1984–85 Northern Premier League
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| Season | 1984–85 |
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| Champions | Stafford Rangers |
| Promoted | Stafford Rangers |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1295 (2.8 per match) |
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← 1983–84
1985–86 →
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The 1984–85 Northern Premier League season was the 17th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
Final table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 86 |
| 2 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 82 |
| 3 | Witton Albion | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 74 |
| 4 | Hyde United | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 71 |
| 5 | Marine | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 69 |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 69 |
| 7 | Worksop Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 67 |
| 8 | Workington | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 63 |
| 9 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 62 |
| 10 | Bangor City | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 60 |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 72 | 73 | −1 | 56 |
| 12 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 54 |
| 13 | Matlock Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 51 |
| 14 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 51 |
| 15 | Mossley | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 51 |
| 16 | Goole Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 50 |
| 17 | Rhyl | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 47 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 47 |
| 19 | Chorley | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 46 |
| 20 | South Liverpool | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 42 |
| 21 | Grantham | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 69 | −28 | 361 |
| 22 | Buxton | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 38 | 79 | −41 | 30 |
1 Grantham had 1 point deducted.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BAN | BRT | BUX | CHO | GAI | GOO | GRN | HOR | HYD | MAC | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | OSW | RHL | CHO | SOU | STA | TAM | WTN | WRK |
| Bangor City | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Burton Albion | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Buxton | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Chorley | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–6 | |
| Goole Town | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | |
| Grantham Town | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Horwich RMI | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Hyde United | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Marine | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Matlock Town | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Morecambe | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Mossley | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |
| Oswestry Town | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | |
| Rhyl | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| South Liverpool | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
| Southport | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Stafford Rangers | 4–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Witton Albion | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Workington | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| Worksop Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Updated to games played on 4 May 1985.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion and relegation
In the seventeenth season of the Northern Premier League Stafford Rangers (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Gateshead, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile, Grantham moved to the Southern League Midland Division at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Caernarfon Town.
Cup Results
- Marine bt. Goole Town
- Rhyl 2–0 Macclesfield Town
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Stafford Rangers bt. Marine
