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1983–84 Alliance Premier League

Alliance Premier League
Season1983–84
ChampionsMaidstone United (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueNone
Runners-upNuneaton Borough
Relegated to
Level 6		Bangor City,
Trowbridge Town
Promoted for the next seasonBarrow,
Dartford
Matches played462
Goals scored1,290 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerPaul 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
Longest winning run?
Longest unbeaten run?
Longest losing run?
Highest attendance?
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance?

The Alliance Premier League season of 1983–84 was the fifth 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 Maidstone United (C) 42 23 13 6 71 34 +37 70
2 Nuneaton Borough 42 24 11 7 70 40 +30 69
3 Altrincham 42 23 9 10 64 39 +25 65
4 Wealdstone 42 21 14 7 75 36 +39 62
5 Runcorn 42 20 13 9 61 45 +16 62
6 Bath City 42 17 12 13 60 48 +12 53
7 Northwich Victoria 42 16 14 12 54 47 +7 51
8 Worcester City 42 15 13 14 64 55 +9 49
9 Barnet 42 16 10 16 55 58 −3 49
10 Kidderminster Harriers 42 14 14 14 54 61 −7 49
11 Telford United 42 17 11 14 50 58 −8 49
12 Frickley Athletic 42 17 10 15 68 56 +12 48
13 Scarborough 42 14 16 12 52 55 −3 48
14 Enfield 42 14 9 19 61 58 +3 43
15 Weymouth 42 13 8 21 54 65 −11 42
16 Gateshead 42 12 13 17 59 73 −14 42
17 Boston United 42 13 12 17 66 80 −14 41
18 Dagenham 42 14 8 20 57 69 −12 40
19 Kettering Town 42 12 9 21 53 67 −14 37
20 Yeovil Town 42 12 8 22 55 77 −22 35
21 Bangor City (R) 42 10 6 26 54 82 −28 29 Relegation to the Northern Premier League
22 Trowbridge Town (R) 42 5 7 30 33 87 −54 19 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ALT BAN BAR BAT BOS DAG ENF FRK GAT KET KID MDS NOR NUN RUN SCA TEL TRO WEA WEY WRC YEO
Altrincham 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–4 2–1
Bangor City 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 4–1 3–3 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 4–0 4–0 0–0 1–3 2–4 3–0
Barnet 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–4 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Bath City 0–0 5–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1
Boston United 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–2 0–4 3–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1[a] 4–3 0–1 3–2
Dagenham 0–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 6–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Enfield 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–0
Frickley Athletic 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 7–1 4–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–5 1–2 3–1 3–0
Gateshead 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 5–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–2
Kettering Town 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 3–4 1–0 2–3 4–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–3
Kidderminster Harriers 0–2 2–1 4–4 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–2
Maidstone United 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–0
Northwich Victoria 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Nuneaton Borough 0–1 3–0 2–2 5–2 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1
Runcorn 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 4–4
Scarborough 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–4 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–4 3–0
Telford United 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 0–3 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–2
Trowbridge Town 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0
Wealdstone 3–1 5–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 6–0 2–0 3–1 1–0
Weymouth 0–1 5–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 6–1 2–3 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–3
Worcester City 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–4 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 4–0
Yeovil Town 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–2 4–2 0–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 6–3 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1984.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85 had one incorrect result, which is corrected in the results grid below: the result for Boston – Wealdstone
    was 1–1, not 2–2 as Rothmans had it.
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1983–1984
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1983–1984 London teams

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
1 Paul Culpin Nuneaton Borough 41
2 Mark Graves Wealdstone 31
3 John Bartley Maidstone United 27
4 Steve Mahoney Barnet 19
5 Graham Bennett Altrincham 17
= Mark Carter Bangor City 17
= Gary Hooley Frickley Athletic 17
= Paul Moss Worcester City 17
= Graham Reed Frickley Athletic 17
10 Frank Murphy Nuneaton 16
11 Noel Ashford Enfield 15
= Chris Cook Boston United 15
= Dave Hoffbauer Kettering Town 15
= John Powell Kidderminster Harriers 15
15 Stuart Atkins Barnet 14
= Mike Doherty Yeovil Town 14
= Paul Wilson Frickley Athletic 14
18 Bob Topping Gateshead 13
19 Paul Reid Northwich Victoria 12
20 Colin Chesters Northwich Victoria 11
= Colin Williams Telford United 11

Promotion and relegation

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Relegated

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Election to the Football League

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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:

Club Final Position Votes
Chester City 24th (Fourth Division) 52
Halifax Town 21st (Fourth Division) 52
Rochdale 22nd (Fourth Division) 50
Hartlepool United 23rd (Fourth Division) 32
Maidstone United 1st (Alliance Premier League) 22

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

References

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