Goole Town 1–7 Bangor City[1](1 February 1969) The 1968–69 Northern Premier League was the inaugural season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales.
Out of the twenty clubs from the Northern Premier League only Morecambe reached for the second round: Second Round At the end of the first season of the Northern Premier League none of the clubs decided to put their teams forward to be promoted to the Football League.
Ashington resigned the League, due to financial difficulties.
Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of ten non-League teams applied for election, none of which were from the Northern Premier League.
[2] The following three clubs left the League at the end of the season: The following three clubs joined the League the following season: