1981–82 Northern Premier League
The 1981–82 Northern Premier League was the fourteenth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 15 August 1981 and concluded on 1 May 1982.
Overview
The League featured twenty-two clubs.
Team changes
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:
Stadia and locations
Cup results
Challenge Cup
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–0 | Mossley |
President's Cup
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Buxton | 4–3 | Goole Town |
Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Bangor City | ?-? | Gainsborough Trinity |
None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the second round:
First Round
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
| Stockport County | 3–1 | Mossley | |
| Workington | 1–1 | Huddersfield Town | |
| Huddersfield Town | 5–0 | Workington | Replay |
None of the twenty-two Northern Premier League clubs reached the fourth round:
Third Round
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Altrincham | 2–0 | Mossley |
| Bishop's Stortford | 6–1 | Witton Albion |
End of the season
At the end of the fourteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Bangor City applied to join the Alliance Premier League and were successful.
Promotion and relegation
The following two clubs left the League at the end of the season:
The following two clubs joined the League the following season: