1970–71 Northern Premier League

The 1970–71 Northern Premier League season was the third in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Wigan Athletic
Promoted	None
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1466 (3.17 per match)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ¹	Pts ²
1	Wigan Athletic	42	27	13	2	91	32	2.84	67
2	Stafford Rangers	42	27	7	8	87	51	1.71	61
3	Scarborough	42	23	12	7	83	40	2.08	58
4	Boston United	42	22	12	8	69	31	2.23	56
5	Macclesfield Town	42	23	10	9	84	45	1.87	56
6	Northwich Victoria	42	22	5	15	71	55	1.29	49
7	Bangor City	42	19	10	13	72	61	1.18	48
8	Altrincham	42	19	10	13	80	76	1.05	48
9	South Liverpool	42	15	15	12	67	57	1.18	45
10	Chorley	42	14	14	14	58	61	0.95	42
11	Gainsborough Trinity	42	15	11	16	65	63	1.03	41
12	Morecambe	42	14	11	17	67	79	0.85	39
13	South Shields	42	12	14	16	67	66	1.02	38
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	8	19	54	73	0.74	38
15	Lancaster City	42	12	12	18	53	76	0.70	36
16	Netherfield	42	13	9	20	59	57	1.04	35
17	Matlock Town	42	10	13	19	58	80	0.73	33
18	Fleetwood	42	10	11	21	56	90	0.62	31
19	Great Harwood	42	8	13	21	66	98	0.67	29
20	Runcorn	42	10	5	27	58	84	0.69	25
21	Kirkby Town	42	6	13	23	57	93	0.61	25
22	Goole Town	42	10	4	28	44	98	0.45	24

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system up until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Results

Home ╲ Away	Altrincham !ALT	Bangor City !BAN	Boston United !BOS	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Chorley !CHO	Fleetwood Town !FLE	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Goole Town !GOO	Great Harwood Town !GHT	Kendal Town !KEN	Knowsley United	Lancaster City !LNC	Macclesfield Town !MAC	Matlock Town !MAT	Morecambe !MOR	Northwich Victoria !NOR	Runcorn !RUN	Scarborough !SCA	South Liverpool !CHO	South Shields !SSH	Stafford Rangers !STA	Wigan Athletic !WIG
Altrincham !Altrincham		3–1	0–0	1–0	4–4	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	5–0	5–0	2–2	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–3	3–1	0–1	3–2	2–3	3–2	1–1
Bangor City !Bangor City	2–0		1–0	2–1	4–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	6–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–5
Boston United !Boston United	1–1	2–2		0–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	5–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	4–1	2–2	1–2		0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1		0–2	2–1	1–4	0–1	4–1	4–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1
Chorley !Chorley	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0		2–3	3–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	2–3	0–1	0–3	5–0	2–0		0–1	1–3	1–6	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	4–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	5–1		2–2	5–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	1–4	2–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–2
Goole Town !Goole Town	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–2		3–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–4	0–0	1–0	1–5	0–1
Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	1–1	3–4	0–4	2–3	2–3	0–5	2–1	6–2		1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–7	2–2
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	4–2	2–3	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–3	0–2	4–0	4–1		2–1	5–2	0–2	6–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–2
Knowsley United	4–5	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–1	1–3		1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–3
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	1–3	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2		0–0	1–1	1–0	2–6	1–0	1–2	1–3	4–1	1–0	0–0
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	2–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	6–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	4–4	3–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–3
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	4–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	5–1	0–2		2–2	1–2	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–4
Morecambe !Morecambe	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	6–2	1–2	4–3	2–0	3–3	5–0	1–1	2–2	3–2		0–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–4	4–0	0–0		1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2
Runcorn !Runcorn	1–3	3–4	2–3	2–1	5–0	2–0	2–2	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–5	0–3	0–1		3–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–4
Scarborough !Scarborough	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	6–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	5–0	2–0	3–2		6–0	1–1	0–0	0–2
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	6–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	4–4	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	1–1		3–0	1–1	0–1
South Shields !South Shields	5–2	1–2	3–1	5–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	3–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–2	5–2	0–0	1–1		3–0	1–2
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	2–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	5–0		0–1
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	5–0	7–0	3–1	1–0	3–3	4–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1

Updated to games played on 8 May 1971.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

In the third season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated. Skelmersdale United and Ellesmere Port Town were newly admitted into the League.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Fleetwood Town 1–1 agg. (replay 1–0) Macclesfield Town

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Colwyn Bay Darlington 1883 Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hyde United Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Ramsbottom United Rushall Olympic Salford City Skelmersdale United Stamford Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Harrogate Railway Athletic Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley New Mills Northwich Victoria Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Scarborough Athletic Spennymoor Town Trafford Warrington Town Witton Albion

Division One South	Basford United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Coalville Town Daventry Town Goole Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Aquaforce Sheffield Spalding United Stafford Rangers Stocksbridge Park Steels Tividale

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 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1970–71 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Hull City Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Watford

Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Port Vale Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Brentford Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington York City

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