1971–72 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League
Season	1971–72
Champions	Stafford Rangers
Promoted	None
Relegated	Chorley Kirkby Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,585 (2.87 per match)
Biggest home win	Chorley 8-0 Matlock Town^[1] (14 August 1971)
Biggest away win	Ellesmere Port Town 1–8 Scarborough^[1] (26 March 1972)
Highest scoring	Ellesmere Port Town 1–8 Scarborough^[1] (26 March 1972)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Northern Premier League was the fourth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. The season began on 14 August 1971 and concluded on 5 May 1972.^[1]

New teams

The League featured two new teams:

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

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ¹	Pts ²	Qualification or relegation
1	Stafford Rangers (C)	46	30	11	5	91	32	2.84	71
2	Boston United	46	28	13	5	87	37	2.35	69
3	Wigan Athletic	46	27	10	9	70	43	1.63	64
4	Scarborough	46	21	15	10	75	46	1.63	57
5	Northwich Victoria	46	20	14	12	65	59	1.10	54
6	Macclesfield Town	46	18	15	13	61	50	1.22	51
7	Gainsborough Trinity	46	21	9	16	93	79	1.18	51
8	South Shields (2)	46	18	14	14	75	57	1.32	50
9	Bangor City	46	20	8	18	93	74	1.26	48
10	Altrincham	46	18	11	17	72	58	1.24	47
11	Skelmersdale United	46	19	9	18	61	58	1.05	47
12	Matlock Town	46	20	7	19	67	75	0.89	47
13	Chorley (R)	46	17	12	17	66	59	1.12	46	Relegated to Cheshire County League
14	Lancaster City	46	15	14	17	85	84	1.01	44
15	Great Harwood	46	15	14	17	60	74	0.81	44
16	Ellesmere Port Town	46	17	9	20	67	71	0.94	43
17	Morecambe	46	15	10	21	51	64	0.80	40
18	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	13	20	54	71	0.76	39
19	Netherfield	46	16	5	25	51	73	0.70	37
20	Fleetwood	46	11	15	20	43	67	0.64	37
21	South Liverpool	46	12	12	22	61	73	0.84	36
22	Runcorn	46	8	14	24	48	80	0.60	30
23	Goole Town	46	9	10	27	51	97	0.53	28
24	Kirkby Town (R)	46	6	12	28	38	104	0.37	24	Relegated to Lancashire Combination

^{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	Ellesmere Port Town !EPT	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	Skelmersdale United !SKU	South Liverpool !SLI	South Shields !SSH	Stafford Rangers !STA	Wigan Athletic !WIG
Altrincham !Altrincham		2–0	1–3	2–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	4–5	0–0	5–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–3
Bangor City !Bangor City	1–0		1–3	3–1	0–1	5–0	5–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	4–0	3–3	6–2	2–0	3–2	4–1	0–0	4–2	2–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–5	1–0
Boston United !Boston United	2–1	4–3		5–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	5–3	0–0	1–0	5–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	2–1	0–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	5–2	0–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	2–4	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0
Chorley !Chorley	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–1		2–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–2	8–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0
Ellesmere Port Town !Ellesmere Port Town	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–3	1–2		1–0	0–1	5–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–2	5–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	4–1	1–8	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1
Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–4	2–0		0–3	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	3–2		2–2	3–2	6–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–2	4–2	3–0	2–3	0–3	0–1
Goole Town !Goole Town	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–4		2–0	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–4	0–2	3–4	0–3
Great Harwood !Great Harwood	2–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–4	2–0		1–5	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–3
Kirkby Town !Kirkby Town	2–3	1–3	1–5	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	0–0		2–1	0–5	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–3
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	2–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–5	4–0	1–1	5–0		2–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–5
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–0
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	2–3	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	5–1	1–0	3–1		0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–3	1–3
Morecambe !Morecambe	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–4	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2		3–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	4–2	0–2	1–0	2–3
Netherfield !Netherfield	2–0	1–3	0–6	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	3–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1		1–1	2–1	4–3	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	0–3
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	3–2	0–5	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–3	3–1	0–1		2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
Runcorn !Runcorn	4–4	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–2
Scarborough !Scarborough	1–1	3–2	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	3–0	3–1	5–0		1–1	4–2	1–0	1–2	2–2
Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–1		2–2	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–3	1–4	2–0	1–3
South Shields !South Shields	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	7–1	3–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		0–1	0–1
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	4–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–2		3–0
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–3	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0

Updated to games played on 5 May 1972.
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 1971–72 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
Ellesmere Port Town !Ellesmere Port Town	Ellesmere Port
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
Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United	White Moss Park
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 fourth 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 Chorley and Kirkby Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted:

Mossley promoted from Cheshire County League
Barrow relegated from Football League Division Four.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Wigan Athletic 4–2 agg. Gainsborough Trinity

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

Wigan Athletic bt. Stafford Rangers

References

1 2 3 4 "The Football Archive 71-72". 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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First Division	Arsenal Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town Watford
Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Chesterfield Halifax Town Mansfield Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington

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