Northern Premier League 1978-79

The 1978-79 Northern Premier League season was the 11th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

* Altrincham
* Bangor City
* Barrow
* Boston United
* Buxton
* Frickley Athletic
* Gainsborough Trinity
* Gateshead
* Goole Town
* Lancaster City
* Macclesfield Town
* Matlock Town
* Morecambe
* Mossley
* Netherfield
* Northwich Victoria
* Runcorn
* Scarborough
* South Liverpool
* Southport
* Stafford Rangers
* Workington
* Worksop Town

Final Table

^{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 eleventh season of the Northern Premier League no sides applied for election to the Football League nor were automatically promoted. This season saw several sides leave the League to join the newly-formed Alliance Premier League, which would later become the Football Conference. Altrincham, Scarborough, Boston United, Stafford Rangers, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City and Barrow all left, replaced by Southern League sides Grantham, Oswestry Town, Burton Albion and Tamworth, as well as Combined Counties League sides Witton Albion and Marine. No sides were relegated.

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engnorthpremchamp.html Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF]