2015–16 Northern Premier League

The 2015–16 season is the 48th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the eighth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2015–16 are Evo-Stik.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division 2015–16
Season information
Winners	Darlington 1883
Promoted	Darlington 1883 Salford City
Relegated	Colwyn Bay Hyde United Ramsbottom United Stamford
Season statistics

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

• Colwyn Bay, relegated from Conference North
• Darlington 1883, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
• Hyde United, relegated from Conference North and changed name from Hyde
• Mickleover Sports, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
• Salford City, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North
• Sutton Coldfield Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South

League table

Template:2015–16 Northern Premier League Premier Division table

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Blyth Spartans	3
	5	Workington	4
						3	Salford City	3
						5	Workington	2
	3	Salford City (a.e.t.)	3
	4	Ashton United	1

Semi-finals

26 April 2016	Blyth Spartans	3–4	Workington	Croft Park, Blyth
19:45	Sean Reid  45' Dillon Morse  74' Daniel Maguire  85'	http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/Magnificent-Reds-one-game-from-promotion-f54699ab-b4a8-44b6-98e4-b954191822ca-ds	Scott Allison  34',  56',  68' Robert Wilson  90'

26 April 2016	Salford City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Ashton United	Moor Lane, Kersal, Salford
19:45	J Hulme  25' G Seddon  93' J Poole  113'	http://salfordonline.com/23482-extra-time-secures-salford-city-play-off-final.html	Will Haining  69'

Final

30 April 2016	Salford City	3–2	Workington	Moor Lane, Kersal, Salford
15:00

Results

Home \ Away

ASH

BAR

BLY

BUX

COL

DAR

FRK

GRN

HAL

HYD

ILK

MAR

MAT

MIC

NAN

RAM

RSO

SLC

SKU

STM

STB

SCT

WTB

WOR

Ashton United

2–0

0–2

3–1

1–2

1–2

2–0

2–0

3–0

3–0

2–1

3–2

4–4

0–0

4–2

6–0

2–3

0–3

5–0

1–0

2–3

3–0

2–0

0–1

Barwell

0–1

0–1

1–0

3–0

2–1

1–0

3–1

6–0

2–0

4–0

1–1

4–0

2–4

0–4

2–1

2–3

0–1

3–1

0–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

0–1

Blyth Spartans

1–1

4–0

1–0

3–0

0–1

2–3

1–0

0–1

3–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

4–0

1–1

5–0

3–0

2–1

1–2

4–3

4–3

1–2

3–2

3–0

Buxton

2–1

5–1

0–4

2–0

2–0

0–2

3–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

2–3

3–0

4–1

3–1

2–1

1–2

0–2

2–1

3–1

2–3

2–2

3–2

0–2

Colwyn Bay

0–2

0–4

1–3

3–2

2–4

0–2

0–1

1–1

2–0

0–2

0–3

1–4

1–2

1–1

4–1

1–2

2–3

1–4

2–1

0–2

3–0

1–4

0–2

Darlington 1883

1–1

3–1

2–1

3–1

3–0

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–3

3–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

3–2

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–2

4–0

Frickley Athletic

0–0

1–0

2–3

5–1

1–0

3–1

3–1

1–2

3–0

3–1

0–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

3–0

0–2

0–1

3–0

3–1

2–1

3–1

2–2

1–1

Grantham Town

3–3

0–5

2–3

0–3

0–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

2–0

1–2

0–0

2–1

2–0

0–3

0–4

2–2

2–0

2–2

3–1

2–2

2–1

1–0

0–1

Halesowen Town

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

0–3

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

3–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–3

0–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

2–2

0–0

2–0

Hyde United

0–4

1–0

0–4

2–1

3–2

1–3

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–3

0–2

2–2

0–1

0–4

5–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

7–1

0–2

1–2

2–1

0–4

Ilkeston

1–1

1–0

3–4

3–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

2–1

1–3

3–1

0–0

0–1

0–2

3–1

3–0

4–1

2–1

1–3

0–3

4–3

1–1

2–1

0–3

Marine

0–0

1–2

0–2

1–2

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–3

2–3

3–1

2–1

3–3

1–2

3–0

1–1

0–2

2–2

1–1

1–3

2–1

2–1

1–2

Matlock Town

1–0

1–3

0–2

1–2

1–1

0–5

3–0

3–1

0–3

2–1

1–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–2

1–2

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

0–1

Mickleover Sports

1–3

1–3

0–2

2–0

1–2

1–5

0–1

2–3

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

1–3

0–1

1–0

1–2

Nantwich Town

2–2

2–1

1–2

1–2

3–2

0–5

1–0

6–2

3–0

3–0

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

7–1

3–3

1–1

1–0

6–3

1–0

4–1

1–2

2–0

Ramsbottom United

0–2

1–3

0–0

0–1

2–2

0–3

0–2

2–2

0–2

1–4

4–0

1–1

0–3

1–1

1–4

2–1

0–4

0–3

1–1

1–2

0–1

4–1

1–1

Rushall Olympic

0–2

2–0

0–1

0–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

4–0

0–0

2–0

2–2

3–0

2–3

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–3

0–0

5–1

1–2

0–1

3–1

1–1

Salford City

3–1

7–0

0–1

2–0

2–2

3–4

2–2

5–0

3–1

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–2

1–1

1–1

4–0

1–3

4–0

1–0

0–1

2–0

0–0

5–3

Skelmersdale United

1–2

3–3

2–1

2–1

3–4

1–1

1–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–3

3–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–1

3–1

1–4

1–2

1–2

0–0

2–0

Stamford

3–4

1–2

0–1

2–4

2–3

1–4

1–0

1–3

1–2

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

0–4

3–3

2–3

1–1

5–2

2–2

3–3

2–2

1–2

Stourbridge

1–2

2–3

3–0

3–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

3–2

5–1

1–2

2–0

4–1

2–1

4–3

2–3

2–2

1–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

Sutton Coldfield Town

0–1

1–5

1–0

0–0

5–0

0–1

2–2

2–0

3–0

0–0

0–2

4–2

2–2

2–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

0–2

3–1

2–0

2–3

1–0

0–2

Whitby Town

0–2

2–1

0–2

1–0

2–0

1–7

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–3

4–2

1–0

2–1

4–1

3–3

1–1

1–3

2–3

1–1

3–5

4–0

0–1

1–0

Workington

5–2

1–1

2–0

5–0

1–2

2–1

1–3

1–1

3–0

2–0

3–2

1–0

4–1

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–1

1–4

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016
Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Darlington 1883	Heritage Park (groundshare)	2,004
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Stamford	Zeeco Stadium	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground	2,000
Mickleover Sports	The Raygar Stadium	1,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400
Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League Division One North 2015–16
Season information
Winners	Warrington Town
Promoted	Warrington Town Spennymoor Town
Relegated	New Mills Harrogate Railway Athletic
Season statistics

Division One North featured three new teams:

• Glossop North End, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division
• Trafford, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Witton Albion, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

League table

Template:2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One North table

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Spennymoor Town	3
	5	Burscough	1
						2	Spennymoor Town	2
						3	Northwich Victoria	0
	3	Northwich Victoria	2
	4	Glossop North End	1

Semi-finals

26 April 2016	Spennymoor Town	3–1	Burscough	The Brewery Field, Spennymoor
19:45	Craig Gott  45' Liam Henderson  48' Gavin Cogdon  74'		Liam Caddick  2'	Attendance: 662

27 April 2016	Northwich Victoria	2–1	Glossop North End	Wincham Park, Northwich
19:45	Stuart Cook 3'(p) Richard Bennett  61'		Mark Reed  12'	Attendance: 376

Final

30 April 2016	Spennymoor Town	2–0	Northwich Victoria	The Brewery Field, Spennymoor
15:00	Gavin Cogdon  10' Mark Anderson  66'			Attendance: 1129

Results

Home \ Away

BAM

BRT

BUR

CLT

DRO

FAR

GNE

BMF

KEN

LNC

MOS

NWM

NOR

OSA

OST

PRC

RAD

SCA

SPE

TRA

WAR

WTN

Bamber Bridge

3–0

3–5

0–1

5–1

1–1

2–3

5–0

1–1

2–2

4–1

3–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

1–3

0–0

2–2

1–0

2–2

1–4

Brighouse Town

0–1

1–0

3–4

8–0

2–1

0–0

3–1

4–2

2–2

3–1

6–1

1–2

1–3

1–2

5–3

1–0

2–1

0–4

1–1

0–2

1–5

Burscough

1–0

2–1

6–1

3–1

0–0

0–3

3–2

2–0

1–2

3–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

1–0

3–0

0–2

4–1

4–1

2–3

Clitheroe

1–4

3–4

0–2

6–1

2–5

3–0

3–0

0–0

4–2

2–0

5–1

2–0

1–3

1–2

3–1

2–1

4–2

0–1

2–4

2–5

2–0

Droylsden

4–0

4–3

2–4

1–5

0–4

2–1

2–3

3–4

1–1

1–1

4–1

1–6

1–2

1–3

4–3

3–3

4–2

1–3

1–3

0–9

1–4

Farsley Celtic

2–1

0–1

0–3

2–0

6–0

1–3

3–1

0–3

0–0

1–2

4–0

1–2

1–0

3–0

3–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

2–0

0–1

7–0

Glossop North End

2–2

2–0

0–1

4–1

6–0

2–1

5–1

2–0

3–1

5–1

2–0

0–2

2–3

2–1

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

Harrogate Railway Athletic

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–3

1–1

1–1

2–4

1–3

1–3

2–0

4–1

0–1

1–3

1–2

2–1

4–1

0–6

0–4

0–5

0–7

2–2

Kendal Town

1–2

1–3

2–1

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–3

3–1

2–2

3–1

3–0

0–5

1–3

2–0

5–5

3–2

1–0

0–0

0–2

0–3

1–1

Lancaster City

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–0

3–1

0–3

2–0

2–2

6–1

3–2

5–0

4–1

1–1

0–3

0–1

2–1

3–2

Mossley

2–1

1–2

2–3

3–0

5–1

3–3

1–0

5–3

3–2

2–0

3–0

2–3

0–0

2–1

0–1

4–1

1–0

1–3

0–0

2–3

4–0

New Mills

0–7

1–1

1–2

2–3

1–4

1–4

0–3

0–3

0–2

1–3

2–7

1–5

1–4

0–2

1–7

0–5

0–3

0–9

0–4

0–5

3–3

Northwich Victoria

2–0

1–0

4–0

0–0

8–2

0–5

0–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

5–1

2–0

2–0

5–0

5–2

4–0

0–1

3–0

1–2

3–2

2–1

Ossett Albion

0–1

1–2

1–1

6–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

1–3

1–3

4–3

2–0

0–3

1–0

0–1

0–2

1–0

0–4

2–1

0–3

4–0

Ossett Town

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–5

2–3

2–5

1–3

2–1

1–1

2–2

2–2

2–0

0–4

2–3

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–5

1–0

0–4

0–5

Prescot Cables

1–1

2–1

0–3

1–1

3–2

2–0

0–4

4–2

2–2

2–3

0–2

5–2

0–2

4–0

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–1

4–1

0–3

0–6

Radcliffe Borough

1–1

2–2

2–2

1–6

1–3

3–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–2

4–0

1–2

1–0

4–0

3–0

2–1

1–4

0–3

1–3

2–2

Scarborough Athletic

0–3

0–1

0–3

1–3

2–4

1–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

0–1

0–2

2–1

0–3

1–2

2–1

0–3

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–3

Spennymoor Town

1–0

1–3

3–1

5–0

5–0

0–4

2–2

1–1

6–1

1–1

4–1

9–0

2–0

3–0

5–0

3–0

1–0

2–2

2–2

2–3

3–0

Trafford

3–1

2–2

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

6–0

2–2

2–1

2–1

3–2

2–2

0–1

4–0

8–0

2–0

0–1

0–2

1–2

1–2

Warrington Town

1–0

2–0

1–3

5–0

5–1

1–1

3–0

6–3

3–0

1–1

5–0

1–0

4–2

1–0

2–1

6–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

4–1

4–2

Witton Albion

2–4

4–1

0–2

2–3

4–0

2–1

3–0

5–0

2–3

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–2

1–0

3–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016
Source: NPL First Division North results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (Ground share with Witton Albion)	4,813
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	4,000
Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Ossett Albion	Our Physio Stadium	3,000
Scarborough Athletic	Queensgate	3,000
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ossett Town	4G Voice & Data Stadium	2,000
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Glossop North End	The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium	1,350
Brighouse Town	St Giles' Road	1,000

Division One South

Northern Premier League Division One South 2015–16
Season information
Winners	Stafford Rangers
Promoted	Stafford Rangers Coalville Town
Relegated	Tividale
Season statistics

Division One South will feature five new teams:

• Basford United, promoted as champions from the Midland Football League Premier Division
• Belper Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Daventry Town, transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central
• Rugby Town, transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central
• Shaw Lane Aquaforce, promoted as champions from the NCEL Premier Division

League table

Template:2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One South table

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	3
	5	Lincoln United	2
						2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	1
						3	Coalville Town	3
	3	Coalville Town	5
	4	Basford United	0

Semi-finals

26 April 2016	Coalville Town	5–0	Basford United	Owen Street Sports Ground, Coalville
19:45	Alexander Troke  3' Callum Woodward  22' Danny Jenno  24' Alexander Troke  53' (p) Nathan Watson  69'

27 April 2016	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	3–2	Lincoln United	Shaw Lane, Barnsley
19:45

Final

30 April 2016	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	1–3	Coalville Town	Shaw Lane, Barnsley
19:45

Results

Home \ Away

BAS

BLP

CAR

CTN

COA

Daventry Town

GOO

GRE

KID

LEE

LIN

LOU

MAR

NEW

ROM

RUG

Template:Fb team Shaw Lane Aquaforce

SHE

SPA

STR

STO

TIV

Basford United

3–0

1–2

2–0

0–1

3–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

3–2

2–2

1–1

0–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–2

4–2

Belper Town

0–2

1–3

0–0

1–0

2–0

2–3

5–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

2–0

3–3

2–0

0–2

0–2

0–3

1–1

0–1

2–1

3–0

Carlton Town

0–1

1–2

2–3

1–1

5–2

0–0

0–1

1–4

1–3

2–3

1–0

3–2

1–3

0–2

1–3

0–3

2–0

0–0

0–2

3–2

5–2

Chasetown

0–1

1–3

2–0

1–3

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

2–2

9–1

0–1

3–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

1–3

3–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

Coalville Town

0–1

3–2

2–1

1–1

5–0

6–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

3–2

5–4

3–2

3–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

3–1

Daventry Town

0–2

0–6

1–0

1–0

1–4

2–3

0–7

0–5

0–4

0–5

1–0

1–3

1–3

3–0

0–4

0–1

1–4

0–1

1–2

1–3

1–1

Goole

2–1

3–3

0–1

0–1

0–0

2–0

0–2

3–3

0–0

0–1

2–1

0–4

0–5

2–3

3–4

0–3

3–2

0–1

0–1

1–2

2–2

Gresley

0–1

2–1

0–2

2–1

1–3

1–4

2–1

2–0

0–1

2–1

3–3

2–3

0–2

1–4

1–3

0–3

0–0

2–0

0–1

0–3

2–1

Kidsgrove Athletic

1–4

2–2

3–3

1–2

2–5

1–2

1–2

3–1

1–1

2–2

0–2

1–1

2–1

4–2

1–1

3–5

3–0

2–0

0–3

2–2

4–0

Leek Town

2–2

1–0

1–0

0–1

4–1

5–1

3–5

3–0

3–3

1–2

3–1

0–0

1–4

1–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–3

2–0

2–1

3–1

Lincoln United

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

1–3

4–0

1–2

3–1

0–0

4–0

0–2

3–1

3–2

2–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

4–0

Loughborough Dynamo

0–1

2–5

3–2

2–3

1–4

2–0

2–0

0–3

2–6

4–0

2–1

0–1

0–3

0–3

6–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

0–2

1–5

3–3

Market Drayton Town

1–4

1–0

1–2

0–3

2–2

4–0

2–1

3–0

0–3

1–2

4–3

2–3

4–1

2–0

2–1

0–3

1–0

1–1

2–3

4–1

3–0

Newcastle Town

1–1

0–2

2–1

1–2

2–1

2–3

3–2

2–0

2–0

2–1

1–3

0–0

1–1

2–3

2–2

3–2

2–3

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

Romulus

0–4

2–3

1–3

1–2

0–2

4–0

5–0

0–2

0–5

2–0

1–2

5–1

4–0

2–1

1–5

1–5

4–3

1–1

1–3

1–1

2–0

Rugby Town

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–3

2–0

3–1

2–0

2–1

3–3

1–0

1–1

4–1

3–1

2–1

0–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

