1980–81 Alliance Premier League

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.

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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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]
1WilliamsNorthwich 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
  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

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