1986–87 Northern Premier League

The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. It was the last Northern Premier League season, consisting of a single division, as before the next season 19 clubs joined the league and formed a new Division One.

Northern Premier League
Season1986–87
ChampionsMacclesfield Town
PromotedMacclesfield Town
Relegatednone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,349 (2.92 per match)

Overview

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The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

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

The following club 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 Macclesfield Town (C, P) 42 26 10 6 80 47 +33 88 Promoted to Football Conference
2 Bangor City 42 25 12 5 74 35 +39 87
3 Caernarfon Town 42 20 16 6 67 40 +27 76
4 Marine 42 21 10 11 70 43 +27 73
5 South Liverpool 42 21 10 11 58 40 +18 73
6 Morecambe 42 20 12 10 66 49 +17 72
7 Matlock Town 42 20 10 12 81 67 +14 70
8 Southport 42 19 11 12 67 49 +18 68
9 Chorley 42 16 12 14 58 59 −1 60
10 Mossley 42 15 12 15 57 52 +5 57
11 Hyde United 42 15 10 17 81 70 +11 55
12 Burton Albion 42 16 6 20 56 68 −12 54 Transferred to Southern League Premier Division
13 Buxton 42 13 14 15 71 68 +3 53
14 Witton Albion 42 15 8 19 68 79 −11 53
15 Barrow 42 15 7 20 42 57 −15 52
16 Goole Town 42 13 12 17 58 62 −4 51
17 Oswestry Town 42 14 8 20 55 83 −28 50
18 Rhyl 42 10 15 17 56 74 −18 45
19 Worksop Town 42 9 13 20 56 74 −18 40
20 Gainsborough Trinity 42 9 10 23 53 77 −24 37
21 Workington 42 5 14 23 38 70 −32 28[a]
22 Horwich RMI 42 3 12 27 36 85 −49 20[a]
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.

Results

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Home \ Away BAN BRW BRT BUX CNR CHO GAI GOO HOR HYD MAC MAR MAT MOR MOS OSW RHL SLI SOU WTN WRK WKS
Bangor City 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 2–0
Barrow 0–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 0–4 0–0 0–3 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–0
Burton Albion 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–5 0–2 4–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 4–3 5–2 3–1 1–1
Buxton 4–4 0–0 5–3 0–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–3
Caernarfon Town 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Chorley 3–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–5 2–0 1–4 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Goole Town 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–3 1–0 4–1 4–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 4–1 0–3
Horwich RMI 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 3–4 0–1 1–3 2–4 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–2
Hyde United 3–0 6–1 2–1 2–5 1–3 6–0 1–1 3–5 5–0 1–3 1–1 2–4 2–2 1–0 7–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 5–2
Macclesfield Town 4–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 3–2 4–3 2–1 3–2 4–3 2–0
Marine 1–2 4–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 5–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0
Matlock Town 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–0 2–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 2–3
Morecambe 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–4 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–0
Mossley 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–4 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–2
Oswestry Town 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–0 5–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 3–3 1–2 3–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–4 4–3 1–0
Rhyl 2–2 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 4–3 2–4 6–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
South Liverpool 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–0
Southport 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–0
Witton Albion 0–2 2–3 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 4–2
Workington 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–5 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1
Worksop Town 1–1 2–2 3–3 3–3 2–2 1–1 0–4 4–2 4–2 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1987. 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:

  • Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion

President's Cup:

  • Macclesfield Town 2–1 Marine

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

  • Bangor City1 bt. Macclesfield Town

1 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.

End of the season

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At the end of the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Macclesfield Town applied to join the Football Conference and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

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

The following two clubs joined the League the following season:

From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a Division One, with 19 clubs.

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