1970–71 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League
Season	1970–71
Champions	Wigan Athletic
Promoted	None
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,466 (3.17 per match)
Biggest home win	Wigan Athletic 7-0 Goole Town^[1] (22 August 1970)
Biggest away win	Fleetwood 1–6 Great Harwood^[1] (30 January 1971) Great Harwood 0–5 Fleetwood^[1] (8 March 1971)
Highest scoring	Great Harwood 5–7 Stafford Rangers^[1] (31 October 1970)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Northern Premier League was the third season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. The season began on 15 August 1970 and concluded on 8 May 1971.^[1]

New teams

The League featured four new teams:

Chorley promoted from Lancashire Combination (returning after a year's absence)
Kirkby Town promoted from Lancashire Combination
Lancaster City promoted from Lancashire Combination
Bradford Park Avenue relegrated from Football League Division Four

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ¹	Pts ²
1	Wigan Athletic (C)	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 (2)	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.}

(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted

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 !GHA	Kirkby Town !KIR	Lancaster City !LNC	Macclesfield Town !MAC	Matlock Town !MAT	Morecambe !MOR	Netherfield !NET	Northwich Victoria !NOR	Runcorn !RUN	Scarborough !SCA	South Liverpool !SLI	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	2–2	0–3	2–0	3–2	5–0	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	4–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	6–0	1–0	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	5–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	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	2–1	2–1	1–4	0–1	4–1	4–0	0–2	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	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	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	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	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	2–3	1–2	1–4	2–0	2–3	0–0	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	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–4	0–0	1–0	1–5	0–1
Great Harwood !Great Harwood	1–1	3–4	0–4	2–3	2–3	0–5	2–1	6–2		2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–7	2–2
Kirkby Town !Kirkby Town	4–5	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–1		1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	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	2–2		0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	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	0–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	3–1	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	2–2	5–1	0–2		2–2	0–0	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	5–0	1–1	2–2	3–2		3–3	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0
Netherfield !Netherfield	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
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–4	4–0	0–0	3–2		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	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–5	0–3	1–0	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	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	5–0	0–0	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	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	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	3–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–3	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	3–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	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	3–3	4–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	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.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 1970–71 Northern Premier League teams

Team	Stadium
Altrincham !Altrincham	Moss Lane
Bangor City !Bangor City	Farrar Road
Boston United !Boston United	York Street
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	Park Avenue
Chorley !Chorley	Victory Park
Fleetwood !Fleetwood	Highbury
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme
Goole Town !Goole Town	Victoria Pleasure Ground
Great Harwood !Great Harwood	The Showground
Kirkby Town !Kirkby Town	Simonswood Lane
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	Great Axe
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	Causeway Lane
Morecambe !Morecambe	Christie Park
Netherfield !Netherfield	Parkside
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	Drill Field
Runcorn !Runcorn	Canal Street
Scarborough !Scarborough	Athletic Ground
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	Holly Park
South Shields !South Shields	Simonside Hall
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	Marston Road
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	Springfield Park

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. The League was expanded to twenty-four teams for the following season by the newly admitted:

Skelmersdale United promoted from Cheshire County League
Ellesmere Port Town promoted from Cheshire County League.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

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

References

1 2 3 4 5 "The Football Archive 70-71". Football Archive.

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League
Premier Division	Altrincham Ashton United Barwell Buxton Coalville Town Farsley Celtic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hednesford Town Lancaster City Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Rushall Olympic Shaw Lane Stafford Rangers Stalybridge Celtic Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Warrington Town Whitby Town Witton Albion Workington
Division One North	Atherton Collieries Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Clitheroe Colne Colwyn Bay Droylsden Glossop North End Goole Hyde United Kendal Town Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United Scarborough Athletic Skelmersdale United South Shields Tadcaster Albion Trafford
Division One South	Alvechurch Basford United Bedworth United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Cleethorpes Town Corby Town Frickley Athletic Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Peterborough Sports Romulus Sheffield Spalding United Stamford Stocksbridge Park Steels
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 1999–00 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 2016–17 2017–18

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