1984–85 Northern Premier League

The 1984–85 Northern Premier League season was the 17th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Teams

• Bangor City
• Burton Albion
• Buxton
• Chorley
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Goole Town
• Grantham
• Horwich RMI
• Hyde United
• Macclesfield Town
• Marine
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Oswestry Town
• Rhyl
• South Liverpool
• Southport
• Stafford Rangers
• Witton Albion
• Workington
• Worksop Town

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Stafford Rangers	42	26	8	8	81	40	+41	86
2	Macclesfield Town	42	23	13	6	67	39	+28	82
3	Witton Albion	42	22	8	12	57	39	+18	74
4	Hyde United	42	21	8	13	68	52	+16	71
5	Marine	42	18	15	9	59	34	+25	69
6	Burton Albion	42	18	15	9	70	49	+21	69
7	Worksop Town	42	19	10	13	68	56	+12	67
8	Workington	42	18	9	15	59	53	+6	63
9	Horwich RMI	42	16	14	12	67	50	+17	62
10	Bangor City	42	17	9	16	70	61	+9	60
11	Gainsborough Trinity	42	14	14	14	72	73	-1	56
12	Southport	42	15	9	18	65	66	-1	54
13	Matlock Town	42	14	9	19	56	66	-10	51
14	Oswestry Town	42	14	9	19	59	75	-16	51
15	Mossley	42	14	9	19	45	65	-20	51
16	Goole Town	42	13	11	18	60	65	-5	50
17	Rhyl	42	11	14	17	52	63	-11	47
18	Morecambe	42	11	14	17	51	67	-16	47
19	Chorley	42	12	10	20	47	63	-16	46
20	South Liverpool	42	9	15	18	43	71	-28	42
21	Grantham	42	8	13	21	41	69	-28	362
22	Buxton	42	8	6	28	38	79	-41	30

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

^{2 Grantham had 1 point deducted.}

Promotion and relegation

In the seventeenth season of the Northern Premier League Stafford Rangers (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Gateshead, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile, Grantham moved to the Southern League Midland Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly-admitted Caernarfon Town.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Marine bt. Goole Town
  

President's Cup:

• Rhyl 2-0 Macclesfield Town
  

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

• Stafford Rangers bt. Marine

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF