1977–78 Northern Premier League

The 1977–78 Northern Premier League season was the 10th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

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

Teams

^{1 From this season onwards Gateshead United were simply known as Gateshead.}

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points ¹
1	Boston United	46	31	9	6	85	35	+50	71
2	Wigan Athletic	46	25	15	6	83	45	+38	65
3	Bangor City	46	26	10	10	92	50	+42	62
4	Scarborough	46	26	10	10	80	39	+41	62
5	Altrincham	46	22	15	9	84	49	+37	59
6	Northwich Victoria	46	22	14	10	83	55	+28	58
7	Stafford Rangers	46	22	13	11	71	41	+30	57
8	Runcorn	46	19	18	9	70	44	+26	57
9	Mossley	46	22	11	13	85	73	+12	55
10	Matlock Town	46	21	12	13	79	60	+19	53
11	Lancaster City	46	15	14	17	66	82	-16	44
12	Frickley Athletic	46	15	12	19	77	81	-4	42
13	Barrow	46	14	12	20	58	61	-3	40
14	Goole Town	46	15	9	22	60	68	-8	39
15	Great Harwood	46	13	13	20	66	83	-17	39
16	Gainsborough Trinity	46	14	10	22	61	74	-13	38
17	Gateshead	46	16	5	25	65	74	-9	37
18	Netherfield	46	11	13	22	50	80	-30	35
19	Workington	46	13	8	25	48	80	-32	34
20	Worksop Town	46	12	10	24	45	84	-39	34
21	Morecambe	46	11	11	24	67	92	-25	33
22	Macclesfield Town	46	12	9	25	60	92	-32	33
23	Buxton	46	13	6	27	60	95	-35	32
24	South Liverpool	46	9	7	30	53	111	-58	25

^{1 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 tenth season of the Northern Premier League 2nd placed Wigan Athletic applied for election to the Football League and succeeded, joining Football League Division Four; they replaced Southport, who swapped leagues with them. No sides were relegated, but Great Harwood left the League at the end of the season.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Matlock Town 3-0 Boston United

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

Matlock Town bt. Boston United

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

1977–78 in English football

« 1976–77 1978–79 »

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)

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

European competitions	European Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup · European Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Ron Greenwood • Home Championship • 1978 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Bristol City · Chelsea · Coventry City · Derby County · Everton · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Norwich City · Nottingham Forest · Queens Park Rangers · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Burnley · Cardiff City · Charlton Athletic · Crystal Palace · Fulham · Hull City · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Millwall · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Sheffield United · Southampton · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur

Third Division	Bradford City · Bury · Cambridge United · Carlisle United · Chester · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Exeter City · Gillingham · Hereford United · Lincoln City · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Plymouth Argyle · Port Vale · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Rotherham United · Sheffield Wednesday · Shrewsbury Town · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Barnsley · Bournemouth · Brentford · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Grimsby Town · Halifax Town · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Newport County · Northampton Town · Reading · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Southport · Stockport County · Swansea City · Torquay United · Watford · Wimbledon · York City