1979–80 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Mossley
Promoted	Frickley Athletic
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1350 (2.92 per match)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Northern Premier League season was the 12th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts ¹
1	Mossley	42	28	9	7	96	41	+55	65
2	Witton Albion	42	28	8	6	89	30	+59	64
3	Frickley Athletic	42	24	13	5	93	48	+45	61
4	Burton Albion	42	25	6	11	83	42	+41	56
5	Matlock Town	42	18	17	7	87	53	+34	53
6	Buxton	42	21	9	12	61	48	+13	51
7	Worksop Town	42	20	10	12	65	52	+13	50
8	Macclesfield Town	42	18	11	13	67	53	+14	47
9	Grantham	42	18	8	16	71	65	+6	44
10	Marine	42	16	10	16	65	57	+8	42
11	Goole Town	42	14	13	15	61	63	−2	41
12	Lancaster City	42	13	13	16	74	77	−3	39
13	Oswestry Town	42	12	14	16	44	60	−16	38
14	Gainsborough Trinity	42	14	8	20	64	75	−11	36
15	Runcorn	42	11	11	20	46	63	−17	33
16	Gateshead	42	11	11	20	50	77	−27	33
17	Morecambe	42	10	12	20	40	59	−19	32
18	Netherfield	42	7	15	20	37	66	−29	29
19	Southport	42	8	13	21	30	75	−45	29
20	South Liverpool	42	7	14	21	51	84	−33	28
21	Workington	42	8	12	22	50	85	−35	28
22	Tamworth	42	8	9	25	26	77	−51	25

^{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.}

Results

Home ╲ Away	Burton Albion !BRT	Buxton !BUX	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Gateshead !GAT	Goole Town !GOO	Grantham Town !GRN	Kendal Town !KEN	Lancaster City !LNC	Macclesfield Town !MAC	Marine !MAR	Matlock Town !MAT	Morecambe !MOR	Mossley !MOS	Oswestry Town !OSW	Runcorn !RUN	South Liverpool !CHO	Southport !SOU	Tamworth !TAM	Witton Albion !WTN	Workington !WRK	Worksop Town !WKS
Burton Albion !Burton Albion		1–2	1–0	2–0	8–0	1–2	3–0	0–4	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	6–0	3–0	1–1	5–0	4–1
Buxton !Buxton	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	1–0	2–2		4–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	6–2	3–2	2–2	5–0	2–1	3–1	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	3–2	1–2		1–0	1–1	4–1	4–5	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–3	3–0	1–0
Gateshead !Gateshead	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–3		3–2	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	4–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–3
Goole Town !Goole Town	1–2	0–1	2–2	5–2	2–1		0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–2	4–4	2–1	0–2	4–1	0–2	4–3	4–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–0
Grantham Town !Grantham Town	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0		2–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	3–0	3–2	6–2	2–1	6–0	0–3	3–1	1–3
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–0		1–2	2–2	0–4	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	0–0
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	1–3	4–4	2–2	4–2	5–0	1–0	3–2	1–0		3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–1	3–4	3–3
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–2		0–4	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–1
Marine !Marine	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–4	3–4		2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–0	4–2	7–0	1–1		2–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	3–1	8–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Morecambe !Morecambe	1–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–4	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–2
Mossley !Mossley	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–2	6–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0		0–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	6–0	0–3	5–1	3–1
Oswestry Town !Oswestry Town	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		2–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–0	1–1
Runcorn !Runcorn	0–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–3	2–2		0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–2
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–3		1–1	0–1	1–5	2–2	1–3
Southport !Southport	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–7	3–0	0–4	2–0		1–1	1–4	1–1	0–1
Tamworth !Tamworth	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1		0–2	1–0	0–2
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	0–0		3–0	1–1
Workington !Workington	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–5	3–1	2–4	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–3		3–0
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–3	5–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–5	6–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0

Updated to games played on 7 May 1980.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

In the twelfth season of the Northern Premier League no sides applied for election to the Football League nor were automatically promoted. Frickley Athletic applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful; they were replaced by Southern League side King's Lynn.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Runcorn 2–0 Lancaster City

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

Runcorn bt. Mossley

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Coalville Town Corby Town Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hednesford Town Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Rushall Olympic Skelmersdale United Spennymoor Town Stafford Rangers Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Warrington Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Colne Colwyn Bay Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Goole Hyde United Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United Scarborough Athletic Tadcaster Albion Trafford

Division One South	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Basford United Bedworth United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Northwich Victoria Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Sheffield Spalding United Stamford Stocksbridge Park Steels Witton Albion

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1979–80 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Birmingham City Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Ham United Wrexham

Third Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Mansfield Town Millwall Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southend United Swindon Town Wimbledon

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City

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