1977–78 Northern Premier League

The 1977–78 Northern Premier League season was the 10th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Altrincham
• Bangor City
• Barrow
• Boston United
• Buxton
• Frickley Athletic
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Gateshead¹
• Goole Town
• Great Harwood
• Lancaster City
• Macclesfield Town
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Netherfield
• Northwich Victoria
• Runcorn
• Scarborough
• South Liverpool
• Stafford Rangers
• Wigan Athletic
• Workington
• Worksop Town

^{1 From this season onwards Gateshead United were simply known as Gateshead.}

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Boston United	46	31	9	6	85	35	+50	71
2	Wigan Athletic	46	25	15	6	83	45	+38	65
3	Bangor City	46	26	10	10	92	50	+42	62
4	Scarborough	46	26	10	10	80	39	+41	62
5	Altrincham	46	22	15	9	84	49	+37	59
6	Northwich Victoria	46	22	14	10	83	55	+28	58
7	Stafford Rangers	46	22	13	11	71	41	+30	57
8	Runcorn	46	19	18	9	70	44	+26	57
9	Mossley	46	22	11	13	85	73	+12	55
10	Matlock Town	46	21	12	13	79	60	+19	53
11	Lancaster City	46	15	14	17	66	82	-16	44
12	Frickley Athletic	46	15	12	19	77	81	-4	42
13	Barrow	46	14	12	20	58	61	-3	40
14	Goole Town	46	15	9	22	60	68	-8	39
15	Great Harwood	46	13	13	20	66	83	-17	39
16	Gainsborough Trinity	46	14	10	22	61	74	-13	38
17	Gateshead	46	16	5	25	65	74	-9	37
18	Netherfield	46	11	13	22	50	80	-30	35
19	Workington	46	13	8	25	48	80	-32	34
20	Worksop Town	46	12	10	24	45	84	-39	34
21	Morecambe	46	11	11	24	67	92	-25	33
22	Macclesfield Town	46	12	9	25	60	92	-32	33
23	Buxton	46	13	6	27	60	95	-35	32
24	South Liverpool	46	9	7	30	53	111	-58	25

^{1 The points system up until the 1982-83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Promotion and relegation

In the tenth season of the Northern Premier League 2nd placed Wigan Athletic applied for election to the Football League and succeeded, joining Football League Division Four; they replaced Southport, who swapped leagues with them. No sides were relegated, but Great Harwood left the League at the end of the season.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Matlock Town 3-0 Boston United
  

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

• Matlock Town bt. Boston United

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF