1988–89 Northern Premier League

The 1988–89 Northern Premier League season was the 21st in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Barrow
Promoted	Barrow
Relegated	Worksop Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1319 (2.85 per match)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

League Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barrow	42	26	9	7	69	35	+34	87
2	Hyde United	42	24	8	10	77	44	+33	80
3	Witton Albion	42	22	13	7	67	39	+28	79
4	Bangor City	42	22	10	10	77	48	+29	76
5	Marine	42	23	7	12	69	48	+21	76
6	Goole Town	42	22	7	13	75	60	+15	73
7	Fleetwood Town	42	19	16	7	58	44	+14	73
8	Rhyl	42	18	10	14	75	65	+10	64
9	Frickley Athletic	42	17	10	15	64	53	+11	61
10	Mossley	42	17	9	16	56	58	−2	60
11	South Liverpool	42	15	13	14	65	57	+8	58
12	Caernarfon Town	42	15	10	17	49	63	−14	55
13	Matlock Town	42	16	5	21	65	73	−8	53
14	Southport	42	13	12	17	66	52	+14	51
15	Buxton	42	12	14	16	61	63	−2	50
16	Morecambe	42	13	9	20	55	60	−5	47¹
17	Gainsborough Trinity	42	12	11	19	56	73	−17	47
18	Shepshed Charterhouse	42	14	8	20	49	60	−11	44²
19	Stalybridge Celtic	42	9	13	20	46	81	−35	40
20	Horwich RMI	42	7	14	21	42	70	−28	35
21	Gateshead	42	7	13	22	36	70	−34	34
22	Worksop Town	42	6	5	31	42	103	−61	23

^{1 Morecambe had 1 point deducted.} ^{2 Shepshed Charterhouse had 6 points deducted.}

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bangor City !BAN	Barrow !BRW	Buxton !BUX	Caernarfon Town !CNR	Fleetwood Town !FLE	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Gateshead !GAT	Goole Town !GOO	Horwich RMI !HOR	Hyde United !HYD	Marine !MAR	Matlock Town !MAT	Morecambe !MOR	Mossley !MOS	Rhyl !RHL	Shepshed Charterhouse !CHR	South Liverpool !CHO	Southport !SOU	Stalybridge Celtic !STL	Witton Albion !WTN	Worksop Town !WKS
Bangor City !Bangor City		1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–3	3–2	1–2	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–3	2–1
Barrow !Barrow	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	1–0
Buxton !Buxton	1–1	5–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	3–3	1–3	3–3	4–1	2–2	4–1
Caernarfon Town !Caernarfon Town	0–1	0–1	3–1		2–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1
Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	0–4	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–1		3–0	4–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	0–3	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–2		1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	6–1	2–0	0–4	2–1	0–3	3–3	1–3
Gateshead !Gateshead	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1		1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1
Goole Town !Goole Town	3–1	0–2	1–1	6–2	4–3	2–1	2–3	4–2		3–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1
Horwich RMI !Horwich RMI	0–3	0–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–1		0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–5	1–0	2–2	1–1
Hyde United !Hyde United	2–1	0–2	3–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	3–0	0–0		4–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	3–0
Marine !Marine	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–1		3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	5–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	4–2	0–2	5–4	2–3	2–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–4		3–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	6–1
Morecambe !Morecambe	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	5–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–2		3–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–1
Mossley !Mossley	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0		1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1
Rhyl !Rhyl	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	6–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	4–0		6–1	4–3	1–0	4–3	1–5	2–1
Shepshed Charterhouse !Shepshed Charterhouse	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1		3–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–1
South Liverpool !South Liverpool	1–3	1–2	1–1	5–1	0–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–3	4–1		2–1	4–4	1–1	1–1
Southport !Southport	0–2	1–1	1–0	5–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	7–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	0–0	2–2		0–1	0–1	5–1
Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic	2–2	0–4	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–2		1–0	2–1
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	6–1		3–1
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	0–5	0–1	3–0	2–7	1–2	3–1	0–3	0–4	4–5	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–4	2–1	1–5	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–5	0–1	0–2

Updated to games played on 6 May 1989.
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.

First Division

Northern Premier League First Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Colne Dynamoes
Promoted	Bishop Auckland
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1408 (3.05 per match)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

League Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Colne Dynamoes	42	30	11	1	102	21	+81	98¹
2	Bishop Auckland	42	28	5	9	78	28	+50	89
3	Leek Town	42	25	11	6	74	41	+33	85²
4	Droylsden	42	25	9	8	84	48	+36	84
5	Whitley Bay	42	23	6	13	77	49	+28	75
6	Accrington Stanley	42	21	10	11	81	60	+21	73
7	Lancaster City	42	21	8	13	76	54	+22	71
8	Harrogate Town	42	19	7	16	68	61	+7	64
9	Newtown	42	15	12	15	65	59	+6	57
10	Congleton Town	42	15	11	16	62	66	−4	56
11	Workington	42	17	3	22	59	74	−15	54
12	Eastwood Town	42	14	10	18	55	61	−6	52
13	Curzon Ashton	42	13	11	18	74	72	+2	50
14	Farsley Celtic	42	12	13	17	52	73	−21	49
15	Irlam Town	42	11	14	17	53	63	−10	47
16	Penrith	42	14	5	23	61	91	−30	47
17	Radcliffe Borough	42	12	10	20	62	86	−24	46
18	Eastwood Hanley	42	11	12	19	46	67	−21	45
19	Winsford United	42	13	6	23	58	93	−35	45
20	Alfreton Town	42	8	11	23	44	92	−48	35
21	Netherfield	42	8	9	25	57	90	−33	32²
22	Sutton Town	42	7	6	29	70	109	−39	27

^{1 Colne Dynamoes were docked 3 points.} ^{2 Leek Town and Netherfield were docked 1 point.}

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-first season of the Northern Premier League Barrow (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Meanwhile, Worksop Town were relegated; these two sides were replaced by First Division winners Colne Dynamoes and second placed Bishop Auckland. Sutton Town left the First Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Emley and Rossendale United.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

Mossley 2–1 Fleetwood Town

President's Cup:

Bangor City 5–1 South Liverpool

Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Mossley bt. Barrow

References

↑ HFS Loans League

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Coalville Town Corby Town Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hednesford Town Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Rushall Olympic Skelmersdale United Spennymoor Town Stafford Rangers Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Warrington Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Colne Colwyn Bay Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Goole Hyde United Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Ramsbottom United Scarborough Athletic Tadcaster Albion Trafford

Division One South	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Basford United Bedworth United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Northwich Victoria Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Sheffield Spalding United Stamford Stocksbridge Park Steels Witton Albion

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1988–89 in English football

« 1987–88

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup (qualification – UEFA Group 2)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Huddersfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Reading Sheffield United Southend United Swansea City Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

Fourth Division	Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

Others	Newport County

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