1982–83 Northern Premier League

The 1982–83 Northern Premier League season was the 15th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Burton Albion
• Buxton
• Chorley
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Gateshead
• Goole Town
• Grantham
• Hyde United
• King's Lynn
• Macclesfield Town
• Marine
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Netherfield
• Oswestry Town
• 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	Gateshead	42	32	4	6	114	43	+71	100
2	Mossley	42	25	9	8	77	42	+35	84
3	Burton Albion	42	24	9	9	81	53	+28	81
4	Chorley	42	23	11	8	77	49	+28	80
5	Macclesfield Town	42	24	8	10	71	49	+22	80
6	Marine	42	17	17	8	81	57	+24	68
7	Workington	42	19	10	13	71	55	+16	67
8	Hyde United	42	18	12	12	91	63	+28	66
9	King's Lynn	42	17	13	12	62	44	+18	64
10	Matlock Town	42	18	10	14	70	65	+5	64
11	Witton Albion	42	17	12	13	82	52	+30	63
12	Buxton	42	17	9	16	60	62	-2	60
13	Morecambe	42	16	11	15	75	66	+9	59
14	Grantham	42	15	13	14	59	60	-1	58
15	Southport	42	11	14	17	58	65	-7	47
16	Goole Town	42	13	7	22	52	66	-14	46
17	Gainsborough Trinity	42	11	9	22	60	71	-11	42
18	Oswestry Town	42	10	8	24	56	99	-43	38
19	South Liverpool	42	7	15	20	57	91	-34	36
20	Tamworth	42	7	8	27	44	97	-53	29
21	Worksop Town	42	5	10	27	50	98	-48	25
22	Netherfield	42	2	9	31	28	129	-101	15

^{1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Promotion and relegation

In the fifteenth season of the Northern Premier League Gateshead (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League, while King's Lynn moved to the Southern League Premier Division, Tamworth moved to the Southern League Midland Division, and Netherfield left the League altogether at the end of the season. The four clubs were replaced by relegated Alliance sides Barrow and Stafford Rangers as well as newly-admitted Rhyl and Horwich RMI.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Burton Albion 2-1 Macclesfield Town
  

President's Cup:

• Kings Lynn 3-2 Burton Albion
  

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

• Burton Albion bt. Gateshead

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF