1969–70 Northern Premier League
The 1969–70 Northern Premier League season was the second in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
Final table
| Season | 1969–70 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Macclesfield Town |
| Promoted | None |
| Relegated |
Gateshead Hyde United |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 1158 (3.05 per match) |
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← 1968–69 1970–71 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv 1 | Pts 2 | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macclesfield Town | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 41 | 1.76 | 52 | |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 32 | 1.75 | 52 | |
| 3 | Boston United | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 33 | 1.97 | 50 | |
| 4 | Scarborough | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 74 | 39 | 1.90 | 50 | |
| 5 | South Shields | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 43 | 1.53 | 46 | |
| 6 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 49 | 1.31 | 43 | |
| 7 | Stafford Rangers | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 52 | 1.13 | 39 | |
| 8 | Bangor City | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 63 | 1.08 | 39 | |
| 9 | Northwich Victoria | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 66 | 0.91 | 38 | |
| 10 | Netherfield | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 56 | 54 | 1.04 | 37 | |
| 11 | Hyde United | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 59 | 59 | 1.00 | 37 | Relegated to the Cheshire County League |
| 12 | Altrincham | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 65 | 0.95 | 36 | |
| 13 | Fleetwood | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 60 | 0.88 | 36 | |
| 14 | Runcorn | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 72 | 0.79 | 35 | |
| 15 | Morecambe | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 51 | 0.80 | 33 | |
| 16 | South Liverpool | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 55 | 0.80 | 33 | |
| 17 | Great Harwood | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 63 | 92 | 0.68 | 29 | |
| 18 | Matlock Town | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 52 | 67 | 0.78 | 28 | |
| 19 | Goole Town | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 50 | 71 | 0.70 | 26 | |
| 20 | Gateshead | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 94 | 0.39 | 22 | Relegated to the Midland Counties League |
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
2 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 | ALT | BAN | BOS | FLE | GAI | GAT | GOO | GHT | HYD | KEN | MAC | MAT | MOR | NOR | RUN | SCA | CHO | SSH | STA | WIG |
| Altrincham | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Bangor City | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Boston United | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Gateshead | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Goole Town | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Great Harwood Town | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–7 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Hyde United | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | |
| Kendal Town | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
| Matlock Town | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | |
| Morecambe | 1–4 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Runcorn | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | |
| Scarborough | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| South Liverpool | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| South Shields | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 9 May 1970.
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 second season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, but Hyde United and Gateshead left the League at the end of the season, replaced by newly admitted Chorley (returning after a year's absence), Kirkby Town, Lancaster City and Bradford Park Avenue, who had just left Football League Division Four.
Cup Results
- Altrincham 4–3 agg. Macclesfield Town