| Season | 1983–84 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Maidstone United (1stAlliance Premier League title) |
| Promoted to theFootball League | None |
| Runners-up | Nuneaton Borough |
| Relegated to Level 6 | Bangor City, Trowbridge Town |
| Promoted for the next season | Barrow, Dartford |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,290 (2.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Paul Culpin(Nuneaton Borough), 41 |
| Biggest home win | Frickley Athletic –Boston United 7–1; Maidstone United –Telford United 6–0; Wealdstone –Trowbridge Town 6–0 |
| Biggest away win | Barnet –Maidstone United 0–4; Boston United –Gateshead 0–4; Scarborough –Enfield 0–4; Trowbridge Town –Barnet 0–4; Weymouth –Wealdstone 0–4 |
| Highest scoring | Gateshead –Boston United 5–5 |
| Longest winning run | ? |
| Longest unbeaten run | ? |
| Longest losing run | ? |
| Highest attendance | ? |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | ? |
1984–85 → | |
The Alliance Premier League season of 1983–84 was the fifth season of theAlliance Premier League.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maidstone United(C) | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 70 | |
| 2 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 69 | |
| 3 | Altrincham | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 65 | |
| 4 | Wealdstone | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 62 | |
| 5 | Runcorn | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 62 | |
| 6 | Bath City | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 53 | |
| 7 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 51 | |
| 8 | Worcester City | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 49 | |
| 9 | Barnet | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 49 | |
| 10 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 49 | |
| 11 | Telford United | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 49 | |
| 12 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 48 | |
| 13 | Scarborough | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 48 | |
| 14 | Enfield | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 43 | |
| 15 | Weymouth | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 42 | |
| 16 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 73 | −14 | 42 | |
| 17 | Boston United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 80 | −14 | 41 | |
| 18 | Dagenham | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 40 | |
| 19 | Kettering Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 37 | |
| 20 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 55 | 77 | −22 | 35 | |
| 21 | Bangor City(R) | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 54 | 82 | −28 | 29 | Relegation to theNorthern Premier League |
| 22 | Trowbridge Town(R) | 42 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 87 | −54 | 19 | Relegation to theSouthern League Premier Division |
| Home \ Away | ALT | BAN | BAR | BAT | BOS | DAG | ENF | FRK | GAT | KET | KID | MDS | NOR | NUN | RUN | SCA | TEL | TRO | WEA | WEY | WRC | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | |
| Bangor City | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–0 | |
| Barnet | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Bath City | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Boston United | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1[a] | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
| Dagenham | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Enfield | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Frickley Athletic | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Gateshead | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Kettering Town | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Maidstone United | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Nuneaton Borough | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Runcorn | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | |
| Scarborough | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | |
| Telford United | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Trowbridge Town | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Wealdstone | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Weymouth | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| Worcester City | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 |
As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Maidstone United won the right (for the 2nd time) to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1983–84Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:
| Club | Final Position | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Chester City | 24th (Fourth Division) | 52 |
| Halifax Town | 21st (Fourth Division) | 52 |
| Rochdale | 22nd (Fourth Division) | 50 |
| Hartlepool United | 23rd (Fourth Division) | 32 |
| Maidstone United | 1st (Alliance Premier League) | 22 |
As a result of this, Maidstone United did not gain membership of the Football League.