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1979–80 Alliance Premier League

November 30, 2023

The 1979–80 Alliance Premier League was the inaugural season of the Alliance Premier League – the first league outside the Football League to cover the whole of England.

Alliance Premier League
Season1979–80[1]
ChampionsAltrincham
Promoted to the Football LeagueNone
Runners-upWeymouth
Relegated to
Level 6		Redditch United
Promoted for next seasonFrickley Athletic
Matches played380
Goals scored972 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerG. J. Smith Northwich Victoria (29 goals)[notes2 1]
Biggest home winMaidstone United 6–0 Bath City
Biggest away winRedditch United 1–5 Bangor City
Stafford Rangers 1–5 Weymouth
Highest scoringNorthwich Victoria 6–3 Barrow
Kettering Town 3–6 Stafford Rangers

Overview edit

Between 1979 and 2004 the single-division Alliance Premier League formed Level 5 of the English football league system. Since 2004 two regional divisions were added at Level 6.

The founder members of the Alliance Premier League were drawn from the Southern League and Northern Premier League, covering the country from Yeovil Town in the South West to Barrow in the far North. One club from Wales – Bangor City – also participated.

Teams edit

From the Northern Premier League
From the Southern League

League table edit

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Altrincham 38 16 3 0 45 9 8 5 6 34 26 +44 56 Alliance Premier League champions, no promotion
2 Weymouth 38 13 3 3 40 14 9 7 3 33 23 +36 54
3 Worcester City 38 12 6 1 29 15 7 5 7 24 21 +17 49
4 Boston United 38 11 7 1 40 20 5 6 8 12 23 +9 45
5 Gravesend & Northfleet 38 12 4 3 36 18 5 6 8 13 26 +5 44
6 Maidstone United 38 11 4 4 38 15 5 7 7 16 22 +17 43
7 Kettering Town 38 9 5 5 29 26 6 8 5 26 24 +5 43
8 Northwich Victoria 38 11 5 3 31 14 5 5 9 19 24 +12 42 Alliance Premier League Cup winners
9 Bangor City 38 9 6 4 21 18 5 8 6 20 28 −5 42
10 Nuneaton Borough 38 12 5 2 41 16 1 8 10 17 28 +14 39
11 Scarborough 38 8 8 3 32 14 4 7 8 15 24 +9 39
12 Yeovil Town 38 8 6 5 26 17 5 4 10 20 32 −3 36
13 Telford United 38 9 3 7 31 27 4 5 10 21 33 −8 34
14 Barrow 38 10 3 6 27 18 4 3 12 20 37 −8 34
15 Wealdstone 38 5 9 5 26 25 4 6 9 16 29 −12 33
16 Bath City 38 7 9 3 26 21 3 3 13 17 48 −26 32
17 Barnet 38 7 6 6 18 18 3 4 12 14 30 −16 30
18 AP Leamington 38 5 5 9 16 27 2 6 11 16 36 −31 25
19 Stafford Rangers 38 4 7 8 20 21 2 3 14 21 36 −16 22
20 Redditch United 38 4 5 10 18 29 1 3 15 8 40 −43 18 Relegated to the Southern League Midland Division
Source: [1]

Note: FA Trophy winners (Dagenham, Isthmian League Premier Division)

Results edit

Home \ Away ALT APL BAN BAR BRW BAT BOS GRN KET MDS NOR NUN RED SCA STA TEL WEA WEY WRC YEO
Altrincham 3–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–1
AP Leamington 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–4
Bangor City 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0
Barnet 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–3
Barrow 1–3 6–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0
Bath City 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–4 4–2 0–4 1–1
Boston United 2–5 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–0
Gravesend & Northfleet 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 3–2 2–0
Kettering Town 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–6 3–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 5–3
Maidstone United 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 3–4 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Northwich Victoria 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 6–3 6–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Nuneaton Borough 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0
Redditch United 0–1 3–1 1–5 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–2
Scarborough 1–1 5–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 6–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0
Stafford Rangers 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–5 0–0 2–1
Telford United 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 3–3 0–1 0–3
Wealdstone 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 5–0
Weymouth 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–2 3–0
Worcester City 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Yeovil Town 3–2 1–0 1–2 5–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1981.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the 1979–80 Alliance Premier League clubs
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Locations of the 1979–80 Alliance Premier League London clubs

Promotion and relegation edit

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Relegated edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1][notes2 2]
1 G. J. Smith Northwich Victoria 29
2 Tommy Paterson Weymouth 28
3 John Rogers Altrincham 24
4 Aniello Iannone Weymouth 22
5 J. P. Daubney Maidstone United 21
6 Barry Whitbread Altrincham 20
7 Bobby Brown Boston United 19
8 R. O. Gauden Scarborough 16
= David Mather Telford United 16
10 Roy Clayton Kettering Town 14
11 M. J. Neale Nuneaton Borough 13
= M. C. Wheeler Bath City 13
13 Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 12
= J. N. Evans Kettering Town 12
= D. Gardner AP Leamington 12
= Gerry O'Hara Worcester City 12
17 Neil Cordice Wealdstone 11
= Barry Howard Altrincham 11
= N. B. Johnson Wealdstone 11
= M. D. Phelps Worcester City 11
= P. Phipps Kettering Town 11
= P. T. Wilkey Telford United 11
  1. ^ G. J. Smith's goals include also goals scored in the League Cup.
  2. ^ The number of goals is the sum of league and league cup goals.

Election to the Football League edit

As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Altrincham won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom teams in the 1979–80 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club Final Position Votes
Darlington 22nd (Fourth Division) 49
Crewe Alexandra 23rd (Fourth Division) 48
Hereford United 21st (Fourth Division) 48
Rochdale 24th (Fourth Division) 26
Altrincham 1st (Alliance Premier League) 25

As a result of this, Altrincham failed to be elected to membership of the Football League, falling just one point behind Fourth Division's bottom club Rochdale.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Rollin, Jack (ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81, p. 939–947. Queen Anne Press, Queen Anne Press, London & Sydney, 1980.

