1985–86 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League
Season1985–86
ChampionsGateshead
PromotedGateshead
Relegatednone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,275 (2.76 per match)

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]

Overview

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The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

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The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:

The following two clubs joined the League at the start of the season:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gateshead (C, P) 42 24 10 8 85 51 +34 82 Promoted to Football Conference
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 59[a]
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 57[a]
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 50[a]
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 31[a]
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Workington, Witton Albion, Horwich RMI and Goole Town all had 1 point deducted.

Results

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Home \ Away BAN BRT BUX CNR CHO GAI GAT GOO HOR HYD MAC MAR MAT MOR MOS OSW RHL SLI SOU WTN WRK WKS
Bangor City 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–0
Burton Albion 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 0–1
Buxton 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–5 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–2 6–2 2–4 0–3 4–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Caernarfon Town 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–9 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–1
Chorley 0–4 0–5 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 1–3 2–2 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1
Gainsborough Trinity 2–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 3–0 3–0 2–0 6–2 2–3 5–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Gateshead 3–0 2–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 2–2 5–4 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–0
Goole Town 1–1 1–5 2–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–1 2–3
Horwich RMI 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–4 2–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–3
Hyde United 0–4 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–1
Macclesfield Town 4–0 2–1 2–1 7–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 7–2 2–3 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Marine 1–1 1–3 2–3 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–2
Matlock Town 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 4–4 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–2
Morecambe 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–0
Mossley 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–1
Oswestry Town 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–1
Rhyl 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–2 2–2 4–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–4 1–3 0–1
South Liverpool 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–2
Southport 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–0
Witton Albion 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–4 3–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Workington 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–3 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–1
Worksop Town 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1986. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cup Results

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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.

  • Hyde United 2–4 Gateshead[2]

End of the season

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At the end of the eighteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Gateshead applied to join the Football Conference and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

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The following club left the League at the end of the season:

The following club joined the League the following season:

References

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  1. ^ Multipart League
  2. ^ Gateshead F.C. Season 1986/87. Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database. Retrieved on 2012-03-07.
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