1983–84 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1983–84 was the fifth season of the Alliance Premier League.

1 New teams in the league this season
2 Final table^[1]
3 Results^[1]
4 Topscorers^[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

Gateshead (promoted 1982–83)
Kidderminster Harriers (promoted 1982–83)

Final table^[1]

Alliance Premier League
Season	1983–84
Champions	Maidstone United (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Runners Up	Nuneaton Borough
Relegated to Level 6	Bangor City, Trowbridge Town
Promoted for the next season	Barrow, Dartford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1290 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Culpin (Nuneaton Borough), 41
Biggest home win	Frickley Athletic – Boston United 7–1; Maidstone United – Telford United 6–0; Wealdstone – Trowbridge Town 6–0
Biggest away win	Barnet – Maidstone United 0–4; Boston United – Gateshead 0–4; Scarborough – Enfield 0–4; Trowbridge Town – Barnet 0–4; Weymouth – Wealdstone 0–4
Highest scoring	Gateshead – Boston United 5–5
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Kidderminster Harriers

Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1983–1984

Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1983–1984 London teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maidstone United	42	12	8	1	40	15	11	5	5	31	19	71	34	+ 37	70
2	Nuneaton Borough	42	14	6	1	44	17	10	5	6	26	23	70	40	+ 30	69
3	Altrincham	42	13	3	5	40	20	10	6	5	24	19	64	39	+ 25	65
4	Wealdstone	42	15	4	2	48	14	6	10	5	27	22	75	36	+ 39	62
5	Runcorn	42	11	8	2	34	18	9	5	7	27	27	61	45	+ 16	62
6	Bath City	42	10	7	4	33	17	7	5	9	27	31	60	48	+ 12	53
7	Northwich Victoria	42	11	8	2	35	18	5	6	10	19	29	54	47	+ 7	51
8	Worcester City	42	9	7	5	36	22	6	6	9	28	33	64	55	+ 9	49
9	Barnet	42	9	3	9	27	28	7	7	7	28	30	55	58	– 3	49
10	Kidderminster Harriers	42	7	9	5	32	30	7	5	9	22	31	54	61	– 7	49
11	Telford United	42	13	3	5	32	19	4	8	9	18	39	50	58	– 8	49
12	Frickley Athletic	42	13	3	5	49	25	4	7	10	19	31	68	56	+ 12	48
13	Scarborough	42	10	10	1	32	16	4	6	11	20	39	52	55	– 3	48
14	Enfield	42	8	3	10	27	27	6	6	9	34	31	61	58	+ 3	43
15	Weymouth	42	5	4	12	28	33	8	4	9	26	32	54	65	– 11	42
16	Gateshead	42	7	9	5	35	30	5	4	12	24	43	59	73	– 14	42
17	Boston United	42	10	6	5	39	30	3	6	12	27	50	66	80	– 14	41
18	Dagenham	42	10	3	8	34	26	4	5	12	23	43	57	69	– 12	40
19	Kettering Town	42	8	3	10	31	31	4	6	11	22	36	53	67	– 14	37
20	Yeovil Town	42	9	5	7	34	28	3	3	15	21	49	55	77	– 22	35
21	Bangor City	42	7	4	10	35	32	3	2	16	19	50	54	82	– 28	29	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Trowbridge Town	42	3	4	14	15	34	2	3	16	18	53	33	87	– 54	19	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 from this season until 1987: 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away 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 Alliance Premier League
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

The Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85 had one incorrect result, which is corrected in the results grid below: the result for Boston – Wealdstone
was 1–1, not 2–2 as Rothmans had it.

Home \ Away¹	ALT	BAN	BRN	BAT	BOS	DAG	ENF	FRK	GAT	KET	KID	MAI	NOR	NUN	RUN	SCA	TEL	TRO	WEA	WEY	WRC	YEO
Altrincham		2–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–3	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–4	2–1
Bangor City	1–3		0–1	1–0	0–0	2–4	2–1	4–1	3–3	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–0	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–4	3–0
Barnet	1–2	3–1		1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Bath City	0–0	5–1	0–1		4–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Boston United	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–0		3–0	3–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–3	0–1	3–2
Dagenham	0–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0		1–4	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	6–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Enfield	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0		3–3	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–0
Frickley Athletic	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	7–1	4–0	1–1		4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–5	1–2	3–1	3–0
Gateshead	0–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	5–5	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–2
Kettering Town	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–0		4–2	0–2	1–0	3–4	1–0	2–3	4–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–3
Kidderminster Harriers	0–2	2–1	4–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–0	2–2	3–3	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–2
Maidstone United	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0
Northwich Victoria	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	4–2	1–1		1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Nuneaton Borough	0–1	3–0	2–2	5–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0		2–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1
Runcorn	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1		2–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	4–4
Scarborough	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–4	3–0
Telford United	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	3–1	0–3	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2
Trowbridge Town	0–0	1–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–4	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–2		1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0
Wealdstone	3–1	5–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	4–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	4–0	6–0		2–0	3–1	1–0
Weymouth	0–1	5–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	6–1	2–3	0–1	0–4		0–2	1–3
Worcester City	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–4	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	5–2	1–1	1–0		4–0
Yeovil Town	1–2	1–1	2–4	0–2	4–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	6–3	2–2

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1984.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Paul Culpin	Nuneaton Borough	41
2	Mark Graves	Wealdstone	31
3	John Bartley	Maidstone United	27
4	Steve Mahoney	Barnet	19
5	Graham Bennett	Altrincham	17
=	Mark Carter	Bangor City	17
=	Gary Hooley	Frickley Athletic	17
=	Paul Moss	Worcester City	17
=	Graham Reed	Frickley Athletic	17
10	Frank Murphy	Nuneaton	16
11	Noel Ashford	Enfield	15
=	Chris Cook	Boston United	15
=	Dave Hoffbauer	Kettering Town	15
=	John Powell	Kidderminster Harriers	15
15	Stuart Atkins	Barnet	14
=	Mick Doherty	Yeovil Town	14
=	Paul Wilson	Frickley Athletic	14
18	Bob Topping	Gateshead	13
19	Paul Reid	Northwich Victoria	12
20	Colin Chesters	Northwich Victoria	11
=	Colin Williams	Telford United	11

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

Barrow (from the Northern Premier League)
Dartford (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

Bangor City (to the Northern Premier League)
Trowbridge Town (to the Southern Premier League)

Election to the Football League

As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Maidstone United won the right (for the 2nd time) to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1983–84 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club	Final Position	Votes
Chester City	24th (Fourth Division)	52
Halifax Town	21st (Fourth Division)	52
Rochdale	22nd (Fourth Division)	50
Hartlepool United	23rd (Fourth Division)	32
Maidstone United	1st (Alliance Premier League)	22

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1984.

External links

1983-84 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