The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history 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

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competition in

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. It was the last Northern Premier League season, consisting of a single division, as before the next season 19 clubs joined the league and formed a new Division One.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

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

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promoted to

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

The following club joined the League at the start of the season: * Barrow relegated from

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 ...

League table

Results

Cup Results

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: *''Macclesfield Town'' bt. Burton Albion President's Cup: *''Macclesfield Town'' 2–1 Marine Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. *''Bangor City''¹ bt. Macclesfield Town ^{1 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.}

End of the season

At the end of the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Macclesfield Town applied to join the

and were successful.

Promotion and relegation

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season: * Macclesfield Town promoted to

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home g ...

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 ...

The following two clubs joined the League the following season: *

Frickley Athletic Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are members of the and play at Westfield Lane. History The club was formed on 30 July 1908, and became a member of the South Yorkshire Lea ...

relegated from

From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a Division One, with 19 clubs.

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF
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