1976–77 Northern Premier League

The 1976–77 Northern Premier League was the ninth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 21 August 1976 and concluded on 20 May 1977.[1]

Northern Premier League
Season1976–77
ChampionsBoston United
PromotedNone
RelegatedNone
Matches played506
Goals scored1,494 (2.95 per match)
Biggest home winGainsborough Trinity 7–0 Great Harwood[1]
(5 February 1977)
Biggest away winSouth Liverpool 0-8 Bangor City[1]
(2 January 1977)
Highest scoringScarborough 5-3 Wigan Athletic[1]
(6 November 1976)

Bangor City 4-4 Matlock Town[1]
(27 November 1976)
South Liverpool 0-8 Bangor City[1]
(2 January 1977)
Worksop Town 1-7 Altrincham[1]
(12 March 1977)
Frickley Athletic 2-6 Matlock Town[1]
(9 April 1977)
Great Harwood 4-4 Scarborough[1]
(5 May 1977)

Gainsborough Trinity 5–3 Stafford Rangers[1]
(29 March 1977)
Longest winning run8 matches
Lancaster City
(11 September 1976 - 11 October 1976)
Longest unbeaten run19 matches
Northwich Victoria
(6 February 1977 – 18 May 1977)
Longest winless run11 matches
Buxton
(23 October 1976 – 5 February 1977)
Longest losing run8 matches
Barrow
(11 April 1977 – 30 April 1977)

Overview

The League featured twenty-three teams for the first time. The systems of goal average was replaced by goal difference.

Team changes

The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:

The following club joined the League at the start of the season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Boston United (C) 44 27 11 6 82 35 +47 65
2 Northwich Victoria 44 27 11 6 85 43 +42 65
3 Matlock Town 44 26 11 7 108 57 +51 63
4 Bangor City 44 22 11 11 87 52 +35 55
5 Scarborough 44 21 12 11 77 66 +11 54
6 Goole Town 44 23 6 15 64 50 +14 52
7 Lancaster City 44 21 9 14 71 58 +13 51
8 Gateshead United 44 18 12 14 80 64 +16 48 Club Folded. A new club formed Gateshead replaced
9 Mossley 44 17 14 13 74 59 +15 48
10 Altrincham 44 19 9 16 60 53 +7 47
11 Stafford Rangers 44 16 14 14 60 55 +5 46
12 Runcorn 44 15 14 15 58 50 +8 44
13 Worksop Town 44 16 12 16 50 58 8 44
14 Wigan Athletic 44 14 15 15 62 54 +8 43
15 Morecambe 44 13 11 20 59 75 16 37
16 Gainsborough Trinity 44 13 10 21 58 74 16 36
17 Great Harwood 44 11 14 19 63 84 21 36
18 Buxton 44 11 13 20 48 63 15 35
19 Macclesfield Town 44 8 15 21 41 68 27 31
20 Frickley Athletic 44 11 8 25 53 93 40 30
21 Barrow 44 11 6 27 56 87 31 28
22 South Liverpool 44 10 8 26 51 104 53 28
23 Netherfield 44 9 8 27 47 92 45 26
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 1977. Source: The Football Archives
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 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) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ALT BAN BRW BOS BUX FRK GAI GAT GOO GHA LNC MAC MAT MOR MOS NET NOR RUN SCA SLI STA WIG WOK
Altrincham 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–3 0–0
Bangor City 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 4–4 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–0
Barrow 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–3 0–3 3–1 2–3 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–1
Boston United 4–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–5 6–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 4–2
Buxton 0–0 4–2 0–1 1–5 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–5 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2
Frickley Athletic 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–3 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–5 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–6 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–1 2–1 4–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 7–0 0–3 2–0 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 5–3 0–0 1–0
Gateshead United 1–2 5–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 3–3 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 0–3
Goole Town 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 0–1 1–1
Great Harwood 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–0 3–2 5–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 4–4 4–1 2–2 2–0 5–0
Lancaster City 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 5–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Macclesfield Town 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–0
Matlock Town 5–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–2 5–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 4–3
Morecambe 3–0 1–3 0–5 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 5–1
Mossley 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 5–0 2–2 2–5 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1
Netherfield 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–3 3–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–1
Northwich Victoria 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–3 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Runcorn 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 4–0 0–2 4–1 0–4 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1
Scarborough 1–0 2–3 3–3 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–2 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–3 3–1
South Liverpool 1–0 0–8 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–3 3–0 2–5 2–2 1–2 0–4 5–1 2–1 0–3 0–2
Stafford Rangers 1–1 0–5 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 6–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–1
Wigan Athletic 1–2 2–1 5–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–0
Worksop Town 1–7 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 1977. Source: The Football Archives
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium
AltrinchamMoss Lane
Bangor CityFarrar Road
BarrowHolker Street
Boston UnitedYork Street
BuxtonThe Silverlands
Frickley AthleticWestfield Lane
Gainsborough TrinityThe Northolme
Gateshead UnitedGateshead Youth Stadium
Goole TownVictoria Pleasure Ground
Great HarwoodThe Showground
Lancaster CityGreat Axe
Macclesfield TownMoss Rose
Matlock TownCauseway Lane
MorecambeChristie Park
MossleySeel Park
NetherfieldParkside
Northwich VictoriaDrill Field
RuncornCanal Street
ScarboroughAthletic Ground
South LiverpoolHolly Park
Stafford RangersMarston Road
Wigan AthleticSpringfield Park
Worksop TownCentral Avenue

Cup results

Challenge Cup

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Scarborough1–0Runcorn

Northern Premier League Shield

Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Boston UnitedbeatScarborough

FA Cup

Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only three teams reached the second round:

Second Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Mansfield Town2–5Matlock Town
Northwich Victoria4–0Peterborough United
Wrexham1–1Goole Town
Goole Town0–1WrexhamReplay

Third Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Carlisle United5–1Matlock Town
Northwich Victoria3–2Watford

Fourth Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Carlisle United5–1Matlock Town
Northwich Victoria1–3Oldham Athletic

FA Trophy

Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, three teams reached the fourth round:

Fourth Round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Scarborough1-1Nuneaton Borough
Nuneaton Borough0-1ScarboroughReplay
Slough Town2-0Morecambe
Weymouth0-0Altrincham
Altrincham2-1WeymouthReplay

Semi-finals

StageHome TeamScoreAway Team
1st LegScarborough2-0Altrincham
2nd LegAltrincham2-0Scarborough
AggregateScarborough2-2Altrincham
ReplayScarborough0-0Altrincham
2nd ReplayScarborough2-1Altrincham

Final

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Scarborough3-2Dagenham

End of the season

At the end of the ninth season of the Northern Premier League, Altrincham who put forward for election did not receive enough votes to be promoted to the Football League.

Football League elections

Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, two non-League teams, one from the Northern Premier League and the other from the Southern League. Applied to be elected. Three out of the four Football League teams were re-elected. Wimbledon from the Southern League replaced Workington from the Football League as they didn't receive enough votes. Workington was subsequently relegated to the Northern Premier League.[2]

ClubLeagueVotes
Halifax TownFootball League Division Four44
HartlepoolFootball League Division Four42
SouthportFootball League Division Four37
WimbledonSouthern League Premier Division27
WorkingtonFootball League Division Four21
AltrinchamNorthern Premier League12

Promotion and relegation

The following club left the League at the end of the season:

The following club joined the League the following season:

References

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