1975–76 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Runcorn
Promoted	Skelmersdale United Fleetwood
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1562 (2.83 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Northern Premier League season was the eighth 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	Runcorn	46	29	10	7	95	42	2.26	68
2	Stafford Rangers	46	26	15	5	81	41	1.98	67
3	Scarborough	46	26	10	10	84	43	1.95	62
4	Matlock Town	46	26	9	11	96	63	1.52	61
5	Boston United	46	27	6	13	95	58	1.64	60
6	Wigan Athletic	46	21	15	10	81	42	1.93	57
7	Altrincham	46	20	14	12	77	57	1.35	54
8	Bangor City	46	21	12	13	80	70	1.14	54
9	Mossley	46	21	11	14	70	58	1.21	53
10	Goole Town	46	20	13	13	58	49	1.18	53
11	Northwich Victoria	46	17	17	12	79	59	1.34	51
12	Lancaster City	46	18	9	19	61	70	0.87	45
13	Worksop Town	46	17	10	19	63	56	1.13	44
14	Gainsborough Trinity	46	13	17	16	58	69	0.84	43
15	Macclesfield Town	46	15	12	19	50	64	0.78	42
16	Gateshead United	46	17	7	22	64	63	1.02	41
17	Buxton	46	11	13	22	37	62	0.60	35
18	Skelmersdale United	46	12	10	24	45	74	0.61	34
19	Netherfield	46	11	11	24	55	76	0.72	33
20	Morecambe	46	11	11	24	47	67	0.70	33
21	Great Harwood	46	13	7	26	58	86	0.67	33
22	South Liverpool	46	12	9	25	45	78	0.58	33
23	Barrow	46	12	9	25	47	84	0.56	33
24	Fleetwood	46	3	9	34	36	131	0.27	15

^{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	Buxton !BUX	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	Worksop Town !WKS
Altrincham !Altrincham		1–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	5–2	1–0	0–1
Bangor City !Bangor City	0–3		3–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–3	1–1	4–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–2
Barrow !Barrow	1–1	1–2		2–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–6	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	1–1
Boston United !Boston United	4–1	4–1	8–0		3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	4–2	6–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1
Buxton !Buxton	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1		1–1	2–2	3–4	4–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	0–6	2–2	0–2	1–4	3–1	0–3	0–2	0–4	1–7
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	5–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–0	5–1		0–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–1
Goole Town !Goole Town	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	5–0	2–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	0–3	1–2	2–4	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0		2–4	2–3	2–1	1–4	0–1	2–2	0–4	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	3–7	1–0
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–3		0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	1–6	0–1	0–2	1–3
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	2–1	0–2	3–2	2–3	0–0	7–1	2–1	1–2	1–5	3–2		0–1	4–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–4	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	2–1	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	4–3	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		4–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–2
Morecambe !Morecambe	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–1		0–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–2
Mossley !Mossley	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–4	2–2		1–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	6–2
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	5–3	5–2	5–3		0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–3	4–1
Runcorn !Runcorn	6–2	4–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–4	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1		1–1	6–0	4–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–2
Scarborough !Scarborough	1–0	4–1	5–0	4–1	1–0	6–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0		2–0	4–3	5–1	0–1	0–0	3–0
Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–6	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–2		2–1	0–1	0–0	0–2
South Shields !South Shields	0–2	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	8–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	5–1	2–2	2–0		0–2	1–2	3–0
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–0		1–2	2–2
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	4–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	6–0	3–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	5–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–2		3–0
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–1

Updated to games played on 1 May 1976.
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 seventh 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 Skelmersdale United and Fleetwood left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted Frickley Athletic.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Boston United 4–0, 1–2 (5–2 agg.) Mossley

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

Boston United bt. Runcorn

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

1975–76 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Burnley Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion West Ham United York City

Third Division	Aldershot Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Cardiff City Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Mansfield Town Millwall Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

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