley 10 22 11 32 22 21 30 12 11 40 11 11 10 03 22 31 51 31 11 03 32
Bangor City 43 11 01 11 40 20 02 21 13 20 12 22 01 02 23 01 40 10 11 01 12
Bishop Auckland 06 00 20 30 10 11 30 10 31 12 13 01 02 30 11 02 12 41 01 14 11
Buxton 01 20 21 42 20 13 10 30 21 11 50 20 30 03 31 13 13 10 10 12 31
Chorley 21 43 10 02 12 01 10 22 31 44 00 20 02 31 21 12 12 12 22 23 13
Droylsden 32 20 12 00 20 40 14 42 00 32 51 32 22 11 22 01 14 32 11 22 11
Emley 31 02 41 12 50 12 40 20 60 20 00 00 00 01 40 33 21 00 32 22 31
Fleetwood Town 21 21 34 11 50 21 11 21 01 23 12 51 22 00 40 11 31 20 51 02 50
Frickley Athletic 11 21 20 11 10 11 00 32 00 12 02 30 01 04 22 11 30 61 20 11 40
Gainsborough Trinity 04 11 01 00 31 00 10 11 11 02 40 10 12 00 01 51 01 31 02 31 13
Goole Town 24 21 12 22 31 22 01 21 22 41 10 01 12 12 30 12 31 01 21 11 10
Horwich RMI 11 01 20 00 22 10 30 01 13 30 21 02 11 10 21 03 12 00 11 00 12
Hyde United 21 22 40 21 12 31 53 70 11 21 13 11 10 04 32 22 41 31 40 12 01
Leek Town 10 00 11 41 20 20 11 03 21 01 11 31 33 32 21 04 32 30 30 23 20
Marine 01 10 01 20 21 31 20 50 10 21 20 21 20 30 13 01 21 11 11 00 30
Matlock Town 04 20 01 02 22 32 03 11 11 13 41 10 21 30 01 12 02 43 33 03 53
Morecambe 41 30 30 21 21 11 01 12 20 11 11 00 30 22 21 33 10 02 01 00 01
Mossley 01 13 02 13 10 30 03 41 11 21 31 11 11 12 01 01 14 21 00 01 32
Shepshed Albion 40 00 00 23 23 23 32 01 13 11 01 13 12 12 00 41 24 01 01 33 01
Southport 22 40 30 21 11 22 23 10 32 22 11 11 20 10 00 20 11 10 30 00 20
Stalybridge Celtic 21 11 00 22 33 20 10 20 22 30 70 20 12 10 31 40 10 50 21 10 31
Whitley Bay 22 01 02 02 06 31 00 00 22 33 20 13 41 03 22 31 11 21 21 12 02

Updated to games played on 2 May 1992.
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.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One
Season 1991–92
Champions Colwyn Bay
Promoted Colwyn Bay
Winsford United
Relegated Newtown
Rhyl
Irlam Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1551 (3.36 per match)

Division One featured three new teams:

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Colwyn Bay (C) (P) 42 30 4 8 99 49+50 94 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Winsford United (P) 42 29 6 7 96 41+55 93
3 Worksop Town 42 25 5 12 101 51+50 80
4 Guiseley 42 22 12 8 93 56+37 78
5 Caernarfon Town 42 23 9 10 78 47+31 78
6 Bridlington Town 42 22 9 11 86 46+40 75
7 Warrington Town 42 20 8 14 79 64+15 68
8 Knowsley United 42 18 10 14 69 52+17 64
9 Netherfield 42 18 7 17 54 617 61
10 Harrogate Town 42 14 16 12 73 69+4 58
11 Curzon Ashton 42 15 9 18 71 8312 54
12 Farsley Celtic 42 15 9 18 79 10122 053
13 Radcliffe Borough 42 15 9 18 67 725 051*
14 Newtown 42 15 6 21 60 9535 51 Transferred to the League of Wales
15 Eastwood Town 42 13 11 18 59 7011 50
16 Lancaster City 42 10 19 13 55 627 49
17 Congleton Town 42 14 5 23 59 8122 47
18 Rhyl 42 11 10 21 59 6910 43 Transferred to the League of Wales
19 Rossendale United 42 9 11 22 61 9029 38
20 Alfreton Town 42 12 2 28 63 9835 38
21 Irlam Town (R) 42 9 7 26 45 9550 033 Relegation to NWCFL Division Two
22 Workington 42 7 8 27 45 9954 028

Updated to games played on May 1992.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Radcliffe Borough were docked 3 points.
Farsley Celtic, Irlam Town and Workington were docked 1 point.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-fourth season of the Northern Premier League Stalybridge Celtic (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Shepshed Albion were relegated to the First Division and Bangor City moved to the newly formed League of Wales; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Barrow, First Division winners Colwyn Bay and second placed Winsford United. In the First Division Newtown and Rhyl left the League to join the League of Wales and Irlam Town left the League altogether; these three sides were replaced by newly admitted Ashton United, Gretna and Great Harwood Town.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

President's Cup:

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

References

External links

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