1972–73 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1972–73
Champions	Boston United
Promoted	None
Relegated	Ellesmere Port Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1503 (2.72 per match)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Northern Premier League season was the fifth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA ¹	Pts ²
1	Boston United	46	27	16	3	88	34	2.59	70
2	Scarborough	46	26	9	11	72	39	1.85	61
3	Wigan Athletic	46	23	14	9	69	38	1.82	60
4	Altrincham	46	22	16	8	75	55	1.36	60
5	Bradford Park Avenue	46	19	17	10	63	50	1.26	56
6	Stafford Rangers	46	20	11	15	63	46	1.37	51
7	Gainsborough Trinity	46	18	13	15	70	50	1.40	49
8	Northwich Victoria	46	17	15	14	74	62	1.19	49
9	Netherfield	46	20	9	17	68	65	1.05	49
10	Macclesfield Town	46	16	16	14	58	47	1.23	48
11	Ellesmere Port Town	46	18	11	17	52	56	0.93	47
12	Skelmersdale Ufnited	46	15	16	15	58	59	0.98	46
13	Bangor City	46	16	13	17	70	60	1.17	45
14	Mossley	46	17	11	18	70	73	0.96	45
15	Morecambe	46	17	11	18	62	70	0.89	45
16	Great Harwood	46	14	15	17	63	74	0.85	43
17	South Liverpool	46	12	19	15	47	57	0.82	43
18	Runcorn	46	15	12	19	75	78	0.96	42
19	Goole Town	46	13	13	20	64	73	0.88	39
20	South Shields	46	17	4	25	64	81	0.79	38
21	Matlock Town	46	11	11	24	42	80	0.53	33
22	Lancaster City	46	10	11	25	53	78	0.68	31
23	Barrow	46	12	6	28	52	101	0.51	30
24	Fleetwood	46	5	15	26	31	77	0.40	25

^{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	Barrow !BRW	Boston United !BOS	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Ellesmere Port Town !EPT	Fleetwood Town !FLE	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Goole Town !GOO	Great Harwood Town !GHT	Kendal Town !KEN	Lancaster City !LNC	Macclesfield Town !MAC	Matlock Town !MAT	Morecambe !MOR	Mossley !MOS	Northwich Victoria !NOR	Runcorn !RUN	Scarborough !SCA	Skelmersdale United !SKU	South Liverpool !CHO	South Shields !SSH	Stafford Rangers !STA	Wigan Athletic !WIG
Altrincham !Altrincham		2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–0
Bangor City !Bangor City	4–0		3–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–0
Barrow !Barrow	1–2	2–0		1–1	0–4	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–4	0–3	0–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1
Boston United !Boston United	4–1	4–3	5–1		3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	2–3	0–1	4–2	1–1		1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Ellesmere Port Town !Ellesmere Port Town	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–2	0–0		1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1
Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2		1–2	1–4	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–0		2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–3
Goole Town !Goole Town	0–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0
Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–2	6–3	4–2	0–0		3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	0–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–4	0–0	0–0
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	2–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	5–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1		4–1	2–0	1–0	6–2	2–1	1–1	4–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–2
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	0–1	2–2		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	4–3	1–2	0–1
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0		3–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	4–1	0–2	0–1
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	0–1	0–0	5–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–3		0–2	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–4	1–4
Morecambe !Morecambe	4–1	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	4–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0		1–1	1–1	4–0	0–3	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0
Mossley !Mossley	2–3	1–4	3–3	3–1	4–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–1		1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–3
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	3–3	3–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	6–1	2–2	2–0		2–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Runcorn !Runcorn	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–4	1–4	2–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	3–4		3–3	1–1	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–0
Scarborough !Scarborough	0–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1		3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0
Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	5–0	0–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	2–3		1–0	0–1	0–2	2–2
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–2	2–0		0–3	1–1	0–0
South Shields !South Shields	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	2–3	1–5	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–1		3–1	1–2
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	1–1	1–1	7–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	4–2	4–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	5–0		2–1
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	4–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–2	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0

Updated to games played on 3 May 1973.
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 fifth 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, but Ellesmere Port Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted Buxton.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Northwich Victoria 3–2 agg. Wigan Athletic

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

Boston United bt. Northwich Victoria

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

1972–73 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Third Division	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bradford City Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Southport Stockport County Torquay United Workington

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