1981–82 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1981–82 was the third season of the Alliance Premier League.

1 New teams in the league this season
2 Final table^[1]
3 Results^[1]
4 Top scorers^[1]
5 Promotion and relegation
- 5.1 Promoted
- 5.2 Relegated
6 Election to the Football League
7 References
8 External links

New teams in the league this season

Dagenham (promoted 1980–81)
Dartford (promoted 1980–81)
Enfield (promoted 1980–81)
Runcorn (promoted 1980–81)
Trowbridge Town (promoted 1980–81)

Final table^[1]

Alliance Premier League
Season	1981–82 ^[1]
Champions	Runcorn (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Runners Up	Enfield
Relegated to Level 6	Dartford, Gravesend & Northfleet, AP Leamington
Promoted for the next season	Bangor City, Nuneaton, Wealdstone
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1269 (2.75 per match)
Biggest home win	Bath City – AP Leamington 7–0
Biggest away win	AP Leamington – Stafford Rangers 1–5; AP Leamington – Dagenham 0–4; Scarborough – Northwich Victoria 0–4
Highest scoring	Barrow – Kettering Town 7–2; Enfield – Barrow 7–2; Altrincham – Worcester City 6–3; Kettering Town – Altrincham 5–4; Runcorn – Altrincham 5–4
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1981–1982

Barnet

Dagenham

Dartford

Gravesend & Northfleet

Enfield

Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1981–1982 London teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Runcorn	42	17	2	2	48	18	11	7	3	27	19	75	37	+ 38	93
2	Enfield	42	14	4	3	55	22	12	4	5	35	24	90	46	+ 44	86
3	Telford United	42	13	4	4	38	20	10	4	7	32	31	70	51	+ 19	77
4	Worcester City	42	12	4	5	38	23	9	4	8	32	37	70	60	+ 10	71
5	Dagenham	42	10	6	5	32	23	9	6	6	37	28	69	51	+ 18	69
6	Northwich Victoria	42	12	6	3	35	17	8	3	10	21	29	56	46	+ 10	69
7	Scarborough	42	11	6	4	34	20	8	5	8	31	32	65	52	+ 13	68
8	Barrow	42	15	4	2	45	17	3	7	11	14	33	59	50	+ 9	65
9	Weymouth	42	11	4	6	33	21	7	5	9	23	26	56	47	+ 9	63
10	Boston United	42	14	4	3	46	23	3	7	11	15	34	61	57	+ 4	62
11	Altrincham	42	10	6	5	39	22	4	7	10	27	34	66	56	+ 10	55
12	Bath City	42	7	7	7	30	26	8	3	10	20	31	50	57	– 7	55
13	Yeovil Town	42	10	4	7	33	27	4	7	10	23	41	56	68	– 12	53
14	Stafford Rangers	42	7	8	6	22	19	5	8	8	26	28	48	47	+ 1	52
15	Frickley Athletic	42	11	4	6	35	23	3	6	12	12	37	47	60	– 13	52
16	Maidstone United	42	8	6	7	33	22	3	9	9	22	37	55	59	– 4	48
17	Trowbridge Town	42	8	7	6	26	23	4	4	13	12	31	38	54	– 16	47
18	Barnet	42	5	8	8	17	20	4	6	11	19	32	36	52	– 16	41
19	Kettering Town	42	6	7	8	35	32	3	6	12	29	44	64	76	– 12	40
20	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	7	6	8	34	31	3	4	14	17	38	51	69	– 18	40	Relegated to the Southern Premier League
21	Dartford	42	7	5	9	23	25	3	4	14	24	44	47	69	– 22	39	Relegated to the Southern Premier League
22	AP Leamington	42	1	7	13	20	44	3	3	15	20	61	40	105	– 65	22	Relegated to the Southern Premier League

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Points scored during this and the following season: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.

Key
	Alliance Premier League Champions, no promotion
	FA Trophy winners
	Alliance Premier League Cup winners
	New club in the Conference, see also Dartford, Enfield, Runcorn
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away¹	ALT	APL	BRN	BRW	BAT	BOS	DAG	DAR	ENF	FRK	GRN	KET	MAI	NOR	RUN	SCA	STF	TEL	TRO	WEY	WRC	YEO
Altrincham		2–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	6–3	7–1
AP Leamington	0–1		0–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	2–3	1–0	3–3	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–5	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–5
Barnet	0–0	0–0		1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0
Barrow	1–0	4–2	2–1		0–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	7–2	2–0	6–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1
Bath City	1–1	7–0	2–1	0–0		1–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–0
Boston United	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0		3–4	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	4–2	6–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–2	3–2	0–0
Dagenham	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0		2–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0
Dartford	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–3		0–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	5–0
Enfield	1–1	6–1	0–0	7–2	5–1	4–0	3–2	1–1		3–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–4	2–0	3–4	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–0
Frickley Athletic	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–1		1–1	3–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1
Gravesend & Northfleet	1–1	4–1	2–3	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	4–1		1–3	2–2	0–1	2–4	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Kettering Town	5–4	1–2	5–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	4–4	0–1	0–0	2–1		2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–1
Maidstone United	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	5–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	2–0		6–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–1
Northwich Victoria	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1		1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–1
Runcorn	5–4	3–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	4–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	5–2	2–1
Scarborough	1–3	6–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–4	0–1	5–0	1–0	0–0	0–4	3–0		1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2
Stafford Rangers	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1		1–2	0–2	3–0	0–2	3–1
Telford United	4–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	7–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–3		2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1
Trowbridge Town	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	2–4
Weymouth	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	5–0	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0		3–2	1–1
Worcester City	4–3	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0		0–1
Yeovil Town	2–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–4	3–0

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982–83. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1982.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Williams	Scarborough	27
2	D. A. Mather	Telford United	24
3	A. Iannone	Weymouth	23
4	Ironton	Enfield	20
=	Ashford	Enfield	19
=	Atkins	Barnet	19
=	Burton	Dagenham	19
=	Reid	Northwich Victoria	19

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

Bangor City (from the Northern Premier League)
Nuneaton (from the Southern Premier League)
Wealdstone (from the Southern Premier League)

All of these teams had been relegated from the Alliance Premier League after the 1981–82 season.

Relegated

Dartford (to the Southern Premier League)
Gravesend & Northfleet (to the Southern Premier League)
AP Leamington (to the Southern Premier League)

Election to the Football League

This year Runcorn, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements. 2nd placed Enfield could not apply either for the same reasons, so 3rd placed Telford United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1981–82 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club	Final Position	Votes
Northampton Town	22nd (Fourth Division)	53
Crewe Alexandra	24th (Fourth Division)	50
Rochdale	21st (Fourth Division)	48
Hartlepool United	23rd (Fourth Division)	48
Telford United	3rd (Alliance Premier League)	13

As a result of this, Telford United did not gain membership of the Football League.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rollin, Jack (ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982–83, p. 902–904. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co Publishers Ltd, London, 1982.

External links

1981–82 Conference National Results
Re-election Results — The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote.

Football Conference

National

Clubs	Alfreton Town AFC Telford United Barrow Bath City Braintree Town Cambridge United Darlington Ebbsfleet United Fleetwood Town Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Hayes & Yeading United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Luton Town Mansfield Town Newport County Southport Stockport County Tamworth Wrexham York City

Grounds	Abbey Stadium Aggborough Blundell Park Bootham Crescent Cressing Road Darlington Arena Edgeley Park Field Mill Gateshead International Stadium Haig Avenue Highbury Stadium Holker Street Kenilworth Road Kingfield Lamb Ground Nene Park New Bucks Head New Lawn Newport Stadium North Street Racecourse Ground Sincil Bank Stonebridge Road Twerton Park