# 1984–85 Northern Premier League

The 1984–85 Northern Premier League season was the 17th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

## Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

### Team changes

The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:
* Barrow promoted to Alliance Premier League
The following club joined the League at the start of the season:
* Bangor City relegated from Alliance Premier League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stafford Rangers (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 86 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
| 2 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 82 | |
| 3 | Witton Albion | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 74 | |
| 4 | Hyde United | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 71 | |
| 5 | Marine | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 69 | |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 69 | |
| 7 | Worksop Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 67 | |
| 8 | Workington | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 63 | |
| 9 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 62 | |
| 10 | Bangor City | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for the 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 72 | 73 | −1 | 56 | |
| 12 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 54 | |
| 13 | Matlock Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 51 | |
| 14 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 51 | |
| 15 | Mossley | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 51 | |
| 16 | Goole Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 50 | |
| 17 | Rhyl | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 47 | |
| 18 | Morecambe | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 47 | |
| 19 | Chorley | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 46 | |
| 20 | South Liverpool | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 42 | |
| 21 | Grantham (R) | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 69 | −28 | 36 | Relegated to Southern League Midland Division |
| 22 | Buxton | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 38 | 79 | −41 | 30 | |
* ↑ Grantham had 1 point deducted.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAN | BRT | BUX | CHO | GAI | GOO | GRN | HOR | HYD | MAC | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | OSW | RHL | SLI | SOU | STA | WTN | WRK | WKS |
| Bangor City | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Burton Albion | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Buxton | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Chorley | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–6 |
| Goole Town | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
| Grantham Town | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Horwich RMI | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Hyde United | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Marine | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Matlock Town | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Morecambe | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Mossley | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Oswestry Town | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 |
| Rhyl | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| South Liverpool | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Southport | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Stafford Rangers | 4–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Witton Albion | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Workington | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 |
| Worksop Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup:
* Marine bt. Goole Town
President's Cup:
* Rhyl 2–0 Macclesfield Town
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
* Stafford Rangers bt. Marine

## End of the season

At the end of the seventeenth season of the Northern Premier League, Stafford Rangers 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:
* Stafford Rangers promoted to Alliance Premier League
* Grantham relegated to Southern League Midland Division
The following two clubs joined the League the following season:
* Gateshead relegated from Alliance Premier League
* Caernarfon Town promoted from North West Counties League Division One