- 1981–82 Alliance Premier League
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The Alliance Premier League season of 1981–82 was the third season of the Alliance Premier League.
Contents
New teams in the league this season
- Dagenham (promoted 1980–81)
- Dartford (promoted 1980–81)
- Enfield (promoted 1980–81)
- Runcorn (promoted 1980–81)
- Trowbridge Town (promoted 1980–81)
Final table[1]
Alliance Premier League Season 1981–82 [1] Champions Runcorn (1st Alliance Premier League title) Promoted to the Football League None Runners Up Enfield Relegated to
Level 6Dartford,
Gravesend & Northfleet,
AP LeamingtonPromoted for the next season Bangor City,
Nuneaton,
WealdstoneMatches played 462 Goals scored 1269 (2.75 per match) Biggest home win Bath City – AP Leamington 7–0 Biggest away win AP Leamington – Stafford Rangers 1–5;
AP Leamington – Dagenham 0–4;
Scarborough – Northwich Victoria 0–4Highest scoring Barrow – Kettering Town 7–2;
Enfield – Barrow 7–2;
Altrincham – Worcester City 6–3;
Kettering Town – Altrincham 5–4;
Runcorn – Altrincham 5–4Longest winning run ? Longest unbeaten run ? Longest losing run ? Highest attendance ? Lowest attendance ? Average attendance ? ← 1980–811982–83 →
BarrowEnfieldLocations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1981–1982Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1981–1982 London teamsPos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes 1 Runcorn 42 17 2 2 48 18 11 7 3 27 19 75 37 + 38 93 2 Enfield 42 14 4 3 55 22 12 4 5 35 24 90 46 + 44 86 3 Telford United 42 13 4 4 38 20 10 4 7 32 31 70 51 + 19 77 4 Worcester City 42 12 4 5 38 23 9 4 8 32 37 70 60 + 10 71 5 Dagenham 42 10 6 5 32 23 9 6 6 37 28 69 51 + 18 69 6 Northwich Victoria 42 12 6 3 35 17 8 3 10 21 29 56 46 + 10 69 7 Scarborough 42 11 6 4 34 20 8 5 8 31 32 65 52 + 13 68 8 Barrow 42 15 4 2 45 17 3 7 11 14 33 59 50 + 9 65 9 Weymouth 42 11 4 6 33 21 7 5 9 23 26 56 47 + 9 63 10 Boston United 42 14 4 3 46 23 3 7 11 15 34 61 57 + 4 62 11 Altrincham 42 10 6 5 39 22 4 7 10 27 34 66 56 + 10 55 12 Bath City 42 7 7 7 30 26 8 3 10 20 31 50 57 – 7 55 13 Yeovil Town 42 10 4 7 33 27 4 7 10 23 41 56 68 – 12 53 14 Stafford Rangers 42 7 8 6 22 19 5 8 8 26 28 48 47 + 1 52 15 Frickley Athletic 42 11 4 6 35 23 3 6 12 12 37 47 60 – 13 52 16 Maidstone United 42 8 6 7 33 22 3 9 9 22 37 55 59 – 4 48 17 Trowbridge Town 42 8 7 6 26 23 4 4 13 12 31 38 54 – 16 47 18 Barnet 42 5 8 8 17 20 4 6 11 19 32 36 52 – 16 41 19 Kettering Town 42 6 7 8 35 32 3 6 12 29 44 64 76 – 12 40 20 Gravesend & Northfleet 42 7 6 8 34 31 3 4 14 17 38 51 69 – 18 40 Relegated to the Southern Premier League 21 Dartford 42 7 5 9 23 25 3 4 14 24 44 47 69 – 22 39 Relegated to the Southern Premier League 22 AP Leamington 42 1 7 13 20 44 3 3 15 20 61 40 105 – 65 22 Relegated to the Southern Premier League - Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- Points scored during this and the following season: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.
Key Alliance Premier League Champions, no promotion FA Trophy winners Alliance Premier League Cup winners New club in the Conference, see also Dartford, Enfield, Runcorn Relegated to Level 6 Results[1]
Home \ Away1 ALT APL BRN BRW BAT BOS DAG DAR ENF FRK GRN KET MAI NOR RUN SCA STF TEL TRO WEY WRC YEO Altrincham 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 6–3 7–1 AP Leamington 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–0 3–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–5 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–5 Barnet 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 Barrow 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 7–2 2–0 6–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 Bath City 1–1 7–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 Boston United 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–4 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–2 6–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–0 Dagenham 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 Dartford 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 Enfield 1–1 6–1 0–0 7–2 5–1 4–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–4 2–0 3–4 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 Frickley Athletic 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 4–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 2–4 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 Kettering Town 5–4 1–2 5–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 4–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 Maidstone United 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 5–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–0 6–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 Northwich Victoria 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 Runcorn 5–4 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 4–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 5–2 2–1 Scarborough 1–3 6–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 Stafford Rangers 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 Telford United 4–3 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 7–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 Trowbridge Town 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 Weymouth 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 Worcester City 4–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 Yeovil Town 2–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–4 3–0 Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982–83. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1982.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.Top scorers[1]
Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total 1 Williams Scarborough 27 2 D. A. Mather Telford United 24 3 A. Iannone Weymouth 23 4 Ironton Enfield 20 = Ashford Enfield 19 = Atkins Barnet 19 = Burton Dagenham 19 = Reid Northwich Victoria 19 Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Bangor City (from the Northern Premier League)
- Nuneaton (from the Southern Premier League)
- Wealdstone (from the Southern Premier League)
All of these teams had been relegated from the Alliance Premier League after the 1981–82 season.
Relegated
- Dartford (to the Southern Premier League)
- Gravesend & Northfleet (to the Southern Premier League)
- AP Leamington (to the Southern Premier League)
Election to the Football League
This year Runcorn, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements. 2nd placed Enfield could not apply either for the same reasons, so 3rd placed Telford United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1981–82 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:
Club Final Position Votes Northampton Town 22nd (Fourth Division) 53 Crewe Alexandra 24th (Fourth Division) 50 Rochdale 21st (Fourth Division) 48 Hartlepool United 23rd (Fourth Division) 48 Telford United 3rd (Alliance Premier League) 13 As a result of this, Telford United did not gain membership of the Football League.
References
- ^ a b c d Rollin, Jack (ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982–83, p. 902–904. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co Publishers Ltd, London, 1982.
External links
- 1981–82 Conference National Results
- Re-election Results — The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote.
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