Northern Premier League 1986-87
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The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League
, a football competition in England
.
1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
2 Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.
; they replaced relegated Frickley Athletic
, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile Burton Albion moved to the Southern League Premier Division
and were replaced by another relegated Alliance side in Gateshead
.
From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a First Division
.
:
President's Cup
:
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
1 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one...
, a football competition in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Teams
- Bangor CityBangor City F.C.Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992....
- BarrowBarrow A.F.C.Barrow A.F.C. are an English football club founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have...
- Burton AlbionBurton Albion F.C.Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...
- BuxtonBuxton F.C.Buxton Football Club are an English football club based in Buxton, Derbyshire. They were established in 1877 and joined the Combination League in 1891. They then joined the Manchester League in 1899 and won the championship in 1932. They reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup in the 1951-52 season....
- Caernarfon TownCaernarfon Town F.C.Caernarfon Town F.C. is a football team, playing in the Cymru Alliance. The club ia nicknamed The Canaries because of its yellow and green strip. Caernarfon Town plays at The Oval, Caernarfon, Gwynedd.-History:...
- ChorleyChorley F.C.Chorley Football Club are a football club from Chorley, Lancashire, England. They were founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883. They have reached the FA Cup second round twice in 1986–87 and 1990–91. Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995–96 when they...
- Gainsborough TrinityGainsborough Trinity F.C.Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304...
- Goole Town
- Horwich RMILeigh RMI F.C.Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. and Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. , was an English semi-professional association football team that folded after relegation from the Northern Premier League in 2011...
- Hyde United
- Macclesfield TownMacclesfield Town F.C.Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...
- MarineMarine F.C.Marine Football Club is an English football club in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, which was founded in 1894, is a member of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations, and currently plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.Marine is notable for having the...
- Matlock TownMatlock Town F.C.Matlock Town F.C. is an English football club based at Causeway Lane in Matlock, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in the late 1870s and have competed in the Central Alliance and the Midland Counties League before reaching the Northern Premier League.In the 1974–75 season the club won...
- MorecambeMorecambe F.C.Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...
- MossleyMossley A.F.C.Mossley Association Football Club are an English football club from the town of Mossley, Greater Manchester, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One North. They were founded in 1903 and are nicknamed the Lilywhites, owing to their colours...
- Oswestry TownOswestry Town F.C.Oswestry Town F.C. was a football club, formerly playing in the League of Wales.The club was founded as Oswestry United in 1860, which meant they were one of the world's oldest football clubs. Matches were latterly played at Park Hall stadium, Oswestry, after a spell at Victoria Road...
- RhylRhyl F.C.Rhyl Football Club is a Welsh football club, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1882 and the team plays its home matches at Belle Vue, Rhyl, which can accommodate 3,000 spectators.- History :Few clubs in the Welsh Premier League have as distinguished a past as Rhyl's...
- South LiverpoolSouth Liverpool F.C.South Liverpool F.C. are a football club from Liverpool, England. They are currently in the West Cheshire Amateur Football League and play their home matches at Jericho Lane. The club's colours are white shirts, black shorts and red socks.-First incarnation:...
- SouthportSouthport F.C.Southport Football Club are an English football club, based in Southport, Merseyside. They are currently in the Conference National, and play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6,008...
- Witton AlbionWitton Albion F.C.Witton Albion F.C. are a football club based in Northwich, England. They were founded in 1887. They have won the Cheshire Senior Cup 11 times since 1902. Their most recent success in this competition was in 2006, when they defeated Stalybridge Celtic in the final. They have also reached the FA Cup...
- WorkingtonWorkington A.F.C.Workington A.F.C. is an English football club from Workington, Cumbria. They are in the Conference North, and play their home matches at Borough Park, which has a capacity of 3,101 . The club play in red, and are known locally as the Reds...
- Worksop TownWorksop Town F.C.Worksop Town Football Club are a semi-professional English football club from Worksop, Nottinghamshire who play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division...
Final table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 88 |
| 2 | Bangor City | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 87 |
| 3 | Caernarfon Town | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 67 | 40 | +37 | 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 |
| 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 | 282 |
| 22 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 85 | -49 | 202 |
1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
2 Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.
Promotion and relegation
In the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League Macclesfield Town (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier LeagueFootball Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
; they replaced relegated Frickley Athletic
Frickley Athletic F.C.
Frickley Athletic F.C. are a football club based in South Elmsall, in West Yorkshire, England. They were established in 1910 as Frickley Colliery F.C., and changed to their present name in 1974.-History:...
, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile Burton Albion moved to the Southern League Premier Division
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
and were replaced by another relegated Alliance side in Gateshead
Gateshead F.C.
Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....
.
From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a First Division
Northern Premier League First Division
The Northern Premier League First Division was a football league covering the north of England. After the creation of Conference North/South in the 2004-05 season it sat at level 8 of the English football league system....
.
Cup Results
Challenge CupNorthern Premier League Challenge Cup
The Northern Premier League Challenge Cup is a knock-out cup competition organised by the Northern Premier League....
:
- Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion
President's Cup
Northern Premier League President's Cup
The Northern Premier League President's Cup is a knock-out cup competition organised by the Northern Premier League.Teams from both of the Northern Premier League Division One leagues take part in the tournament, with teams that played in the preliminary round of the Northern Premier League...
:
- Macclesfield Town 2-1 Marine
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Bangor City1 bt. Macclesfield Town
1 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.