1980–81_Northern_Premier_League

Northern Premier League
Season	1980–81
Champions	Runcorn
Promoted	Runcorn
Relegated	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,348 (2.92 per match)
Biggest home win	Buxton 7–0 Tamworth; (18 October 1980); Marine 7–0 Grantham; (28 February 1981)
Biggest away win	Tamworth 0–5 Mossley; (29 April 1981)
Highest scoring	Macclesfield Town 3–5 Worksop Town; (7 March 1981); Netherfield 4–4 Gateshead; (31 March 1981)
Longest winning run	10 matches; Runcorn; (8 September 1980– 11 November 1980)
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches; Runcorn; (16 August 1980 – 13 December 1980)
Longest winless run	16 matches; King's Lynn; (25 October 1980 – 21 February 1981)
Longest losing run	6 matches; Gateshead; (6 September 1980 – 15 November 1980); Tamworth; (25 October 1980 – 13 December 1980)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Northern Premier League

Football league season

The 1980–81 Northern Premier League was the thirteenth 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 16 August 1980 and concluded on 3 May 1981.^[1]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Results

More information Home \ Away, BRT ...

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

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1981. Source: The Football Archives
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Runcorn (C, P)	42	32	7	3	99	22	+77	71	Promoted to Alliance Premier League
2	Mossley	42	24	7	11	95	55	+40	55
3	Marine	42	22	10	10	66	41	+25	54
4	Buxton	42	21	7	14	64	50	+14	49
5	Gainsborough Trinity	42	17	13	12	80	57	+23	47
6	Burton Albion	42	19	8	15	63	54	+9	46
7	Witton Albion	42	19	8	15	70	62	+8	46
8	Goole Town	42	14	16	12	56	50	+6	44
9	South Liverpool	42	19	6	17	59	64	−5	44
10	Workington	42	15	13	14	57	48	+9	43
11	Gateshead	42	12	18	12	65	61	+4	42
12	Worksop Town	42	15	11	16	66	61	+5	41
13	Macclesfield Town	42	13	13	16	52	69	−17	39
14	Grantham	42	14	9	19	57	74	−17	37
15	Matlock Town	42	12	12	18	57	80	−23	36
16	Lancaster City	42	13	9	20	48	70	−22	35
17	Netherfield	42	11	12	19	73	81	−8	34
18	Oswestry Town	42	13	8	21	54	67	−13	34
19	King's Lynn	42	8	18	16	46	65	−19	34
20	Southport	42	11	11	20	42	68	−26	33
21	Morecambe	42	11	8	23	42	74	−32	30
22	Tamworth	42	9	12	21	38	76	−38	30

Club	Stadium
Burton Albion	Eton Park
Buxton	The Silverlands
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme
Gateshead United	Gateshead Youth Stadium
Goole Town	Victoria Pleasure Ground
Grantham	London Road
King's Lynn	The Walks
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

1980–81_Northern_Premier_League

1980–81 Northern Premier League

Overview

Team changes

League table

Results

Stadia and locations

Cup Results

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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