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1970–71 Northern Premier League

Field	Value
competition	Northern Premier League
season	1970–71
winners	Wigan Athletic
promoted	None
relegated	None
matches	462
total goals	1466
biggest home win	Wigan Athletic 7–0 Goole Town
(22 August 1970)
biggest away win	Fleetwood 1–6 Great Harwood
(30 January 1971)

Great Harwood 0–5 Fleetwood<ref name	"70-71stats"/
(8 March 1971)
highest scoring
(31 October 1970)
longest wins	9 matches
Northwich Victoria
(13 February 1971 – 9 April 1971)
longest unbeaten	16 matches
Wigan Athletic
(9 October 1970 – 20 February 1971)
longest winless	14 matches
Kirkby Town
(13 February 1971 – 28 April 1971)
longest losses	6 matches
Runcorn
(15 August 1970 – 5 September 1970)

prevseason	1969–70
nextseason	1971–72

(22 August 1970) (30 January 1971)

Great Harwood 0–5 Fleetwood (8 March 1971) (31 October 1970) Northwich Victoria (13 February 1971 – 9 April 1971) Wigan Athletic (9 October 1970 – 20 February 1971) Kirkby Town (13 February 1971 – 28 April 1971) Runcorn (15 August 1970 – 5 September 1970)

Netherfield (23 September 1970 – 23 October 1970)

Goole Town (28 December 1970 – 20 February 1971) The 1970–71 Northern Premier League was the third 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 15 August 1970 and concluded on 8 May 1971.

Overview

The League was expanded this season, for the first time, from twenty teams to twenty-two teams.

Team changes

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season:

Hyde United resigned, demoted to Cheshire County League
Gateshead relegated to Wearside Football League

The following four clubs joined the League at the start of the season:

Bradford Park Avenue relegated from Football League Fourth Division.
Chorley promoted from Lancashire Combination (returning after a year's absence)
Kirkby Town promoted from Lancashire Combination
Lancaster City promoted from Lancashire Combination

League table

The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.

The points system up until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Results

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium
Altrincham	Moss Lane
Bangor City	Farrar Road
Boston United	York Street
Bradford Park Avenue	Park Avenue
Chorley	Victory Park
Fleetwood	Highbury
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme
Goole Town	Victoria Pleasure Ground
Great Harwood	The Showground
Kirkby Town	Simonswood Lane
Lancaster City	Great Axe
Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane
Morecambe	Christie Park
Netherfield	Parkside
Northwich Victoria	Drill Field
Runcorn	Canal Street
Scarborough	Athletic Ground
South Liverpool	Holly Park
South Shields	Simonside Hall
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road
Wigan Athletic	Springfield Park

Cup results

Challenge Cup

Main article: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Stage	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Notes
1st Leg	Fleetwood Town	2-2	Macclesfield Town	Highbury	scorers for Fleetwood Armstrong and Morley
2nd Leg	Macclesfield Town	0-0	Fleetwood Town	Moss Rose
Replay	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Macclesfield Town	Springfield Park (Wigan Athletic)	scorer Tony Hallam assist Derek Armstrong

FA Cup

Main article: 1970–71 FA Cup

Out of the twenty-two clubs from the Northern Premier League, only Wigan Athletic reached for the second round:

Second Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Wigan Athletic	2–1	Peterborough United

Third Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Manchester City	1–0	Wigan Athletic

FA Trophy

Main article: 1970–71 FA Trophy

Out of the twenty-two clubs from the Northern Premier League, only Macclesfield Town reached for the fourth round:

Fourth Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hereford United	2–0	Macclesfield Town

End of the season

At the end of the third season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward, for election, received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated.

Football League elections

Alongside the four Football League clubs facing re-election, a total of twelve non-League clubs applied for election, three of which were from the Northern Premier League. All four Football League teams were re-elected.

Club	League	Votes
Lincoln City	Football League	47
Barrow	Football League	38
Hartlepool	Football League	33
Newport County	Football League	33
Wigan Athletic	Northern Premier League	14
Cambridge City	Southern League	2
Telford United	Southern League	2
Yeovil Town	Southern League	2
Boston United	Northern Premier League	1
Romford	Southern League	1
Bradford Park Avenue	Northern Premier League	1
Gateshead	Wearside League	1
Bedford Town	Southern League	0
Chelmsford City	Southern League	0
Hillingdon Borough	Southern League	0
Kettering Town	Southern League	0

Promotion and relegation

The League expanding from twenty-two clubs to twenty-four clubs for the following season.

The following two clubs joined the League the following season:

Skelmersdale United promoted from Cheshire County League
Ellesmere Port Town promoted from Cheshire County League.

References

"The Football Archives 70–71". The Football Archives.
[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League]

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