The 1985–86 Northern Premier League season was the 18th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. It was known as the Mulipart Premier League for sponsorship reasons.Multipart League
Overview The League featured twenty-two clubs.
Team changes The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season: Stafford Rangers promoted to Alliance Premier League Grantham relegated to Southern League Midland Division
The following two clubs joined the League at the start of the season: Gateshead relegated from Alliance Premier League Caernarfon Town promoted from North West Counties League Division One
League table
Results
Cup Results Challenge Cup:
Hyde United bt. Marine
President's Cup:
Worksop Town 3–2 Burton Albion
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
Hyde United 2–4 GatesheadGateshead F.C. Season 1986/87. Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database. Retrieved on 2012-03-07.
End of the season At the end of the eighteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Gateshead applied to join the Football Conference and were successful.
Promotion and relegation The following club left the League at the end of the season: Gateshead promoted to Football Conference
The following club joined the League the following season: Barrow relegated from Alliance Premier League
References
External links Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF