1980–81 Northern Premier League
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| Season | 1980–81 |
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| Champions | Runcorn |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1349 (2.92 per match) |
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← 1979–80
1981–82 →
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The 1980–81 Northern Premier League season was the 13th 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 | Runcorn | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 99 | 22 | +77 | 71 |
| 2 | Mossley | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 95 | 55 | +40 | 55 |
| 3 | Marine | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 54 |
| 4 | Buxton | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 49 |
| 5 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 47 |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 46 |
| 7 | Witton Albion | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 46 |
| 8 | Goole Town | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 44 |
| 9 | South Liverpool | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 44 |
| 10 | Workington | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 43 |
| 11 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 42 |
| 12 | Worksop Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 66 | 61 | +5 | 41 |
| 13 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 39 |
| 14 | Grantham | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 37 |
| 15 | Matlock Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 57 | 80 | −23 | 36 |
| 16 | Lancaster City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 35 |
| 17 | Netherfield | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 73 | 81 | −8 | 34 |
| 18 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 34 |
| 19 | King's Lynn | 42 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 34 |
| 20 | Southport | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 33 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 30 |
| 22 | Tamworth | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 30 |
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 | BRT | BUX | GAI | GAT | GOO | GRN | KEN | KLY | LNC | MAC | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | OSW | RUN | CHO | SOU | TAM | WTN | WRK | WKS |
| Burton Albion | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| Buxton | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Gateshead | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Goole Town | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Grantham Town | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Kendal Town | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| King's Lynn | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Lancaster City | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–5 | |
| Marine | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Matlock Town | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | |
| Morecambe | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Mossley | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
| Oswestry Town | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | |
| Runcorn | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| South Liverpool | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Southport | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Tamworth | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
| Witton Albion | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Workington | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
Updated to games played on 3 May 1981.
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 thirteenth season of the Northern Premier League Runcorn (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League and were replaced by relegated Bangor City.
Cup Results
Challenge Cup Cup:
- Marine bt. Runcorn
Northern Premier League Shield:
- Runcorn bt. Mossley
