# 1989–90 Northern Premier League

The 1989–90 Northern Premier League season was the 22nd in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new teams:
* Colne Dynamoes promoted as champions from Division One
* Bishop Auckland promoted as runners up from Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Colne Dynamoes (C) | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 102 | |
| 2 | Gateshead (P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 76 | Promoted to Football Conference |
| 3 | Witton Albion | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 73 | |
| 4 | Hyde United | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 71 | |
| 5 | South Liverpool | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 89 | 79 | +10 | 69 | |
| 6 | Matlock Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 66 | |
| 7 | Southport | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 65 | |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 63 | |
| 9 | Marine | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 62 | |
| 10 | Bangor City | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 60 | |
| 11 | Bishop Auckland | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 64 | +8 | 59 | |
| 12 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 56 | |
| 13 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 56 | |
| 14 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 66 | 69 | −3 | 55 | |
| 15 | Morecambe | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 54 | |
| 16 | Buxton | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 53 | |
| 17 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 45 | |
| 18 | Mossley | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 82 | −21 | 43 | |
| 19 | Goole Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 41 | |
| 20 | Shepshed Charterhouse | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 55 | 82 | −27 | 40 | |
| 21 | Caernarfon Town (R) | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 86 | −30 | 38 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Rhyl (R) | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 77 | −34 | 30 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ Horwich RMI had 3 points deducted.
* ↑ Rhyl had 1 point deducted.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAN | BIS | BUX | CNR | CHO | FLE | FRK | GAI | GAT | GOO | HOR | HYD | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | RHL | CHR | SLI | SOU | STL | WTN |
| Bangor City | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Bishop Auckland | 6–2 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Buxton | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Caernarfon Town | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Colne Dynamoes | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Fleetwood Town | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Gateshead | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Goole Town | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Horwich RMI | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Hyde United | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Marine | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Matlock Town | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Morecambe | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Rhyl | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Shepshed Charterhouse | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| South Liverpool | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Southport | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Witton Albion | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | |

## Division One

The Division One featured three new teams:
* Worksop Town relegated from Premier Division
* Rossendale United promoted as champions of the NWCFL Division One
* Emley promoted as champions of the NCEL Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Leek Town (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 86 | Promoted to Premier Division |
| 2 | Droylsden (P) | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 80 | Promoted to Premier Division |
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 53 | +27 | 76 | |
| 4 | Whitley Bay | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 93 | 59 | +34 | 74 | |
| 5 | Emley | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 69 | |
| 6 | Congleton Town | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 69 | |
| 7 | Winsford United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 64 | |
| 8 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 62 | |
| 9 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 60 | |
| 10 | Lancaster City | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 59 | |
| 11 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 59 | |
| 12 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 71 | 76 | −5 | 57 | |
| 13 | Rossendale United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 73 | 69 | +4 | 54 | |
| 14 | Newtown | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 54 | |
| 15 | Irlam Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 53 | |
| 16 | Workington | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 50 | |
| 17 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 49 | |
| 18 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 59 | 85 | −26 | 47 | |
| 19 | Worksop Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 56 | 95 | −39 | 44 | |
| 20 | Netherfield | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 56 | 89 | −33 | 39 | |
| 21 | Eastwood Hanley (R) | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 76 | −31 | 36 | Relegated to NWCFL Division One |
| 22 | Penrith (R) | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 88 | −44 | 36 | Relegated to NWCFL Division One |
* ↑ Droylsden were docked 7 points.
* ↑ Congleton Town were docked 3 points.

## Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-second season of the Northern Premier League Colne Dynamoes should have been promoted as champions, but folded at the end of the season, so 2nd placed Gateshead took their place in the Football Conference while relegated Chorley took Gateshead's place. Meanwhile, Caernarfon Town and Rhyl were relegated; these two sides were replaced by First Division winners Leek Town and second placed Droylsden. Eastwood Hanley and Penrith left the First Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Bridlington Town and Warrington Town.

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup:
* Hyde United 1–0 Gateshead
President's Cup:
* Fleetwood Town bt. Witton Albion
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Division One and Winners of the NPL Cup.
* Leek Town bt. Hyde United