1981–82 Northern Premier League

The 1981–82 Northern Premier League season was the 14th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Bangor City
• Burton Albion
• Buxton
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Gateshead
• Goole Town
• Grantham
• King's Lynn
• Lancaster City
• Macclesfield Town
• Marine
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Netherfield
• Oswestry Town
• South Liverpool
• Southport
• Tamworth
• Witton Albion
• Workington
• Worksop Town

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Bangor City	42	27	8	7	108	60	+48	62
2	Mossley	42	24	11	7	76	43	+33	59
3	Witton Albion	42	22	10	10	75	44	+31	54
4	Gateshead	42	19	14	9	65	49	+15	52
5	King's Lynn	42	19	12	11	61	36	+25	50
6	Grantham	42	18	13	11	65	53	+12	49
7	Burton Albion	42	19	9	14	71	62	+9	47
8	Southport	42	16	14	12	63	55	+8	46
9	Marine	42	17	12	13	64	57	+7	46
10	Macclesfield Town	42	17	9	16	67	58	+9	43
11	Workington	42	18	7	17	62	60	+2	43
12	Worksop Town	42	15	13	14	52	60	-8	43
13	South Liverpool	42	13	13	16	55	57	-2	39
14	Goole Town	42	13	13	16	56	60	-4	39
15	Oswestry Town	42	14	11	17	55	59	-4	39
16	Buxton	42	14	11	17	48	56	-8	39
17	Lancaster City	42	13	12	17	47	50	-3	38
18	Gainsborough Trinity	42	10	13	19	60	69	-9	33
19	Tamworth	42	10	9	23	31	56	-25	29
20	Morecambe	42	9	11	22	43	86	-43	29
21	Matlock Town	42	7	12	23	38	72	-34	26
22	Netherfield	42	5	9	28	31	91	-60	19

^{1 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 fourteenth season of the Northern Premier League Bangor City (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League, while Lancaster City left the League at the end of the season. The two clubs were replaced by newly-admitted Cheshire County League sides Chorley (returning to the League after an absence of 10 years) and Hyde United (returning after an absence of 12 years).

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Gainsborough Trinity 1-0 Mossley
  

President's Cup:

• Buxton 4-3 Goole Town
  

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

• Bangor City vs. Gainsborough Trinity

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF