1987–88 Northern Premier League

The 1987-88 Northern Premier League season was the 20th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division Teams

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

Premier Division Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Chorley	42	26	10	6	78	35	+43	88
2	Hyde United	42	25	10	7	91	52	+39	85
3	Caernarfon Town	42	22	10	10	56	34	+22	76
4	Morecambe	42	19	15	8	61	41	+20	72
5	Barrow	42	21	8	13	70	41	+29	71
6	Worksop Town	42	20	11	11	74	55	+19	71
7	Bangor City	42	20	10	12	72	55	+17	70
8	Rhyl	42	18	13	11	70	42	+28	67
9	Marine	42	19	10	13	67	45	+22	67
10	Frickley Athletic	42	18	11	13	61	55	+6	65
11	Witton Albion	42	16	12	14	61	47	+14	60
12	Goole Town	42	17	9	16	71	61	+10	60
13	Horwich RMI	42	17	9	16	46	42	+4	60
14	Southport	42	15	12	15	43	48	-5	57
15	South Liverpool	42	10	19	13	56	64	-8	49
16	Buxton	42	11	14	17	72	76	-4	47
17	Mossley	42	11	11	20	54	75	-21	44
18	Gateshead	42	11	7	24	52	71	-19	40
19	Matlock Town	42	10	8	24	58	89	-31	38
20	Gainsborough Trinity	42	8	10	24	38	81	-43	34
21	Oswestry Town	42	6	10	26	44	101	-57	28
22	Workington	42	6	3	33	28	113	-85	21

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

First Division Teams

• Accrington Stanley
• Alfreton Town
• Congleton Town
• Curzon Ashton
• Droylsden
• Eastwood Hanley
• Eastwood Town
• Farsley Celtic
• Fleetwood Town
• Harrogate Town
• Irlam Town
• Lancaster City
• Leek Town
• Netherfield
• Penrith
• Radcliffe Borough
• Stalybridge Celtic
• Sutton Town
• Winsford United

Division One Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Fleetwood Town	36	22	7	7	85	45	+40	73
2	Stalybridge Celtic	36	22	6	8	72	42	+30	72
3	Leek Town	36	20	10	6	63	38	+25	70
4	Accrington Stanley	36	21	6	9	71	39	+32	69
5	Farsley Celtic	36	18	9	9	64	48	+16	63
6	Droylsden	36	16	10	10	63	48	+15	58
7	Eastwood Hanley	36	14	12	10	50	37	+13	56
8	Winsford United	36	15	6	15	59	47	+12	51
9	Congleton Town	36	12	16	8	43	39	+4	512
10	Harrogate Town	36	13	9	14	51	50	+1	48
11	Alfreton Town	36	13	8	15	53	54	-1	47
12	Radcliffe Borough	36	11	13	12	66	62	+4	46
13	Irlam Town	36	12	10	14	39	45	-6	46
14	Penrith	36	11	11	14	46	51	-5	44
15	Sutton Town	36	11	5	20	51	96	-45	38
16	Lancaster City	36	10	6	20	45	72	-27	36
17	Eastwood Town	36	8	10	18	45	65	-20	34
18	Curzon Ashton	36	8	4	24	43	73	-30	28
19	Netherfield	36	4	4	28	35	93	-58	16

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

^{2 Congleton Town were deducted 1 point.}

Promotion and relegation

In the twentieth season of the Northern Premier League Chorley (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Meanwhile Oswestry Town folded at the end of the season and Workington were relegated; these three sides were replaced by First Division winners Fleetwood Town, second placed Stalybridge Celtic and newly-admitted Shepshed Charterhouse. Colne Dynamoes, Bishop Auckland, Whitley Bay and Newtown were admitted into the First Division at the end of the season.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Goole Town bt. Barrow
  

President's Cup:

• South Liverpool 5-4 Southport
  

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

• Chorley bt. Goole Town

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF