Northern Premier League 1986-87

The 1986-87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

* Bangor City
* Barrow
* Burton Albion
* Buxton
* Caernarfon Town
* Chorley
* Gainsborough Trinity
* Goole Town
* Horwich RMI
* Hyde United
* Macclesfield Town
* Marine
* Matlock Town
* Morecambe
* Mossley
* Oswestry Town
* Rhyl
* South Liverpool
* Southport
* Witton Albion
* Workington
* Worksop Town

Final Table

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

^{2 Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.}

Promotion and relegation

In the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League Macclesfield Town (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Frickley Athletic, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile Burton Albion moved to the Southern League Premier Division and were replaced by another relegated Alliance side in Gateshead.

From next season the Northern Premier League would be expanded to include a First Division.

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engnorthpremchamp.html Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF]