1976–77 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Boston United
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1447 (2.86 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Northern Premier League season was the ninth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts ¹
1	Boston United	44	27	11	6	82	35	+47	65
2	Northwich Victoria	44	27	11	6	85	43	+42	65
3	Matlock Town	44	26	11	7	108	57	+51	63
4	Bangor City	44	22	11	11	87	52	+35	55
5	Scarborough	44	21	12	11	77	66	+11	53
6	Goole Town	44	23	6	15	64	50	+14	52
7	Lancaster City	44	21	9	14	71	58	+13	51
8	Gateshead United	44	18	12	14	80	64	+16	48
9	Mossley	44	17	14	13	74	59	+15	48
10	Altrincham	44	19	9	16	60	53	+7	47
11	Stafford Rangers	44	16	14	14	60	55	+5	46
12	Runcorn	44	15	14	15	58	50	+8	44
13	Worksop Town	44	16	12	16	50	58	−8	44
14	Wigan Athletic	44	14	15	15	62	54	+8	43
15	Morecambe	44	13	11	20	59	75	−16	37
16	Gainsborough Trinity	44	13	10	21	58	74	−16	36
17	Great Harwood	44	11	14	19	63	84	−21	36
18	Buxton	44	11	13	20	48	63	−15	35
19	Macclesfield Town	44	8	15	21	41	68	−27	31
20	Frickley Athletic	44	11	8	25	53	93	−40	30
21	Barrow	44	11	6	27	56	87	−31	28
22	South Liverpool	44	10	8	26	51	104	−53	28
23	Netherfield	44	9	8	27	47	92	−45	26

^{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.}

Results

Home ╲ Away	Altrincham !ALT	Bangor City !BAN	Barrow !BRW	Boston United !BOS	Buxton !BUX	Frickley Athletic !FRK	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	South Liverpool !CHO	South Shields !SSH	Stafford Rangers !STA	Wigan Athletic !WIG	Worksop Town !WKS
Altrincham !Altrincham		1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	4–1	4–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–3	0–0
Bangor City !Bangor City	1–1		6–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–4	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–0
Barrow !Barrow	0–1	0–3		0–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	4–3	0–3	3–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	0–1
Boston United !Boston United	4–0	1–3	2–0		2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–5	6–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Buxton !Buxton	0–0	4–2	0–1	1–5		0–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–5	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–2
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–3	1–2		3–2	1–5	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–6	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	4–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–2		0–1	7–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–4	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	5–3	0–0	1–0
Goole Town !Goole Town	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0		0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	4–2	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–1
Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–0	3–2	5–2	2–2	0–2		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–2	0–3	1–1	2–2	4–4	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	5–0
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–3	3–2	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–0		1–3	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		3–1	4–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	5–2	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–1
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–0		0–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–0
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	3–2	2–0	3–0		2–1	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	4–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	4–3
Morecambe !Morecambe	3–0	1–3	0–5	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–1		3–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	5–1
Mossley !Mossley	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	5–0	2–5	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1		1–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–3	1–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–1		1–3	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Runcorn !Runcorn	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	0–2	4–1	0–4	1–2		1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
Scarborough !Scarborough	1–0	2–3	3–3	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		0–1	3–3	1–0	5–3	3–1
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	1–0	0–8	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–5	1–2	0–4	5–1		0–3	2–1	0–3	0–2
South Shields !South Shields	1–2	5–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	5–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	5–0		2–0	2–0	0–3
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	1–1	0–5	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	6–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	2–2		3–1	1–1
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	1–2	2–1	5–2	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–2		2–0
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	1–7	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1

Updated to games played on 20 May 1977.
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 ninth season of the Northern Premier League only Altrincham was put forward for election to the Football League and after receiving the least votes did not gain promotion. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, with Workington joining the League at the end of the season having left Football League Division Four.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Scarborough 1–0 Runcorn

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

Boston United bt. Scarborough

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

1976–77 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bristol City Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Chester Chesterfield Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Workington

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