# 1982–83 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1982–83 was the fourth season of the Alliance Premier League.

## New teams in the league this season

* Bangor City (promoted 1981–82)
* Nuneaton Borough (promoted 1981–82)
* Wealdstone (promoted 1981–82)

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Enfield | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 27 | +47 | 84 | Alliance Premier League Champions, no promotion |
| 2 | Maidstone United | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +49 | 83 | |
| 3 | Wealdstone | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 24 | +39 | 79 | |
| 4 | Runcorn | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 32 | +20 | 74 | Alliance Premier League Cup winners |
| 5 | Boston United | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 32 | +20 | 72 | |
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | +21 | 71 | FA Trophy winners |
| 7 | Weymouth | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 34 | +15 | 70 | |
| 8 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 41 | +5 | 64 | |
| 9 | Scarborough | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 35 | +13 | 63 | |
| 10 | Bath City | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | +3 | 60 | |
| 11 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 40 | −3 | 58 | |
| 12 | Altrincham | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 39 | +6 | 55 | |
| 13 | Bangor City | 42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 48 | −6 | 55 | |
| 14 | Dagenham | 42 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 39 | −5 | 51 | |
| 15 | Barnet | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 39 | −23 | 51 | |
| 16 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 52 | −11 | 49 | |
| 17 | Worcester City | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 54 | −29 | 46 | |
| 18 | Trowbridge Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 58 | −32 | 43 | |
| 19 | Kettering Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 62 | −30 | 40 | |
| 20 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 63 | −36 | 40 | |
| 21 | Barrow | 42 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 39 | −28 | 36 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League |
| 22 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 45 | −35 | 29 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League |
* 1 2 3 New club in the Alliance Premier League

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | BAN | BAR | BRW | BAT | BOS | DAG | ENF | FRK | KET | MDS | NOR | NUN | RUN | SCA | STA | TEL | TRO | WEA | WEY | WRC | YEO |
| Altrincham | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Bangor City | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Barnet | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–4 |
| Barrow | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Bath City | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Boston United | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 6–3 |
| Dagenham | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| Enfield | 2–1 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Frickley Athletic | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Kettering Town | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| Maidstone United | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Northwich Victoria | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Nuneaton Borough | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Runcorn | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Scarborough | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Stafford Rangers | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Telford United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Trowbridge Town | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Wealdstone | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Weymouth | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Worcester City | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | | 2–1 |
| Yeovil Town | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted

* Gateshead (from the Northern Premier League)
* Kidderminster Harriers (from the Southern Premier League)

### Relegated

* Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
* Stafford Rangers (to the Northern Premier League)

## Election to the Football League

This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so 2nd placed Maidstone United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:
| Club | Final Position | Votes |
| Blackpool | 21st (Fourth Division) | 52 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 23rd (Fourth Division) | 49 |
| Hereford United | 24th (Fourth Division) | 49 |
| Hartlepool United | 22nd (Fourth Division) | 36 |
| Maidstone United | 2nd (Alliance Premier League) | 26 |
As a result of this, Maidstone United did not gain membership of the Football League.