Northern England
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North Wales
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. The season began on 11 August 1973 and concluded on 9 May 1974.
Overview
Team changes
The following club left the League at the end of the previous season:
* Ellesmere Port Town resigned, demoted to
Lancashire Combination
The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 it ...
The following club joined the League at the start of the season:
*
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Cheshire County League
League table
Results
Stadia and locations
Cup results
Challenge Cup
Northern Premier League Shield
Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
FA Cup
Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only three teams reached for the second round:
Second Round
Third Round
FA Trophy
Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, four teams reached for the fourth round:
Fourth Round
Semi-finals
Final
End of the season
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
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.A history of admission to the Football League /ref>
Promotion and relegation
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
Worksop Town Football Club is an English football club based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. As of the 2021–22 season the team plays in the . They are nicknamed ''The Tigers'' and play their home games at Sandy Lane in Worksop.
History First clu ...