1988–89 Northern Premier League

The 1988-89 Northern Premier League season was the 21st in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

Premier Division Teams

• Bangor City
• Barrow
• Buxton
• Caernarfon Town
• Fleetwood Town
• Frickley Athletic
• Gainsborough Trinity
• Gateshead
• Goole Town
• Horwich RMI
• Hyde United
• Marine
• Matlock Town
• Morecambe
• Mossley
• Rhyl
• Shepshed Charterhouse
• South Liverpool
• Southport
• Stalybridge Celtic
• Witton Albion
• Worksop Town

Premier Division Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Barrow	42	26	9	7	69	35	+34	87
2	Hyde United	42	24	8	10	77	44	+33	80
3	Witton Albion	42	22	13	7	67	39	+28	79
4	Bangor City	42	22	10	10	77	48	+29	76
5	Marine	42	23	7	12	69	48	+21	76
6	Goole Town	42	22	7	13	75	60	+15	73
7	Fleetwood Town	42	19	16	7	58	44	+14	73
8	Rhyl	42	18	10	14	75	65	+10	64
9	Frickley Athletic	42	17	10	15	64	53	+11	61
10	Mossley	42	17	9	16	56	58	-2	60
11	South Liverpool	42	15	13	14	65	57	+8	58
12	Caernarfon Town	42	15	10	17	49	63	-14	55
13	Matlock Town	42	16	5	21	65	73	-8	53
14	Southport	42	13	12	17	66	52	+14	51
15	Buxton	42	12	14	16	61	63	-2	50
16	Morecambe	42	13	9	20	55	60	-5	472
17	Gainsborough Trinity	42	12	11	19	56	73	-17	47
18	Shepshed Charterhouse	42	14	8	20	49	60	-11	443
19	Stalybridge Celtic	42	9	13	20	46	81	-35	40
20	Horwich RMI	42	7	14	21	42	70	-28	35
21	Gateshead	42	7	13	22	36	70	-34	34
22	Worksop Town	42	6	5	31	42	103	-61	23

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

^{2 Morecambe had 1 point deducted.}

^{3 Shepshed Charterhouse had 6 points deducted.}

First Division Teams

• Accrington Stanley
• Alfreton Town
• Bishop Auckland
• Colne Dynamoes
• Congleton Town
• Curzon Ashton
• Droylsden
• Eastwood Hanley
• Eastwood Town
• Farsley Celtic
• Harrogate Town
• Irlam Town
• Lancaster City
• Leek Town
• Netherfield
• Newtown
• Penrith
• Radcliffe Borough
• Sutton Town
• Whitley Bay
• Winsford United
• Workington

Division One Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points 1
1	Colne Dynamoes	42	30	11	1	102	21	+81	982
2	Bishop Auckland	42	28	5	9	78	28	+50	89
3	Leek Town	42	25	11	6	74	41	+33	853
4	Droylsden	42	25	9	8	84	48	+36	84
5	Whitley Bay	42	23	6	13	77	49	+28	75
6	Accrington Stanley	42	21	10	11	81	60	+21	73
7	Lancaster City	42	21	8	13	76	54	+22	71
8	Harrogate Town	42	19	7	16	68	61	+7	64
9	Newtown	42	15	12	15	65	59	+6	57
10	Congleton Town	42	15	11	16	62	66	-4	56
11	Workington	42	17	3	22	59	74	-15	54
12	Eastwood Town	42	14	10	18	55	61	-6	52
13	Curzon Ashton	42	13	11	18	74	72	+2	50
14	Farsley Celtic	42	12	13	17	52	73	-21	49
15	Irlam Town	42	11	14	17	53	63	-10	47
16	Penrith	42	14	5	23	61	91	-30	47
17	Radcliffe Borough	42	12	10	20	62	86	-24	46
18	Eastwood Hanley	42	11	12	19	46	67	-21	45
19	Winsford United	42	13	6	23	58	93	-35	45
20	Alfreton Town	42	8	11	23	44	92	-48	35
21	Netherfield	42	8	9	25	57	90	-33	323
22	Sutton Town	42	7	6	29	70	109	-39	27

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

^{2 Colne Dynamoes were deducted 3 points.}

^{3 Leek Town and Netherfield were deducted 1 point.}

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-first season of the Northern Premier League Barrow (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Meanwhile Worksop Town were relegated; these two sides were replaced by First Division winners Colne Dynamoes and second placed Bishop Auckland. Sutton Town left the First Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly-admitted Emley and Rossendale United.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Mossley 2-1 Fleetwood Town
  

President's Cup:

• Bangor City 5-1 South Liverpool
  

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

• Mossley bt. Barrow

References

1. ^ HFS Loans League

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF