1968–69 Northern Premier League

The 1968–69 Northern Premier League was the first of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1968–69
Champions	Macclesfield Town
Promoted	None
Relegated	Ashington Chorley Worksop Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1230 (3.24 per match)
1969–70 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv ¹	Pts ²	Qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town	38	27	6	5	82	38	2.16	60
2	Wigan Athletic	38	18	12	8	59	41	1.44	48
3	Morecambe	38	16	14	8	64	37	1.73	46
4	Gainsborough Trinity	38	19	8	11	64	43	1.49	46
5	South Shields	38	19	8	11	78	56	1.39	46
6	Bangor City	38	18	9	11	102	64	1.59	45
7	Hyde United	38	16	10	12	71	65	1.09	42
8	Goole Town	38	15	10	13	80	78	1.03	40
9	Altrincham	38	14	10	14	69	52	1.33	38
10	Fleetwood	38	16	6	16	58	58	1.00	38
11	Gateshead	38	14	9	15	42	48	0.88	37
12	South Liverpool	38	12	13	13	56	66	0.85	37
13	Northwich Victoria	38	16	5	17	59	82	0.72	37
14	Boston United	38	14	8	16	59	65	0.91	36
15	Runcorn	38	12	11	15	59	63	0.94	35
16	Netherfield	38	12	4	22	51	69	0.74	28
17	Scarborough	38	9	10	19	49	68	0.72	28
18	Ashington	38	10	8	20	48	74	0.65	28	Relegated to Northern League
19	Chorley	38	8	9	21	46	75	0.61	25	Relegated to Lancashire Combination
20	Worksop Town	38	6	8	24	34	88	0.39	20	Relegated to Midland Counties League

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 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	Altrincham !ALT	Ashington !ASH	Bangor City !BAN	Boston United !BOS	Chorley !CHO	Fleetwood Town !FLE	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Gateshead !GAT	Goole Town !GOO	Hyde United !HYD	Kendal Town !KEN	Macclesfield Town !MAC	Morecambe !MOR	Northwich Victoria !NOR	Runcorn !RUN	Scarborough !SCA	South Liverpool !CHO	South Shields !SSH	Wigan Athletic !WIG	Worksop Town !WKS
Altrincham !Altrincham		6–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	6–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	8–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–2
Ashington !Ashington	1–2		1–2	4–0	0–6	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	5–2	2–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–2	1–0
Bangor City !Bangor City	4–3	7–3		5–2	5–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–3	3–3	6–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	3–3	6–1
Boston United !Boston United	2–1	0–2	2–6		0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	6–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	5–3	1–2	0–1
Chorley !Chorley	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3		1–3	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–5	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0
Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–2		0–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	5–0	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	6–2
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2		5–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0
Gateshead !Gateshead	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1		6–2	3–0	2–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Goole Town !Goole Town	3–3	5–2	1–7	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1		4–0	3–1	5–2	0–5	5–0	3–0	2–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–2
Hyde United !Hyde United	2–0	5–1	2–7	4–0	4–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	3–3		1–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	4–3	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–2	3–0
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	2–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	3–3	2–1		1–2	0–2	4–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–0
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–0		2–2	2–0	1–0	3–3	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–1
Morecambe !Morecambe	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	3–0	1–2		2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–0
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0		1–4	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1
Runcorn !Runcorn	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–4	1–1	1–3	4–5	0–1	1–1	2–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–2		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0
Scarborough !Scarborough	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	5–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	0–1	2–5	0–0	0–2	0–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	0–0	6–0	1–7	3–0	5–3	2–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–4	2–2	4–1		2–2	1–1	5–0
South Shields !South Shields	4–3	0–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1		1–0	0–4	3–1	6–2	8–2	2–2	5–0		1–0	5–0
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	3–2	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–4	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–3		3–1
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	2–1	0–3	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3	2–6	2–0	1–3	4–1	0–3	1–1	1–4	0–1	3–1	1–1

Updated to games played on 10 May 1969.
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 first season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, but Ashington, Chorley and Worksop Town left the League at the end of the season, replaced by newly admitted Stafford Rangers, Great Harwood and Matlock Town.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Bangor City 5–2 agg. Runcorn

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Coalville Town Corby Town Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hednesford Town Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Rushall Olympic Skelmersdale United Spennymoor Town Stafford Rangers Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Warrington Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Colne Colwyn Bay Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Goole Hyde United Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United Scarborough Athletic Tadcaster Albion Trafford

Division One South	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Basford United Bedworth United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Northwich Victoria Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Sheffield Spalding United Stamford Stocksbridge Park Steels Witton Albion

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1968–69 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United

Third Division	Barnsley Barrow Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Lincoln City Newport County Notts County Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea Town Workington Wrexham York City

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