1977–78 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Boston United
Promoted	Wigan Athletic
Relegated	Great Harwood
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1447 (2.62 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Northern Premier League season was the tenth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Final table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts ¹
1	Boston United	46	31	9	6	85	35	+50	71
2	Wigan Athletic	46	25	15	6	83	45	+38	65
3	Bangor City	46	26	10	10	92	50	+42	62
4	Scarborough	46	26	10	10	80	39	+41	62
5	Altrincham	46	22	15	9	84	49	+37	59
6	Northwich Victoria	46	22	14	10	83	55	+28	58
7	Stafford Rangers	46	22	13	11	71	41	+30	57
8	Runcorn	46	19	18	9	70	44	+26	57
9	Mossley	46	22	11	13	85	73	+12	55
10	Matlock Town	46	21	12	13	79	60	+19	53
11	Lancaster City	46	15	14	17	66	82	−16	44
12	Frickley Athletic	46	15	12	19	77	81	−4	42
13	Barrow	46	14	12	20	58	61	−3	40
14	Goole Town	46	15	9	22	60	68	−8	39
15	Great Harwood	46	13	13	20	66	83	−17	39
16	Gainsborough Trinity	46	14	10	22	61	74	−13	38
17	Gateshead	46	16	5	25	65	74	−9	37
18	Netherfield	46	11	13	22	50	80	−30	35
19	Workington	46	13	8	25	48	80	−32	34
20	Worksop Town	46	12	10	24	45	84	−39	34
21	Morecambe	46	11	11	24	67	92	−25	33
22	Macclesfield Town	46	12	9	25	60	92	−32	33
23	Buxton	46	13	6	27	60	95	−35	32
24	South Liverpool	46	9	7	30	53	111	−58	25

^{1 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	Bangor City !BAN	Barrow !BRW	Boston United !BOS	Buxton !BUX	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Gateshead !GAT	Goole Town !GOO	Great Harwood Town !GHT	Kendal Town !KEN	Lancaster City !LNC	Macclesfield Town !MAC	Matlock Town !MAT	Morecambe !MOR	Mossley !MOS	Northwich Victoria !NOR	Runcorn !RUN	Scarborough !SCA	South Liverpool !CHO	Stafford Rangers !STA	Wigan Athletic !WIG	Workington !WRK	Worksop Town !WKS
Altrincham !Altrincham		3–3	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	5–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	4–0
Bangor City !Bangor City	2–2		1–0	0–1	1–0	5–2	4–1	4–2	2–1	5–1	4–0	1–0	6–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	6–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0
Barrow !Barrow	1–2	0–2		0–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	7–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0
Boston United !Boston United	1–0	3–0	2–0		2–1	7–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	5–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	6–0	4–0
Buxton !Buxton	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2		0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	5–1	3–1	4–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	7–0
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	4–3		2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	7–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	4–2	0–2	4–0	1–2	0–0
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2		3–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–2
Gateshead !Gateshead	5–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–1		2–4	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–3	1–2	1–3	2–2	8–0	0–3	0–3	2–3	1–1
Goole Town !Goole Town	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	6–0	3–4	0–1	2–0		2–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	0–2
Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	0–2	7–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2		2–2	0–0	1–3	5–2	1–2	4–3	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–1	3–0
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–4	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1		2–5	4–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–3	0–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	2–1	1–1	4–3	2–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	1–3	3–3	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–6	1–0	2–0
Macclesfield Town !Macclesfield Town	3–3	0–2	5–0	0–1	3–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	4–0		2–2	1–2	1–3	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–4	1–1	2–1
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	3–4	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0		0–0	5–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–1
Morecambe !Morecambe	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	4–1	4–2	2–2	0–1		1–5	1–2	1–1	3–5	0–3	1–2	1–2	3–3	2–2
Mossley !Mossley	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	5–4		2–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	5–0	2–1
Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	5–4	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	5–2	3–0	2–5	3–0	1–0		0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	5–2
Runcorn !Runcorn	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	6–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0		1–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0
Scarborough !Scarborough	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–3	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	2–1		6–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–0
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	0–1	0–4	2–4	1–2	4–3	3–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	3–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	0–5	2–2	0–4		1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0
Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–3		2–2	1–0	3–0
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–4	2–0	1–0		4–1	3–0
Workington !Workington	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	4–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–4		0–0
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–5	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 7 May 1978.
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 tenth season of the Northern Premier League 2nd placed Wigan Athletic applied for election to the Football League and succeeded, joining Football League Division Four; they replaced Southport, who swapped leagues with them. No sides were relegated, but Great Harwood left the League at the end of the season.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Matlock Town 3–0 Boston United

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

Matlock Town bt. Boston United

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

1977–78 in English football

« 1976–77

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bristol City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur

Third Division	Bradford City Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Hereford United Lincoln City Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Brentford Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Wimbledon York City

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