1977–78 Northern Premier League
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| Season | 1977–78 |
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| Champions | Boston United |
| Promoted | Wigan Athletic |
| Relegated | Great Harwood |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1447 (2.62 per match) |
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← 1976–77
1978–79 →
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The 1977–78 Northern Premier League season was the tenth in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
Final table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts 1 | ||
| 1 | Boston United | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 71 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 83 | 45 | +38 | 65 |
| 3 | Bangor City | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 92 | 50 | +42 | 62 |
| 4 | Scarborough | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 62 |
| 5 | Altrincham | 46 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 84 | 49 | +37 | 59 |
| 6 | Northwich Victoria | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 83 | 55 | +28 | 58 |
| 7 | Stafford Rangers | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 57 |
| 8 | Runcorn | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 57 |
| 9 | Mossley | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 85 | 73 | +12 | 55 |
| 10 | Matlock Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 79 | 60 | +19 | 53 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 66 | 82 | −16 | 44 |
| 12 | Frickley Athletic | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 77 | 81 | −4 | 42 |
| 13 | Barrow | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 40 |
| 14 | Goole Town | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 39 |
| 15 | Great Harwood | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 66 | 83 | −17 | 39 |
| 16 | Gainsborough Trinity | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 61 | 74 | −13 | 38 |
| 17 | Gateshead | 46 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 65 | 74 | −9 | 37 |
| 18 | Netherfield | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 35 |
| 19 | Workington | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 48 | 80 | −32 | 34 |
| 20 | Worksop Town | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 34 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 67 | 92 | −25 | 33 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 60 | 92 | −32 | 33 |
| 23 | Buxton | 46 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 60 | 95 | −35 | 32 |
| 24 | South Liverpool | 46 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 53 | 111 | −58 | 25 |
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 | GHT | KEN | LNC | MAC | MAT | MOR | MOS | NOR | RUN | SCA | CHO | STA | WIG | WRK | WKS |
| Altrincham | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | |
| Bangor City | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Barrow | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Boston United | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 4–0 | |
| Buxton | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 7–0 | |
| Frickley Athletic | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Gateshead | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Goole Town | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| Great Harwood Town | 0–2 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Kendal Town | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Lancaster City | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 3–3 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Matlock Town | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Morecambe | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | |
| Runcorn | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Scarborough | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |
| South Liverpool | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Workington | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Updated to games played on 7 May 1978.
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.
Promotion and relegation
In the tenth season of the Northern Premier League 2nd placed Wigan Athletic applied for election to the Football League and succeeded, joining Football League Division Four; they replaced Southport, who swapped leagues with them. No sides were relegated, but Great Harwood left the League at the end of the season.
Cup Results
- Matlock Town 3–0 Boston United
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Matlock Town bt. Boston United
