1984–85 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Stafford Rangers
Promoted	Stafford Rangers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1295 (2.8 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Northern Premier League season was the 17th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Stafford Rangers	42	26	8	8	81	40	+41	86
2	Macclesfield Town	42	23	13	6	67	39	+28	82
3	Witton Albion	42	22	8	12	57	39	+18	74
4	Hyde United	42	21	8	13	68	52	+16	71
5	Marine	42	18	15	9	59	34	+25	69
6	Burton Albion	42	18	15	9	70	49	+21	69
7	Worksop Town	42	19	10	13	68	56	+12	67
8	Workington	42	18	9	15	59	53	+6	63
9	Horwich RMI	42	16	14	12	67	50	+17	62
10	Bangor City	42	17	9	16	70	61	+9	60
11	Gainsborough Trinity	42	14	14	14	72	73	−1	56
12	Southport	42	15	9	18	65	66	−1	54
13	Matlock Town	42	14	9	19	56	66	−10	51
14	Oswestry Town	42	14	9	19	59	75	−16	51
15	Mossley	42	14	9	19	45	65	−20	51
16	Goole Town	42	13	11	18	60	65	−5	50
17	Rhyl	42	11	14	17	52	63	−11	47
18	Morecambe	42	11	14	17	51	67	−16	47
19	Chorley	42	12	10	20	47	63	−16	46
20	South Liverpool	42	9	15	18	43	71	−28	42
21	Grantham	42	8	13	21	41	69	−28	36¹
22	Buxton	42	8	6	28	38	79	−41	30

^{1 Grantham had 1 point deducted.}

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bangor City !BAN	Burton Albion !BRT	Buxton !BUX	Chorley !CHO	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Goole Town !GOO	Grantham Town !GRN	Horwich RMI	Hyde United !HYD	Macclesfield Town !MAC	Marine !MAR	Matlock Town !MAT	Morecambe !MOR	Mossley !MOS	Oswestry Town !OSW	Rhyl !RHL	South Liverpool !CHO	Southport !SOU	Stafford Rangers !STA	Tamworth !TAM	Witton Albion !WTN	Workington !WRK
Bangor City !Bangor City		1–2	1–2	6–1	3–1	8–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–4
Burton Albion !Burton Albion	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	6–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–4	0–0	3–1	1–1
Buxton !Buxton	0–3	2–1		1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Chorley !Chorley	2–0	2–3	2–0		3–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	5–2	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0		3–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	4–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	6–1	2–4	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–6
Goole Town !Goole Town	1–2	2–3	0–0	2–2	1–1		4–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	4–0
Grantham Town !Grantham Town	4–3	2–0	3–0	0–3	2–2	1–1		2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0
Horwich RMI	3–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–0		0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1
Hyde United !Hyde United	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	4–0	2–1		1–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–3
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0		0–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	6–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–1
Marine !Marine	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0		0–0	0–1	5–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–5	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	0–0		4–2	2–1	4–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–0
Morecambe !Morecambe	1–4	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–2		1–1	3–1	3–4	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1
Mossley !Mossley	1–0	3–0	0–4	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2		2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	0–3
Oswestry Town !Oswestry Town	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	5–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	4–1		2–0	2–1	5–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	5–3
Rhyl !Rhyl	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1		3–1	0–5	2–3	1–2	0–1	0–1
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–3
Southport !Southport	1–1	1–0	7–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	0–2	1–4	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2		0–3	5–2	1–0	2–1
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	4–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	6–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	7–0	1–1	3–2	0–2		0–1	1–0	0–0
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	5–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–1		2–1	2–1
Workington !Workington	4–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–1		3–0
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–4	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1

Updated to games played on 4 May 1985.
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 seventeenth season of the Northern Premier League Stafford Rangers (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Gateshead, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile, Grantham moved to the Southern League Midland Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Caernarfon Town.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Marine bt. Goole Town

President's Cup:

Rhyl 2–0 Macclesfield Town

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

Stafford Rangers bt. Marine

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

1984–85 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

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Other

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Manchester City Middlesbrough Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Derby County Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bury Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

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