1975–76 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	1975–76
Champions	Runcorn
Promoted	Skelmersdale United Fleetwood
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1562 (2.83 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Northern Premier League season was the eighth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA ^1	Pts ^2
1	Runcorn	46	29	10	7	95	42	2.26	68
2	Stafford Rangers	46	26	15	5	81	41	1.98	67
3	Scarborough	46	26	10	10	84	43	1.95	62
4	Matlock Town	46	26	9	11	96	63	1.52	61
5	Boston United	46	27	6	13	95	58	1.64	60
6	Wigan Athletic	46	21	15	10	81	42	1.93	57
7	Altrincham	46	20	14	12	77	57	1.35	54
8	Bangor City	46	21	12	13	80	70	1.14	54
9	Mossley	46	21	11	14	70	58	1.21	53
10	Goole Town	46	20	13	13	58	49	1.18	53
11	Northwich Victoria	46	17	17	12	79	59	1.34	51
12	Lancaster City	46	18	9	19	61	70	0.87	45
13	Worksop Town	46	17	10	19	63	56	1.13	44
14	Gainsborough Trinity	46	13	17	16	58	69	0.84	43
15	Macclesfield Town	46	15	12	19	50	64	0.78	42
16	Gateshead United	46	17	7	22	64	63	1.02	41
17	Buxton	46	11	13	22	37	62	0.60	35
18	Skelmersdale United	46	12	10	24	45	74	0.61	34
19	Netherfield	46	11	11	24	55	76	0.72	33
20	Morecambe	46	11	11	24	47	67	0.70	33
21	Great Harwood	46	13	7	26	58	86	0.67	33
22	South Liverpool	46	12	9	25	45	78	0.58	33
23	Barrow	46	12	9	25	47	84	0.56	33
24	Fleetwood	46	3	9	34	36	131	0.27	15

^{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

BRW

BOS

BUX

FLE

GAI

GOO

GHT

KEN

LNC

MAC

MAT

MOR

MOS

NOR

RUN

SCA

SKU

CHO

SSH

STA

WIG

WKS

Altrincham

1–0

4–0

1–0

4–0

2–1

3–0

1–1

3–2

2–2

2–2

3–2

1–2

4–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

0–1

3–1

1–1

3–0

5–2

1–0

0–1

Bangor City

0–3

3–1

2–2

4–1

2–1

4–2

2–1

2–3

1–0

2–1

0–1

5–1

1–1

3–3

1–1

0–3

1–1

4–0

5–1

3–1

1–0

2–2

3–2

Barrow

1–1

1–2

2–3

1–0

4–0

1–1

1–2

0–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–0

1–2

1–6

0–2

2–1

0–2

0–1

1–0

0–0

0–4

1–1

Boston United

4–1

4–1

8–0

3–1

2–1

1–2

2–1

4–0

3–1

4–2

6–0

2–1

4–1

3–0

4–1

0–1

2–0

3–2

3–0

1–0

2–2

2–1

3–1

Buxton

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

2–2

3–4

4–1

0–1

1–4

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

2–1

3–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

Fleetwood Town

0–1

1–1

2–3

1–1

0–0

0–2

1–1

2–2

0–4

1–3

0–1

1–2

1–0

0–3

0–6

2–2

0–2

1–4

3–1

0–3

0–2

0–4

1–7

Gainsborough Trinity

5–0

1–1

4–2

2–1

0–0

5–1

0–1

0–2

3–1

0–0

3–1

1–0

2–1

1–3

2–2

0–2

1–1

2–1

3–0

3–3

1–1

0–0

1–1

Goole Town

0–3

1–1

1–0

0–0

3–1

5–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–3

0–2

2–1

1–0

1–2

3–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

Great Harwood Town

0–3

1–2

2–4

0–1

0–1

2–2

1–1

2–0

2–4

2–3

2–1

1–4

0–1

2–2

0–4

0–3

1–2

1–0

2–1

1–3

0–1

3–7

1–0

Kendal Town

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–4

0–0

2–1

2–2

0–2

0–3

0–0

1–1

1–3

2–0

2–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

6–0

1–6

0–1

0–2

1–3

Lancaster City

2–1

0–2

3–2

2–3

0–0

7–1

2–1

1–2

1–5

3–2

0–1

4–2

3–2

2–0

0–0

0–4

2–2

1–0

1–0

0–1

0–2

0–0

1–0

Macclesfield Town

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–1

0–0

2–0

4–3

3–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

2–0

3–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

Matlock Town

4–3

1–1

2–0

4–1

3–1

4–2

3–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

4–1

3–0

2–1

0–1

2–2

1–0

2–2

2–1

3–2

2–2

1–2

Morecambe

0–0

0–2

1–2

1–2

1–0

2–0

5–0

2–1

0–1

0–1

1–2

2–0

0–1

0–2

3–3

1–1

1–2

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

3–0

0–2

Mossley

0–1

3–1

1–0

1–0

3–0

3–2

0–1

0–1

4–1

2–1

1–0

4–0

0–4

2–2

1–0

1–0

2–3

0–0

0–0

2–1

3–3

1–1

6–2

Northwich Victoria

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–3

1–0

4–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

5–3

5–2

5–3

0–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

3–3

1–3

4–1

Runcorn

6–2

4–1

3–1

0–0

3–0

2–1

2–0

2–0

2–1

4–4

4–0

3–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

6–0

4–2

3–1

2–2

2–0

1–2

Scarborough

1–0

4–1

5–0

4–1

1–0

6–1

3–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

3–0

5–2

4–2

1–1

0–0

1–2

2–0

2–0

4–3

5–1

0–1

0–0

3–0

Skelmersdale United

2–2

3–1

2–1

3–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–2

0–1

2–0

1–6

0–0

0–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–2

0–3

South Liverpool

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–0

1–2

2–3

3–0

1–1

1–3

2–0

2–1

1–2

0–3

2–1

1–0

3–1

0–2

0–1

3–2

2–1

0–1

0–0

0–2

South Shields

0–2

4–2

1–0

1–0

0–1

8–1

0–0

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–2

5–1

2–0

2–1

0–1

3–1

5–1

2–2

2–0

0–2

1–2

3–0

Stafford Rangers

2–1

3–2

1–1

2–0

1–0

4–0

4–0

2–1

1–1

4–1

4–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

4–1

3–0

1–0

1–2

2–2

Wigan Athletic

4–1

2–0

1–0

6–0

6–0

3–0

0–0

1–3

0–0

5–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

0–0

2–3

1–2

1–1

2–1

4–1

2–0

1–0

1–2

3–0

Worksop Town

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

0–0

5–0

1–1

0–0

1–3

1–0

1–2

3–1

0–2

3–0

1–2

3–1

3–0

0–1

0–1

2–0

3–0

0–2

0–1

Updated to games played on 1 May 1976.
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 seventh 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 Skelmersdale United and Fleetwood left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted Frickley Athletic.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Boston United 4–0, 1–2 (5–2 agg.) Mossley

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

• Boston United bt. Runcorn

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF