1975–76 Northern Premier League
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| Season | 1975–76 |
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| Champions | Runcorn |
| Promoted | Skelmersdale United Fleetwood |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1562 (2.83 per match) |
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1976–77 →
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The 1975–76 Northern Premier League season was the eighth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
Final table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GA 1 | Pts 2 | ||
| 1 | Runcorn | 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 95 | 42 | 2.26 | 68 |
| 2 | Stafford Rangers | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 81 | 41 | 1.98 | 67 |
| 3 | Scarborough | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 84 | 43 | 1.95 | 62 |
| 4 | Matlock Town | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 96 | 63 | 1.52 | 61 |
| 5 | Boston United | 46 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 95 | 58 | 1.64 | 60 |
| 6 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 81 | 42 | 1.93 | 57 |
| 7 | Altrincham | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 77 | 57 | 1.35 | 54 |
| 8 | Bangor City | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 80 | 70 | 1.14 | 54 |
| 9 | Mossley | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70 | 58 | 1.21 | 53 |
| 10 | Goole Town | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 58 | 49 | 1.18 | 53 |
| 11 | Northwich Victoria | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 79 | 59 | 1.34 | 51 |
| 12 | Lancaster City | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 70 | 0.87 | 45 |
| 13 | Worksop Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 56 | 1.13 | 44 |
| 14 | Gainsborough Trinity | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 58 | 69 | 0.84 | 43 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 50 | 64 | 0.78 | 42 |
| 16 | Gateshead United | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 64 | 63 | 1.02 | 41 |
| 17 | Buxton | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 62 | 0.60 | 35 |
| 18 | Skelmersdale United | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 74 | 0.61 | 34 |
| 19 | Netherfield | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 55 | 76 | 0.72 | 33 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 47 | 67 | 0.70 | 33 |
| 21 | Great Harwood | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 58 | 86 | 0.67 | 33 |
| 22 | South Liverpool | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 45 | 78 | 0.58 | 33 |
| 23 | Barrow | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 84 | 0.56 | 33 |
| 24 | Fleetwood | 46 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 131 | 0.27 | 15 |
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
| Home ╲ Away | ALT | BAN | BRW | BOS | BUX | FLE | GAI | GOO | GHT | KEN | LNC | MAC | MAT | MOR | MOS | NOR | RUN | SCA | SKU | CHO | SSH | STA | WIG | WKS |
| Altrincham | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Bangor City | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
| Barrow | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |
| Boston United | 4–1 | 4–1 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Buxton | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–7 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Goole Town | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Great Harwood Town | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–7 | 1–0 | |
| Kendal Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| Lancaster City | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Matlock Town | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Morecambe | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| Mossley | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 6–2 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | |
| Runcorn | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Scarborough | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Skelmersdale United | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| South Liverpool | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| South Shields | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Updated to games played on 1 May 1976.
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 seventh 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 Skelmersdale United and Fleetwood left the League at the end of the season. They were replaced by newly admitted Frickley Athletic.
Cup Results
- Boston United 4–0, 1–2 (5–2 agg.) Mossley
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Boston United bt. Runcorn
