1983–84 Alliance Premier League
# 1983–84 Alliance Premier League

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

## 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 | 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 | 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 |

* 1 2 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 | 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 | |

* ↑ 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.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | League |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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.

