The1989–90 Northern Premier League season was the 22nd in the history of theNorthern Premier League, afootball competition inEngland. Teams were divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First. It was known as theHFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.[1]
| Season | 1989–90 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Colne Dynamoes |
| Promoted | Gateshead |
| Relegated | Caernarfon Town Rhyl |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,391 (3.01 per match) |
1990–91 → | |
The Premier Division featured two new teams:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colne Dynamoes(C) | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 102 | |
| 2 | Gateshead(P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 76 | Promoted toFootball Conference |
| 3 | Witton Albion | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 73 | |
| 4 | Hyde United | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 71 | |
| 5 | South Liverpool | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 89 | 79 | +10 | 69 | |
| 6 | Matlock Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 66 | |
| 7 | Southport | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 65 | |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 63 | |
| 9 | Marine | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 62 | |
| 10 | Bangor City | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 60 | |
| 11 | Bishop Auckland | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 64 | +8 | 59 | |
| 12 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 56 | |
| 13 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 56 | |
| 14 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 66 | 69 | −3 | 55[a] | |
| 15 | Morecambe | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 54 | |
| 16 | Buxton | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 53 | |
| 17 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 45 | |
| 18 | Mossley | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 82 | −21 | 43 | |
| 19 | Goole Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 41 | |
| 20 | Shepshed Charterhouse | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 55 | 82 | −27 | 40 | |
| 21 | Caernarfon Town(R) | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 86 | −30 | 38 | Relegated toDivision One |
| 22 | Rhyl(R) | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 77 | −34 | 30[b] |
| Home \ Away | BAN | BIS | BUX | CNR | CHO | FLE | FRK | GAI | GAT | GOO | HOR | HYD | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | RHL | CHR | SLI | SOU | STL | WTN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor City | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Bishop Auckland | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Buxton | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Caernarfon Town | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Colne Dynamoes | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | |
| Gateshead | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Goole Town | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Horwich RMI | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Hyde United | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Marine | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Matlock Town | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| Morecambe | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Rhyl | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Shepshed Charterhouse | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| South Liverpool | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Southport | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Witton Albion | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| Season | 1989–90 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Leek Town |
| Promoted | Leek Town Droylsden |
| Relegated | Eastwood Hanley Penrith |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,408 (3.05 per match) |
1990–91 → | |
The Division One featured three new teams:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leek Town(C, P) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 86 | Promoted toPremier Division |
| 2 | Droylsden(P) | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 80[a] | |
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 53 | +27 | 76 | |
| 4 | Whitley Bay | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 93 | 59 | +34 | 74 | |
| 5 | Emley | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 69 | |
| 6 | Congleton Town | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 69[b] | |
| 7 | Winsford United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 64 | |
| 8 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 62 | |
| 9 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 60 | |
| 10 | Lancaster City | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 59 | |
| 11 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 59 | |
| 12 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 71 | 76 | −5 | 57 | |
| 13 | Rossendale United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 73 | 69 | +4 | 54 | |
| 14 | Newtown | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 54 | |
| 15 | Irlam Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 53 | |
| 16 | Workington | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 50 | |
| 17 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 49 | |
| 18 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 59 | 85 | −26 | 47 | |
| 19 | Worksop Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 56 | 95 | −39 | 44 | |
| 20 | Netherfield | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 56 | 89 | −33 | 39 | |
| 21 | Eastwood Hanley(R) | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 76 | −31 | 36 | Relegated toNWCFL Division One |
| 22 | Penrith(R) | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 88 | −44 | 36 |
In the twenty-second season of the Northern Premier League Colne Dynamoes should have been promoted as champions, but folded at the end of the season, so 2nd placed Gateshead took their place in theFootball Conference while relegatedChorley took Gateshead's place. Meanwhile, Caernarfon Town and Rhyl were relegated; these two sides were replaced byFirst Division winnersLeek Town and second placedDroylsden. Eastwood Hanley and Penrith left the First Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admittedBridlington Town andWarrington Town.
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Division One and Winners of the NPL Cup.