fbpx
Wikipedia

1973–74 Northern Premier League

The 1973–74 Northern Premier League was the sixth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 11 August 1973 and concluded on 9 May 1974.[1]

Northern Premier League
Season1973–74
ChampionsBoston United
PromotedNone
Relegatednone
Matches played552
Goals scored1,479 (2.68 per match)
Biggest home winWigan Athletic 7–0 Matlock Town[1]
(8 September 1973)

Wigan Athletic 7–0 Great Harwood[1]
(22 September 1973)

Gainsborough Trinity 7–0 Fleetwood[1]
(26 April 1974)
Biggest away winBradford Park Avenue 1–7 Stafford Rangers[1]
(8 September 1973)

Bradford Park Avenue 0–6 South Shields[1]
(18 September 1973)

Morecambe 0–6 South Shields[1]
(2 May 1974)
Highest scoringBradford Park Avenue 1–7 Stafford Rangers[1]
(8 September 1973)

Runcorn 6–2 Mossley[1]
(8 October 1973)
Wigan Athletic 5–3 Northwich Victoria[1]
(10 November 1973)
South Shields 7–1 Morecambe[1]
(17 November 1973)
Lancaster City 7–1 Goole Town[1]
(22 December 1973)
South Liverpool 5–3 Northwich Victoria[1]
(3 March 1974)

Goole Town 7–1 Morecambe[1]
(20 April 1974)
Longest winning run10 matches
Stafford Rangers
(24 November 1973 – 9 February 1974)
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Scarborough
(21 August 1973 – 20 October 1973)
Longest winless run17 matches
Bradford Park Avenue
(11 August 1973 – 27 October 1973)
Mossley
(8 October 1973 – 26 January 1974)
Longest losing run7 matches
Netherfield
(9 February 1974 – 16 March 1974)

Overview edit

Team changes edit

The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:

The following club joined the League at the start of the season:

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Boston United (C) 46 27 11 8 69 32 2.156 65
2 Wigan Athletic 46 28 8 10 96 39 2.462 64
3 Altrincham 46 26 11 9 77 34 2.265 63
4 Stafford Rangers 46 27 9 10 101 45 2.244 63
5 Scarborough 46 22 14 10 62 43 1.442 58
6 South Shields 46 25 6 15 87 48 1.813 56
7 Runcorn 46 21 14 11 72 47 1.532 56
8 Macclesfield Town 46 18 15 13 48 47 1.021 51
9 Bangor City 46 19 11 16 65 56 1.161 49
10 Gainsborough Trinity 46 18 11 17 77 64 1.203 47
11 South Liverpool 46 16 15 15 55 47 1.170 47
12 Skelmersdale United 46 16 13 17 50 59 0.847 45
13 Goole Town 46 14 15 17 60 69 0.870 43
14 Fleetwood 46 14 15 17 48 68 0.706 43
15 Northwich Victoria 46 14 13 19 68 75 0.907 41
16 Mossley 46 15 11 20 53 65 0.815 41
17 Morecambe 46 13 13 20 62 84 0.738 39
18 Buxton 46 14 10 22 45 71 0.634 38
19 Matlock Town 46 11 14 21 50 79 0.633 36
20 Great Harwood 46 10 14 22 52 74 0.703 34
21 Bradford Park Avenue 46 9 15 22 42 84 0.500 33 Club Folded
22 Barrow 46 13 7 26 46 94 0.489 33
23 Lancaster City 46 10 12 24 52 67 0.776 32
24 Netherfield 46 11 5 30 42 88 0.477 27
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 1974. Source: The Football Archives
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.

The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.

The points system up until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away ALT BAN BRW BOS BPA BUX FLE GAI GOO GHA LNC MAC MAT MOR MOS NET NOR RUN SCA SKU SLI SSH STA WIG
Altrincham 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 6–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Bangor City 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–2 5–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–2
Barrow 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–4 2–2 2–0 2–5 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–3
Boston United 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 2–2
Bradford Park Avenue 0–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–4 0–2 0–6 1–7 0–0
Buxton 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–4
Fleetwood Town 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Gainsborough Trinity 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 7–0 4–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–4 4–0 5–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 2–1
Goole Town 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 7–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–1
Great Harwood 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–4 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1
Lancaster City 1–2 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 7–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–4
Macclesfield Town 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Matlock Town 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–3
Morecambe 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 4–1 3–3 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 5–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–6 1–3 0–2
Mossley 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 0–3 0–3
Netherfield 4–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 6–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–5 1–0
Northwich Victoria 1–2 1–1 5–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–1 5–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2
Runcorn 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 6–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1
Scarborough 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0
Skelmersdale United 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
South Liverpool 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–3 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–0
South Shields 0–0 2–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 7–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 6–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–2
Stafford Rangers 1–1 4–3 1–3 3–2 6–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 0–1 5–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0
Wigan Athletic 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 4–1 5–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 7–0 2–0 2–4 7–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 5–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 1974. Source: The Football Archives
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations edit

Cup results edit

Challenge Cup edit

Stage Home Team Score Away Team
1st Leg Boston United ?–? Altrincham
2nd Leg Altrincham ?–? Boston United
Aggregate Boston United 4–3 Altrincham

Northern Premier League Shield edit

Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Home Team Score Away Team
Wigan Athletic beat Boston United

FA Cup edit

Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only three teams reached for the second round:

Second Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Altrincham
Altrincham 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Replay
Boston United 1–0 Hitchin Town
Port Vale 2–1 Scarborough

Third Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Derby County 0–0 Boston United
Boston United 1–6 Derby County Replay

FA Trophy edit

Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, four teams reached for the fourth round:

Fourth Round

Home Team Score Away Team
Bedford Town 0–1 Morecambe
Stafford Rangers 0–0 Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield Town 2–0 Stafford Rangers Replay
South Shields 0–0 Worcester City
Worcester City 0–2 South Shields Replay

Semi-finals

Stage Home Team Score Away Team
1st Leg Macclesfield Town 0–0 Dartford
2nd Leg Dartford 2–1 Macclesfield Town
Aggregate Dartford 2–1 Macclesfield Town
1st Leg South Shields 0–1 Morecambe
2nd Leg Morecambe 2–0 South Shields
Aggregate Morecambe 3–0 South Shields

Final

Home Team Score Away Team
Morecambe 2–1 Dartford

End of the season edit

At the end of the sixth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for election received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League. Bradford Park Avenue folded.

Football League elections edit

Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of seven non-League teams applied for election, one of which were from the Northern Premier League. All four Football League teams were re-elected.[2]

Promotion and relegation edit

The following club left the League at the end of the season:

The following club joined the League the following season:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "The Football Archives 73–74". The Football Archives.
  2. ^ A history of admission to the Football League

External links edit

  • Northern Premier League official website
  • Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF
  • Football Club History Database

1973, northern, premier, league, sixth, season, northern, premier, league, regional, football, league, northern, england, northern, areas, midlands, north, wales, season, began, august, 1973, concluded, 1974, northern, premier, leagueseason1973, 74championsbos. The 1973 74 Northern Premier League was the sixth season of the Northern Premier League a regional football league in Northern England the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales The season began on 11 August 1973 and concluded on 9 May 1974 1 Northern Premier LeagueSeason1973 74ChampionsBoston UnitedPromotedNoneRelegatednoneMatches played552Goals scored1 479 2 68 per match Biggest home winWigan Athletic 7 0 Matlock Town 1 8 September 1973 Wigan Athletic 7 0 Great Harwood 1 22 September 1973 Gainsborough Trinity 7 0 Fleetwood 1 26 April 1974 Biggest away winBradford Park Avenue 1 7 Stafford Rangers 1 8 September 1973 Bradford Park Avenue 0 6 South Shields 1 18 September 1973 Morecambe 0 6 South Shields 1 2 May 1974 Highest scoringBradford Park Avenue 1 7 Stafford Rangers 1 8 September 1973 Runcorn 6 2 Mossley 1 8 October 1973 Wigan Athletic 5 3 Northwich Victoria 1 10 November 1973 South Shields 7 1 Morecambe 1 17 November 1973 Lancaster City 7 1 Goole Town 1 22 December 1973 South Liverpool 5 3 Northwich Victoria 1 3 March 1974 Goole Town 7 1 Morecambe 1 20 April 1974 Longest winning run10 matchesStafford Rangers 24 November 1973 9 February 1974 Longest unbeaten run17 matchesScarborough 21 August 1973 20 October 1973 Longest winless run17 matchesBradford Park Avenue 11 August 1973 27 October 1973 Mossley 8 October 1973 26 January 1974 Longest losing run7 matchesNetherfield 9 February 1974 16 March 1974 1972 731974 75 Contents 1 Overview 1 1 Team changes 1 2 League table 1 3 Results 1 4 Stadia and locations 2 Cup results 2 1 Challenge Cup 2 2 Northern Premier League Shield 2 3 FA Cup 2 4 FA Trophy 3 End of the season 3 1 Football League elections 3 2 Promotion and relegation 4 References 5 External linksOverview editTeam changes edit The following club left the League at the end of the previous season Ellesmere Port Town resigned demoted to Lancashire Combination The following club joined the League at the start of the season Buxton promoted from Cheshire County League League table edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Boston United C 46 27 11 8 69 32 2 156 65 2 Wigan Athletic 46 28 8 10 96 39 2 462 64 3 Altrincham 46 26 11 9 77 34 2 265 63 4 Stafford Rangers 46 27 9 10 101 45 2 244 63 5 Scarborough 46 22 14 10 62 43 1 442 58 6 South Shields 46 25 6 15 87 48 1 813 56 7 Runcorn 46 21 14 11 72 47 1 532 56 8 Macclesfield Town 46 18 15 13 48 47 1 021 51 9 Bangor City 46 19 11 16 65 56 1 161 49 10 Gainsborough Trinity 46 18 11 17 77 64 1 203 47 11 South Liverpool 46 16 15 15 55 47 1 170 47 12 Skelmersdale United 46 16 13 17 50 59 0 847 45 13 Goole Town 46 14 15 17 60 69 0 870 43 14 Fleetwood 46 14 15 17 48 68 0 706 43 15 Northwich Victoria 46 14 13 19 68 75 0 907 41 16 Mossley 46 15 11 20 53 65 0 815 41 17 Morecambe 46 13 13 20 62 84 0 738 39 18 Buxton 46 14 10 22 45 71 0 634 38 19 Matlock Town 46 11 14 21 50 79 0 633 36 20 Great Harwood 46 10 14 22 52 74 0 703 34 21 Bradford Park Avenue 46 9 15 22 42 84 0 500 33 Club Folded 22 Barrow 46 13 7 26 46 94 0 489 33 23 Lancaster City 46 10 12 24 52 67 0 776 32 24 Netherfield 46 11 5 30 42 88 0 477 27Updated to match es played on 9 May 1974 Source The Football ArchivesRules for classification 1 points 2 goal average 3 number of goals scored The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976 77 season The points system up until the 1982 83 season 2 points for a win 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing C Champions Results edit Home Away ALT BAN BRW BOS BPA BUX FLE GAI GOO GHA LNC MAC MAT MOR MOS NET NOR RUN SCA SKU SLI SSH STA WIG Altrincham 4 0 3 0 2 0 4 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 Bangor City 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 2 5 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 Barrow 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 5 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 Boston United 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 4 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 4 2 4 1 1 0 2 2 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 6 1 7 0 0 Buxton 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 Fleetwood Town 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 Gainsborough Trinity 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 3 2 7 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 4 4 0 5 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 1 Goole Town 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 3 2 1 Great Harwood 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 Lancaster City 1 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 7 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 Macclesfield Town 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 Matlock Town 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 Morecambe 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 1 3 3 2 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 5 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 6 1 3 0 2 Mossley 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 3 0 3 Netherfield 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 Northwich Victoria 1 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 Runcorn 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 Scarborough 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 Skelmersdale United 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 South Liverpool 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 South Shields 0 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 Stafford Rangers 1 1 4 3 1 3 3 2 6 0 2 0 5 0 3 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 4 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 Wigan Athletic 1 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 4 1 5 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 7 0 2 0 2 4 7 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 Updated to match es played on 9 May 1974 Source The Football ArchivesLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Stadia and locations edit nbsp nbsp Altrincham nbsp Bangor City nbsp Barrow nbsp Boston United nbsp Bradford Park Avenue nbsp Buxton nbsp Fleetwood nbsp Gainsborough Trinity nbsp Goole Town nbsp Great Harwood nbsp Lancaster City nbsp Macclesfield Town nbsp Matlock Town nbsp Morecambe nbsp Mossley nbsp Netherfield nbsp Northwich Victoria nbsp Runcorn nbsp Scarborough nbsp Skelmersdale United nbsp South Liverpool nbsp South Shields nbsp Stafford Rangers nbsp Wigan Athleticclass notpageimage Locations of the 1973 74 Northern Premier League teams Team Stadium Altrincham Moss Lane Bangor City Farrar Road Barrow Holker Street Boston United York Street Bradford Park Avenue Park Avenue Buxton The Silverlands Fleetwood Highbury Gainsborough Trinity The Northolme Goole Town Victoria Pleasure Ground Great Harwood The Showground Lancaster City Great Axe Macclesfield Town Moss Rose Matlock Town Causeway Lane Morecambe Christie Park Mossley Seel Park Netherfield Parkside Northwich Victoria Drill Field Runcorn Canal Street Scarborough Athletic Ground Skelmersdale United White Moss Park South Liverpool Holly Park South Shields Simonside Hall Stafford Rangers Marston Road Wigan Athletic Springfield ParkCup results editChallenge Cup edit Main article Northern Premier League Challenge Cup Stage Home Team Score Away Team 1st Leg Boston United Altrincham 2nd Leg Altrincham Boston United Aggregate Boston United 4 3 Altrincham Northern Premier League Shield edit Main article Northern Premier League Shield Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup Home Team Score Away Team Wigan Athletic beat Boston United FA Cup edit Main article 1973 74 FA Cup Out of the twenty four clubs from the Northern Premier League only three teams reached for the second round Second Round Home Team Score Away Team Blackburn Rovers 0 0 Altrincham Altrincham 0 2 Blackburn Rovers Replay Boston United 1 0 Hitchin Town Port Vale 2 1 Scarborough Third Round Home Team Score Away Team Derby County 0 0 Boston United Boston United 1 6 Derby County Replay FA Trophy edit Main article 1973 74 FA Trophy Out of the twenty four clubs from the Northern Premier League four teams reached for the fourth round Fourth Round Home Team Score Away Team Bedford Town 0 1 Morecambe Stafford Rangers 0 0 Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town 2 0 Stafford Rangers Replay South Shields 0 0 Worcester City Worcester City 0 2 South Shields Replay Semi finals Stage Home Team Score Away Team 1st Leg Macclesfield Town 0 0 Dartford 2nd Leg Dartford 2 1 Macclesfield Town Aggregate Dartford 2 1 Macclesfield Town 1st Leg South Shields 0 1 Morecambe 2nd Leg Morecambe 2 0 South Shields Aggregate Morecambe 3 0 South Shields Final Home Team Score Away Team Morecambe 2 1 DartfordEnd of the season editAt the end of the sixth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for election received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League Bradford Park Avenue folded Football League elections edit Alongside the four Football League teams facing re election a total of seven non League teams applied for election one of which were from the Northern Premier League All four Football League teams were re elected 2 Club League Votes Doncaster Rovers Football League 46 Stockport County Football League 38 Crewe Alexandra Football League 37 Workington Football League 21 Kettering Town Southern League 16 Yeovil Town Southern League 14 Wigan Athletic Northern Premier League 10 Chelmsford City Southern League 8 Nuneaton Borough Southern League 1 Telford United Southern League 1 Cambridge City Southern League 0 Promotion and relegation edit The following club left the League at the end of the season Bradford Park Avenue folded The following club joined the League the following season Worksop Town promoted from Midland League 1889 returning after a five year s absence References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n The Football Archives 73 74 The Football Archives A history of admission to the Football LeagueExternal links editNorthern Premier League official website Northern Premier League tables at RSSSF Football Club History Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1973 74 Northern Premier League amp oldid 1194329040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.