The1987–88 Northern Premier League season was the 20th in the history of theNorthern Premier League, afootball competition inEngland. Teams were divided into two divisions.
| Season | 1987–88 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Chorley |
| Promoted | Chorley |
| Relegated | Oswestry Town Workington |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,349 (2.92 per match) |
1988–89 → | |
The Premier Division featured two new teams:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chorley(C, P) | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 35 | +43 | 88 | Promoted toFootball Conference |
| 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 | Club Folded |
| 22 | Workington(R) | 42 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 113 | −85 | 21 | Relegated toDivision One |
| Home \ Away | BAN | BRW | BUX | CNR | CHO | FRK | GAI | GAT | GOO | HOR | HYD | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | OSW | RHL | SLI | SOU | WTN | WRK | WKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor City | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | |
| Barrow | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Buxton | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Caernarfon Town | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Chorley | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 9–0 | 0–1 | |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Gateshead | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–5 | |
| Goole Town | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 1–2 | |
| Horwich RMI | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Hyde United | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | |
| Marine | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Matlock Town | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Morecambe | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Mossley | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Oswestry Town | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | |
| Rhyl | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| South Liverpool | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Southport | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| Witton Albion | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | |
| Workington | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–8 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Season | 1987–88 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fleetwood Town |
| Promoted | Fleetwood Town Stalybridge Celtic |
| Matches | 344 |
| Goals | 1,014 (2.95 per match) |
1988–89 → | |
It was the first Division One season, it was formed by clubs from:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleetwood Town(C, P) | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 85 | 45 | +40 | 73 | Promoted toPremier Division |
| 2 | Stalybridge Celtic(P) | 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 | 54 | |
| 8 | Winsford United | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 51 | |
| 9 | Congleton Town | 36 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 51[a] | |
| 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 |
In the twentieth season of the Northern Premier League Chorley (as champions) were automatically promoted to theFootball Conference. Meanwhile, Oswestry Town folded at the end of the season and Workington were relegated; these three sides were replaced byDivision One winnersFleetwood Town, second placedStalybridge Celtic and newly admittedShepshed Charterhouse.Colne Dynamoes,Bishop Auckland,Whitley Bay andNewtown were admitted into Division One at the end of the season.
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.