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1980–81 Alliance Premier League

FieldValue
competitionAlliance Premier League
season1980–81
winnersAltrincham (2nd Alliance Premier League title)
continentalcup1Promoted to the Football League
continentalcup1 qualifiersNone
continentalcup2Runners-up
continentalcup2 qualifiersKettering Town
continentalcup3Relegated to
Level 6
continentalcup3 qualifiersBangor City,
Nuneaton Borough,
Wealdstone
continentalcup4Promoted for the next season
continentalcup4 qualifiersDagenham,
Dartford,
Enfield,
Runcorn,
Trowbridge Town
league topscorerColin Williams (26 goals)Williams' goals include also goals scored in the League Cup.
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
matches380
total goals1048
prevseason[1979–80](1979-80-alliance-premier-league)
nextseason[1981–82](1981-82-alliance-premier-league)

Level 6 Nuneaton Borough, Wealdstone Dartford, Enfield, Runcorn, Trowbridge Town AP Leamington 5–0 Telford United Bath City 5–0 AP Leamington Frickley Athletic 5–0 Barrow 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

  • Frickley Athletic (promoted 1979–80)

League table

Results

Altrincham Bangor City Barnet Barrow Bath City Boston United Gravesend & N Frickley Kettering Town AP Leamington Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Borough Scarborough Stafford Telford United Wealdstone Weymouth Worcester City Yeovil Town

Tops scorers

RankPlayerClubLeagueFA CupFA TrophyLeague CupTotalThe number of goals is the sum of league and league cup goals.
**1**WilliamsNorthwich Victoria26
2J. N. EvansKettering Town25
3Graham HeathcoteAltrincham19
=John RogersAltrincham19
=Graham WitheyBath City19
6Frank OvardMaidstone United17
7Clive GreenYeovil Town16
8Colin CowperthwaiteBarrow15
9David MatherTelford United13
10D. GardnerAP Leamington12
=HicktonAP Leamington12
=Aniello IannoneWeymouth12
=Mick WadsworthFrickley Athletic12
=WoodallFrickley Athletic12

Promotion and relegation

  • Dagenham (from the Isthmian League Premier Division)
  • Dartford (from the Southern League Southern Division)
  • Enfield (from the Isthmian League Premier Division)
  • Runcorn (from the Northern Premier League)
  • Trowbridge Town (from the Southern League Midland Division)

Relegated

  • Bangor City (to the Northern Premier League)
  • Nuneaton Borough (to the Southern League Midland Division)
  • Wealdstone (to the Southern League Southern Division)

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:

ClubFinal PositionVotes
Tranmere Rovers21st (Fourth Division)48
Hereford United22nd (Fourth Division)46
York City24th (Fourth Division)46
Halifax Town23rd (Fourth Division)41
Altrincham1st (Alliance Premier League)15

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

References

References

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