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
| 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 | ALT | ASH | BAN | BOS | CHO | FLE | GAI | GAT | GOO | HYD | KEN | MAC | MOR | NOR | RUN | SCA | CHO | SSH | WIG | WKS |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
- Bangor City 5–2 agg. Runcorn