1992–93 Northern Premier League
# 1992–93 Northern Premier League

The 1992–93 Northern Premier League season was the 25th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier Division, won by Southport and the First Division, won by Bridlington Town. It was known as the HFS Loans League for sponsorship reasons.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured three new teams:

* Barrow relegated from the Football Conference
* Colwyn Bay promoted as champions from Division One
* Winsford United promoted as runners-up from Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Southport (C, P) | 42 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 103 | 31 | +72 | 96 | Promotion to Football Conference |
| 2 | Winsford United | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 91 | 43 | +48 | 90 | |
| 3 | Morecambe | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 93 | 51 | +42 | 86 | |
| 4 | Marine | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 83 | 47 | +36 | 86 | |
| 5 | Leek Town | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 86 | 51 | +35 | 74 | |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 79 | 45 | +34 | 73 | |
| 7 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 69 | |
| 8 | Barrow | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 71 | 55 | +16 | 65 | |
| 9 | Hyde United | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 87 | 71 | +16 | 64 | |
| 10 | Bishop Auckland | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 62 | |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 59 | |
| 12 | Colwyn Bay | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 80 | 79 | +1 | 54 | |
| 13 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 72 | 79 | −7 | 52 | |
| 14 | Buxton | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 60 | 75 | −15 | 49 | |
| 15 | Matlock Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 79 | −23 | 47 | |
| 16 | Emley | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 62 | 91 | −29 | 45 | |
| 17 | Whitley Bay | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 57 | 96 | −39 | 41 | |
| 18 | Chorley | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 93 | −41 | 40 | |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 50 | 77 | −27 | 37 | |
| 20 | Droylsden | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 47 | 84 | −37 | 37 | |
| 21 | Mossley (R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 53 | 95 | −42 | 29 | Relegation to NPL Division One |
| 22 | Goole Town (R) | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 47 | 105 | −58 | 27 | Relegation to NPL Division One |

* ↑ Matlock Town were docked 3 points

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | BRW | BIS | BUX | CHO | COL | DRO | EML | FLE | FRK | GAI | GOO | HOR | HYD | LEE | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | SOU | WHI | WNS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Accrington Stanley | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Barrow | 2–0 | | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Bishop Auckland | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Buxton | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Chorley | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Colwyn Bay | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 7–3 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–3 |
| Droylsden | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Emley | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 1–5 | 5–5 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Fleetwood Town | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Frickley Athletic | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 |
| Goole Town | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–8 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 5–1 | 2–4 |
| Horwich RMI | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Hyde United | 2–6 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Leek Town | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Marine | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Matlock Town | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–6 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Morecambe | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–4 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Mossley | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–4 |
| Southport | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Whitley Bay | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | | 0–3 |
| Winsford United | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | |

## Division One

Division One featured four new teams:

* Ashton United promoted as champions of the NWCFL Division One
* Great Harwood Town promoted as runners-up of the NWCFL Division One
* Gretna promoted as champions of the Northern League Division One
* Shepshed Albion relegated from the Premier Division

The Shepshed Charterhouse Renamed to Shepshed Albion before this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bridlington Town (C, P) | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 84 | 35 | +49 | 86 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Knowsley United (P) | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 86 | 48 | +38 | 76 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 3 | Ashton United | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 74 | |
| 4 | Guiseley | 40 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 64 | +26 | 70 | |
| 5 | Warrington Town | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 67 | |
| 6 | Gretna | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 63 | |
| 7 | Curzon Ashton | 40 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 63 | |
| 8 | Great Harwood Town | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 60 | |
| 9 | Harrogate Town | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 77 | 81 | −4 | 54 | |
| 10 | Alfreton Town | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 54 | |
| 11 | Worksop Town | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 70 | −4 | 54 | |
| 12 | Radcliffe Borough | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 66 | 69 | −3 | 53 | |
| 13 | Workington | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 52 | |
| 14 | Eastwood Town | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 50 | |
| 15 | Netherfield | 40 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 47 | |
| 16 | Caernarfon Town | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 66 | 74 | −8 | 47 | |
| 17 | Farsley Celtic | 40 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 77 | −13 | 44 | |
| 18 | Lancaster City | 40 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 76 | −27 | 42 | |
| 19 | Shepshed Albion (R) | 40 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to Midland Combination Premier Division |
| 20 | Congleton Town | 40 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 95 | −37 | 37 | |
| 21 | Rossendale United (R) | 40 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 50 | 126 | −76 | 20 | Relegation to NWCFL Division One |

## Promotion and relegation

In the twenty-fifth season of the Northern Premier League Southport (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Mossley and Goole Town were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Boston United, First Division winners Bridlington Town and second placed Knowsley United. In the First Division Shepshed Albion and Rossendale United left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Spennymoor United and Bamber Bridge.

## Cup Results

Challenge Cup:

* Winsford United bt. Warrington Town

President's Cup:

* Winsford United bt. Southport

Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the Presidents Cup.

* Southport bt. Winsford United
