1986–87 Northern Premier League
| Season | 1986–87 |
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| Champions | Macclesfield Town |
| Promoted | Macclesfield Town |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1349 (2.92 per match) |
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← 1985–86
1987–88 →
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The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England.
Final table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Macclesfield Town | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 88 |
| 2 | Bangor City | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 87 |
| 3 | Caernarfon Town | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 67 | 40 | +37 | 76 |
| 4 | Marine | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 73 |
| 5 | South Liverpool | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 73 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 72 |
| 7 | Matlock Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 81 | 67 | +14 | 70 |
| 8 | Southport | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 68 |
| 9 | Chorley | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 60 |
| 10 | Mossley | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 57 |
| 11 | Hyde United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 55 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 54 |
| 13 | Buxton | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 71 | 68 | +3 | 53 |
| 14 | Witton Albion | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 68 | 79 | −11 | 53 |
| 15 | Barrow | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 52 |
| 16 | Goole Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 51 |
| 17 | Oswestry Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 55 | 83 | −28 | 50 |
| 18 | Rhyl | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 45 |
| 19 | Worksop Town | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 40 |
| 20 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 37 |
| 21 | Workington | 42 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 281 |
| 22 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 85 | −49 | 201 |
1 Workington and Horwich RMI had 1 point deducted.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BAN | BRT | BUX | CAN | CHO | GAI | GOO | HOR | HYD | MAC | MAR | MAT | MOR | MOS | OSW | RHL | CHO | SOU | STA | TAM | WTN | WRK |
| Bangor City | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
| Barrow | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Burton Albion | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Buxton | 4–4 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |
| Caernarfon Town | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Chorley | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Goole Town | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | |
| Horwich RMI | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Hyde United | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
| Marine | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Matlock Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |
| Morecambe | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Mossley | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Oswestry Town | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–0 | |
| Rhyl | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| South Liverpool | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Southport | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Witton Albion | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | |
| Workington | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Worksop Town | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 2 May 1987.
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 nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League Macclesfield Town (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Alliance Premier League; they replaced relegated Frickley Athletic, who swapped Leagues with them. Meanwhile Burton Albion moved to the Southern League Premier Division and were replaced by another relegated Alliance side in Gateshead.
From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a First Division.
Cup Results
- Macclesfield Town bt. Burton Albion
- Macclesfield Town 2–1 Marine
Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
- Bangor City1 bt. Macclesfield Town
1 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
