1992–93 Northern Premier League

The 1992-93 Northern Premier League season was the 25th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier Division, won by Southport and the First Division, won by Bridlington Town. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Season	1992–93
Champions	Southport
Promoted	Southport
Relegated	Goole Town Mossley
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1517 (3.28 per match)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

• Barrow relegated from the Conference
• Colwyn Bay promoted as champions from Division One
• Winsford United promoted as runners-up from Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Southport (C) (P)	42	29	9	4	103	31	+72	96	Promotion to the Conference
2	Winsford United	42	27	9	6	91	43	+48	90
3	Morecambe	42	25	11	6	93	51	+42	86
4	Marine	42	26	8	8	83	47	+36	86
5	Leek Town	42	21	11	10	86	51	+35	74
6	Accrington Stanley	42	20	13	9	79	45	+34	73
7	Frickley Athletic	42	21	6	15	62	52	+10	69
8	Barrow	42	18	11	13	71	55	+16	65
9	Hyde United	42	17	13	12	87	71	+16	64
10	Bishop Auckland	42	17	11	14	63	52	+11	62
11	Gainsborough Trinity	42	17	8	17	63	66	−3	59
12	Colwyn Bay	42	16	6	20	80	79	+1	54
13	Horwich RMI	42	14	10	18	72	79	−7	52
14	Buxton	42	13	10	19	60	75	−15	49
15	Matlock Town	42	13	11	18	56	79	−23	047*
16	Emley	42	13	6	23	62	91	−29	45
17	Whitley Bay	42	11	8	23	57	96	−39	41
18	Chorley	42	10	10	22	52	93	−41	40
19	Fleetwood Town	42	10	7	25	50	77	−27	37
20	Droylsden	42	10	7	25	47	84	−37	37
21	Mossley (R)	42	7	8	27	53	95	−42	29	Relegation to the NPL Division One
22	Goole Town (R)	42	6	9	27	47	105	−58	27

Updated to games played on May 1993
Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
^*Matlock Town were deducted 3 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One

Season	1992–93
Champions	Bridlington Town
Promoted	Bridlington Town Knowsley United
Relegated	Rossendale United Shepshed Albion
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1412 (3.36 per match)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Division One featured four new teams:

• Ashton United promoted as champions of the NWCFL Division One
• Great Harwood Town promoted as runners-up of the NWCFL Division One
• Gretna promoted as champions of the Northern League Division One
• Shepshed Albion relegated from the Premier Division

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bridlington Town (C) (P)	40	25	11	4	84	35	+49	86	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Knowsley United (P)	40	23	7	10	86	48	+38	76
3	Ashton United	40	22	8	10	81	54	+27	74
4	Guiseley	40	20	10	10	90	64	+26	70
5	Warrington Town	40	19	10	11	85	57	+28	67
6	Gretna	40	17	12	11	64	47	+17	63
7	Curzon Ashton	40	16	15	9	69	63	+6	63
8	Great Harwood Town	40	17	9	14	66	57	+9	60
9	Harrogate Town	40	14	12	14	77	81	−4	54
10	Alfreton Town	40	15	9	16	80	80	0	54
11	Worksop Town	40	15	9	16	66	70	−4	54
12	Radcliffe Borough	40	13	14	13	66	69	−3	53
13	Workington	40	13	13	14	51	61	−10	52
14	Eastwood Town	40	13	11	16	49	52	−3	50
15	Netherfield	40	11	14	15	68	63	+5	47
16	Caernarfon Town	40	13	8	19	66	74	−8	47
17	Farsley Celtic	40	12	8	20	64	77	−13	44
18	Lancaster City	40	10	12	18	49	76	−27	42
19	Shepshed Albion (R)	40	9	12	19	46	66	−20	39	Relegation to the Midland Alliance
20	Congleton Town	40	10	7	23	58	95	−37	37
21	Rossendale United (R)	40	5	5	30	50	126	−76	20	Relegation to the NWCFL Division One

Updated to games played on May 1993
Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-fifth season of the Northern Premier League Southport (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Mossley and Goole Town were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Boston United, First Division winners Bridlington Town and second placed Knowsley United. In the First Division Shepshed Albion and Rossendale United left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly-admitted Spennymoor United and Bamber Bridge.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

• Winsford United bt. Warrington Town
  

President's Cup:

• Winsford United bt. Southport
  

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

• Southport bt. Winsford United

References

1. ^ HFS Loans League

External links

• Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF