1970–71 Northern Premier League

The 1970–71 Northern Premier League season was the third in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	1970–71
Champions	Wigan Athletic
Promoted	None
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1466 (3.17 per match)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ^1	Pts ^2
1	Wigan Athletic	42	27	13	2	91	32	2.84	67
2	Stafford Rangers	42	27	7	8	87	51	1.71	61
3	Scarborough	42	23	12	7	83	40	2.08	58
4	Boston United	42	22	12	8	69	31	2.23	56
5	Macclesfield Town	42	23	10	9	84	45	1.87	56
6	Northwich Victoria	42	22	5	15	71	55	1.29	49
7	Bangor City	42	19	10	13	72	61	1.18	48
8	Altrincham	42	19	10	13	80	76	1.05	48
9	South Liverpool	42	15	15	12	67	57	1.18	45
10	Chorley	42	14	14	14	58	61	0.95	42
11	Gainsborough Trinity	42	15	11	16	65	63	1.03	41
12	Morecambe	42	14	11	17	67	79	0.85	39
13	South Shields	42	12	14	16	67	66	1.02	38
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	8	19	54	73	0.74	38
15	Lancaster City	42	12	12	18	53	76	0.70	36
16	Netherfield	42	13	9	20	59	57	1.04	35
17	Matlock Town	42	10	13	19	58	80	0.73	33
18	Fleetwood	42	10	11	21	56	90	0.62	31
19	Great Harwood	42	8	13	21	66	98	0.67	29
20	Runcorn	42	10	5	27	58	84	0.69	25
21	Kirkby Town	42	6	13	23	57	93	0.61	25
22	Goole Town	42	10	4	28	44	98	0.45	24

^{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

BPA

CHO

FLE

GAI

GOO

GHT

KEN

Knowsley United

LNC

MAC

MAT

MOR

NOR

RUN

SCA

CHO

SSH

STA

WIG

Altrincham

3–1

0–0

1–0

4–4

1–0

2–0

3–0

4–2

5–0

5–0

2–2

0–3

2–0

3–2

0–3

3–1

0–1

3–2

2–3

3–2

1–1

Bangor City

2–0

1–0

2–1

4–2

4–0

2–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

4–1

1–3

0–1

2–2

6–0

3–1

3–2

1–1

1–0

1–3

0–1

2–5

Boston United

1–1

2–2

0–0

0–1

4–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–0

5–2

5–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

4–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

Bradford Park Avenue

4–1

2–2

1–2

0–1

2–2

1–0

2–1

0–2

2–1

1–4

0–1

4–1

4–0

0–2

3–1

0–1

2–2

2–1

1–2

1–1

Chorley

1–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

2–3

3–1

4–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

2–1

3–2

1–1

2–3

2–1

1–2

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

Fleetwood Town

2–3

0–1

0–3

5–0

2–0

0–1

1–3

1–6

1–1

1–0

0–1

3–1

4–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–3

2–2

1–1

2–3

1–1

Gainsborough Trinity

4–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

5–1

2–2

5–0

0–0

2–3

1–2

1–4

2–0

2–3

1–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–3

2–2

Goole Town

1–2

1–1

0–2

0–1

1–0

4–1

1–2

3–1

2–1

0–1

1–2

0–2

1–2

1–0

2–0

2–0

0–4

0–0

1–0

1–5

0–1

Great Harwood Town

1–1

3–4

0–4

2–3

2–3

0–5

2–1

6–2

1–1

2–2

2–1

1–2

2–0

2–2

0–4

2–2

1–1

2–2

1–3

5–7

2–2

Kendal Town

4–2

2–3

0–0

1–3

0–0

1–3

0–2

4–0

4–1

2–1

5–2

0–2

6–0

2–0

0–1

3–1

1–2

0–2

2–1

0–1

1–2

Knowsley United

4–5

0–1

0–3

1–3

1–3

2–2

1–1

5–2

1–1

1–3

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–2

2–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–3

1–3

Lancaster City

1–3

1–1

0–3

0–1

2–1

1–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–0

2–6

1–0

1–2

1–3

4–1

1–0

0–0

Macclesfield Town

2–3

3–0

1–1

4–0

2–0

6–0

2–2

4–1

2–3

3–1

0–1

2–2

1–0

1–0

4–4

3–1

4–0

1–2

2–1

2–1

1–3

Matlock Town

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

3–2

4–1

3–1

0–0

2–2

5–1

0–2

2–2

1–2

3–2

3–1

3–1

3–2

1–2

0–4

Morecambe

2–1

4–1

1–0

0–2

0–3

6–2

1–2

4–3

2–0

3–3

5–0

1–1

2–2

3–2

0–2

2–2

1–3

0–1

1–1

1–3

0–0

Northwich Victoria

3–0

2–1

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–2

3–1

3–0

1–2

3–2

2–1

3–2

1–4

4–0

0–0

1–0

0–2

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

Runcorn

1–3

3–4

2–3

2–1

5–0

2–0

2–2

5–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

2–0

0–1

2–5

0–3

0–1

3–2

0–2

1–1

0–1

1–4

Scarborough

1–1

2–0

2–1

4–0

2–0

6–0

1–2

3–1

4–0

0–0

3–1

2–1

1–0

4–0

5–0

2–0

3–2

6–0

1–1

0–0

0–2

South Liverpool

6–0

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–1

4–1

0–1

2–0

4–4

0–2

2–1

2–2

1–1

3–1

1–3

2–0

4–2

1–1

3–0

1–1

0–1

South Shields

5–2

1–2

3–1

5–1

4–0

0–0

3–2

1–2

2–1

1–3

3–4

0–0

1–1

1–0

2–3

2–2

5–2

0–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

Stafford Rangers

2–1

3–2

1–1

4–0

3–1

2–1

0–3

4–1

1–1

2–1

3–2

4–1

1–1

2–1

2–2

4–1

1–0

2–1

3–2

5–0

0–1

Wigan Athletic

1–1

0–0

2–0

3–0

1–0

4–1

5–0

7–0

3–1

1–0

3–3

4–0

0–1

2–1

4–1

1–0

3–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

4–1

Updated to games played on 8 May 1971.
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 third 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. Skelmersdale United and Ellesmere Port Town were newly admitted into the League.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Fleetwood Town 1–1 agg. (replay 1–0) Macclesfield Town

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF