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| 1979-80 |
| 1977-78 |
Northern Premier League
Season 1978-79
| P | W | D | L | F-A | Pts | ||
| 1 | Mossley | 44 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 117-48 | 69 |
| 2 | Altrincham | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 93-39 | 61 |
| 3 | Matlock Town | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 100-59 | 56 |
| 4 | Scarborough | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 61-44 | 52 |
| 5 | Southport | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 62-49 | 52 |
| 6 | Boston United | 44 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40-33 | 52 |
| 7 | Runcorn | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 79-54 | 51 |
| 8 | Stafford Rangers | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 67-41 | 50 |
| 9 | Goole Town | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 56-61 | 49 |
| 10 | Northwich Victoria | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 64-52 | 47 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 62-54 | 46 |
| 12 | Bangor City | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 65-66 | 44 |
| 13 | Worksop Town | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 55-67 | 40 |
| 14 | Workington | 44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 62-74 | 39 |
| 15 | Netherfield | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 39-69 | 37 |
| 16 | Barrow | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 47-78 | 37 |
| 17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 52-67 | 36 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 55-65 | 35 |
| 19 | Frickley Athletic | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 58-70 | 35 |
| 20 | South Liverpool | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 48-85 | 34 |
| 21 | Gateshead | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 42-63 | 33 |
| 22 | Buxton | 44 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 50-84 | 31 |
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 40-92 | 26 |
Altrincham, Scarborough, Boston United, Stafford Rangers, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City and Barrow promoted to the Alliance Premier League
Witton Albion and Marine promoted from the Cheshire County League
Grantham, Oswestry Town, Burton Albion and Tamworth transferred from the Southern League Midland Division