1970–71 Northern Premier League
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The 1970–71 Northern Premier League season was the third in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
Final table
| Season | 1970–71 |
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| Champions | Wigan Athletic |
| Promoted | None |
| Relegated | None |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1466 (3.17 per match) |
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← 1969–70
1971–72 →
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv 1 | Pts 2 |
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| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 91 | 32 | 2.84 | 67 |
| 2 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 87 | 51 | 1.71 | 61 |
| 3 | Scarborough | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 83 | 40 | 2.08 | 58 |
| 4 | Boston United | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 69 | 31 | 2.23 | 56 |
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 84 | 45 | 1.87 | 56 |
| 6 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 71 | 55 | 1.29 | 49 |
| 7 | Bangor City | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 72 | 61 | 1.18 | 48 |
| 8 | Altrincham | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 76 | 1.05 | 48 |
| 9 | South Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 67 | 57 | 1.18 | 45 |
| 10 | Chorley | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 58 | 61 | 0.95 | 42 |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 63 | 1.03 | 41 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 67 | 79 | 0.85 | 39 |
| 13 | South Shields | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 66 | 1.02 | 38 |
| 14 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 73 | 0.74 | 38 |
| 15 | Lancaster City | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 53 | 76 | 0.70 | 36 |
| 16 | Netherfield | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 57 | 1.04 | 35 |
| 17 | Matlock Town | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 80 | 0.73 | 33 |
| 18 | Fleetwood | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 56 | 90 | 0.62 | 31 |
| 19 | Great Harwood | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 66 | 98 | 0.67 | 29 |
| 20 | Runcorn | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 58 | 84 | 0.69 | 25 |
| 21 | Kirkby Town | 42 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 57 | 93 | 0.61 | 25 |
| 22 | Goole Town | 42 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 44 | 98 | 0.45 | 24 |
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
2 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 | BOS | BPA | CHO | FLE | GAI | GOO | GHT | KEN | Knowsley United | LNC | MAC | MAT | MOR | NOR | RUN | SCA | CHO | SSH | STA | WIG |
| Altrincham | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Bangor City | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–5 | |
| Boston United | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| Chorley | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | |
| Goole Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | |
| Great Harwood Town | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–7 | 2–2 | |
| Kendal Town | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Knowsley United | 4–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |
| Lancaster City | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Matlock Town | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | |
| Morecambe | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Runcorn | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Scarborough | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| South Liverpool | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| South Shields | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
Updated to games played on 8 May 1971.
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 third season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams were put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated. Skelmersdale United and Ellesmere Port Town were newly admitted into the League.
Cup Results
- Fleetwood Town 1–1 agg. (replay 1–0) Macclesfield Town
