1992–93 Northern Premier League

The 1992–93 Northern Premier League season was the 25th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier Division, won by Southport and the First Division, won by Bridlington Town. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season1992–93
ChampionsSouthport
PromotedSouthport
RelegatedGoole Town
Mossley
Matches played462
Goals scored1,517 (3.28 per match)

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Southport (C, P) 42 29 9 4 103 31 +72 96 Promotion to Football Conference
2 Winsford United 42 27 9 6 91 43 +48 90
3 Morecambe 42 25 11 6 93 51 +42 86
4 Marine 42 26 8 8 83 47 +36 86
5 Leek Town 42 21 11 10 86 51 +35 74
6 Accrington Stanley 42 20 13 9 79 45 +34 73
7 Frickley Athletic 42 21 6 15 62 52 +10 69
8 Barrow 42 18 11 13 71 55 +16 65
9 Hyde United 42 17 13 12 87 71 +16 64
10 Bishop Auckland 42 17 11 14 63 52 +11 62
11 Gainsborough Trinity 42 17 8 17 63 66 −3 59
12 Colwyn Bay 42 16 6 20 80 79 +1 54
13 Horwich RMI 42 14 10 18 72 79 −7 52
14 Buxton 42 13 10 19 60 75 −15 49
15 Matlock Town 42 13 11 18 56 79 −23 47[a]
16 Emley 42 13 6 23 62 91 −29 45
17 Whitley Bay 42 11 8 23 57 96 −39 41
18 Chorley 42 10 10 22 52 93 −41 40
19 Fleetwood Town 42 10 7 25 50 77 −27 37
20 Droylsden 42 10 7 25 47 84 −37 37
21 Mossley (R) 42 7 8 27 53 95 −42 29 Relegation to NPL Division One
22 Goole Town (R) 42 6 9 27 47 105 −58 27
Updated to match(es) played on May 1993. Source: [1].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Matlock Town were docked 3 points

Results

Home \ Away ACC BRW BIS BUX CHO COL DRO EML FLE FRK GAI GOO HOR HYD LEE MAR MAT MOR MOS SOU WHI WNS
Accrington Stanley 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 4–1 6–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–3
Barrow 2–0 4–3 3–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–0
Bishop Auckland 0–0 2–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–3 3–2 2–2
Buxton 0–1 0–4 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–5 1–1 4–1 6–1 0–2 0–0 2–3
Chorley 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–5 2–2 3–3 2–1 0–6 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–6 1–4 0–4
Colwyn Bay 0–1 2–3 1–2 7–3 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–2 4–2 2–4 2–3 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 4–4 2–3
Droylsden 3–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–5 1–2 0–4
Emley 0–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 4–3 2–0 0–2 1–2 5–3 1–5 5–5 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–4 2–1 1–2
Fleetwood Town 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–6 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–2
Frickley Athletic 3–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–5 3–0 1–2
Gainsborough Trinity 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–4 0–1 2–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 7–1 3–1
Goole Town 0–5 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–4 2–8 1–1 0–5 5–1 2–4
Horwich RMI 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–5 1–1 0–3 2–4 0–1 5–2 1–1 3–3 2–0
Hyde United 2–6 2–2 3–1 2–2 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 7–2 3–3 4–1 2–4 1–2 2–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 3–3
Leek Town 3–1 2–2 2–3 5–1 3–0 1–4 2–1 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–2 6–1 0–0 3–3 0–1 6–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 0–0
Marine 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 6–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0
Matlock Town 1–2 0–1 1–5 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–6 0–3 1–5 1–2 3–3
Morecambe 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 7–4 4–2 3–0 3–4 1–1 3–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 4–2 0–0
Mossley 0–5 1–2 3–1 2–3 1–4 1–4 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 5–0 2–4
Southport 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 7–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 5–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1
Whitley Bay 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–4 5–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–5 2–3 0–3 1–1 1–5 0–3
Winsford United 2–0 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 5–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 6–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 1993. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Northern Premier League
Division One
Season1992–93
ChampionsBridlington Town
PromotedBridlington Town
Knowsley United
RelegatedRossendale United
Shepshed Albion
Matches played420
Goals scored1,412 (3.36 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

The Shepshed Charterhouse Renamed to Shepshed Albion before this season.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bridlington Town (C, P) 40 25 11 4 84 35 +49 86 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Knowsley United (P) 40 23 7 10 86 48 +38 76
3 Ashton United 40 22 8 10 81 54 +27 74
4 Guiseley 40 20 10 10 90 64 +26 70
5 Warrington Town 40 19 10 11 85 57 +28 67
6 Gretna 40 17 12 11 64 47 +17 63
7 Curzon Ashton 40 16 15 9 69 63 +6 63
8 Great Harwood Town 40 17 9 14 66 57 +9 60
9 Harrogate Town 40 14 12 14 77 81 −4 54
10 Alfreton Town 40 15 9 16 80 80 0 54
11 Worksop Town 40 15 9 16 66 70 −4 54
12 Radcliffe Borough 40 13 14 13 66 69 −3 53
13 Workington 40 13 13 14 51 61 −10 52
14 Eastwood Town 40 13 11 16 49 52 −3 50
15 Netherfield 40 11 14 15 68 63 +5 47
16 Caernarfon Town 40 13 8 19 66 74 −8 47
17 Farsley Celtic 40 12 8 20 64 77 −13 44
18 Lancaster City 40 10 12 18 49 76 −27 42
19 Shepshed Albion (R) 40 9 12 19 46 66 −20 39 Relegation to Midland Combination Premier Division
20 Congleton Town 40 10 7 23 58 95 −37 37
21 Rossendale United (R) 40 5 5 30 50 126 −76 20 Relegation to NWCFL Division One
Updated to match(es) played on May 1993. Source: [2].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-fifth season of the Northern Premier League Southport (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Mossley and Goole Town were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Boston United, First Division winners Bridlington Town and second placed Knowsley United. In the First Division Shepshed Albion and Rossendale United left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Spennymoor United and Bamber Bridge.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

  • Winsford United bt. Warrington Town

President's Cup:

  • Winsford United bt. Southport

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

  • Southport bt. Winsford United

References

  1. ^ HFS Loans League