1985–86 Northern Premier League

The 1985–86 Northern Premier League season was the 18th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. It was known as the Mulipart Premier League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

Teams

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

Final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Gateshead	42	24	10	8	85	51	+34	82
2	Marine	42	23	11	8	63	35	+28	80
3	Morecambe	42	17	17	8	59	39	+20	68
4	Gainsborough Trinity	42	18	14	10	66	52	+14	68
5	Burton Albion	42	18	12	12	64	47	+17	66
6	Southport	42	17	11	14	70	66	+4	62
7	Worksop Town	42	17	10	15	51	48	+3	61
8	Workington	42	14	18	10	54	46	+8	592
9	Macclesfield Town	42	17	8	17	67	65	+2	59
10	Hyde United	42	14	15	13	63	62	+1	57
11	Witton Albion	42	15	13	14	56	59	-3	572
12	Mossley	42	13	16	13	56	60	-4	55
13	Bangor City	42	13	15	14	51	51	0	54
14	Rhyl	42	14	10	18	65	71	-6	52
15	South Liverpool	42	11	17	14	43	44	-1	50
16	Horwich RMI	42	15	6	21	53	63	-10	502
17	Caernarfon Town	42	11	17	14	51	63	-12	50
18	Oswestry Town	42	12	13	17	51	60	-9	49
19	Buxton	42	11	12	19	55	76	-21	45
20	Chorley	42	9	15	18	56	64	-8	42
21	Matlock Town	42	9	15	18	59	75	-16	42
22	Goole Town	42	7	11	24	37	78	-41	312

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

^{2 Workington, Witton Albion, Horwich RMI and Goole Town all had 1 point deducted.}

Promotion and relegation

In the eighteenth season of the Northern Premier League Gateshead (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Barrow, who swapped Leagues with them.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Hyde United bt. Marine
  

President's Cup:

• Worksop Town 3-2 Burton Albion
  

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

• Gateshead bt. Hyde United

References

1. ^ Multipart League

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF