1981–82 Northern Premier League


The 1981–82 Northern Premier League was the fourteenth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 15 August 1981 and concluded on 1 May 1982.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

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:

Results

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Bangor CityFarrar Road
Burton AlbionEton Park
BuxtonThe Silverlands
Gainsborough TrinityThe Northolme
Gateshead UnitedGateshead Youth Stadium
Goole TownVictoria Pleasure Ground
GranthamLondon Road
King's LynnThe Walks
Lancaster CityGreat Axe
Macclesfield TownMoss Rose
MarineRossett Park
Matlock TownCauseway Lane
MorecambeChristie Park
MossleySeel Park
NetherfieldParkside
Oswestry TownVictoria Road
South LiverpoolHolly Park
SouthportHaig Avenue
TamworthThe Lamb Ground
Witton AlbionCentral Ground
WorkingtonBorough Park
Worksop TownCentral Avenue

Cup results

Challenge Cup

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Gainsborough Trinity1–0Mossley

President's Cup

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Buxton4–3Goole Town

Northern Premier League Shield

Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Bangor City?-?Gainsborough Trinity

FA Cup

None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round:
First Round
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Stockport County3–1Mossley
Workington1–1Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town5–0WorkingtonReplay

FA Trophy

None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round:
Third Round
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Altrincham2–0Mossley
Bishop's Stortford6–1Witton Albion

End of the season

At the end of the fourteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Bangor City applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

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