1983–84 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1983–84 was the fifth season of the Alliance Premier League.

Alliance Premier League

Season	1983–84
Champions	Maidstone United (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Runners-up	Nuneaton Borough
Relegated to Level 6	Bangor City, Trowbridge Town
Promoted for the next season	Barrow, Dartford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,290 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Culpin (Nuneaton Borough), 41
Biggest home win	Frickley Athletic – Boston United 7–1; Maidstone United – Telford United 6–0; Wealdstone – Trowbridge Town 6–0
Biggest away win	Barnet – Maidstone United 0–4; Boston United – Gateshead 0–4; Scarborough – Enfield 0–4; Trowbridge Town – Barnet 0–4; Weymouth – Wealdstone 0–4
Highest scoring	Gateshead – Boston United 5–5
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

New teams in the league this season

• Gateshead (promoted 1982–83)
• Kidderminster Harriers (promoted 1982–83)

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maidstone United	42	12	8	1	40	15	11	5	5	31	19	+37	70	Alliance Premier League Champions, no promotion
2	Nuneaton Borough	42	14	6	1	44	17	10	5	6	26	23	+30	69
3	Altrincham	42	13	3	5	40	20	10	6	5	24	19	+25	65
4	Wealdstone	42	15	4	2	48	14	6	10	5	27	22	+39	62
5	Runcorn	42	11	8	2	34	18	9	5	7	27	27	+16	62
6	Bath City	42	10	7	4	33	17	7	5	9	27	31	+12	53
7	Northwich Victoria	42	11	8	2	35	18	5	6	10	19	29	+7	51	FA Trophy winners
8	Worcester City	42	9	7	5	36	22	6	6	9	28	33	+9	49
9	Barnet	42	9	3	9	27	28	7	7	7	28	30	−3	49
10	Kidderminster Harriers^[a]	42	7	9	5	32	30	7	5	9	22	31	−7	49
11	Telford United	42	13	3	5	32	19	4	8	9	18	39	−8	49
12	Frickley Athletic	42	13	3	5	49	25	4	7	10	19	31	+12	48
13	Scarborough	42	10	10	1	32	16	4	6	11	20	39	−3	48	Alliance Premier League Cup winners
14	Enfield	42	8	3	10	27	27	6	6	9	34	31	+3	43
15	Weymouth	42	5	4	12	28	33	8	4	9	26	32	−11	42
16	Gateshead^[a]	42	7	9	5	35	30	5	4	12	24	43	−14	42
17	Boston United	42	10	6	5	39	30	3	6	12	27	50	−14	41
18	Dagenham	42	10	3	8	34	26	4	5	12	23	43	−12	40
19	Kettering Town	42	8	3	10	31	31	4	6	11	22	36	−14	37
20	Yeovil Town	42	9	5	7	34	28	3	3	15	21	49	−22	35
21	Bangor City	42	7	4	10	35	32	3	2	16	19	50	−28	29	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Trowbridge Town	42	3	4	14	15	34	2	3	16	18	53	−54	19	Relegated to the Southern League

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw.
Notes:

1. New club in the Alliance Premier League

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BAN	BAR	BAT	BOS	DAG	ENF	FRK	GAT	KET	KID	MDS	NOR	NUN	RUN	SCA	TEL	TRO	WEA	WEY	WRC	YEO
Altrincham		2–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–3	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–4	2–1
Bangor City	1–3		0–1	1–0	0–0	2–4	2–1	4–1	3–3	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–0	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–4	3–0
Barnet	1–2	3–1		1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Bath City	0–0	5–1	0–1		4–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Boston United	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–0		3–0	3–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1^[a]	4–3	0–1	3–2
Dagenham	0–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0		1–4	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	6–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Enfield	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0		3–3	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–0
Frickley Athletic	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	7–1	4–0	1–1		4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–5	1–2	3–1	3–0
Gateshead	0–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	5–5	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–2
Kettering Town	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–0		4–2	0–2	1–0	3–4	1–0	2–3	4–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–3
Kidderminster Harriers	0–2	2–1	4–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–0	2–2	3–3	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–2
Maidstone United	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0
Northwich Victoria	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	4–2	1–1		1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Nuneaton Borough	0–1	3–0	2–2	5–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0		2–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1
Runcorn	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1		2–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	4–4
Scarborough	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–4	3–0
Telford United	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	3–1	0–3	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2
Trowbridge Town	0–0	1–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–4	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–2		1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0
Wealdstone	3–1	5–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	4–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	4–0	6–0		2–0	3–1	1–0
Weymouth	0–1	5–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	6–1	2–3	0–1	0–4		0–2	1–3
Worcester City	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–4	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	5–2	1–1	1–0		4–0
Yeovil Town	1–2	1–1	2–4	0–2	4–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	6–3	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1984.^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85 had one incorrect result, which is corrected in the results grid below: the result for Boston – Wealdstone
   was 1–1, not 2–2 as Rothmans had it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altrincham

Bangor City

Barnet

Bath City

Boston United

Dagenham

Enfield

Frickley

Gateshead

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Maidstone

Northwich Victoria

Nuneaton

Runcorn

Scarborough

Telford United

Trowbridge

Wealdstone

Weymouth

Worcester City

Yeovil Town

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Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1983–1984

 

 

 

 

 

Barnet

Dagenham

Enfield

Wealdstone

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Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1983–1984 London teams

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	League	FA Cup	FA Trophy	League Cup	Total^[1]
1	Paul Culpin	Nuneaton Borough	41
2	Mark Graves	Wealdstone	31
3	John Bartley	Maidstone United	27
4	Steve Mahoney	Barnet	19
5	Graham Bennett	Altrincham	17
=	Mark Carter	Bangor City	17
=	Gary Hooley	Frickley Athletic	17
=	Paul Moss	Worcester City	17
=	Graham Reed	Frickley Athletic	17
10	Frank Murphy	Nuneaton	16
11	Noel Ashford	Enfield	15
=	Chris Cook	Boston United	15
=	Dave Hoffbauer	Kettering Town	15
=	John Powell	Kidderminster Harriers	15
15	Stuart Atkins	Barnet	14
=	Mike Doherty	Yeovil Town	14
=	Paul Wilson	Frickley Athletic	14
18	Bob Topping	Gateshead	13
19	Paul Reid	Northwich Victoria	12
20	Colin Chesters	Northwich Victoria	11
=	Colin Williams	Telford United	11

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

• Barrow (from the Northern Premier League)
• Dartford (from the Southern Premier League)

Relegated

• Bangor City (to the Northern Premier League)
• Trowbridge Town (to the Southern Premier League)

Election to the Football League

As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Maidstone United won the right (for the 2nd time) to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1983–84 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club	Final Position	Votes
Chester City	24th (Fourth Division)	52
Halifax Town	21st (Fourth Division)	52
Rochdale	22nd (Fourth Division)	50
Hartlepool United	23rd (Fourth Division)	32
Maidstone United	1st (Alliance Premier League)	22

As a result of this, Maidstone United did not gain membership of the Football League.

References

1. Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1984.

External links

• – The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote.