1973–74 Northern Premier League

The 1973–74 Northern Premier League season was the 6th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Contents

Teams

Final table

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Average 1 Points 2
1 Boston United 46 27 11 8 69 32 2.16 65
2 Wigan Athletic 46 28 8 10 96 39 2.46 64
3 Altrincham 46 26 11 9 77 34 2.26 63
4 Stafford Rangers 46 27 9 10 101 45 2.24 63
5 Scarborough 46 22 14 10 62 43 1.44 58
6 South Shields 46 25 6 15 87 48 1.81 56
7 Runcorn 46 21 14 11 72 47 1.53 56
8 Macclesfield Town 46 18 15 13 48 47 1.02 51
9 Bangor City 46 19 11 16 65 56 1.16 49
10 Gainsborough Trinity 46 18 11 17 77 64 1.20 47
11 South Liverpool 46 16 15 15 55 47 1.17 47
12 Skelmersdale United 46 16 13 17 50 59 0.85 45
13 Goole Town 46 14 15 17 60 69 0.87 43
14 Fleetwood 46 14 15 17 48 68 0.71 43
15 Northwich Victoria 46 14 13 19 68 75 0.91 41
16 Mossley 46 15 11 20 53 65 0.82 41
17 Morecambe 46 13 13 20 62 84 0.74 39
18 Buxton 46 14 10 22 45 71 0.63 38
19 Matlock Town 46 11 14 21 50 79 0.63 36
20 Great Harwood 46 10 14 22 52 74 0.70 34
21 Bradford Park Avenue 46 9 15 22 42 84 0.50 33
22 Barrow 46 13 7 26 46 94 0.49 33
23 Lancaster City 46 10 12 24 52 67 0.78 32
24 Netherfield 46 11 5 30 42 88 0.48 27

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.

2 The points system up until the 1982-83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Promotion and relegation

In the sixth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, but Bradford Park Avenue folded at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly-admitted Worksop Town (returning after an absence of five years).

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

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

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