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Northern Premier League 1987-88
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The 1987-88 Northern Premier League season was the 20th in the history of the Northern Premier League , a football competition in England . Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
Premier Division Teams
Premier Division Final Table
Position
Team
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
Goals For
Goals Against
Goal Difference
Points 1
1
Chorley
42
26
10
6
78
35
+43
88
2
Hyde United
42
25
10
7
91
52
+39
85
3
Caernarfon Town
42
22
10
10
56
34
+22
76
4
Morecambe
42
19
15
8
61
41
+20
72
5
Barrow
42
21
8
13
70
41
+29
71
6
Worksop Town
42
20
11
11
74
55
+19
71
7
Bangor City
42
20
10
12
72
55
+17
70
8
Rhyl
42
18
13
11
70
42
+28
67
9
Marine
42
19
10
13
67
45
+22
67
10
Frickley Athletic
42
18
11
13
61
55
+6
65
11
Witton Albion
42
16
12
14
61
47
+14
60
12
Goole Town
42
17
9
16
71
61
+10
60
13
Horwich RMI
42
17
9
16
46
42
+4
60
14
Southport
42
15
12
15
43
48
-5
57
15
South Liverpool
42
10
19
13
56
64
-8
49
16
Buxton
42
11
14
17
72
76
-4
47
17
Mossley
42
11
11
20
54
75
-21
44
18
Gateshead
42
11
7
24
52
71
-19
40
19
Matlock Town
42
10
8
24
58
89
-31
38
20
Gainsborough Trinity
42
8
10
24
38
81
-43
34
21
Oswestry Town
42
6
10
26
44
101
-57
28
22
Workington
42
6
3
33
28
113
-85
21
1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
First Division Teams
Division One Final Table
Position
Team
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
Goals For
Goals Against
Goal Difference
Points 1
1
Fleetwood Town
36
22
7
7
85
45
+40
73
2
Stalybridge Celtic
36
22
6
8
72
42
+30
72
3
Leek Town
36
20
10
6
63
38
+25
70
4
Accrington Stanley
36
21
6
9
71
39
+32
69
5
Farsley Celtic
36
18
9
9
64
48
+16
63
6
Droylsden
36
16
10
10
63
48
+15
58
7
Eastwood Hanley
36
14
12
10
50
37
+13
56
8
Winsford United
36
15
6
15
59
47
+12
51
9
Congleton Town
36
12
16
8
43
39
+4
512
10
Harrogate Town
36
13
9
14
51
50
+1
48
11
Alfreton Town
36
13
8
15
53
54
-1
47
12
Radcliffe Borough
36
11
13
12
66
62
+4
46
13
Irlam Town
36
12
10
14
39
45
-6
46
14
Penrith
36
11
11
14
46
51
-5
44
15
Sutton Town
36
11
5
20
51
96
-45
38
16
Lancaster City
36
10
6
20
45
72
-27
36
17
Eastwood Town
36
8
10
18
45
65
-20
34
18
Curzon Ashton
36
8
4
24
43
73
-30
28
19
Netherfield
36
4
4
28
35
93
-58
16
1 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
2 Congleton Town were deducted 1 point.
Promotion and relegation
In the twentieth season of the Northern Premier League Chorley (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference . Meanwhile Oswestry Town folded at the end of the season and Workington were relegated; these three sides were replaced by First Division winners Fleetwood Town , second placed Stalybridge Celtic and newly-admitted Shepshed Charterhouse . Colne Dynamoes , Bishop Auckland , Whitley Bay and Newtown were admitted into the First Division at the end of the season.
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