The 1975–76 Northern Premier League was the eighth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 16 August 1975 and concluded on 1 May 1976.
Overview The League featured twenty-four teams.
Team changes No clubs were promoted, conversely, none of the clubs were relegated.
League table
Results
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Altrincham Moss Lane Bangor City Farrar Road Barrow Holker Street Boston United York Street Buxton The Silverlands Fleetwood Highbury Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme Gateshead United Gateshead Youth Stadium Goole Town Victoria Pleasure Ground Great Harwood The Showground Lancaster City Great Axe Macclesfield Town Moss Rose Matlock Town Causeway Lane Morecambe Christie Park Mossley Seel Park Netherfield Parkside Northwich Victoria Drill Field Runcorn Canal Street Scarborough Athletic Ground Skelmersdale United White Moss Park South Liverpool Holly Park Stafford Rangers Marston Road Wigan Athletic Springfield Park Worksop Town Central Avenue
Cup results Challenge Cup
Stage Home team Score Away team 1st Leg Boston United 4–0 Mossley Town 2nd Leg Mossley Town 1–2 Boston United Aggregate Boston United 5–2 Mossley
Northern Premier League Shield
Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. Home team Score Away team Boston United beat Runcorn
FA Cup
Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only four teams reached for the second round:
Second Round Home team Score Away team Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Wigan Athletic Stafford Rangers 1–3 Halifax Town Scarborough 3–2 Preston North End Gateshead United 1–1 Rochdale Rochdale 3–1 Gateshead United Replay
Third Round Home team Score Away team Scarborough 1–2 Crystal Palace
FA Trophy
Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, three teams reached for the fourth round:
Fourth Round Home team Score Away team Bedford Town 1–2 Runcorn Scarborough 1–0 Tooting & Mitcham United Stafford Rangers 2–0 Hillingdon Borough
Semi-finals Stage Home team Score Away team 1st Leg Scarborough 1–0 Enfield 2nd Leg Enfield 0–0 Scarborough Aggregate Scarborough 1–0 Enfield 1st Leg Stafford Rangers 1–0 Runcorn 2nd Leg Runcorn 0–0 Stafford Rangers Aggregate Stafford Rangers 1–0 Runcorn
Final Home team Score Away team Scarborough 3–2 Stafford Rangers
End of the season At the end of the eighth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for election received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. Skelmersdale United resigned and Fleetwood folded.
Football League elections Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of nine non-League teams applied for election, three of which were from the Northern Premier League. All four Football League teams were re-elected.
ClubLeagueVotesStockport CountyFootball League42Newport CountyFootball League41SouthportFootball League38WorkingtonFootball League21Yeovil TownSouthern League18Kettering TownSouthern League14Wigan AthleticNorthern Premier League6WimbledonSouthern League3Chelmsford CitySouthern League3Nuneaton BoroughSouthern League2Telford UnitedSouthern League2Gainsborough TrinityNorthern Premier League1ScarboroughNorthern Premier League1
Promotion and relegation The number of clubs reduced from twenty-four clubs to twenty-three clubs for the following season.
The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season: Skelmersdale United resigned, demoted to Lancashire Combination Fleetwood folded
The following club joined the League the following season: Frickley Athletic promoted from Midland League (1889)
References
External links Northern Premier League official website Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF Football Club History Database