External links edit

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The 1979 80 Alliance Premier League was the inaugural season of the Alliance Premier League the first league outside the Football League to cover the whole of England Alliance Premier LeagueSeason1979 80 1 ChampionsAltrinchamPromoted to the Football LeagueNoneRunners upWeymouthRelegated toLevel 6Redditch UnitedPromoted for next seasonFrickley AthleticMatches played380Goals scored972 2 56 per match Top goalscorerG J Smith Northwich Victoria 29 goals notes2 1 Biggest home winMaidstone United 6 0 Bath CityBiggest away winRedditch United 1 5 Bangor CityStafford Rangers 1 5 WeymouthHighest scoringNorthwich Victoria 6 3 BarrowKettering Town 3 6 Stafford Rangers1980 81 Contents 1 Overview 2 Teams 3 League table 4 Results 5 Promotion and relegation 5 1 Promoted 5 2 Relegated 6 Top scorers 7 Election to the Football League 8 References 9 External linksOverview editBetween 1979 and 2004 the single division Alliance Premier League formed Level 5 of the English football league system Since 2004 two regional divisions were added at Level 6 The founder members of the Alliance Premier League were drawn from the Southern League and Northern Premier League covering the country from Yeovil Town in the South West to Barrow in the far North One club from Wales Bangor City also participated Teams editFrom the Northern Premier LeagueAltrincham Bangor City Barrow Boston United Northwich Victoria Scarborough Stafford Rangers From the Southern LeagueAP Leamington Barnet Bath City Gravesend amp Northfleet Kettering Town Maidstone United Nuneaton Borough Redditch United Telford United Wealdstone Weymouth Yeovil Town Worcester CityLeague table editPos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 Altrincham 38 16 3 0 45 9 8 5 6 34 26 44 56 Alliance Premier League champions no promotion2 Weymouth 38 13 3 3 40 14 9 7 3 33 23 36 543 Worcester City 38 12 6 1 29 15 7 5 7 24 21 17 494 Boston United 38 11 7 1 40 20 5 6 8 12 23 9 455 Gravesend amp Northfleet 38 12 4 3 36 18 5 6 8 13 26 5 446 Maidstone United 38 11 4 4 38 15 5 7 7 16 22 17 437 Kettering Town 38 9 5 5 29 26 6 8 5 26 24 5 438 Northwich Victoria 38 11 5 3 31 14 5 5 9 19 24 12 42 Alliance Premier League Cup winners9 Bangor City 38 9 6 4 21 18 5 8 6 20 28 5 4210 Nuneaton Borough 38 12 5 2 41 16 1 8 10 17 28 14 3911 Scarborough 38 8 8 3 32 14 4 7 8 15 24 9 3912 Yeovil Town 38 8 6 5 26 17 5 4 10 20 32 3 3613 Telford United 38 9 3 7 31 27 4 5 10 21 33 8 3414 Barrow 38 10 3 6 27 18 4 3 12 20 37 8 3415 Wealdstone 38 5 9 5 26 25 4 6 9 16 29 12 3316 Bath City 38 7 9 3 26 21 3 3 13 17 48 26 3217 Barnet 38 7 6 6 18 18 3 4 12 14 30 16 3018 AP Leamington 38 5 5 9 16 27 2 6 11 16 36 31 2519 Stafford Rangers 38 4 7 8 20 21 2 3 14 21 36 16 2220 Redditch United 38 4 5 10 18 29 1 3 15 8 40 43 18 Relegated to the Southern League Midland DivisionSource 1 Note FA Trophy winners Dagenham Isthmian League Premier Division Results editHome Away ALT APL BAN BAR BRW BAT BOS GRN KET MDS NOR NUN RED SCA STA TEL WEA WEY WRC YEOAltrincham 3 0 5 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1AP Leamington 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4Bangor City 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0Barnet 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 3Barrow 1 3 6 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0Bath City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 0 4 1 1Boston United 2 5 2 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 0Gravesend amp Northfleet 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 3 3 2 2 0Kettering Town 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 6 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 5 3Maidstone United 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 4 1 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 1Northwich Victoria 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 6 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1Nuneaton Borough 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0Redditch United 0 1 3 1 1 5 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 2 1 1 2 2Scarborough 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 2 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0Stafford Rangers 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 1Telford United 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 0 1 0 3Wealdstone 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 5 0Weymouth 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 4 0 1 2 3 0Worcester City 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 0Yeovil Town 3 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2Updated to match es played on unknown Source Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980 81 Queen Anne Press Macdonald Futura Publishers London amp Sydney 1981 1 Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win nbsp nbsp London nbsp Altrincham nbsp Bangor City nbsp Barrow nbsp Bath City nbsp Boston United nbsp Gravesend amp Northfleet nbsp Kettering Town nbsp AP Leamington nbsp Maidstone United nbsp Northwich Victoria nbsp Nuneaton Borough nbsp Redditch nbsp Scarborough nbsp Stafford Rangers nbsp Telford United nbsp Weymouth nbsp Worcester City nbsp Yeovil Town nbsp London clubs BarnetWealdstoneclass notpageimage Locations of the 1979 80 Alliance Premier League clubs nbsp nbsp nbsp BarnetWealdstoneclass notpageimage Locations of the 1979 80 Alliance Premier League London clubsPromotion and relegation editPromoted edit Frickley Athletic from the Northern Premier League Relegated edit Redditch United to the Southern League Midland Division Top scorers editRank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total 1 notes2 2 1 G J Smith Northwich Victoria 292 Tommy Paterson Weymouth 283 John Rogers Altrincham 244 Aniello Iannone Weymouth 225 J P Daubney Maidstone United 216 Barry Whitbread Altrincham 207 Bobby Brown Boston United 198 R O Gauden Scarborough 16 David Mather Telford United 1610 Roy Clayton Kettering Town 1411 M J Neale Nuneaton Borough 13 M C Wheeler Bath City 1313 Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 12 J N Evans Kettering Town 12 D Gardner AP Leamington 12 Gerry O Hara Worcester City 1217 Neil Cordice Wealdstone 11 Barry Howard Altrincham 11 N B Johnson Wealdstone 11 M D Phelps Worcester City 11 P Phipps Kettering Town 11 P T Wilkey Telford United 11 G J Smith s goals include also goals scored in the League Cup The number of goals is the sum of league and league cup goals Election to the Football League editAs winners of the Alliance Premier League Altrincham won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom teams in the 1979 80 Football League Fourth Division The vote went as follows Club Final Position VotesDarlington 22nd Fourth Division 49Crewe Alexandra 23rd Fourth Division 48Hereford United 21st Fourth Division 48Rochdale 24th Fourth Division 26Altrincham 1st Alliance Premier League 25As a result of this Altrincham failed to be elected to membership of the Football League falling just one point behind Fourth Division s bottom club Rochdale References edit a b c d Rollin Jack ed Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980 81 p 939 947 Queen Anne Press Queen Anne Press London amp Sydney 1980 External links edit1979 80 Football Conference Results Re election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 80 Alliance Premier League amp oldid 1051933507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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