The 1982–83 Northern Premier League was the fifteenth 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 21 August 1982 and concluded on 7 May 1983.

Overview

The League featured twenty-two clubs.

Team changes

The following two clubs left the League at the end of the previous season: The following two clubs joined the League at the start of the season:

League table

Results

Stadia and locations

Cup Results

Challenge Cup:' President's Cup: Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

End of the season

At the end of the fifteenth season of the Northern Premier League, Gateshead applied to join the Alliance Premier League and was successful.

Promotion and relegation

The following four clubs left the League at the end of the season: The following four clubs joined the League the following season: