1986–87 Northern Premier League

Football league season

Northern Premier League
Season	1986–87
Champions	Macclesfield Town
Promoted	Macclesfield Town
Relegated	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,349 (2.92 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. It was the last Northern Premier League season, consisting of a single division, as before the next season 19 clubs joined the league and formed a new Division One.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:

Gateshead promoted to Football Conference

The following club joined the League at the start of the season:

Barrow relegated from Alliance Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town (C, P)	42	26	10	6	80	47	+33	88	Promoted to Football Conference
2	Bangor City	42	25	12	5	74	35	+39	87
3	Caernarfon Town	42	20	16	6	67	40	+27	76
4	Marine	42	21	10	11	70	43	+27	73
5	South Liverpool	42	21	10	11	58	40	+18	73
6	Morecambe	42	20	12	10	66	49	+17	72
7	Matlock Town	42	20	10	12	81	67	+14	70
8	Southport	42	19	11	12	67	49	+18	68
9	Chorley	42	16	12	14	58	59	−1	60
10	Mossley	42	15	12	15	57	52	+5	57
11	Hyde United	42	15	10	17	81	70	+11	55
12	Burton Albion	42	16	6	20	56	68	−12	54	Transferred to Southern League Premier Division
13	Buxton	42	13	14	15	71	68	+3	53
14	Witton Albion	42	15	8	19	68	79	−11	53
15	Barrow	42	15	7	20	42	57	−15	52
16	Goole Town	42	13	12	17	58	62	−4	51
17	Oswestry Town	42	14	8	20	55	83	−28	50
18	Rhyl	42	10	15	17	56	74	−18	45
19	Worksop Town	42	9	13	20	56	74	−18	40
20	Gainsborough Trinity	42	9	10	23	53	77	−24	37
21	Workington	42	5	14	23	38	70	−32	28
22	Horwich RMI	42	3	12	27	36	85	−49	20

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.

Results

Home \ Away	BAN	BRW	BRT	BUX	CNR	CHO	GAI	GOO	HOR	HYD	MAC	MAR	MAT	MOR	MOS	OSW	RHL	SLI	SOU	WTN	WRK	WKS
Bangor City		0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–0
Barrow	0–0		0–1	1–3	3–0	0–4	0–0	0–3	3–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–0
Burton Albion	3–0	1–3		1–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–2	4–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	4–3	5–2	3–1	1–1
Buxton	4–4	0–0	5–3		0–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–3
Caernarfon Town	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0		4–2	3–1	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1
Chorley	3–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–1		1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Gainsborough Trinity	0–5	2–0	1–4	1–2	2–2	2–1		1–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1
Goole Town	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–3	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	4–1	0–3
Horwich RMI	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3		3–4	0–1	1–3	2–4	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–2
Hyde United	3–0	6–1	2–1	2–5	1–3	6–0	1–1	3–5	5–0		1–3	1–1	2–4	2–2	1–0	7–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	5–2
Macclesfield Town	4–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	0–1		2–0	0–2	4–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	4–3	2–1	3–2	4–3	2–0
Marine	1–2	4–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	5–1	1–2	1–0		2–0	1–3	1–0	5–0	3–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0
Matlock Town	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–1		2–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	5–1	2–1	2–3
Morecambe	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–4	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	4–1		2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	3–0
Mossley	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–4	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–2
Oswestry Town	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	5–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	3–3	1–2	3–3	0–3	2–1		0–1	0–0	0–3	2–4	4–3	1–0
Rhyl	2–2	3–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	4–3	2–4	6–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	3–2	0–2		2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0
South Liverpool	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0		4–2	3–1	1–0	2–0
Southport	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0		4–2	1–1	2–0
Witton Albion	0–2	2–3	1–2	5–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0		3–1	4–2
Workington	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–5	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–3	1–1		2–1
Worksop Town	1–1	2–2	3–3	3–3	2–2	1–1	0–4	4–2	4–2	3–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1987. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion

President's Cup:

Macclesfield Town 2–1 Marine

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

Bangor City bt. Macclesfield Town

End of the season

At the end of the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Macclesfield Town applied to join the Football Conference and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season:

Macclesfield Town promoted to Football Conference
Burton Albion transferred to Southern League Premier Division

The following two clubs joined the League the following season:

Frickley Athletic relegated from Football Conference
Gateshead relegated from Football Conference

From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a Division One, with 19 clubs.

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

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Premier Division	Ashton United Bamber Bridge Basford United Blyth Spartans FC United of Manchester Gainsborough Trinity Guiseley Hebburn Town Hyde United Ilkeston Town Lancaster City Leek Town Macclesfield Matlock Town Mickleover Morpeth Town Prescot Cables Stockton Town Warrington Rylands 1906 Whitby Town Workington Worksop Town
Division One East	Ashington Belper Town Bishop Auckland Bradford (Park Avenue) Bridlington Town Brighouse Town Carlton Town Cleethorpes Town Consett Dunston UTS Emley Garforth Town Grimsby Borough Heaton Stannington Liversedge Newton Aycliffe North Ferriby Ossett United Pontefract Collieries Sheffield Sherwood Colliery Stocksbridge Park Steels
Division One Midlands	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Anstey Nomads Bedworth United Boldmere St Michaels Coleshill Town Corby Town Coventry Sphinx Darlaston Town (1874) Grantham Town Hinckley LRFC Long Eaton United Loughborough Students Lye Town Quorn Racing Club Warwick Rugby Town Shepshed Dynamo Sporting Khalsa Sutton Coldfield Town Walsall Wood Wellingborough Town Worcester City
Division One West	Atherton Collieries Avro Bootle Chasetown City of Liverpool Clitheroe Congleton Town Hanley Town Hednesford Town Kidsgrove Athletic Mossley Nantwich Town Newcastle Town Runcorn Linnets Stafford Rangers Stalybridge Celtic Trafford Vauxhall Motors Widnes Witton Albion Wythenshawe Wythenshawe Town

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National teams

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
UEFA Euro 1988 (qualification – Group 4)

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, One) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion
Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Carlisle United Chester City Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Mansfield Town Middlesbrough Newport County Port Vale Notts County Rotherham United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Northampton Town Orient Peterborough United Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham

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