1985–86 Northern Premier League

The 1985–86 Northern Premier League season was the 18th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. It was known as the Mulipart Premier League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

1 Teams
2 Final table
3 Promotion and relegation
4 Cup Results
5 References
6 External links

Teams

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Gateshead	42	24	10	8	85	51	+34	82
2	Marine	42	23	11	8	63	35	+28	80
3	Morecambe	42	17	17	8	59	39	+20	68
4	Gainsborough Trinity	42	18	14	10	66	52	+14	68
5	Burton Albion	42	18	12	12	64	47	+17	66
6	Southport	42	17	11	14	70	66	+4	62
7	Worksop Town	42	17	10	15	51	48	+3	61
8	Workington	42	14	18	10	54	46	+8	59²
9	Macclesfield Town	42	17	8	17	67	65	+2	59
10	Hyde United	42	14	15	13	63	62	+1	57
11	Witton Albion	42	15	13	14	56	59	-3	57²
12	Mossley	42	13	16	13	56	60	-4	55
13	Bangor City	42	13	15	14	51	51	0	54
14	Rhyl	42	14	10	18	65	71	-6	52
15	South Liverpool	42	11	17	14	43	44	-1	50
16	Horwich RMI	42	15	6	21	53	63	-10	50²
17	Caernarfon Town	42	11	17	14	51	63	-12	50
18	Oswestry Town	42	12	13	17	51	60	-9	49
19	Buxton	42	11	12	19	55	76	-21	45
20	Chorley	42	9	15	18	56	64	-8	42
21	Matlock Town	42	9	15	18	59	75	-16	42
22	Goole Town	42	7	11	24	37	78	-41	31²

^{1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Workington, Witton Albion, Horwich RMI and Goole Town all had 1 point deducted.}

Promotion and relegation

In the eighteenth season of the Northern Premier League Gateshead (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Barrow, who swapped Leagues with them.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Hyde United bt. Marine

President's Cup:

Worksop Town 3-2 Burton Albion

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

Gateshead bt. Hyde United

References

^ Multipart League

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Bradford Park Avenue Burscough Buxton Chasetown Chester Chorley FC United of Manchester Frickley Athletic Hednesford Town Kendal Town Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town North Ferriby United Northwich Victoria Rushall Olympic Stafford Rangers Stocksbridge Park Steels Whitby Town Worksop Town

Division One North	AFC Fylde Bamber Bridge Cammell Laird Clitheroe Curzon Ashton Durham City Farsley Garforth Town Harrogate Railway Athletic Lancaster City Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Salford City Skelmersdale United Trafford Wakefield Warrington Town Witton Albion Woodley Sports

Division One South	Belper Town Brigg Town Carlton Town Coalville Town Goole Grantham Town Hucknall Town Ilkeston Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town New Mills Newcastle Town Quorn Rainworth Miners Welfare Romulus Sheffield Shepshed Dynamo Stamford Sutton Coldfield Town

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

1985–86 in English football

« 1984–85 1986–87 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield • FA Trophy

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final) • Super Cup

Lower leagues	Alliance Premier League · Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

Related to national team	Bobby Robson • Rous Cup • 1986 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Chelsea · Coventry City · Everton · Ipswich Town · Leicester City · Liverpool · Luton Town · Manchester City · Manchester United · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Oxford United · Queens Park Rangers · Sheffield Wednesday · Southampton · Tottenham Hotspur · Watford · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley · Blackburn Rovers · Bradford City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Carlisle United · Charlton Athletic · Crystal Palace · Fulham · Grimsby Town · Huddersfield Town · Hull City · Leeds United · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Norwich City · Oldham Athletic · Portsmouth · Sheffield United · Shrewsbury Town · Stoke City · Sunderland · Wimbledon

Third Division	Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bournemouth · Brentford · Bristol City · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Cardiff City · Chesterfield · Darlington · Derby County · Doncaster Rovers · Gillingham · Lincoln City · Newport County · Notts County · Plymouth Argyle · Reading · Rotherham United · Swansea City · Walsall · Wigan Athletic · Wolverhampton Wanderers · York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Burnley · Cambridge United · Chester · Colchester United · Crewe Alexandra · Exeter City · Halifax Town · Hartlepool United · Hereford United · Leyton Orient · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Preston North End · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Southport · Stockport County · Swindon Town · Torquay United · Tranmere Rovers · Wrexham