Season 1978–79 Champion Mossley A.F.C. Matches played 506 | Champions Mossley Goals scored 1,414 | |
Promoted Altrincham
Scarborough
Boston United
Stafford Rangers
Northwich Victoria
Bangor City
Barrow People also search for 1977–78 Northern Premier League | ||
The 1978–79 Northern Premier League season was the 11th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
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No sides applied for election to the Football League nor were automatically promoted. This season saw several sides leave the League to join the newly formed Alliance Premier League, which would later become the Football Conference. Altrincham, Scarborough, Boston United, Stafford Rangers, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City and Barrow all left, replaced by Southern League sides Grantham, Oswestry Town, Burton Albion and Tamworth, as well as Cheshire County League sides Witton Albion and Marine. No sides were relegated.
Final table
1 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 21 May 1979.
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.
Cup Results
Challenge Cup:
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
1 As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the NPL cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.