1982–83 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1982–83 was the fourth season of the Alliance Premier League.

New teams in the league this season

• Bangor City (promoted 1981–82)
• Nuneaton Borough (promoted 1981–82)
• Wealdstone (promoted 1981–82)

Final table^[1]

Alliance Premier League

Season	1982–83
Champions	Enfield (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Runners Up	Maidstone United
Relegated to Level 6	Barrow, Stafford Rangers
Promoted for the next season	Gateshead, Kidderminster Harriers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1440 (3.12 per match)
Biggest home win	Maidstone United – Scarborough 6–0; Maidstone United – Trowbridge Town 6–0; Runcorn – Kettering Town 6–0; 6–0 Wealdstone – Barnet
Biggest away win	Barrow – Telford United 0–5
Highest scoring	Boston United – Yeovil Town 6–3; Northwich Victoria – Trowbridge Town 6–3
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Altrincham

Bangor City

Barnet

Barrow

Bath City

Boston United

Dagenham

Enfield

Frickley

Kettering Town

Maidstone

Northwich Victoria

Nuneaton

Runcorn

Scarborough

Stafford

Telford United

Trowbridge

Wealdstone

Weymouth

Worcester City

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1982–1983

Barnet

Dagenham

Enfield

Wealdstone

Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1982–1983 London teams

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Enfield	42		16	3	2	57	21		9	6	6	38	27		95	48	+ 47		84
2	Maidstone United	42		17	1	3	55	13		8	7	6	28	21		83	34	+ 49		83
3	Wealdstone	42		13	5	3	45	17		9	8	4	35	24		80	41	+ 39		79
4	Runcorn	42		15	5	1	50	21		7	3	11	23	32		73	53	+ 20		74
5	Boston United	42		14	5	2	46	25		6	7	8	31	32		77	57	+ 20		72
6	Telford United	42		16	3	2	46	17		4	8	9	23	31		69	48	+ 21		71
7	Weymouth	42		13	6	2	37	14		7	4	10	26	34		63	48	+ 15		70
8	Northwich Victoria	42		15	5	1	48	22		3	5	13	20	41		68	63	+ 5		64
9	Scarborough	42		10	6	5	39	23		7	6	8	32	35		71	58	+ 13		63
10	Bath City	42		12	3	6	41	25		5	6	10	17	30		58	55	+ 3		60
11	Nuneaton Borough	42		11	6	4	36	20		4	7	10	21	40		57	60	– 3		58
12	Altrincham	42		13	5	3	40	17		2	5	14	22	39		62	56	+ 6		55
13	Bangor City	42		8	9	4	33	29		6	4	11	38	48		71	77	– 6		55
14	Dagenham	42		5	9	7	30	26		7	6	8	30	39		60	65	– 5		51
15	Barnet	42		9	3	9	37	39		7	0	14	18	39		55	78	– 23		51
16	Frickley Athletic	42		11	6	4	41	25		1	7	13	25	52		66	77	– 11		49
17	Worcester City	42		10	7	4	43	33		2	3	16	15	54		58	87	– 29		46
18	Trowbridge Town	42		9	5	7	31	30		3	2	16	25	58		56	88	– 23		43
19	Kettering Town	42		9	5	7	45	37		2	2	17	24	62		69	99	– 30		40
20	Yeovil Town	42		10	4	7	37	36		1	3	17	26	63		63	99	– 36		40
21	Barrow	42		7	4	10	26	35		1	8	12	20	39		46	74	– 26		36	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Stafford Rangers	42		4	8	9	22	30		1	6	14	18	45		40	75	– 35		29	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 previous 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 Alliance Premier League
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away1

