The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season: The following club joined the League at the start of the season: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the Challenge Cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
Only two of the twenty-four Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round: Second Round Third Round Two of the twenty-four Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round: Fourth Round Semi-finals Final At the end of the eleventh season of the Northern Premier League, Altrincham who was put forward for election did not receive enough votes to be promoted to the Football League.
The Alliance Premier League was established as a new, national top division of non-League football.
[2] The number of clubs reduced from twenty-three to twenty-two for the following season.