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Football league season
Northern Premier League
Season1984–85
ChampionsStafford Rangers
PromotedStafford Rangers
RelegatedGrantham
Matches played462
Goals scored1,295 (2.8 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Northern Premier League season was the 17th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:

The following club joined the League at the start of the season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stafford Rangers (C, P) 42 26 8 8 81 40 +41 86 Promoted to Alliance Premier League
2 Macclesfield Town 42 23 13 6 67 39 +28 82
3 Witton Albion 42 22 8 12 57 39 +18 74
4 Hyde United 42 21 8 13 68 52 +16 71
5 Marine 42 18 15 9 59 34 +25 69
6 Burton Albion 42 18 15 9 70 49 +21 69
7 Worksop Town 42 19 10 13 68 56 +12 67
8 Workington 42 18 9 15 59 53 +6 63
9 Horwich RMI 42 16 14 12 67 50 +17 62
10 Bangor City 42 17 9 16 70 61 +9 60 Qualification for the 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Gainsborough Trinity 42 14 14 14 72 73 −1 56
12 Southport 42 15 9 18 65 66 −1 54
13 Matlock Town 42 14 9 19 56 66 −10 51
14 Oswestry Town 42 14 9 19 59 75 −16 51
15 Mossley 42 14 9 19 45 65 −20 51
16 Goole Town 42 13 11 18 60 65 −5 50
17 Rhyl 42 11 14 17 52 63 −11 47
18 Morecambe 42 11 14 17 51 67 −16 47
19 Chorley 42 12 10 20 47 63 −16 46
20 South Liverpool 42 9 15 18 43 71 −28 42
21 Grantham (R) 42 8 13 21 41 69 −28 36 Relegated to Southern League Midland Division
22 Buxton 42 8 6 28 38 79 −41 30
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Grantham had 1 point deducted.

Results

Home \ Away BAN BRT BUX CHO GAI GOO GRN HOR HYD MAC MAR MAT MOR MOS OSW RHL SLI SOU STA WTN WRK WKS
Bangor City 1–2 1–2 6–1 3–1 8–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–4
Burton Albion 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–4 0–0 3–1 1–1
Buxton 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Chorley 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 5–2 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2
Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 4–3 0–4 1–3 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 6–1 2–4 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–6
Goole Town 1–2 2–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–4 4–0
Grantham Town 4–3 2–0 3–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Horwich RMI 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1
Hyde United 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–3
Macclesfield Town 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 6–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–1
Marine 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–1
Matlock Town 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–5 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 4–2 2–1 4–2 0–4 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0
Morecambe 1–4 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–4 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1
Mossley 1–0 3–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–3
Oswestry Town 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 5–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 5–3
Rhyl 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–5 2–3 1–2 0–1 0–1
South Liverpool 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3
Southport 1–1 1–0 7–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 5–2 1–0 2–1
Stafford Rangers 4–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 6–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 7–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0
Witton Albion 5–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1
Workington 4–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–0
Worksop Town 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 1985. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

  • Marine bt. Goole Town

President's Cup:

  • Rhyl 2–0 Macclesfield Town

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

  • Stafford Rangers bt. Marine

End of the season

At the end of the seventeenth season of the Northern Premier League, Stafford Rangers applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season:

The following two clubs joined the League the following season:

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