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It took two ballots but after 46 years Wigan again has a Football League team - Wigan Athletic taking the place of Southport.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1 Boston United 46 31 9 6 85 35 71
    2 Wigan Athletic 46 25 15 6 83 45 65 Promoted
    3 Bangor City 46 26 10 10 92 50 62
    4 Scarborough 46 26 10 10 80 39 62
    5 Altrincham 46 22 15 9 84 49 59
    6 Northwich Victoria 46 22 14 10 83 55 58
    7 Stafford Rangers 46 22 13 11 71 41 57
    8 Runcorn 46 19 18 9 70 44 56
    9 Mossley 46 22 11 13 85 73 55
    10 Matlock Town 46 21 12 13 79 60 54
    11 Lancaster City 46 15 14 17 66 82 44
    12 Frickley Athletic 46 15 12 19 77 81 42
    13 Barrow 46 14 12 20 58 61 40
    14 Goole Town 46 15 9 22 60 68 39
    15 Great Harwood 46 13 13 20 66 83 39
    16 Gainsborough Trinity 46 14 10 22 61 74 38
    17 Gateshead 46 16 5 25 65 74 37
    18 Netherfield 46 11 13 22 50 80 35
    19 Workington 46 13 8 25 48 80 34
    20 Worksop Town 46 12 10 24 45 84 34
    21 Morecambe 46 11 11 24 67 92 33
    22 Macclesfield Town 46 12 9 25 60 92 33
    23 Buxton 46 13 6 27 60 95 32
    24 South Liverpool 46 9 7 30 53 111 25
   
   
NPL runner-up Wigan Athletic and Southern League champions Bath City challenged the four Football League clubs seeking re-election in the vote for League membership. Voting -
49 votes York City Re-elected to the Football League
39 Rochdale Re-elected to the Football League
33 Hartlepool United Re-elected to the Football League
26 Southport 2nd Ballot
26 Wigan Athletic 2nd Ballot
23 Bath City Not elected to the Football League
2nd Ballot
29 votes Wigan Athletic Elected to the Football League Promoted
20 Southport Not re-elected to the League