The 1982–83 Northern Premier League was the fifteenth season of the

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...

, a regional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

league in

Northern England Northern England, or the North of England, refers to the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, County Durham, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmo ...

, the northern areas of the

Midlands The Midlands is the central region of England, to the south of Northern England, to the north of southern England, to the east of Wales, and to the west of the North Sea. The Midlands comprises the ceremonial counties of Derbyshire, Herefor ...

and

North Wales North Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas. It borders mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west. The area is highly mountainous and rural, with Snowdon ...

. The season began on 21 August 1982 and concluded on 7 May 1983.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season: *

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the W ...

promoted to

Alliance Premier League The National League of English Football Clubs is a professional football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South. The National League ...

* Lancaster City relegated to North West Counties League Division One The following two clubs joined the League at the start of the season: *

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

promoted from Cheshire County League Division One (returning after a ten years absence) * Hyde United promoted from Cheshire County League Division One (returning after a twelve years absence)

League table

Results

Stadia and locations

Cup Results

Challenge Cup The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ...

: *''Burton Albion'' 2–1 Macclesfield Town President's Cup: *''Kings Lynn'' 3–2 Burton Albion Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. *''Burton Albion'' 2–0 GatesheadGateshead F.C. 1983/84
Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database. Retrieved on 2012-03-07.

End of the season

At the end of the fifteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Gateshead applied to join the

and was successful.

Promotion and relegation

The following four clubs left the League at the end of the season: *

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

promoted to

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is north-east of Peterborough, north-north-east of Cambridg ...

transferred to

Southern League Premier Division The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and e ...

* Tamworth demoted and transferred to Southern League Midland Division * Netherfield relegated to North West Counties League Division One The following four clubs joined the League the following season: * Barrow relegated from

* Stafford Rangers relegated from

* Horwich RMI promoted from North West Counties League Division One *

Rhyl Rhyl (; , ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire in Wales. The town lies on the coast of North Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd. To the west is Kinmel Bay and Towyn, to the east Prestatyn, and to the south-east Rhuddlan ...

promoted from North West Counties League Division One

References

External links

Northern Premier League official website

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