1980–81 Alliance Premier League

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Alliance Premier League
Season1980–81[1]
ChampionsAltrincham (2nd Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueNone
Runners-upKettering Town
Relegated to
Level 6		Bangor City,
Nuneaton Borough,
Wealdstone
Promoted for the next seasonDagenham,
Dartford,
Enfield,
Runcorn,
Trowbridge Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,048 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerColin Williams (26 goals)[notes2 1]
Biggest home winKettering Town 6–1 Frickley Athletic
AP Leamington 5–0 Telford United
Bath City 5–0 AP Leamington
Frickley Athletic 5–0 Barrow
Biggest away winYeovil Town 0–5 Weymouth
Highest scoringBangor City 4–5 Altrincham

The 1980–81 Alliance Premier League season was the second season of the Alliance Premier League. Altrincham were the winners of their second Alliance Premier League title.

New team(s) in the league this season[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Altrincham[a] 38 14 2 3 40 21 9 6 4 32 20 +31 54 Alliance Premier League champions, no promotion
2 Kettering Town 38 13 4 2 38 12 8 5 6 28 25 +29 51
3 Scarborough 38 10 7 2 25 11 7 6 6 24 18 +20 47
4 Northwich Victoria 38 12 4 3 32 13 5 7 7 21 27 +13 45
5 Weymouth 38 11 4 4 30 18 8 2 9 24 22 +14 44
6 Bath City 38 9 6 4 23 8 7 4 8 28 24 +19 42
7 Maidstone United 38 12 4 3 42 18 4 5 10 22 35 +11 41
8 Boston United 38 10 4 5 39 30 6 5 8 24 28 +5 41
9 Barrow 38 10 3 6 25 18 5 5 9 25 31 +1 38
10 Frickley Athletic[b] 38 10 4 5 36 22 5 4 10 25 40 −1 38
11 Stafford Rangers 38 10 4 5 34 22 1 11 7 22 34 0 37
12 Worcester City 38 10 4 5 33 25 4 3 12 14 29 −7 35
13 Telford United 38 7 6 6 25 23 6 3 10 22 36 −12 35
14 Yeovil Town 38 9 2 8 37 30 5 4 10 23 34 −4 34
15 Gravesend & Northfleet 38 8 4 7 26 21 5 4 10 22 34 −7 34
16 AP Leamington 38 6 7 6 29 26 4 4 11 18 40 −19 31
17 Barnet 38 8 5 6 27 26 4 2 13 12 38 −25 31
18 Nuneaton Borough 38 6 5 8 27 31 4 4 11 22 34 −16 29 Relegated to Southern League Midland Division
19 Wealdstone 38 6 8 5 27 19 3 3 13 10 37 −19 29 Relegated to Southern League Southern Division
20 Bangor City 38 5 6 8 25 34 1 6 12 10 34 −33 24 Relegated to Northern Premier League
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Alliance Premier League Cup winners
  2. ^ New club in the Alliance Premier League

Note: FA Trophy winners (Bishop's Stortford, Isthmian League Division One)

Results[]

Home \ Away ALT APL BAN BAR BRW BAT BOS FRK GRN KET MDS NOR NUN SCA STA TEL WEA WEY WRC YEO
Altrincham 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 4–3 4–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1
AP Leamington 2–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–4 0–0 2–2 4–1 3–3 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
Bangor City 4–5 1–0 4–2 2–6 0–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–5 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2
Barnet 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–2 4–4
Barrow 0–4 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1
Bath City 0–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–1
Boston United 1–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–3 2–2 5–3 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1
Frickley Athletic 0–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1
Gravesend & Northfleet 0–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2
Kettering Town 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 6–1 2–0 3–0 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0
Maidstone United 1–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–2
Northwich Victoria 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2
Nuneaton Borough 0–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 2–0 0–4 2–2 3–3 2–0 1–4 2–3 3–0
Scarborough 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
Stafford Rangers 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 3–3 2–3 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Telford United 3–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 5–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1
Wealdstone 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Weymouth 0–0 3–2 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Worcester City 0–0 3–3 1–1 4–0 2–4 0–2 1–4 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 4–1 2–1 0–1
Yeovil Town 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 5–3 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 3–4 1–2 4–0 0–5 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1981–82. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1982.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Locations of the 1980–81 Alliance Premier League clubs

Tops scorers[]

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1][notes2 2]
1 Northwich Victoria 26
2 Kettering Town 25
3 Graham Heathcote Altrincham 19
= John Rogers Altrincham 19
= Graham Withey Bath City 19
6 Frank Ovard Maidstone United 17
7 Clive Green Yeovil Town 16
8 Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 15
9 David Mather Telford United 13
10 AP Leamington 12
= Hickton AP Leamington 12
= Aniello Iannone Weymouth 12
= Mick Wadsworth Frickley Athletic 12
= Frickley Athletic 12
  1. ^ Williams' goals include also goals scored in the League Cup.
  2. ^ The number of goals is the sum of league and league cup goals.

Promotion and relegation[]

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Relegated[]

Election to the Football League[]

As winners of the Alliance Premier League Altrincham won (for the second season running) the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1980–81 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club Final Position Votes
Tranmere Rovers 21st (Fourth Division) 48
Hereford United 22nd (Fourth Division) 46
York City 24th (Fourth Division) 46
Halifax Town 23rd (Fourth Division) 41
Altrincham 1st (Alliance Premier League) 15

As a result of this, Altrincham did not gain membership of the Football League.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Rollin, Jack (ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1981–82, p. 902–904. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald Futura Publishers, London, 1981.

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