1971–72 Northern Premier League

1971–72 Northern Premier League

The 1971–72 Northern Premier League season was the 4th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

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Final table

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 1971–72
Champions Stafford Rangers
Promoted None
Relegated Chorley
Kirkby Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1585 (2.87 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv 1 Pts 2 Qualification or relegation
1 Stafford Rangers 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 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 46 17 12 17 66 59 1.12 46 Relegated to the 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 46 6 12 28 38 104 0.37 24 Relegated to the 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.

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 and Barrow, who had just left 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

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