Template:Fb team Shaw Lane Aquaforce

5–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

3–3

3–3

4–2

2–2

3–1

0–2

4–1

3–0

0–0

3–0

3–2

1–1

5–0

2–0

1–0

3–2

Sheffield

1–2

1–3

1–2

0–4

1–3

0–1

2–1

3–1

4–0

0–2

3–1

2–2

3–1

2–1

0–4

1–1

1–1

2–2

0–2

2–3

3–3

Spalding United

2–3

2–1

5–3

1–1

1–0

1–2

4–0

0–3

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

5–0

1–0

1–1

0–3

0–0

1–2

0–2

2–1

Stafford Rangers

0–0

6–0

3–0

2–1

2–2

4–1

3–0

3–1

0–3

1–0

4–1

5–2

0–0

2–1

2–2

4–0

0–1

3–2

2–0

1–1

3–0

Stocksbridge Park Steels

2–2

2–1

2–1

2–0

0–1

3–2

1–2

2–3

3–1

3–0

0–1

5–0

3–2

1–0

4–4

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

Tividale

1–1

4–2

0–3

1–1

1–2

1–2

0–1

0–2

3–1

1–2

1–3

3–2

3–3

5–3

0–2

4–3

1–2

0–2

1–1

0–1

0–0

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016
Source: NPL First Division South results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Daventry Town	Communications Park	3,000
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Tividale	The Beaches	3,000
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Belper Town	Cristchurch Meadow	2,400
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Template:Fb team Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Shaw Lane	2,000
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	1,000

Challenge Cup

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2015–16
Region	England
Number of teams	68
Champions	Marine
Runner-up	Scarborough Athletic
← 2014–15	2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 15–16 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 46th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It will be sponsored by Doodson Sport for a fifth consecutive season. 68 clubs from England will enter the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round, and all ties will end will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties. Due to weather damage to pitches in late December, two ties were reversed.

The defending champions were Warrington Town, who defeated Farsley on penalties in the 2015 Final. Warrington Town were unable to defend their title as they were eliminated in the first round by Ramsbottom United.

Calendar

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary round	68	8	0	8	15 September 2015
First round	64	64	4	60	9 – 11 November 2015
Second round	32	32	32	none	30 November – 2 December 2015
Third round	16	16	16	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none
Final	2	2	2	none

Preliminary Round

Eight teams from the Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South have to compete in the Preliminary round to win a place in the competition proper. The draw for this round was made on 10 July 2015.

6 October 2015	Bamber Bridge	4–0	New Mills	The Sir Tom Finney Stadium
19:45	Booth  19', 50', 87' Joel  47'			Attendance: 124

15 September 2015	Belper Town	3–4	Rugby Town	Christchurch Meadow
19:45	Stevenson  36', 82' Williams  90'	Belper Town report Rugby Town report	Kolodynski  32', 59' Powell  38', 54'	Attendance: 117

15 September 2015	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	4–1	Sheffield	Shaw Lane Sports Club
19:45	Hammond  11' (o.g.) Thornhill  32' Morris  37', 52'	Sheffield report	Sabo  61' (o.g.)	Attendance: 112

15 September 2015	Tividale	2–2 (1–4 pen)	Stafford Rangers	The Beeches
19:45	Ayettey  36' Jackson  51'	Tividale report	Rooney  45' Till  71'	Attendance: 62
	Penalties
	Sterling Danks Rabone		Till Kasiama Edmunds McNaught

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First Round

Teams that were not in the preliminary round from Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South entered at this stage as well as teams from the Northern Premier League Premier Division, along with the winners from the preliminary round. The draw for this round was made on 10 July 2015.

