1979–80 Northern Premier League


The 1979–80 Northern Premier League was the twelfth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 18 August 1979 and concluded on 7 May 1980.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The Alliance Premier League was established as a new, national top division of non-League football. Seven Northern Premier League clubs and thirteen clubs from the Premier Division of the Southern League joined the newly created Alliance Premier League. The remaining clubs in the Northern Premier League had effectively been relegated down one tier in the English football league system.
The following seven clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:
The following six clubs joined the League at the start of the season:

Results

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Burton AlbionEton Park
BuxtonThe Silverlands
Frickley AthleticWestfield Lane
Gainsborough TrinityThe Northolme
Gateshead UnitedGateshead Youth Stadium
Goole TownVictoria Pleasure Ground
GranthamLondon Road
Lancaster CityGreat Axe
Macclesfield TownMoss Rose
MarineRossett Park
Matlock TownCauseway Lane
MorecambeChristie Park
MossleySeel Park
NetherfieldParkside
Oswestry TownVictoria Road
RuncornCanal Street
South LiverpoolHolly Park
SouthportHaig Avenue
TamworthThe Lamb Ground
Witton AlbionCentral Ground
WorkingtonBorough Park
Worksop TownCentral Avenue

Cup results

Challenge Cup

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Runcorn2–0Lancaster City

Northern Premier League Shield

Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
Home TeamScoreAway Team
RuncornbeatMossley

FA Cup

None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round:
First Round
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Burton Albion0–2Bury
Chester5–1Workington
Morecambe1–1Rotherham UnitedReplay
Rotherham United2–0Morecambe
York City5–2Mossley

FA Trophy

Two of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round:
Fourth Round
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Mossley1–1Blyth Spartans
Blyth Spartans0–2MossleyReplay

Semi-finals
StageHome TeamScoreAway Team
1st LegMossley1–1Boston United
2nd LegBoston United1–2Mossley
AggregateMossley3–2Boston United

Final
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Dagenham2–1Mossley

End of the season

At the end of the twelfth season of the Northern Premier League, Frickley Athletic applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful

Promotion and relegation

The following club left the League at the end of the season:
The following club joined the League the following season: