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1982–83 Alliance Premier League


FieldValue
competitionAlliance Premier League
season1982–83
winnersEnfield (1st Alliance Premier League title)
continentalcup1Promoted to the Football League
continentalcup1 qualifiersNone
continentalcup2Runners-up
continentalcup2 qualifiersMaidstone United
continentalcup3Relegated to
Level 6
continentalcup3 qualifiersBarrow,
Stafford Rangers
continentalcup4Promoted for the next season
continentalcup4 qualifiersGateshead,
Kidderminster Harriers
biggest home winMaidstone United – Scarborough 6–0;
Maidstone United – Trowbridge Town 6–0;
Runcorn – Kettering Town 6–0; 6–0
Wealdstone – Barnet
biggest away winBarrow – Telford United 0–5
highest scoringBoston United – Yeovil Town 6–3;
Northwich Victoria – Trowbridge Town 6–3
matches462
total goals1440
longest wins?
longest unbeaten?
longest losses?
highest attendance?
lowest attendance?
average attendance?
prevseason1981–82
nextseason1983–84

Level 6 Stafford Rangers Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone United – Trowbridge Town 6–0; Runcorn – Kettering Town 6–0; 6–0 Wealdstone – Barnet Northwich Victoria – Trowbridge Town 6–3 The Alliance Premier League season of 1982–83 was the fourth season of the Alliance Premier League.

New teams in the league this season

  • Bangor City (promoted 1981–82)
  • Nuneaton Borough (promoted 1981–82)
  • Wealdstone (promoted 1981–82)

Final table

Results

  • The match on New Year's Day between Maidstone United and Weymouth was postponed due to several Weymouth players going on strike due to revised travel arrangements. Weymouth were fined ₤100, ordered to pay ₤895 to Maidstone for match expenses and a further ₤182 for the arbitration hearing that followed the strike. They were also docked 10 points.

Altrincham Bangor City Barnet Barrow Bath City Boston United Dagenham Enfield Frickley Kettering Town Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Runcorn Scarborough Stafford Telford United Trowbridge Wealdstone Weymouth Worcester City Yeovil Town

Barnet Dagenham Enfield Wealdstone

Promotion and relegation

  • Gateshead (from the Northern Premier League)
  • Kidderminster Harriers (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

  • Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
  • Stafford Rangers (to the Northern Premier League)

Election to the Football League

This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so 2nd placed Maidstone United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

ClubFinal PositionVotes
Blackpool21st (Fourth Division)52
Crewe Alexandra23rd (Fourth Division)49
Hereford United24th (Fourth Division)49
Hartlepool United22nd (Fourth Division)36
Maidstone United2nd (Alliance Premier League)26

As a result of this, Maidstone United did not gain membership of the Football League.

References

References

  1. Tony Williams (ed.), ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1983–84''. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1983.
  2. (2010). "Football's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football". Portico.
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