The 1986–87 Northern Premier League season was the 19th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. It was the last Northern Premier League season, consisting of a single division, as before the next season 19 clubs joined the league and formed a new Division One.

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:

League table

Results

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: President's Cup: Northern Premier League Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. 1 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.

End of the season

At the end of the nineteenth season of the Northern Premier League, ** Macclesfield Town** applied to join the Football Conference 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: From the next season, the Northern Premier League was expanded to include a Division One, with 19 clubs.