1986–87_Northern_Premier_League
1986–87 Northern Premier League
Football league season
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.
| 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 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[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 22 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 85 | −49 | 20[lower-alpha 1] |
| 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 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
- Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion
- 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.
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.