10 November 2015	Ashton United	0–3	Nantwich Town	Hurst Cross
19:45			Shotton  4', 39' Osborne  63'	Attendance: 101

5 January 2016	Lancaster City	0–1	Bamber Bridge	Lancaster, Lancashire
19:45			Milligan  72'	Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 167

10 November 2015	Barwell	2–2 (5–4 pen)	Loughborough Dynamo	Kirkby Road Sports Ground
19:45	Lower  2' Towers  82'	Barwell report Loughborough Dynamo report	Browne  24' Sibson  86'	Attendance: 77
	Penalties
	Gaunt Towers Christie Hickey Tomkinson		Meer

10 November 2015	Blyth Spartans	1–2	Darlington 1883	Croft Park
19:45	Cartwright  78'		Kneeshaw  34' Jordon  65'	Attendance: 627

10 November 2015	Buxton	2–0	Gresley	The Silverlands
19:45	Barraclough  44' Swain  90'			Attendance: 113

11 November 2015	Carlton Town	2–1	Basford United	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19:45	Graham  15' Lusamba  66'		Wiggins-Thomas  72'	Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium Attendance: 111

17 November 2015	Clitheroe	6–0	Prescot Cables	Shawbridge
19:45	Hampson  6' Mayers  11' Heywood  17' Gonzales  51' Hession  90' Harries  90'			Attendance: 142

10 November 2015	Coalville Town	0–1	Stamford	Owen Street Sports Ground
19:45			Phillips  66'	Attendance: 83

10 November 2015	Daventry Town	3–2	Newcastle Town	Communications Park
19:45	Shariff  29' Piggon  50' Prinzel  62'		Mills  17' Gardner  75'	Attendance: 64

10 November 2015	Droylsden	2–3	Radcliffe Borough	Butcher's Arms Ground
19:45	Smith  67' Hewitt  89'		Foster  17', 90' Davies  35'	Attendance: 92

10 November 2015	Farsley Celtic	2–0	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Savory  26' Howarth  36'			Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 106

10 November 2015	Goole	0–2	Ossett Town	Victoria Pleasure Grounds
19:45			Akeroyd  69', 90'	Attendance: 166

10 November 2015	Grantham Town	0–2	Frickley Athletic	South Kesteven Sports Stadium
19:45			Lucas  29' Dockerty  57'	Attendance: 115

10 November 2015	Halesowen Town	2–1	Leek Town	Halesowen, West Midlands
19:45	Hales  2' Bragoli  75'		Cropper  5'	Stadium: The Grove Attendance: 132

9 November 2015	Harrogate Railway Athletic	2–3	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Station View
19:45	Stockdill  16' Bromley  34'		Reay  68', 87' Lumsden  78'	Attendance: 47

14 December 2015	Hyde United	1–1 (3–4 pen)	Colwyn Bay	Ewen Fields
19:45	Bevins  23'	Colwyn Bay report	Holsgrove  62'	Attendance: 86
	Penalties
	Spencer Boyle		Marsden Matthews Tuck Denson

11 November 2015	Kidsgrove Athletic	2–1	Chasetown	The Novus Stadium
19:45	Kinsey  38' Taylor  73'		Turton  26'	Attendance: 179

10 November 2015	Lincoln United	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Mickleover Sports	Ashby Avenue
19:45	Fairclough  50'	Lincoln United report	Dawes  60'	Attendance: 78
	Penalties
	Vince Smith		O’Neil-Dwyer

10 November 2015	Marine	2–1	Glossop North End	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Codling  31' Burton  81'		Brizell  90'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 248

10 November 2015	Market Drayton Town	1–1 (4–3 pen)	Stourbridge	Greenfields Sports Ground
19:45	Ryan  73'	Market Drayton Town report Stourbridge report	Clarke  39'	Attendance: 131
	Penalties
	Ryan McFarlane Lowe Green		Clifton Wright Billingham McPike Knight

10 November 2015	Ossett Albion	3–2	Mossley	Our Physio Stadium
19:45	Bower  8' Brunt  28' Matthews  70'		Short  43' McGonigle  90'	Attendance: 81

1 December 2015	Ramsbottom United	2–0	Warrington Town	The Harry Williams Stadium
19:45	Smith  1', 35'			Attendance: 104

10 November 2015	Romulus	0–1	Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground
19:45			Melvin  5'	Attendance: 70

10 November 2015	Rugby Town	0–2	Ilkeston	Butlin Road
19:45		Rugby Town report	Burrows  25', 44'	Attendance: 142

10 November 2015	Salford City	1–2	Trafford	Moor Lane
19:45	Mwasile  67'		Tuanzebe  7' Stott  32'	Attendance: 998

10 November 2015	Scarborough Athletic	2–2 (4–3 pen)	Whitby Town	Queensgate
19:45	Blott  33', 75'	Scarborough Athletic report Whitby Town report	Roberts  60' (pen.) McTiernan  88'	Attendance: 312
	Penalties
	Mallory Peterson Blott Bradshaw Peat		Roberts Robinson Bullock Gardner Charmey

10 November 2015	Skelmersdale United	1–6	Northwich Victoria	The West Lancashire College Stadium
19:45	Kusaloka  70'		Cook  19' Amis  29', 56' Burnett  30', 57', 69'	Attendance: 123

10 November 2015	Spalding United	0–0 (3–4 pen)	Matlock Town	Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field
19:45		Spalding United report Matlock Town report		Attendance: 124
	Penalties
	Moreman Graham Walker Newman Stainfield		Wilson Fallowfield Cribley Nelthorpe Purkiss

10 November 2015	Spennymoor Town	2–0	Brighhouse Town	The Brewery Field
19:45	Pollard  73' (o.g.) Morrow  89'			Attendance: 219

10 November 2015	Stafford Rangers	1–0	Rushall Olympic	Marston Road
19:45	White  37'	Stafford Rangers report		Attendance: 270

10 November 2015	Witton Albion	3–2	Burscough	Northwich, Cheshire
19:45	Andrews  9' Menagh  59' Salmon  79'		Monaghan  39' Connolly  69'	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 101

10 November 2015	Workington	3–0	Kendal Town	Borough Park
19:45	Allison  46', 54', 69'			Attendance: 226

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Second Round

The 32 winners from the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw on 12 November 2015. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 30 November and 2 December.

2 December 2015	Carlton Town	3–2	Barwell	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19:45	Davie  7' Law  19', 38'		Carney  72', 90'	Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium Attendance: 66

1 December 2015	Farsley Celtic	6–0	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Osborne  9', 39', 44' Walker  23' Savory  74' Daly  75'			Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 77

1 December 2015	Frickley Athletic	2–3	Darlington 1883	South Elmsall, West Yorkshire
19:45	Thomas  8' (pen.) Davie  90'		Dowson  16', 36' Brown  40'	Stadium: Westfield Lane Attendance: 142

1 December 2015	Halesowen Town	0–2	Sutton Coldfield Town	Halesowen, West Midlands
19:45			McKenzie  6', 30'	Stadium: The Grove Attendance: 143

4 January 2016	Ilkeston	5–1	Lincoln United	Ilkeston, Derbyshire
19:45	Walker  18' Blake  20', 48', 51' Wheatley  90'		Gibson  38'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 163

1 December 2015	Matlock Town	1–3	Daventry Town	Matlock, Derbyshire
19:45	Purkiss  45'		Piggon  33' Curtis  62' (pen.) Shariff  69'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 145

1 December 2015	Nantwich Town	3–1	Market Drayton Town	Nantwich, Cheshire
19:45	Osborne  35' (pen.), 63' (pen.) Cooke  85'		McFarlane  32'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 191

2 February 2016	Radcliffe Borough	0–1	Colwyn Bay	Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
19:45			Lamb  15'	Stadium: Belvoir Stadium Attendance: 49

19 January 2016	Marine	2–1	Ramsbottom United	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Mitchley  7' Ellams  17'		Meaney  58'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 129

1 December 2015	Scarborough Athletic	2–0	Ossett Albion	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45	Metcalfe  16' Blott  43'			Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 141

19 January 2016	Spennymoor Town	0–1	Ossett Town	Spennymoor, County Durham
19:45			Brown  52'	Stadium: The Brewery Field Attendance: 123

8 December 2015	Stafford Rangers	2–2 (3–5 pen)	Kidsgrove Athletic	Stafford, Staffordshire
19:45	Adams  63' Reid  78'	Stafford Rangers report	Malbon  29' Sherratt  90'	Stadium: Marston Road Attendance: 212
	Penalties
	Adams		Malbon

26 January 2016	Stamford	4–1	Buxton	Stamford, Lincolnshire
19:45	Wightwick  12', 39' Duffy  19' Smith  36'		Wiles  17'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium Attendance: 105

1 December 2015	Trafford	2–0	Northwich Victoria	Flixton, Greater Manchester
19:45	Noar  64' Gumbs  77'			Stadium: Shawe View Attendance: 99

19 January 2016	Witton Albion	1–2	Bamber Bridge	Northwich, Cheshire
19:45	Hopley  44'		Marlow  25' Linney  71'	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 104

19 January 2016	Workington	2–0	Clitheroe	Workington, Cumbria
19:45	Arnison  80', 88'			Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 268

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Third Round

The 16 winners from the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw on 20 January 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between February 9 and 16.

16 February 2016	Colwyn Bay	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Trafford	Old Colwyn, North Wales
19:45	Lamb  10'		Langford  90'	Stadium: Llanelian Road Attendance: 81
	Penalties
	Denson Gorman Harper Bauress Kelleher		Palmer Jacobs Davies Correria Langford

16 February 2016	Farsley Celtic	1–1 (4–5 pen)	Scarborough Athletic	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Nightingale  62'		Corner  2'	Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 129
	Penalties
	Miller O'Brien Nightingale Savory Howarth Walker Daly		Forrester Blott Lamplough

29 February 2016	Ilkeston	3–0	Daventry Town	Ilkeston, Derbyshire
19:45	Williams  29' Udoh  60' Atkinson  71'			Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 174

16 February 2016	Marine	3–2	Workington	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Myler  31' Mitchley  73' Codling  90'		Calvert  4' McGee  56'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 136

1 March 2016	Nantwich Town	5–1	Bamber Bridge	Nantwich, Cheshire
19:45	Cosgrove  30' Osborne  55' (pen.) Shotton  67', 75' Jones  90'		Linney  59'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 203

16 February 2016	Ossett Town	3–1	Darlington 1883	Ossett, West Yorkshire
19:45	Ojo  17' Moore  45' Lyn  74'		Walton  90'	Stadium: 4G Voice & Data Stadium Attendance: 119

9 February 2016	Stamford	1–3	Carlton Town	Stamford, Lincolnshire
19:45	Malone  50'		Rae  29' Fletcher  66' Gordon  79'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium Attendance: 83

9 February 2016	Sutton Coldfield Town	2–2 (2–4 pen)	Kidsgrove Athletic	Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
19:45	Nadat  40' Mannion  40'		Morris  64' Bergin  71'	Stadium: Central Ground Attendance: 66
	Penalties
			Woolley Bergin Donnelly Boast Malbon

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Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Third Round were entered into the Quarter-final draw on 17 February 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between March 1 and 15.

16 March 2016	Kidsgrove Athletic	0–2	Ilkeston	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
19:45			Rose  16' Udoh  61'	Stadium: The Novus Stadium Attendance: 150

8 March 2016	Marine	1–0	Ossett Town	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Mitchley  79' (pen.)			Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 172

8 March 2016	Nantwich Town	3–4	Colwyn Bay	Nantwich, Cheshire
19:45	Bennion  20' Cooke  32' Gordon  64'		Kelleher  38', 57' Denson  49' Harper  90'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 266

1 March 2016	Scarborough Athletic	4–0	Carlton Town	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45	Birch  27' Corner  42' (pen.) Blott  64', 66'			Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 197

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Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter-finals were entered into the Semi-final draw on 9 March 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played on March 22 and April 26.

26 April 2016	Marine	4–1	Colwyn Bay	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Hessey  12' Foley  33' Owens  42' Burton  54'		Kelleher  80'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 260

22 March 2016	Scarborough Athletic	1–1 (5–3 pen)	Ilkeston	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45	Blott  53'		Jones  35'	Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 302
	Penalties
	Peat Robson Birch Forrester Lamplough		Shaw Baker Williams Gordon

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Final

The Challenge Cup Final was played at Throstle Nest, the home ground of Farsley Celtic. This was Scarborough Athletic's first final appearance (Scarborough won in 1977) and the sixth final appearance for Marine (their most recent appearance was in 2003 where they defeated Gateshead).

29 April 2016	Scarborough Athletic	1–2	Marine	Throstle Nest, Farsley
20:00 BST	C. Robinson  66'		Bellew  66' Mitchley  90'	Attendance: 690

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See also

• 2015–16 Isthmian League
• 2015–16 Southern League

External links

• Official website