1982–83 Alliance Premier League

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Season 1982–83 Runners-up Maidstone United Goals scored 1,440		Promoted to the Football League None Champion Enfield F.C. Matches played 462

Champions Enfield (1st Alliance Premier League title) Relegated toLevel 6 Barrow,Stafford Rangers Promoted for the next season Gateshead,Kidderminster Harriers People also search for 1981–82 Alliance Premier League

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

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Points scored during this and the previous season: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.

Results

Source: Tony Williams (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1983–84. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1983, p. 920.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promoted

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:

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

References

1982–83 Alliance Premier League Wikipedia

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