1986–87 Northern Premier League

The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Bangor City
• Barrow
• Burton Albion
• Buxton
• Caernarfon Town
• Chorley
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Goole Town
• Horwich RMI
• Hyde United
• Macclesfield Town
• Marine
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Oswestry Town
• Rhyl
• South Liverpool
• Southport
• Witton Albion
• Workington
• Worksop Town

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Macclesfield Town	42	26	10	6	80	47	+33	88
2	Bangor City	42	25	12	5	74	35	+39	87
3	Caernarfon Town	42	20	16	6	67	40	+37	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
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	282
22	Horwich RMI	42	3	12	27	36	85	-49	202

^{1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{2 Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.}

Promotion and relegation

In the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League Macclesfield Town (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Frickley Athletic, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile Burton Albion moved to the Southern League Premier Division and were replaced by another relegated Alliance side in Gateshead.

From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a First Division.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion
  

President's Cup:

• 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.}

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF