# 1982–83 Northern Premier League

The 1982–83 Northern Premier League was the fifteenth 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 21 August 1982 and concluded on 7 May 1983.

## Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

### Team changes

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:
* Bangor City promoted to Alliance Premier League
* Lancaster City relegated to North West Counties League Division One
The following two clubs joined the League at the start of the season:
* Chorley promoted from Cheshire County League Division One (returning after a ten years absence)
* Hyde United promoted from Cheshire County League Division One (returning after a twelve years absence)

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Gateshead (C, P) | 42 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 114 | 43 | +71 | 100 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
| 2 | Mossley | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 84 | |
| 3 | Burton Albion | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 81 | 53 | +28 | 81 | |
| 4 | Chorley | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 80 | |
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 80 | |
| 6 | Marine | 42 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 81 | 57 | +24 | 68 | |
| 7 | Workington | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 55 | +16 | 67 | |
| 8 | Hyde United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 91 | 63 | +28 | 66 | |
| 9 | King's Lynn | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 64 | Transferred to Southern League Premier Division |
| 10 | Matlock Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 65 | +5 | 64 | |
| 11 | Witton Albion | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 82 | 52 | +30 | 63 | |
| 12 | Buxton | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 60 | |
| 13 | Morecambe | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 75 | 66 | +9 | 59 | |
| 14 | Grantham | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 58 | |
| 15 | Southport | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 47 | |
| 16 | Goole Town | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 46 | |
| 17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 42 | |
| 18 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 99 | −43 | 38 | |
| 19 | South Liverpool | 42 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 57 | 91 | −34 | 36 | |
| 20 | Tamworth (R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 44 | 97 | −53 | 29 | Relegated to Southern League Midland Division |
| 21 | Worksop Town | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 50 | 98 | −48 | 25 | |
| 22 | Netherfield (R) | 42 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 129 | −101 | 15 | Relegated to NWCL Division One |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRT | BUX | CHO | GAI | GAT | GOO | GRN | HYD | KEN | KLY | MAC | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | OSW | SLI | SOU | TAM | WTN | WRK | WKS |
| Burton Albion | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Buxton | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Chorley | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 |
| Gateshead | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Goole Town | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Grantham Town | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Hyde United | 5–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 8–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Kendal Town | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| King's Lynn | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Marine | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Matlock Town | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Morecambe | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Oswestry Town | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| South Liverpool | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–7 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Southport | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Tamworth | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Witton Albion | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Workington | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Worksop Town | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Burton Albion | Eton Park |
| Buxton | The Silverlands |
| Chorley | Victory Park |
| Gainsborough Trinity | The Northolme |
| Gateshead United | Gateshead Youth Stadium |
| Goole Town | Victoria Pleasure Ground |
| Grantham | London Road |
| Hyde United | Ewen Fields |
| King's Lynn | The Walks |
| Macclesfield Town | Moss Rose |
| Marine | Rossett Park |
| Matlock Town | Causeway Lane |
| Morecambe | Christie Park |
| Mossley | Seel Park |
| Netherfield | Parkside |
| Oswestry Town | Victoria Road |
| South Liverpool | Holly Park |
| Southport | Haig Avenue |
| Tamworth | The Lamb Ground |
| Witton Albion | Central Ground |
| Workington | Borough Park |
| Worksop Town | Central Avenue |

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup:'
* Burton Albion 2–1 Macclesfield Town
President's Cup:
* Kings Lynn 3–2 Burton Albion
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
* Burton Albion 2–0 Gateshead

## End of the season

At the end of the fifteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Gateshead applied to join the Alliance Premier League and was successful.

### Promotion and relegation

The following four clubs left the League at the end of the season:
* Gateshead promoted to Alliance Premier League
* King's Lynn transferred to Southern League Premier Division
* Tamworth demoted and transferred to Southern League Midland Division
* Netherfield relegated to North West Counties League Division One
The following four clubs joined the League the following season:
* Barrow relegated from Alliance Premier League
* Stafford Rangers relegated from Alliance Premier League
* Horwich RMI promoted from North West Counties League Division One
* Rhyl promoted from North West Counties League Division One