# 1983–84 Northern Premier League

The 1983–84 Northern Premier League season was the 16th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

## Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

### Team changes

The following four clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:
* Gateshead promoted to Alliance Premier League
* King's Lynn transferred to Southern League Premier Division
* Tamworth relegated to Southern League Midland Division
* Netherfield relegated to North West Counties League Division One
The following four clubs joined the League at the start of the 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

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barrow (C, P) | 42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 92 | 38 | +54 | 97 | Promoted to Alliance Premier League |
| 2 | Matlock Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 77 | |
| 3 | South Liverpool | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 77 | |
| 4 | Grantham | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 51 | +13 | 68 | |
| 5 | Burton Albion | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 64 | |
| 6 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 64 | |
| 7 | Rhyl | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 63 | |
| 8 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 63 | |
| 9 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 82 | 66 | +16 | 62 | |
| 10 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 62 | |
| 11 | Hyde United | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 59 | |
| 12 | Marine | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 58 | |
| 13 | Witton Albion | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 56 | |
| 14 | Chorley | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 65 | +3 | 53 | |
| 15 | Workington | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 51 | |
| 16 | Southport | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 50 | |
| 17 | Worksop Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 47 | |
| 18 | Goole Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 59 | 80 | −21 | 46 | |
| 19 | Morecambe | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 45 | |
| 20 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 66 | 97 | −31 | 41 | |
| 21 | Buxton | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 52 | 91 | −39 | 39 | |
| 22 | Mossley | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 47 | 74 | −27 | 33 | |
* ↑ Mossley had 3 points deducted.

## Results

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

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup:
* South Liverpool 1–1 (7–6 Pens) Hyde United
President's Cup:
* Workington bt. Marine
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
* Barrow bt. South Liverpool

## End of the season

At the end of the sixteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Barrow applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.

### Promotion and relegation

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