1991–92 Northern Premier League

The 1991–92 Northern Premier League season was the 24th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier Division, won by Stalybridge Celtic, and the First Division, won by Colwyn Bay. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Premier Division
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season1991–92
ChampionsStalybridge Celtic
PromotedStalybridge Celtic
RelegatedShepshed Albion
Matches played462
Goals scored1,324 (2.87 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 Stalybridge Celtic (C, P) 42 26 14 2 84 33 +51 92 Promotion to Conference
2 Marine 42 23 9 10 64 32 +32 78
3 Morecambe 42 21 13 8 70 44 +26 76
4 Leek Town 42 21 10 11 62 49 +13 73
5 Buxton 42 21 9 12 65 47 +18 72
6 Emley 42 18 11 13 69 47 +22 65
7 Southport 42 16 17 9 57 48 +9 65
8 Accrington Stanley 42 17 12 13 78 62 +16 63
9 Hyde United 42 17 9 16 69 67 +2 60
10 Fleetwood Town 42 17 8 17 67 64 +3 59
11 Bishop Auckland 42 16 9 17 48 58 −10 57
12 Goole Town 42 15 9 18 60 72 −12 54
13 Horwich RMI 42 13 14 15 44 52 −8 53
14 Frickley Athletic 42 12 16 14 61 57 +4 52
15 Droylsden 42 12 14 16 62 72 −10 50
16 Mossley 42 15 4 23 51 73 −22 49
17 Whitley Bay 42 13 9 20 53 79 −26 48
18 Gainsborough Trinity 42 11 13 18 48 63 −15 46
19 Matlock Town 42 12 9 21 59 87 −28 45
20 Bangor City 42 11 10 21 46 57 −11 43 Transferred to the League of Wales
21 Chorley 42 11 9 22 61 82 −21 42
22 Shepshed Charterhouse (R) 42 6 8 28 46 79 −33 26 Relegation to NPL Division One
Updated to match(es) played on May 1992. Source: nonleaguefooty.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away ACC BAN BIS BUX CHO DRO EML FLE FRK GAI GOO HOR HYD LEE MAR MAT MOR MOS SPD SOU STL WHI
Accrington Stanley — 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–1 5–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 3–2
Bangor City 4–3 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Bishop Auckland 0–6 0–0 — 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–4 1–1
Buxton 0–1 2–0 2–1 — 4–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 3–0 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1
Chorley 2–1 4–3 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 4–4 0–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–3
Droylsden 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 — 4–0 1–4 4–2 0–0 3–2 5–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–4 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1
Emley 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–2 5–0 1–2 — 4–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 3–1
Fleetwood Town 2–1 2–1 3–4 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–1 — 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 5–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 5–1 0–2 5–0
Frickley Athletic 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 — 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–1 3–0 6–1 2–0 1–1 4–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 5–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–3
Goole Town 2–4 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 — 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Horwich RMI 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 — 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2
Hyde United 2–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 5–3 7–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 — 1–0 0–4 3–2 2–2 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 0–1
Leek Town 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 — 3–2 2–1 0–4 3–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 2–0
Marine 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 — 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0
Matlock Town 0–4 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 — 1–2 0–2 4–3 3–3 0–3 5–3
Morecambe 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 — 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1
Mossley 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 — 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–2
Shepshed Albion 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 4–1 2–4 0–1 — 0–1 3–3 0–1
Southport 2–2 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 2–0
Stalybridge Celtic 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 7–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 — 3–1
Whitley Bay 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–6 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 1–3 4–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 1992. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One
Northern Premier League
Division One
Season1991–92
ChampionsColwyn Bay
PromotedColwyn Bay
Winsford United
RelegatedNewtown
Rhyl
Irlam Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,551 (3.36 per match)

Division One featured three new teams:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Colwyn Bay (C, P) 42 30 4 8 99 49 +50 94 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Winsford United (P) 42 29 6 7 96 41 +55 93
3 Worksop Town 42 25 5 12 101 51 +50 80
4 Guiseley 42 22 12 8 93 56 +37 78
5 Caernarfon Town 42 23 9 10 78 47 +31 78
6 Bridlington Town 42 22 9 11 86 46 +40 75
7 Warrington Town 42 20 8 14 79 64 +15 68
8 Knowsley United 42 18 10 14 69 52 +17 64
9 Netherfield 42 18 7 17 54 61 −7 61
10 Harrogate Town 42 14 16 12 73 69 +4 58
11 Curzon Ashton 42 15 9 18 71 83 −12 54
12 Farsley Celtic 42 15 9 18 79 101 −22 53[lower-alpha 1]
13 Radcliffe Borough 42 15 9 18 67 72 −5 51[lower-alpha 2]
14 Newtown 42 15 6 21 60 95 −35 51 Transferred to the League of Wales
15 Eastwood Town 42 13 11 18 59 70 −11 50
16 Lancaster City 42 10 19 13 55 62 −7 49
17 Congleton Town 42 14 5 23 59 81 −22 47
18 Rhyl 42 11 10 21 59 69 −10 43 Transferred to the Cymru Alliance
19 Rossendale United 42 9 11 22 61 90 −29 38
20 Alfreton Town 42 12 2 28 63 98 −35 38
21 Irlam Town (R) 42 9 7 26 45 95 −50 33[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to NWCFL Division Two
22 Workington 42 7 8 27 45 99 −54 28[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on May 1992. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Farsley Celtic, Irlam Town and Workington were docked 1 point.
  2. Radcliffe Borough were docked 3 points.

Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-fourth season of the Northern Premier League Stalybridge Celtic (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Shepshed Albion were relegated to the First Division and Bangor City moved to the newly formed League of Wales; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Barrow, First Division winners Colwyn Bay and second placed Winsford United. In the First Division Newtown and Rhyl left the League to join the League of Wales and Irlam Town left the League altogether; these three sides were replaced by newly admitted Ashton United, Gretna and Great Harwood Town.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

  • Marine 1–0 Frickley Athletic

President's Cup:

  • Morecambe bt. Stalybridge Celtic

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

  • Stalybridge Celtic bt. Morecambe

References
  1. HFS Loans League
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