1979–80_Northern_Premier_League

Northern Premier League
Season	1979–80
Champions	Mossley
Promoted	Frickley Athletic
Relegated	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,350 (2.92 per match)
Biggest home win	Burton Albion 8–0 Gateshead; (22 September 1979); Matlock Town 8–0 Southport; (30 April 1980)
Biggest away win	Workington 0–5 Grantham; (1 September 1979); Southport 2–7 Mossley; (10 November 1979)
Highest scoring	Southport 2–7 Mossley; (10 November 1979); Gainsborough Trinity 4–5 Netherfield; (8 December 1978)
Longest winning run	10 matches; Burton Albion; (22 September 1979 – 26 December 1979)
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches; Mossley; (5 January 1980 – 3 May 1980)
Longest winless run	16 matches; Runcorn; (25 September 1979 – 2 February 1980)
Longest losing run	6 matches; Gateshead; (11 November 1978 – 16 December 1978); Tamworth; (13 October 1979 – 17 November 1979)
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1979–80 Northern Premier League

Football league season

The 1979–80 Northern Premier League was the twelfth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 18 August 1979 and concluded on 7 May 1980.^[1]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mossley (C)	42	28	9	5	96	41	+55	65
2	Witton Albion	42	28	8	6	89	30	+59	64
3	Frickley Athletic (P)	42	24	13	5	93	48	+45	61	Promoted to Alliance Premier League
4	Burton Albion	42	25	6	11	83	42	+41	56
5	Matlock Town	42	18	17	7	87	53	+34	53
6	Buxton	42	21	9	12	61	48	+13	51
7	Worksop Town	42	20	10	12	65	52	+13	50
8	Macclesfield Town	42	18	11	13	67	53	+14	47
9	Grantham	42	18	8	16	71	65	+6	44
10	Marine	42	16	10	16	65	57	+8	42
11	Goole Town	42	14	13	15	61	63	−2	41
12	Lancaster City	42	13	13	16	74	77	−3	39
13	Oswestry Town	42	12	14	16	44	60	−16	38
14	Gainsborough Trinity	42	14	8	20	64	75	−11	36
15	Runcorn	42	11	11	20	46	63	−17	33
16	Gateshead	42	11	11	20	50	77	−27	33
17	Morecambe	42	10	12	20	40	59	−19	32
18	Netherfield	42	7	15	20	37	66	−29	29
19	Southport	42	8	13	21	30	75	−45	29
20	South Liverpool	42	7	14	21	51	84	−33	28
21	Workington	42	8	12	22	50	85	−35	28
22	Tamworth	42	8	9	25	26	77	−51	25

Home \ Away	BRT	BUX	FRK	GAI	GAT	GOO	GRN	LNC	MAC	MAR	MAT	MOR	MOS	NET	OSW	RUN	SLI	SOU	TAM	WTN	WRK	WKS
Burton Albion		1–2	1–0	2–0	8–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–4	0–0	2–0	5–1	6–0	3–0	1–1	5–0	4–1
Buxton	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0
Frickley Athletic	1–0	2–2		4–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	4–2	6–2	3–2	2–2	5–0	2–1	3–1	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	3–2	1–2		1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	4–5	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–3	3–0	1–0
Gateshead United	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–3		3–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	4–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–3
Goole Town	1–2	0–1	2–2	5–2	2–1		0–2	2–3	2–1	2–2	4–4	2–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	4–3	4–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–0
Grantham	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0		2–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–0	3–2	6–2	2–1	6–0	0–3	3–1	1–3
Lancaster City	1–3	4–4	2–2	4–2	5–0	1–0	3–2		3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–1	3–4	3–3
Macclesfield Town	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2		0–4	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–1
Marine	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–4	3–4		2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0
Matlock Town	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–3	4–2	7–0	1–1		2–1	0–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	8–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Morecambe	1–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–2
Mossley	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–2	6–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	6–0	0–3	5–1	3–1
Netherfield	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	0–0
Oswestry Town	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0		2–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–0	1–1
Runcorn	0–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–3	4–2	2–2		0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–2
South Liverpool	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–3		1–1	0–1	1–5	2–2	1–3
Southport	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–7	0–0	3–0	0–4	2–0		1–1	1–4	1–1	0–1
Tamworth	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1		0–2	1–0	0–2
Witton Albion	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	0–0		3–0	1–1
Workington	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–5	2–4	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–3		3–0
Worksop Town	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–3	5–2	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–5	1–1	6–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0

Club	Stadium
Burton Albion	Eton Park
Buxton	The Silverlands
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme
Gateshead United	Gateshead Youth Stadium
Goole Town	Victoria Pleasure Ground
Grantham	London Road
Lancaster City	Great Axe
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose
Marine	Rossett Park
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane
Morecambe	Christie Park
Mossley	Seel Park
Netherfield	Parkside
Oswestry Town	Victoria Road
Runcorn	Canal Street
South Liverpool	Holly Park
Southport	Haig Avenue
Tamworth	The Lamb Ground
Witton Albion	Central Ground
Workington	Borough Park
Worksop Town	Central Avenue

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Burton Albion	0–2	Bury
Chester	5–1	Workington
Morecambe	1–1	Rotherham United	Replay
Rotherham United	2–0	Morecambe
York City	5–2	Mossley

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Mossley	1–1	Blyth Spartans
Blyth Spartans	0–2	Mossley	Replay

1979–80_Northern_Premier_League

1979–80 Northern Premier League

Overview

Team changes

League table

Results

Stadia and locations

Cup results

Challenge Cup

Northern Premier League Shield

FA Cup

FA Trophy

End of the season

Promotion and relegation

References

External links

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Stage	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1st Leg	Mossley	1–1	Boston United
2nd Leg	Boston United	1–2	Mossley
Aggregate	Mossley	3–2	Boston United