1986–87 Northern Premier League
Season | 1986–87 |
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Champions | Macclesfield Town |
Promoted | Macclesfield Town |
Relegated | none |
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. It was the last Northern Premier League season, consisting of a single division, as before the next season 19 clubs joined the league and formed a new Division One.
Overview
[edit]The League featured twenty-two clubs.
Team changes
[edit]The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:
- Gateshead promoted to Football Conference
The following club joined the League at the start of the season:
- Barrow relegated from Alliance Premier League
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Macclesfield Town (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 88 | Promoted to Football Conference |
2 | Bangor City | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 87 | |
3 | Caernarfon Town | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 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 | Transferred to Southern League Premier Division |
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 | 28[a] | |
22 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 85 | −49 | 20[a] |
Results
[edit]Cup Results
[edit]- Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion
- 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.
End of the season
[edit]At the end of the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Macclesfield Town applied to join the Football Conference and were successful.
Promotion and relegation
[edit]The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season:
- Macclesfield Town promoted to Football Conference
- Burton Albion transferred to Southern League Premier Division
The following two clubs joined the League the following season:
- Frickley Athletic relegated from Football Conference
- Gateshead relegated from Football Conference
From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a Division One, with 19 clubs.
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