ALT

BAN

BRN

BRW

BAT

BOS

DAG

ENF

FRK

KET

MAI

NOR

NUN

RUN

SCA

STF

TEL

TRO

WEA

WEY

WRC

YEO

Altrincham

2–0

3–0

2–2

0–0

2–2

2–0

2–2

2–2

3–1

0–2

3–0

1–2

2–1

2–1

4–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

4–1

Bangor City

1–0

1–0

2–2

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

4–2

2–2

1–1

5–2

1–2

0–3

1–0

1–1

4–3

2–2

4–3

0–2

2–2

Barnet

2–1

1–3

2–1

2–1

1–4

2–2

1–3

4–1

2–3

1–3

4–2

1–0

2–0

2–3

1–0

0–2

1–3

0–0

1–2

3–1

4–4

Barrow

2–2

1–5

0–1

0–1

1–1

1–2

0–3

2–0

2–0

0–3

0–0

2–2

1–2

1–2

2–1

0–5

3–2

0–2

3–0

2–0

3–1

Bath City

0–2

1–2

0–2

4–1

3–2

3–1

2–2

4–3

2–1

0–1

3–0

3–0

2–1

2–3

5–1

0–0

2–0

3–2

0–1

0–0

2–0

Boston United

3–0

4–3

1–0

2–1

2–2

3–3

0–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–4

1–0

1–1

4–0

3–0

0–0

3–2

4–1

6–3

Dagenham

1–1

1–1

1–2

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

4–1

2–3

0–1

3–1

0–0

3–1

1–1

3–3

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–2

3–3

3–0

Enfield

2–1

6–2

5–0

2–0

3–0

4–2

2–1

2–2

5–2

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

5–3

0–1

6–2

2–0

0–1

2–1

4–0

3–1

Frickley Athletic

3–0

3–3

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–2

5–2

3–2

2–1

0–0

2–1

0–2

2–1

3–0

2–2

2–2

2–2

1–2

2–0

3–0

Kettering Town

3–2

3–4

3–1

3–1

4–2

2–0

1–2

0–2

4–1

1–3

1–4

0–0

3–1

2–2

2–2

1–2

1–1

1–3

1–1

4–1

5–2

Maidstone United

3–2

6–1

2–0

2–0

0–1

2–0

1–3

1–1

4–0

5–1

1–0

2–0

2–0

6–0

1–0

1–0

6–0

0–3

3–0

5–0

2–1

Northwich Victoria

2–1

1–4

1–0

1–0

3–0

1–1

3–0

3–1

2–1

2–1

2–1

2–2

2–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

6–3

3–3

1–1

3–0

5–0

Nuneaton Borough

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

5–0

1–2

1–1

0–2

5–1

0–0

2–2

2–1

0–2

0–2

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

3–1

Runcorn

1–0

1–2

2–0

2–1

1–0

3–2

5–1

2–2

3–3

6–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

2–1

4–1

0–0

3–2

2–1

1–0

3–1

4–1

Scarborough

1–1

2–0

0–2

1–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

3–0

2–1

5–1

3–0

3–2

2–1

1–1

5–2

1–2

2–0

4–1

2–2

Stafford Rangers

2–3

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–1

2–3

1–1

1–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

3–2

2–1

1–2

0–0

1–3

Telford United

1–1

2–0

3–0

1–3

2–0

3–2

3–0

4–3

1–1

2–1

3–1

3–0

2–0

4–0

0–2

2–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

3–2

Trowbridge Town

3–2

3–2

0–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

2–2

2–1

2–0

2–1

0–2

0–2

0–2

1–2

1–1

5–3

2–0

0–0

0–0

2–3

2–1

Wealdstone

1–1

2–0

6–0

4–0

1–1

0–0

3–1

1–3

2–0

4–0

0–0

2–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

3–2

2–0

4–0

2–4

2–0

2–0

Weymouth

2–0

2–1

1–3

1–1

1–0

4–2

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

0–0

2–1

4–1

4–2

2–0

Worcester City

1–0

1–1

4–2

2–1

1–4

1–1

1–4

1–1

4–4

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

1–0

1–3

3–0

1–0

4–1

1–3

3–3

2–1

Yeovil Town

2–1

3–2

4–2

2–2

1–0

0–4

2–0

1–3

2–1

2–1

0–0

2–4

6–2

1–1

2–1

0–0

3–4

0–1

1–5

0–2

3–0

Source: Tony Williams (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1983–84. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1983, p. 920.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Gateshead (from the Northern Premier League)
• Kidderminster Harriers (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

• Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
• Stafford Rangers (to the Northern Premier League)

Election to the Football League

This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so 2nd placed Maidstone United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club	Final Position	Votes
Blackpool	21st (Fourth Division)	52
Crewe Alexandra	23rd (Fourth Division)	49
Hereford United	24th (Fourth Division)	49
Hartlepool United	22nd (Fourth Division)	36
Maidstone United	2nd (Alliance Premier League)	26

As a result of this, Maidstone United did not gain membership of the Football League.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Tony Williams (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1983–84. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1983.

External links

• 1982-83 Conference National Results
• Re-election Results — The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote.