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1981–82 Alliance Premier League

Alliance Premier League
Season1981–82[1]
ChampionsRuncorn (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueNone
Runners-upEnfield
Relegated to
Level 6		Dartford,
Gravesend & Northfleet,
AP Leamington
Promoted for the next seasonBangor City,
Nuneaton,
Wealdstone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,269 (2.75 per match)
Biggest home winBath City – AP Leamington 7–0
Biggest away winAP Leamington – Stafford Rangers 1–5;
AP Leamington – Dagenham 0–4;
Scarborough – Northwich Victoria 0–4
Highest scoringBarrow – Kettering Town 7–2;
Enfield – Barrow 7–2;
Altrincham – Worcester City 6–3;
Kettering Town – Altrincham 5–4;
Runcorn – Altrincham 5–4
Longest winning run?
Longest unbeaten run?
Longest losing run?
Highest attendance?
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance?

The Alliance Premier League season of 1981–82 was the third season of the Alliance Premier League.

New teams in the league this season

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Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Runcorn (C) 42 28 9 5 75 37 +38 93
2 Enfield 42 26 8 8 90 46 +44 86
3 Telford United 42 23 8 11 70 51 +19 77
4 Worcester City 42 21 8 13 70 60 +10 71
5 Dagenham 42 19 12 11 69 51 +18 69
6 Northwich Victoria 42 20 9 13 56 46 +10 69
7 Scarborough 42 19 11 12 65 52 +13 68
8 Barrow 42 18 11 13 59 50 +9 65
9 Weymouth 42 18 9 15 56 47 +9 63
10 Boston United 42 17 11 14 61 57 +4 62
11 Altrincham 42 14 13 15 66 56 +10 55
12 Bath City 42 15 10 17 50 57 −7 55
13 Yeovil Town 42 14 11 17 56 68 −12 53
14 Stafford Rangers 42 12 16 14 48 47 +1 52
15 Frickley Athletic 42 14 10 18 47 60 −13 52
16 Maidstone United 42 11 15 16 55 59 −4 48
17 Trowbridge Town 42 12 11 19 38 54 −16 47
18 Barnet 42 9 14 19 36 52 −16 41
19 Kettering Town 42 9 13 20 64 76 −12 40
20 Gravesend & Northfleet (R) 42 10 10 22 51 69 −18 40 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division
21 Dartford (R) 42 10 9 23 47 69 −22 39
22 AP Leamington (R) 42 4 10 28 40 105 −65 22
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ALT APL BAR BRW BAT BOS DAG DAR ENF FRK GRN KET MDS NOR RUN SCA STA TEL TRO WEY WRC YEO
Altrincham 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 6–3 7–1
AP Leamington 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–0 3–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–5 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–5
Barnet 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–0
Barrow 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 7–2 2–0 6–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1
Bath City 1–1 7–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0
Boston United 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–4 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–2 6–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–0
Dagenham 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0
Dartford 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 5–0
Enfield 1–1 6–1 0–0 7–2 5–1 4–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–4 2–0 3–4 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–0
Frickley Athletic 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1
Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 4–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 2–4 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Kettering Town 5–4 1–2 5–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 4–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–1
Maidstone United 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 5–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–0 6–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1
Northwich Victoria 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–1
Runcorn 5–4 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 4–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 5–2 2–1
Scarborough 1–3 6–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2
Stafford Rangers 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–2 3–1
Telford United 4–3 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 7–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–1
Trowbridge Town 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–4
Weymouth 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Worcester City 4–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1
Yeovil Town 2–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–4 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982–83. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1982.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1981–1982
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1981–1982 London teams

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
1 Williams Scarborough 27
2 David Mather Telford United 24
3 Aniello Iannone Weymouth 23
4 Nicky Ironton Enfield 20
= Noel Ashford Enfield 19
= Atkins Barnet 19
= Burton Dagenham 19
= Reid Northwich Victoria 19

Promotion and relegation

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All of these teams had been relegated from the Alliance Premier League after the 1981–82 season.

Relegated

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Election to the Football League

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This year Runcorn, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements. 2nd placed Enfield could not apply either for the same reasons, so 3rd placed Telford United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1981–82 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club Final Position Votes
Northampton Town 22nd (Fourth Division) 53
Crewe Alexandra 24th (Fourth Division) 50
Rochdale 21st (Fourth Division) 48
Scunthorpe United 23rd (Fourth Division) 48
Telford United 3rd (Alliance Premier League) 13

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Rollin, Jack (ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982–83, p. 902–904. Queen Anne Press, MacDonald & Co Publishers Ltd, London, 1982.
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