1980–81 Northern Premier League

The 1980–81 Northern Premier League season was the 13th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Burton Albion
• Buxton
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Gateshead
• Goole Town
• Grantham
• King's Lynn
• Lancaster City
• Macclesfield Town
• Marine
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Netherfield
• Oswestry Town
• Runcorn
• South Liverpool
• Southport
• Tamworth
• Witton Albion
• Workington
• Worksop Town

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Runcorn	42	32	7	3	99	22	+77	71
2	Mossley	42	24	7	11	95	55	+40	55
3	Marine	42	22	10	10	66	41	+25	54
4	Buxton	42	21	7	14	64	50	+14	49
5	Gainsborough Trinity	42	17	13	12	80	57	+23	47
6	Burton Albion	42	19	8	15	63	54	+9	46
7	Witton Albion	42	19	8	15	70	62	+8	46
8	Goole Town	42	14	16	12	56	50	+6	44
9	South Liverpool	42	19	6	17	59	64	-5	44
10	Workington	42	15	13	14	57	48	+9	43
11	Gateshead	42	12	18	12	65	61	+4	42
12	Worksop Town	42	15	11	16	66	61	+5	41
13	Macclesfield Town	42	13	13	16	52	69	-17	39
14	Grantham	42	14	9	19	57	74	-17	37
15	Matlock Town	42	12	12	18	57	80	-23	36
16	Lancaster City	42	13	9	20	48	70	-22	35
17	Netherfield	42	11	12	19	73	81	-8	34
18	Oswestry Town	42	13	8	21	54	67	-13	34
19	King's Lynn	42	8	18	16	46	65	-19	34
20	Southport	42	11	11	20	42	68	-26	33
21	Morecambe	42	11	8	23	42	74	-32	30
22	Tamworth	42	9	12	21	38	76	-38	30

^{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.}

Promotion and relegation

In the thirteenth season of the Northern Premier League Runcorn (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League and were replaced by relegated Bangor City.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup Cup:

• Marine bt. Runcorn
  

Northern Premier League Shield:

• Runcorn bt. Mossley

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF