ENGLISH NON-LEAGUE ARCHIVE

Northern Premier League 1986-87

                        Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
 1  Macclesfield Town  . 42  26 10  6  80  47  88  Promoted to GM Vauxhall Conference {APL}
 2  Bangor City  .  .  . 42  25 12  5  74  35  87
 3  Caernarfon Town .  . 42  20 16  6  67  40  76
 4  Marine .  .  .  .  . 42  21 10 11  70  43  73
 5  South Liverpool .  . 42  21 10 11  58  40  73
 6  Morecambe .  .  .  . 42  20 12 10  66  49  72
 7  Matlock Town .  .  . 42  20 10 12  81  67  70
 8  Southport .  .  .  . 42  19 11 12  67  49  68
 9  Chorley.  .  .  .  . 42  16 12 14  58  59  60
10 Mossley.  .  .  .  . 42  15 12 15  57  52  57
11 Hyde United  .  .  . 42  15 10 17  81  70  55
12 Burton Albion.  .  . 42  16  6 20  56  68  54  Transferred to Southern League {SLP}
13 Buxton .  .  .  .  . 42  13 14 15  71  68  53
14 Witton Albion.  .  . 42  15  8 19  68  79  53
15 Barrow .  .  .  .  . 42  15  7 20  42  57  52
16 Goole Town.  .  .  . 42  13 12 17  58  62  51
17 Oswestry Town.  .  . 42  14  8 20  55  83  50
18 Rhyl.  .  .  .  .  . 42  10 15 17  56  74  45
19 Worksop Town .  .  . 42   9 13 20  56  74  40
20 Gainsborough Trinity 42   9 10 23  53  77  37
21 Workington.  .  .  . 42   5 14 23  38  70  28  [-1]
22 Horwich RMI  .  .  . 42   3 12 27  36  85  20  [-1]

• Frickley Athletic, relegated from the GM Vauxhall Conference {APL}
• Gateshead, relegated from the GM Vauxhall Conference {APL}

From 1987-88 an additional division is added to the Northern Premier League. Initially it will consist of:

• Stalybridge Celtic, Accrington Stanley, Winsford United, Fleetwood Town, Penrith, Congleton Town, Eastwood Hanley, Radcliffe Borough, Leek Town, Netherfield, Irlam Town and Curzon Ashton from the North West Counties League Division 1 {NW1};
• Droylsden and Lancaster City from the North West Counties League Division 2 {NW2};
• Alfreton Town, Farsley Celtic, Sutton Town, Harrogate Town and Eastwood Town from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division {NEP}.

[ 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw ]

Source: The Guinness Non-League Football Fact Book, Tony Williams (Guinness, 1991)

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