1992–93 Northern Premier League

The 1992–93 Northern Premier League season was the 25th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier Division, won by Southport and the First Division, won by Bridlington Town. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1992–93
Champions Southport
Promoted Southport
Relegated Goole Town
Mossley
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1517 (3.28 per match)

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Southport (C) (P) 42 29 9 4 103 31+72 96 Promotion to Conference
2 Winsford United 42 27 9 6 91 43+48 90
3 Morecambe 42 25 11 6 93 51+42 86
4 Marine 42 26 8 8 83 47+36 86
5 Leek Town 42 21 11 10 86 51+35 74
6 Accrington Stanley 42 20 13 9 79 45+34 73
7 Frickley Athletic 42 21 6 15 62 52+10 69
8 Barrow 42 18 11 13 71 55+16 65
9 Hyde United 42 17 13 12 87 71+16 64
10 Bishop Auckland 42 17 11 14 63 52+11 62
11 Gainsborough Trinity 42 17 8 17 63 66−3 59
12 Colwyn Bay 42 16 6 20 80 79+1 54
13 Horwich RMI 42 14 10 18 72 79−7 52
14 Buxton 42 13 10 19 60 75−15 49
15 Matlock Town 42 13 11 18 56 79−23 47*
16 Emley 42 13 6 23 62 91−29 45
17 Whitley Bay 42 11 8 23 57 96−39 41
18 Chorley 42 10 10 22 52 93−41 40
19 Fleetwood Town 42 10 7 25 50 77−27 37
20 Droylsden 42 10 7 25 47 84−37 37
21 Mossley (R) 42 7 8 27 53 95−42 29 Relegation to NPL Division One
22 Goole Town (R) 42 6 9 27 47 105−58 27

Updated to games played on May 1993.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Matlock Town were deducted 3 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One
Season 1992–93
Champions Bridlington Town
Promoted Bridlington Town
Knowsley United
Relegated Rossendale United
Shepshed Albion
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1412 (3.36 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bridlington Town (C) (P) 40 25 11 4 84 35+49 86 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Knowsley United (P) 40 23 7 10 86 48+38 76
3 Ashton United 40 22 8 10 81 54+27 74
4 Guiseley 40 20 10 10 90 64+26 70
5 Warrington Town 40 19 10 11 85 57+28 67
6 Gretna 40 17 12 11 64 47+17 63
7 Curzon Ashton 40 16 15 9 69 63+6 63
8 Great Harwood Town 40 17 9 14 66 57+9 60
9 Harrogate Town 40 14 12 14 77 81−4 54
10 Alfreton Town 40 15 9 16 80 800 54
11 Worksop Town 40 15 9 16 66 70−4 54
12 Radcliffe Borough 40 13 14 13 66 69−3 53
13 Workington 40 13 13 14 51 61−10 52
14 Eastwood Town 40 13 11 16 49 52−3 50
15 Netherfield 40 11 14 15 68 63+5 47
16 Caernarfon Town 40 13 8 19 66 74−8 47
17 Farsley Celtic 40 12 8 20 64 77−13 44
18 Lancaster City 40 10 12 18 49 76−27 42
19 Shepshed Albion (R) 40 9 12 19 46 66−20 39 Relegation to Midland Alliance
20 Congleton Town 40 10 7 23 58 95−37 37
21 Rossendale United (R) 40 5 5 30 50 126−76 20 Relegation to NWCFL Division One

Updated to games played on May 1993.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-fifth season of the Northern Premier League Southport (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Mossley and Goole Town were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Boston United, First Division winners Bridlington Town and second placed Knowsley United. In the First Division Shepshed Albion and Rossendale United left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Spennymoor United and Bamber Bridge.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

President's Cup:

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

References

  1. ↑ HFS Loans League

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