1983–84 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1983–84 was the fifth season of the 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?
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance?

New teams in the league this season

Final table
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maidstone United 42 12 8 1 40 15 11 5 5 31 19 +37 70 Alliance Premier League Champions, no promotion
2 Nuneaton Borough 42 14 6 1 44 17 10 5 6 26 23 +30 69
3 Altrincham 42 13 3 5 40 20 10 6 5 24 19 +25 65
4 Wealdstone 42 15 4 2 48 14 6 10 5 27 22 +39 62
5 Runcorn 42 11 8 2 34 18 9 5 7 27 27 +16 62
6 Bath City 42 10 7 4 33 17 7 5 9 27 31 +12 53
7 Northwich Victoria 42 11 8 2 35 18 5 6 10 19 29 +7 51 FA Trophy winners
8 Worcester City 42 9 7 5 36 22 6 6 9 28 33 +9 49
9 Barnet 42 9 3 9 27 28 7 7 7 28 30 −3 49
10 Kidderminster Harriers[lower-alpha 1] 42 7 9 5 32 30 7 5 9 22 31 −7 49
11 Telford United 42 13 3 5 32 19 4 8 9 18 39 −8 49
12 Frickley Athletic 42 13 3 5 49 25 4 7 10 19 31 +12 48
13 Scarborough 42 10 10 1 32 16 4 6 11 20 39 −3 48 Alliance Premier League Cup winners
14 Enfield 42 8 3 10 27 27 6 6 9 34 31 +3 43
15 Weymouth 42 5 4 12 28 33 8 4 9 26 32 −11 42
16 Gateshead[lower-alpha 1] 42 7 9 5 35 30 5 4 12 24 43 −14 42
17 Boston United 42 10 6 5 39 30 3 6 12 27 50 −14 41
18 Dagenham 42 10 3 8 34 26 4 5 12 23 43 −12 40
19 Kettering Town 42 8 3 10 31 31 4 6 11 22 36 −14 37
20 Yeovil Town 42 9 5 7 34 28 3 3 15 21 49 −22 35
21 Bangor City 42 7 4 10 35 32 3 2 16 19 50 −28 29 Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22 Trowbridge Town 42 3 4 14 15 34 2 3 16 18 53 −54 19 Relegated to the Southern League
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw.
Notes:
  1. New club in the Alliance Premier League

Results
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[lower-alpha 1] 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.
Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1983–1984
Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1983–1984 London teams

Top scorers
Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
1 Paul Culpin Nuneaton Borough 41
2Mark GravesWealdstone31
3John BartleyMaidstone United27
4Steve MahoneyBarnet19
5Graham BennettAltrincham17
=Mark CarterBangor City17
=Gary HooleyFrickley Athletic17
=Paul MossWorcester City17
=Graham ReedFrickley Athletic17
10Frank MurphyNuneaton16
11Noel AshfordEnfield15
=Chris CookBoston United15
=Dave HoffbauerKettering Town15
=John PowellKidderminster Harriers15
15Stuart AtkinsBarnet14
=Mike DohertyYeovil Town14
=Paul WilsonFrickley Athletic14
18Bob ToppingGateshead13
19Paul ReidNorthwich Victoria12
20Colin ChestersNorthwich Victoria11
=Colin WilliamsTelford United11

Promotion and relegation

Relegated

Election to the Football League

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 City24th (Fourth Division)52
Halifax Town21st (Fourth Division)52
Rochdale22nd (Fourth Division)50
Hartlepool United23rd (Fourth Division)32
Maidstone United1st (Alliance Premier League)22

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

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