1981–82 Northern Premier League
| Season | 1981–82 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bangor City |
| Promoted | Bangor City |
| Relegated | Lancaster City |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1293 (2.8 per match) |
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← 1980–81 1982–83 → | |
The 1981–82 Northern Premier League season was the 14th 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 | Bangor City | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 108 | 60 | +48 | 62 |
| 2 | Mossley | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 59 |
| 3 | Witton Albion | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 54 |
| 4 | Gateshead | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 65 | 49 | +15 | 52 |
| 5 | King's Lynn | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 50 |
| 6 | Grantham | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 49 |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 47 |
| 8 | Southport | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 46 |
| 9 | Marine | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 46 |
| 10 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 43 |
| 11 | Workington | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 43 |
| 12 | Worksop Town | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 43 |
| 13 | South Liverpool | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 39 |
| 14 | Goole Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 39 |
| 15 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 39 |
| 16 | Buxton | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 39 |
| 17 | Lancaster City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 38 |
| 18 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 33 |
| 19 | Tamworth | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 29 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 43 | 86 | −43 | 29 |
| 21 | Matlock Town | 42 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 72 | −34 | 26 |
| 22 | Netherfield | 42 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 91 | −60 | 19 |
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 | BAN | BRT | BUX | GAI | GAT | GOO | GRN | KEN | KLY | LNC | MAC | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | OSW | CHO | SOU | TAM | WTN | WRK | WKS |
| Bangor City | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Burton Albion | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Buxton | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 6–1 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4–5 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | |
| Gateshead | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
| Goole Town | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
| Grantham Town | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
| Kendal Town | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| King's Lynn | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Lancaster City | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | |
| Marine | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Matlock Town | 2–7 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Morecambe | 0–9 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Mossley | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Oswestry Town | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| South Liverpool | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
| Southport | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Tamworth | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Witton Albion | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Workington | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 1 May 1982.
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 fourteenth season of the Northern Premier League Bangor City (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League, while Lancaster City left the League at the end of the season. The two clubs were replaced by newly admitted Cheshire County League sides Chorley (returning to the League after an absence of 10 years) and Hyde United (returning after an absence of 12 years).
Cup Results
- Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 Mossley
- Buxton 4–3 Goole Town
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Bangor City vs. Gainsborough Trinity