1983–84 Northern Premier League

Football league season
Northern Premier League
Season1983–84
ChampionsBarrow
PromotedBarrow
Relegatednone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,390 (3.01 per match)

The 1983–84 Northern Premier League season was the 16th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The following four clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:

The following four clubs joined the League at the start of the season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barrow (C, P) 42 29 10 3 92 38 +54 97 Promoted to Alliance Premier League
2 Matlock Town 42 23 8 11 72 48 +24 77
3 South Liverpool 42 22 11 9 55 44 +11 77
4 Grantham 42 20 8 14 64 51 +13 68
5 Burton Albion 42 17 13 12 61 47 +14 64
6 Macclesfield Town 42 18 10 14 65 55 +10 64
7 Rhyl 42 19 6 17 64 55 +9 63
8 Horwich RMI 42 18 9 15 64 59 +5 63
9 Gainsborough Trinity 42 17 11 14 82 66 +16 62
10 Stafford Rangers 42 15 17 10 65 52 +13 62
11 Hyde United 42 17 8 17 61 63 −2 59
12 Marine 42 16 10 16 63 68 −5 58
13 Witton Albion 42 14 14 14 64 57 +7 56
14 Chorley 42 14 11 17 68 65 +3 53
15 Workington 42 14 9 19 53 57 −4 51
16 Southport 42 14 8 20 57 74 −17 50
17 Worksop Town 42 13 8 21 57 74 −17 47
18 Goole Town 42 12 10 20 59 80 −21 46
19 Morecambe 42 11 12 19 59 75 −16 45
20 Oswestry Town 42 11 8 23 66 97 −31 41
21 Buxton 42 11 6 25 52 91 −39 39
22 Mossley 42 9 9 24 47 74 −27 33[a]
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Mossley had 3 points deducted.

Results

Home \ Away BRW BRT BUX CHO GAI GOO GRN HOR HYD MAC MAR MAT MOR MOS OSW RHL SLI SOU STA WTN WRK WKS
Barrow 5–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 4–3 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1
Burton Albion 0–0 4–1 2–4 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–1
Buxton 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 3–3 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–2
Chorley 0–2 0–2 4–0 3–4 4–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–2 0–2 4–4 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2
Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 6–2
Goole Town 2–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 6–3 3–1 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 3–3 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–5 0–2 2–0
Grantham Town 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 5–3
Horwich RMI 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–4 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3
Hyde United 0–0 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 2–0 2–4 0–2 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0
Macclesfield Town 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 4–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0
Marine 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–3 3–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–2
Matlock Town 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Morecambe 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 5–1
Mossley 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–5 5–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–3
Oswestry Town 3–0 2–3 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–6 2–2 2–0 0–4 1–1 4–4 0–2 5–2 0–1 2–3 1–4 3–3 3–0 1–4
Rhyl 0–1 2–4 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 6–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0
South Liverpool 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–3 1–0 1–0 0–0
Southport 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 4–2 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Stafford Rangers 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Witton Albion 1–3 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 7–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Workington 1–3 0–1 6–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–4 0–2 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Worksop Town 0–4 1–5 4–1 3–1 3–3 3–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 1984. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

  • South Liverpool 1–1 (7–6 Pens) Hyde United

President's Cup:

  • Workington bt. Marine

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

  • Barrow bt. South Liverpool

End of the season

At the end of the sixteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Barrow applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

The following club left the League at the end of the season:

The following club joined the League the following season:

External links

  • Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF
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