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1983–84 Alliance Premier League

FieldValue
competitionAlliance Premier League
season1983–84
winners**Maidstone United** (1st Alliance Premier League title)
continentalcup1Promoted to the Football League
continentalcup1 qualifiersNone
continentalcup2Runners-up
continentalcup2 qualifiersNuneaton Borough
continentalcup3Relegated to
Level 6
continentalcup3 qualifiersBangor City,
Trowbridge Town
continentalcup4Promoted for the next season
continentalcup4 qualifiersBarrow,
Dartford
league topscorerPaul Culpin *(Nuneaton Borough)*, 41
biggest home winFrickley Athletic – Boston United 7–1;
Maidstone United – Telford United 6–0;
Wealdstone – Trowbridge Town 6–0
biggest away winBarnet – Maidstone United 0–4;
Boston United – Gateshead 0–4;
Scarborough – Enfield 0–4;
Trowbridge Town – Barnet 0–4;
Weymouth – Wealdstone 0–4
highest scoringGateshead – Boston United 5–5
matches462
total goals1290
longest wins?
longest unbeaten?
longest losses?
highest attendance?
lowest attendance?
average attendance?
prevseason[1982–83](1982-83-alliance-premier-league)
nextseason[1984–85](1984-85-alliance-premier-league)

Level 6 Trowbridge Town Dartford Maidstone United – Telford United 6–0; Wealdstone – Trowbridge Town 6–0 Boston United – Gateshead 0–4; Scarborough – Enfield 0–4; Trowbridge Town – Barnet 0–4; Weymouth – Wealdstone 0–4 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

Results

was 1–1, not 2–2 as Rothmans had it.

Altrincham Bangor City Barnet Bath City Boston United Dagenham Enfield Frickley Gateshead Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Runcorn Scarborough Telford United Trowbridge Wealdstone Weymouth Worcester City Yeovil Town

Barnet Dagenham Enfield Wealdstone

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubLeagueFA CupFA TrophyLeague CupTotal
**1**** Paul Culpin **** Nuneaton Borough ****41**
2Mark GravesWealdstone31
3John BartleyMaidstone United27
4Steve MahoneyBarnet19
5Graham BennettAltrincham17
=Mark CarterBangor City17
=Gary HooleyFrickley Athletic17
=Paul MossWorcester City17
=Graham ReedFrickley Athletic17
10Frank MurphyNuneaton16
11Noel AshfordEnfield15
=Chris CookBoston United15
=Dave HoffbauerKettering Town15
=John PowellKidderminster Harriers15
15Stuart AtkinsBarnet14
=Mike DohertyYeovil Town14
=Paul WilsonFrickley Athletic14
18Bob ToppingGateshead13
19Paul ReidNorthwich Victoria12
20Colin ChestersNorthwich Victoria11
=Colin WilliamsTelford United11

Promotion and relegation

  • 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:

ClubFinal PositionVotes
Chester City24th (Fourth Division)52
Halifax Town21st (Fourth Division)52
Rochdale22nd (Fourth Division)50
Hartlepool United23rd (Fourth Division)32
Maidstone United1st (Alliance Premier League)22

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

References

References

  1. Peter Dunk (ed.), ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85''. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1984.
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