Season 1971–72 Promoted None Champion Stafford Rangers F.C. Matches played 552 | Champions Stafford Rangers Start date 1971 Goals scored 1,585 | |
Relegated Chorley F.C., Knowsley United F.C. People also search for 1973–74 Northern Premier League | ||
The 1971–72 Northern Premier League season was the fourth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
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Final table
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season. 2 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
Updated to games played on 5 May 1972.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion and relegation
In the fourth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated, but Chorley and Kirkby Town left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted Mossley and Barrow, who had just left Football League Division Four.
Cup Results
Challenge Cup:
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.