1978–79 Northern Premier League
| Season | 1978–79 |
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| Champions | Mossley |
| Promoted | Altrincham Scarborough Boston United Stafford Rangers Northwich Victoria Bangor City Barrow |
| Matches played | 506 |
| Goals scored | 1414 (2.79 per match) |
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← 1977–78
1979–80 →
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The 1978–79 Northern Premier League season was the eleventh in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
No sides applied for election to the Football League nor were automatically promoted. This season saw several sides leave the League to join the newly formed Alliance Premier League, which would later become the Football Conference. Altrincham, Scarborough, Boston United, Stafford Rangers, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City and Barrow all left, replaced by Southern League sides Grantham, Oswestry Town, Burton Albion and Tamworth, as well as Cheshire County League sides Witton Albion and Marine. No sides were relegated.
Final table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts 1 | ||
| 1 | Mossley | 44 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 117 | 48 | +69 | 69 |
| 2 | Altrincham | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 93 | 39 | +54 | 61 |
| 3 | Matlock Town | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 100 | 59 | +41 | 56 |
| 4 | Scarborough | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 52 |
| 5 | Southport | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 52 |
| 6 | Boston United | 44 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 52 |
| 7 | Runcorn | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 79 | 54 | +25 | 51 |
| 8 | Stafford Rangers | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 50 |
| 9 | Goole Town | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 49 |
| 10 | Northwich Victoria | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 47 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 46 |
| 12 | Bangor City | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 44 |
| 13 | Worksop Town | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 40 |
| 14 | Workington | 44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 39 |
| 15 | Netherfield | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 37 |
| 16 | Barrow | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 47 | 78 | −31 | 37 |
| 17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 36 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 35 |
| 19 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 35 |
| 20 | South Liverpool | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 85 | −37 | 34 |
| 21 | Gateshead | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 33 |
| 22 | Buxton | 44 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 84 | −34 | 31 |
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 92 | −52 | 26 |
1 The points system up until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | ALT | BAN | BRW | BOS | BUX | FRK | GAI | GAT | GOO | KEN | LNC | MAC | MAT | MOR | MOS | NOR | RUN | SCA | CHO | SOU | STA | WRK | WKS |
| Altrincham | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | |
| Bangor City | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | |
| Barrow | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Boston United | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Buxton | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | |
| Frickley Athletic | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Gateshead | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Goole Town | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Kendal Town | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Lancaster City | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Matlock Town | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
| Morecambe | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Runcorn | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Scarborough | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| South Liverpool | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Southport | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Workington | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 21 May 1979.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Cup Results
- Mossley 4–1 Northwich Victoria
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Altrincham 1 bt. Mossley
1 As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the NPL cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
