1986–87 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1986–87
Champions	Macclesfield Town
Promoted	Macclesfield Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,349 (2.92 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Macclesfield Town	42	26	10	6	80	47	+33	88
2	Bangor City	42	25	12	5	74	35	+39	87
3	Caernarfon Town	42	20	16	6	67	40	+37	76
4	Marine	42	21	10	11	70	43	+27	73
5	South Liverpool	42	21	10	11	58	40	+18	73
6	Morecambe	42	20	12	10	66	49	+17	72
7	Matlock Town	42	20	10	12	81	67	+14	70
8	Southport	42	19	11	12	67	49	+18	68
9	Chorley	42	16	12	14	58	59	−1	60
10	Mossley	42	15	12	15	57	52	+5	57
11	Hyde United	42	15	10	17	81	70	+11	55
12	Burton Albion	42	16	6	20	56	68	−12	54
13	Buxton	42	13	14	15	71	68	+3	53
14	Witton Albion	42	15	8	19	68	79	−11	53
15	Barrow	42	15	7	20	42	57	−15	52
16	Goole Town	42	13	12	17	58	62	−4	51
17	Oswestry Town	42	14	8	20	55	83	−28	50
18	Rhyl	42	10	15	17	56	74	−18	45
19	Worksop Town	42	9	13	20	56	74	−18	40
20	Gainsborough Trinity	42	9	10	23	53	77	−24	37
21	Workington	42	5	14	23	38	70	−32	28¹
22	Horwich RMI	42	3	12	27	36	85	−49	20¹

^{1 Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.}

Results

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

Updated to games played on 2 May 1987.
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 nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League Macclesfield Town (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Frickley Athletic, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile, Burton Albion moved to the Southern League Premier Division and were replaced by another relegated Alliance side in Gateshead.

From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a First Division.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion

President's Cup:

Macclesfield Town 2–1 Marine

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

Bangor City¹ bt. Macclesfield Town

^{1 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.}

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

1986–87 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
UEFA Euro 1988 (qualification – Group 4)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion
Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Carlisle United Chester City Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Mansfield Town Middlesbrough Newport County Port Vale Notts County Rotherham United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Northampton Town Peterborough United Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham

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