Wigan Athletic 7–0 Great Harwood[1](22 September 1973) Bradford Park Avenue 0–6 South Shields[1](18 September 1973) Runcorn 6–2 Mossley[1](8 October 1973) Wigan Athletic 5–3 Northwich Victoria[1](10 November 1973) South Shields 7–1 Morecambe[1](17 November 1973) Lancaster City 7–1 Goole Town[1](22 December 1973) South Liverpool 5–3 Northwich Victoria[1](3 March 1974) The 1973–74 Northern Premier League was the sixth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales.
[1] The following club left the League at the end of the previous season: The following club joined the League at the start of the season: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only three teams reached for the second round: Second Round Third Round Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, four teams reached for the fourth round: Fourth Round Semi-finals Final At the end of the sixth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for election received enough votes to be promoted to the Football League.
Alongside the four Football League teams facing re-election, a total of seven non-League teams applied for election, one of which were from the Northern Premier League.
[2] The following club left the League at the end of the season: The following club joined the League the following season: