1976–77 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	1976–77
Champions	Boston United
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1447 (2.86 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Northern Premier League season was the ninth 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	Boston United	44	27	11	6	82	35	+47	65
2	Northwich Victoria	44	27	11	6	85	43	+42	65
3	Matlock Town	44	26	11	7	108	57	+51	63
4	Bangor City	44	22	11	11	87	52	+35	55
5	Scarborough	44	21	12	11	77	66	+11	53
6	Goole Town	44	23	6	15	64	50	+14	52
7	Lancaster City	44	21	9	14	71	58	+13	51
8	Gateshead United	44	18	12	14	80	64	+16	48
9	Mossley	44	17	14	13	74	59	+15	48
10	Altrincham	44	19	9	16	60	53	+7	47
11	Stafford Rangers	44	16	14	14	60	55	+5	46
12	Runcorn	44	15	14	15	58	50	+8	44
13	Worksop Town	44	16	12	16	50	58	−8	44
14	Wigan Athletic	44	14	15	15	62	54	+8	43
15	Morecambe	44	13	11	20	59	75	−16	37
16	Gainsborough Trinity	44	13	10	21	58	74	−16	36
17	Great Harwood	44	11	14	19	63	84	−21	36
18	Buxton	44	11	13	20	48	63	−15	35
19	Macclesfield Town	44	8	15	21	41	68	−27	31
20	Frickley Athletic	44	11	8	25	53	93	−40	30
21	Barrow	44	11	6	27	56	87	−31	28
22	South Liverpool	44	10	8	26	51	104	−53	28
23	Netherfield	44	9	8	27	47	92	−45	26

^{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

ALT

BAN

BRW

BOS

BUX

FRK

GAI

GOO

GHT

KEN

LNC

MAC

MAT

MOR

MOS

NOR

RUN

SCA

CHO

SSH

STA

WIG

WKS

Altrincham

1–0

3–2

0–0

2–0

2–2

4–1

4–1

4–1

4–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

3–1

1–0

0–3

0–2

0–1

0–0

1–0

0–3

1–3

0–0

Bangor City

1–1

6–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

3–1

3–1

3–1

0–0

1–0

4–4

1–0

3–0

1–2

0–0

1–0

4–1

0–2

2–0

0–0

2–0

Barrow

0–1

0–3

0–1

0–2

2–0

2–2

1–2

1–0

2–2

0–2

4–3

0–3

3–1

2–3

3–1

0–1

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–1

4–1

0–1

Boston United

4–0

1–3

2–0

2–0

3–0

2–0

1–0

3–0

4–0

3–2

1–0

1–5

6–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

4–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

4–2

Buxton

0–0

4–2

0–1

1–5

0–1

2–2

2–0

3–1

0–0

0–1

1–0

1–5

3–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

0–3

1–2

Frickley Athletic

1–1

1–2

4–0

0–3

1–2

3–2

1–5

3–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–6

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–2

4–1

3–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

0–0

Gainsborough Trinity

0–1

2–1

4–0

0–2

2–1

3–2

0–1

7–0

2–1

0–3

2–0

0–4

1–2

0–1

2–2

0–0

2–0

3–2

0–0

5–3

0–0

1–0

Goole Town

2–1

2–3

1–0

0–2

3–1

3–0

2–0

0–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

3–2

4–2

3–2

0–0

0–1

1–1

Great Harwood Town

1–3

2–2

0–2

3–0

3–2

5–2

2–2

0–2

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

3–2

0–3

1–1

2–2

4–4

4–1

2–2

2–2

2–0

5–0

Kendal Town

1–0

1–3

3–1

0–3

3–2

1–3

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–3

1–3

3–1

1–2

1–1

1–3

2–2

0–3

2–3

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

Lancaster City

1–0

2–1

1–3

1–2

2–1

1–3

2–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

3–1

4–3

3–2

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

5–2

3–3

1–2

1–1

1–1

Macclesfield Town

0–2

1–1

3–1

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–3

0–3

0–0

0–3

1–1

1–3

2–2

1–1

0–1

3–1

0–1

2–2

2–2

2–0

Matlock Town

5–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

4–2

2–2

1–1

4–2

3–2

2–0

3–0

2–1

2–2

1–4

2–1

1–1

4–0

5–1

4–0

2–1

4–3

Morecambe

3–0

1–3

0–5

0–1

1–1

5–0

1–2

1–0

0–1

2–0

4–1

0–0

0–1

3–2

0–3

1–1

1–2

3–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

5–1

Mossley

2–1

3–2

1–0

2–1

1–1

4–0

5–0

2–5

2–1

4–1

3–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

1–1

3–2

0–1

2–0

2–2

1–1

1–3

1–1

Northwich Victoria

1–1

2–0

5–1

1–3

1–1

5–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

4–1

1–0

2–0

3–2

2–2

3–1

1–3

4–0

3–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

Runcorn

2–1

0–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

4–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

2–2

1–3

4–0

0–2

4–1

0–4

1–2

1–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

Scarborough

1–0

2–3

3–3

2–1

1–0

4–2

3–2

2–2

1–1

2–0

2–2

1–2

3–1

4–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–3

1–0

5–3

3–1

South Liverpool

1–0

0–8

1–1

0–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

2–2

2–3

1–1

1–3

3–0

2–5

1–2

0–4

5–1

0–3

2–1

0–3

0–2

South Shields

1–2

5–1

3–2

3–1

0–1

3–2

4–1

2–1

5–1

3–2

3–1

1–1

1–3

3–3

1–1

3–0

1–0

0–1

5–0

2–0

2–0

0–3

Stafford Rangers

1–1

0–5

2–1

0–1

2–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

6–1

0–2

2–0

0–0

0–1

0–0

1–1

3–0

3–1

3–2

2–2

3–1

1–1

Wigan Athletic

1–2

2–1

5–2

1–1

3–1

4–1

3–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–2

0–0

0–2

1–1

2–2

0–1

0–0

1–3

3–0

2–0

1–2

2–0

Worksop Town

1–7

2–3

2–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

3–1

0–1

4–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

2–1

3–2

1–1

Updated to games played on 20 May 1977.
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 ninth season of the Northern Premier League only Altrincham was put forward for election to the Football League and after receiving the least votes did not gain promotion. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, with Workington joining the League at the end of the season having left Football League Division Four.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Scarborough 1–0 Runcorn

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

• Boston United bt. Scarborough

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF