1972–73 Northern Premier League

The 1972–73 Northern Premier League season was the 5th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Altrincham
• Bangor City
• Barrow
• Boston United
• Bradford Park Avenue
• Ellesmere Port Town
• Fleetwood
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Goole Town
• Great Harwood
• Lancaster City
• Macclesfield Town
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Netherfield
• Northwich Victoria
• Runcorn
• Scarborough
• Skelmersdale United
• South Liverpool
• South Shields
• Stafford Rangers
• Wigan Athletic

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Boston United	46	27	16	3	88	34	2.59	70
2	Scarborough	46	26	9	11	72	39	1.85	61
3	Wigan Athletic	46	23	14	9	69	38	1.82	60
4	Altrincham	46	22	16	8	75	55	1.36	60
5	Bradford Park Avenue	46	19	17	10	63	50	1.26	56
6	Stafford Rangers	46	20	11	15	63	46	1.37	51
7	Gainsborough Trinity	46	18	13	15	70	50	1.40	49
8	Northwich Victoria	46	17	15	14	74	62	1.19	49
9	Netherfield	46	20	9	17	68	65	1.05	49
10	Macclesfield Town	46	16	16	14	58	47	1.23	48
11	Ellesmere Port Town	46	18	11	17	52	56	0.93	47
12	Skelmersdale United	46	15	16	15	58	59	0.98	46
13	Bangor City	46	16	13	17	70	60	1.17	45
14	Mossley	46	17	11	18	70	73	0.96	45
15	Morecambe	46	17	11	18	62	70	0.89	45
16	Great Harwood	46	14	15	17	63	74	0.85	43
17	South Liverpool	46	12	19	15	47	57	0.82	43
18	Runcorn	46	15	12	19	75	78	0.96	42
19	Goole Town	46	13	13	20	64	73	0.88	39
20	South Shields	46	17	4	25	64	81	0.79	38
21	Matlock Town	46	11	11	24	42	80	0.53	33
22	Lancaster City	46	10	11	25	53	78	0.68	31
23	Barrow	46	12	6	28	52	101	0.51	30
24	Fleetwood	46	5	15	26	31	77	0.40	25

^{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 fifth 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 Ellesmere Port Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly-admitted Buxton.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Northwich Victoria 3-2 agg. Wigan Athletic
  

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

• Boston United bt. Northwich Victoria

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF