1974–75 Northern Premier League
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| Season | 1974–75 |
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| Champions | Boston United |
| Promoted | None |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1596 (2.89 per match) |
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1975–76 →
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The 1974–75 Northern Premier League season was the seventh in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
Final table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GA 1 | Pts 2 | ||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 94 | 38 | 2.47 | 72 |
| 2 | Runcorn | 46 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 102 | 42 | 2.43 | 68 |
| 3 | Altrincham | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 87 | 43 | 2.02 | 64 |
| 4 | Stafford Rangers | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 81 | 39 | 2.08 | 63 |
| 5 | Scarborough | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 75 | 45 | 1.67 | 60 |
| 6 | Mossley | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 78 | 52 | 1.50 | 57 |
| 7 | Gateshead United | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 74 | 48 | 1.54 | 56 |
| 8 | Goole Town | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 75 | 71 | 1.06 | 50 |
| 9 | Northwich Victoria | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 83 | 71 | 1.17 | 48 |
| 10 | Great Harwood | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 69 | 66 | 1.05 | 48 |
| 11 | Matlock Town | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 87 | 79 | 1.10 | 46 |
| 12 | Boston United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 64 | 63 | 1.02 | 46 |
| 13 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 71 | 87 | 0.82 | 43 |
| 14 | Worksop Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 69 | 66 | 1.05 | 42 |
| 15 | South Liverpool | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 59 | 71 | 0.83 | 42 |
| 16 | Buxton | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 50 | 77 | 0.65 | 39 |
| 17 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 46 | 62 | 0.74 | 36 |
| 18 | Lancaster City | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 76 | 0.70 | 36 |
| 19 | Bangor City | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 56 | 67 | 0.84 | 35 |
| 20 | Gainsborough Trinity | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 46 | 79 | 0.58 | 35 |
| 21 | Skelmersdale United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 63 | 93 | 0.68 | 33 |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 72 | 0.63 | 33 |
| 23 | Netherfield | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 43 | 92 | 0.47 | 32 |
| 24 | Fleetwood | 46 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 97 | 0.27 | 20 |
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 | BRW | BOS | BUX | FLE | GAI | GOO | GHT | KEN | LNC | MAC | MAT | MOR | MOS | NOR | RUN | SCA | SKU | CHO | SSH | STA | WIG | WKS |
| Altrincham | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Bangor City | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Barrow | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |
| Boston United | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Buxton | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Goole Town | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Great Harwood Town | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Kendal Town | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | |
| Lancaster City | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–10 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Matlock Town | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Morecambe | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–7 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Mossley | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Runcorn | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Scarborough | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Skelmersdale United | 0–5 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| South Liverpool | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| South Shields | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
Updated to games played on 12 May 1975.
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 sixth 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.
Cup Results
- Runcorn 2–1 agg. Stafford Rangers
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Wigan Athletic bt. Runcorn
