1979–80 Northern Premier League

The 1979–80 Northern Premier League season was the 12th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Burton Albion
• Buxton
• Frickley Athletic
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Gateshead
• Goole Town
• Grantham
• Lancaster City
• Macclesfield Town
• Marine
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Netherfield
• Oswestry Town
• Runcorn
• South Liverpool
• Southport
• Tamworth
• Witton Albion
• Workington
• Worksop Town

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Mossley	42	28	9	7	96	41	+55	65
2	Witton Albion	42	28	8	6	89	30	+59	64
3	Frickley Athletic	42	24	13	5	93	48	+45	61
4	Burton Albion	42	25	6	11	83	42	+41	56
5	Matlock Town	42	18	17	7	87	53	+34	53
6	Buxton	42	21	9	12	61	48	+13	51
7	Worksop Town	42	20	10	12	65	52	+13	50
8	Macclesfield Town	42	18	11	13	67	53	+14	47
9	Grantham	42	18	8	16	71	65	+6	44
10	Marine	42	16	10	16	65	57	+8	42
11	Goole Town	42	14	13	15	61	63	-2	41
12	Lancaster City	42	13	13	16	74	77	-3	39
13	Oswestry Town	42	12	14	16	44	60	-16	38
14	Gainsborough Trinity	42	14	8	20	64	75	-11	36
15	Runcorn	42	11	11	20	46	63	-17	33
16	Gateshead	42	11	11	20	50	77	-27	33
17	Morecambe	42	10	12	20	40	59	-19	32
18	Netherfield	42	7	15	20	37	66	-29	29
19	Southport	42	8	13	21	30	75	-45	29
20	South Liverpool	42	7	14	21	51	84	-33	28
21	Workington	42	8	12	22	50	85	-35	28
22	Tamworth	42	8	9	25	26	77	-51	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 twelfth season of the Northern Premier League no sides applied for election to the Football League nor were automatically promoted. Frickley Athletic applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful; they were replaced by Southern League side King's Lynn.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Runcorn 2-0 Lancaster City
  

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

• Runcorn bt. Mossley

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF