2016–17 Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League
Division One South
2016–17
	Northern Premier League; Division One South; 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Shaw Lane
Promoted	Shaw Lane; Witton Albion
Relegated	Northwich Victoria; Rugby Town
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1395
Top goalscorer	Gavin Allott, 25
Highest scoring	Sheffield 9–0 Market Drayton; (28 March 2017); Kidsgrove Athletic 7–2 Lincoln Utd; (28 March 2017)
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

Northern Premier League
Division One North
2016–17
	Northern Premier League; Division One North; 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Lancaster City
Promoted	Farsley Celtic; Lancaster City
Relegated	Burscough; Goole
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1438
Top goalscorer	James Walshaw, 32
Highest scoring	Hyde 4–5 Farsley; (4 March 2017); Glossop 7–2 Prescot; (4 March 2017); Mossley 7–2 Prescot; (10 December 2016); (11 goals)
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

Northern Premier League
Premier Division
2016–17
	Northern Premier League; Premier Division; 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Blyth Spartans
Promoted	Blyth Spartans; Spennymoor Town
Relegated	Corby Town; Frickley Athletic; Ilkeston; Skelmersdale United
Season statistics
Goals scored	1601
Top goalscorer	Luke Benbow, 32
Highest scoring	Skelmersdale 1–10 Ashton; (21 March 2017)
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is the 49th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the ninth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2016–17 were Evo-Stik.

Premier Division[]

The Premier Division consists of 24 clubs.

The following 5 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

Colwyn Bay, relegated to NPL Division One North
Darlington 1883, promoted to National League North
Hyde United, relegated to NPL Division One North
Ramsbottom United, relegated to NPL Division One North
Salford City, promoted to National League North

The following 5 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

Coalville Town, promoted as playoff winners from NPL Division One South
Hednesford Town, relegated from National League North
Stafford Rangers, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
Spennymoor Town, promoted as playoff winners from NPL Division One North
Warrington Town, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North

League table[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blyth Spartans (C) (P)	46	31	8	7	114	44	+70	101	Promoted to National League North
2	Spennymoor Town (P)	46	25	12	9	96	48	+48	87	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to National League North
3	Stourbridge	46	25	10	11	84	51	+33	85	Qualified for the Premier Division play-offs
4	Workington	46	26	5	15	73	56	+17	83
5	Nantwich Town	46	23	12	11	86	59	+27	81
6	Whitby Town	46	23	10	13	63	56	+7	79
7	Buxton	46	22	12	12	81	54	+27	78
8	Grantham Town	46	22	10	14	75	57	+18	76
9	Matlock Town	46	22	9	15	68	58	+10	75
10	Warrington Town	46	22	8	16	64	56	+8	74
11	Ashton United	46	19	11	16	85	78	+7	68
12	Rushall Olympic	46	18	10	18	60	60	0	64
13	Stafford Rangers	46	16	15	15	63	60	+3	63
14	Barwell	46	16	14	16	58	53	+5	62
15	Hednesford Town	46	18	7	21	68	65	+3	61
16	Mickleover Sports	46	19	3	24	68	71	−3	60
17	Coalville Town	46	15	10	21	71	79	−8	55
18	Marine	46	14	13	19	62	74	−12	55
19	Halesowen Town	46	13	12	21	46	70	−24	51
20	Sutton Coldfield Town	46	12	11	23	49	79	−30	47
21	Corby Town (R)	46	12	10	24	49	72	−23	46	Relegated to Division One South
22	Frickley Athletic (R)	46	12	3	31	47	97	−50	39	Relegated to Division One North
23	Ilkeston (R)	46	7	6	33	31	86	−55	27	Relegated to Division One South
24	Skelmersdale United (R)	46	5	9	32	40	118	−78	24	Relegated to Division One North

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results[]

Home \ Away	ASH	BAR	BLY	BUX	COA	COR	FRK	GRN	HAL	HED	ILK	MAR	MAT	MIC	NAN	RSO	SKU	SPE	STR	STB	SCT	WAR	WTB	WOR
Ashton United		0–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–3	4–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–4	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–2
Barwell	4–1		0–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2
Blyth Spartans	3–3	2–0		0–0	3–1	4–2	5–1	5–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	0–3	5–1	3–2
Buxton	1–2	0–0	2–2		2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–3	3–0	2–1
Coalville Town	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–1		4–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–0	1–4	3–2	3–1	3–3	3–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–1
Corby Town	3–3	0–2	4–3	1–1	1–2		2–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–4	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	5–1	0–0	0–2	1–3
Frickley Athletic	1–3	2–3	1–0	4–4	0–4	0–2		0–2	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–4	1–4	1–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–2
Grantham Town	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	5–1	4–0	3–0		2–3	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2
Halesowen Town	2–2	1–1	0–5	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1		1–3	2–1	0–1	0–3	4–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2
Hednesford Town	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–2		3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	5–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
Ilkeston	0–2	1–0	0–5	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–2		1–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–2
Marine	3–1	0–0	1–0	5–5	4–2	3–2	3–3	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–2		0–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–1
Matlock Town	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1		2–2	0–4	2–1	1–1	0–4	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2
Mickleover Sports	4–1	4–1	1–7	0–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	7–0	2–1	2–0		0–1	0–2	3–1	0–5	1–3	0–4	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–0
Nantwich Town	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–3		1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	4–1	0–2	0–1
Rushall Olympic	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–5	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–3		1–0	1–5	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–2
Skelmersdale United	1–10	0–5	1–4	0–6	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–3	2–3	1–2		0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	4–0	0–1	0–1
Spennymoor Town	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	7–0		1–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	0–1	4–1
Stafford Rangers	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	4–4	3–3		0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–2
Stourbridge	4–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	5–3	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		0–1	0–1	2–1	5–0
Sutton Coldfield Town	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	5–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–5	1–0	3–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1		0–1	1–1	1–1
Warrington Town	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	5–3	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1		0–1	1–2
Whitby Town	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–2		1–1
Workington	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–3	4–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–0

Updated to games played on 22 April 2017
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.

Play-offs[]

	Semifinals		Final

2	Spennymoor Town	2
5	Nantwich Town	0
			2	Spennymoor Town	1

			3	Stourbridge	0
3	Stourbridge	3

4	Workington	2

Semi-finals

24 April 2017	Stourbridge	3–2	Workington	War Memorial Athletic Ground
19:45	Stuart Pierpoint 33' Luke Benbow 76' Jordan Archer 97'		David Symington 68' Daniel Wordsworth 90'	Attendance: 1628

25 April 2017	Spennymoor Town	2–0	Nantwich Town	The Brewery Field
19:45	Kallum Griffiths 68' Andrew Johnson 80'			Attendance: 882

Final

29 April 2017	Spennymoor Town	1–0	Stourbridge	The Brewery Field
15:00	Robert Ramshaw 30'			Attendance: 1699

Stadia and locations[]

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	4,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	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
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	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

Division One North[]

Division One North consists of 22 clubs.

The following 6 clubs left Division One North before the season -

Harrogate Railway Athletic, relegated to Northern Counties East League Premier Division
New Mills, relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
Northwich Victoria, transferred to NPL Division One South
Spennymoor Town, promoted to NPL Premier Division
Warrington Town, promoted to NPL Premier Division
Witton Albion, transferred to NPL Division One South

The following 6 clubs joined Division One North before the season -

Colne, promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division
Colwyn Bay, relegated from NPL Premier Division
Goole, transferred from NPL Division One South
Hyde United, relegated from NPL Premier Division
Ramsbottom United, relegated from NPL Premier Division
Tadcaster Albion, promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

League table[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lancaster City (C) (P)	42	27	4	11	73	41	+32	85	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Farsley Celtic (P)	42	26	6	10	100	50	+50	84	Qualification for Division One South & West play-offs
3	Scarborough Athletic	42	22	7	13	70	47	+23	73
4	Ossett Town	42	22	7	13	69	49	+20	73
5	Colne	42	22	7	13	74	50	+24	072^a
6	Trafford	42	18	16	8	80	46	+34	70
7	Clitheroe	42	20	10	12	74	54	+20	70
8	Glossop North End	42	21	6	15	72	70	+2	69
9	Brighouse Town	42	17	17	8	66	48	+18	68
10	Hyde United	42	16	14	12	78	58	+20	061^b
11	Bamber Bridge	42	16	7	19	59	58	+1	054^c
12	Kendal Town	42	14	12	16	61	62	−1	54
13	Droylsden	42	14	12	16	71	77	−6	54
14	Ramsbottom United	42	16	9	17	64	81	−17	053^d
15	Colwyn Bay	42	13	11	18	61	57	+4	50
16	Prescot Cables	42	13	11	18	71	81	−10	047^e
17	Mossley	42	14	4	24	67	87	−20	46
18	Ossett Albion	42	13	6	23	47	78	−31	45
19	Tadcaster Albion	42	11	11	20	57	70	−13	44
20	Radcliffe Borough	42	12	8	22	59	82	−23	44
21	Goole (R)	42	9	9	24	39	83	−44	36	Relegation to Level 9
22	Burscough (R)	42	6	6	30	26	109	−83	24	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 26 April 2017
Source: NPL official site

a - Colne were deducted one point for contravening league regulations
b - Hyde United were deducted one point for using an illegible player in game against Ossett Town on 29 October 2016
c - Bamber Bridge were deducted one point for contravening league regulations
d - Ramsbottom United were deducted four points for contravening league regulations
e - Prescot Cables were deducted three points for contravening league regulations

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results[]

Home \ Away	BAM	BRT	BUR	CLT	CLN	COL	DRO	FAR	GNE	GOO	HYD	KEN	LNC	MOS	OSA	OST	PRC	RAD	RAM	SCA	TAD	TRA
Bamber Bridge		1–1	3–0	1–4	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–5	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–4
Brighouse Town	2–0		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–3	0–0
Burscough	1–3	2–1		0–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–5	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–5	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–3
Clitheroe	3–1	3–1	0–0		2–2	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–1	1–1
Colne	1–0	0–0	8–0	2–1		2–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	4–0	1–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	5–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–3
Colwyn Bay	1–1	1–2	6–0	3–2	1–1		4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1
Droylsden	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–1	2–4		1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	6–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–2	4–3	0–3
Farsley Celtic	5–3	3–2	3–1	2–4	2–1	1–0	1–1		4–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–4	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	5–1	0–1
Glossop North End	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–2		2–0	1–0	3–2	2–5	3–2	3–2	2–1	3–1	2–4	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2
Goole	0–3	0–3	4–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–3	2–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–3
Hyde United	2–2	0–0	3–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–5	2–1	4–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	2–2
Kendal Town	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	5–0	0–5	2–2	1–1	1–1		1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Lancaster City	3–2	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0		4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–1
Mossley	2–0	0–4	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–4	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–4	2–2	0–1		1–3	0–2	7–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–4
Ossett Albion	1–4	0–4	4–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–4	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–4	0–1	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–0	0–4	0–1	2–5	0–6
Ossett Town	2–0	4–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	0–2		3–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	1–1
Prescot Cables	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	7–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–5	5–0	2–0		1–1	2–4	0–2	1–0	2–0
Radcliffe Borough	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	1–2	0–5	1–2	5–1	4–0	3–1	0–3	3–4	2–1	0–4	1–5		2–1	2–3	2–3	2–0
Ramsbottom United	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–4	0–3	1–3	3–2	0–7	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–5	1–1	4–0		0–4	3–3	0–2
Scarborough Athletic	0–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	8–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–3	3–2		1–0	1–1
Tadcaster Albion	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	3–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–3		4–3
Trafford	0–3	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	6–0	1–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–3	5–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–1

Updated to games played on 22 April 2017
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.

Play-offs[]

	Semifinals		Final

2	Farsley Celtic	4
5	Colne	0
			2	Farsley Celtic	4

			4	Ossett Town	2
3	Scarborough Athletic	1

4	Ossett Town	3

Semi-finals

25 April 2017	Farsley Celtic	4–0	Colne	Throstle Nest
19:45	Aiden Savory 26' James Walshaw 43' Adam Clayton 45' Lewis Nightingale 81'			Attendance: 405

25 April 2017	Scarborough Athletic	1–3	Ossett Town	Queensgate
19:45	Adam Bolder 48'		Jason Yates 35', 59' Ashley Jackson 64'	Attendance: 1004

Final

29 April 2017	Farsley Celtic	4–2	Ossett Town	Throstle Nest
15:00	Christopher Howarth 47' Richard Marshall 90' Ryan Watson 110' James Walshaw 112'		Danny Frost 70', 87'	Attendance: 829

Stadia and locations[]

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Tadcaster Albion	Ings Lane	1,500
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250
Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Prescot Cables	Volair 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
Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Colne	XLCR Stadium	1,800
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Ossett Town	4G Voice & Data Stadium	2,000
Glossop North End	The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium	1,350
Brighouse Town	St Giles' Road	1,000

Division One South[]

Division One South consists of 22 clubs.

The following 5 clubs left Division One South before the season -

Coalville Town, promoted to NPL Premier Division
Daventry Town, resigned to United Counties League
Goole, transferred to NPL Division One North
Stafford Rangers, promoted to NPL Premier Division
Tividale, relegated to Step 5

The following 5 clubs joined Division One South before the season -

AFC Rushden & Diamonds, transferred from Southern League Division One Central
Bedworth United, relegated from Southern League Premier Division
Evesham United, transferred from Southern League Division One South & West
Northwich Victoria, transferred from NPL Division One North
Witton Albion, transferred from NPL Division One North

League table[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shaw Lane (C) (P)	42	32	6	4	104	36	+68	102	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Witton Albion (P)	42	31	6	5	100	41	+59	096^a	Qualification for Division One South & West play-offs
3	Spalding United	42	24	7	11	74	42	+32	79
4	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	22	7	13	67	50	+17	73
5	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	42	20	11	11	73	52	+21	71
6	Basford United	42	20	13	9	78	53	+25	070^b
7	Newcastle Town	42	21	4	17	59	59	0	67
8	Lincoln United	42	19	8	15	67	61	+6	65
9	Leek Town	42	18	10	14	63	63	0	64
10	Belper Town	42	15	13	14	55	55	0	58
11	Bedworth United	42	15	12	15	73	72	+1	57
12	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	16	7	19	72	66	+6	55
13	Romulus	42	14	9	19	65	75	−10	51
14	Market Drayton Town	42	16	2	24	60	93	−33	50
15	Sheffield	42	13	9	20	62	60	+2	48
16	Stamford	42	13	9	20	62	80	−18	48
17	Chasetown	42	13	8	21	64	75	−11	47
18	Gresley	42	12	9	21	56	83	−27	45
19	Carlton Town	42	10	12	20	48	68	−20	42
20	Loughborough Dynamo	42	10	4	28	45	94	−49	34
21	Rugby Town (R)	42	8	6	28	44	77	−33	30	Relegation to Level 9
22	Northwich Victoria (R)	42	8	12	22	53	89	−36	026^c	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 26 April 2017
Source: NPL official site

a - Witton Albion were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Stocksbridge Park Steels on 11 February (2–0)
b - Basford United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Stocksbridge Park Steels on 10 September (3–2).
c - Northwich Victoria were deducted ten points for entering into administration on 10 January.

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results[]

Home \ Away	RUS	BAS	BWU	BLP	CAR	CTN	GRE	KID	LEE	LIN	LOU	MAR	NEW	NOR	ROM	RUG	SHL	SHE	SPA	STM	STO	WTN
AFC Rushden & Diamonds		2–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	1–3	3–3	2–5	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	6–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2
Basford United	3–0		3–3	7–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	6–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–2
Bedworth United	1–2	2–2		0–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–4	5–1	2–0	1–5	2–2	4–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–4
Belper Town	1–4	1–1	2–3		1–1	3–3	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	4–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	3–1
Carlton Town	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–1		3–1	2–3	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–5	1–3	4–3	4–4	1–0	3–2
Chasetown	2–1	4–2	2–3	0–0	1–0		5–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	5–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–4
Gresley	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	0–2
Kidsgrove Athletic	0–1	2–1	3–4	1–3	0–2	5–0	5–1		2–2	7–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–2
Leek Town	0–1	0–5	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	5–1	2–2		2–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–2
Lincoln United	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–3	1–1		3–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–6	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2
Loughborough Dynamo	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–0		4–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–3	0–4
Market Drayton Town	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–3		3–2	4–2	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–5	2–3	4–2	3–1	3–2
Newcastle Town	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–2
Northwich Victoria	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–2		1–2	1–3	0–4	2–5	1–3	0–0	3–0	0–5
Romulus	3–2	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	4–1	5–1	2–4	2–1	3–0		0–3	2–3	1–1	1–2	4–2	0–1	1–1
Rugby Town	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	1–2		1–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2
Shaw Lane	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	5–3	2–1	6–0	5–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	5–0		2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0
Sheffield	1–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	9–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	4–2	0–1		0–4	1–1	1–2	0–1
Spalding United	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–0		2–1	2–3	0–1
Stamford	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–0	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–2		0–5	1–3
Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	4–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0		3–4
Witton Albion	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	5–2	0–0	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	5–0	3–4	3–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 22 April 2017
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.

Play-offs[]

	Semifinals		Final

2	Witton Albion	1
5	Rushden & Diamonds	0
			2	Witton Albion	2

			3	Spalding United	1
3	Spalding United	3

4	Stocksbridge Park Steels	2

Semi-finals

25 April 2017	Witton Albion	1–0	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Wincham Park
19:45	Robert Hopley 54'			Attendance: 580

25 April 2017	Spalding United	3–2	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field
19:45	Matthew Varley 43' Lee Beeson 63' Jonathan Lockie 103'		Richard Stirrup 47' Harrison Biggins 78'	Attendance: 448

Final

29 April 2017	Witton Albion	2–1	Spalding United	Wincham Park
15:00	Brad Bauress 66' Anthony Gardner 76'		Leon Mettam 69'	Attendance: 811

Stadia and locations[]

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (Ground share with Witton Albion)	4,813
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Evesham United	Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium	3,000
Bedworth United	The Oval Ground	3,000
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Dog & Duck	2,500
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Shaw Lane	Shaw Lane	2,000
Chasetown	The Scholars 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

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Season information
Northern Premier League Premier Division 2016–17
Winners	Blyth Spartans
Promoted	Blyth Spartans Spennymoor Town
Relegated	Corby Town Frickley Athletic Ilkeston Skelmersdale United
Season statistics
Goals scored	1601
Top goalscorer	Luke Benbow, 32



Highest scoring	Skelmersdale 1–10 Ashton (21 March 2017)


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Season information
Northern Premier League Division One North 2016–17
Winners	Lancaster City
Promoted	Farsley Celtic Lancaster City
Relegated	Burscough Goole
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1438
Top goalscorer	James Walshaw, 32



Highest scoring	Hyde 4–5 Farsley (4 March 2017) Glossop 7–2 Prescot (4 March 2017) Mossley 7–2 Prescot (10 December 2016) (11 goals)


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Season information
Northern Premier League Division One South 2016–17
Winners	Shaw Lane
Promoted	Shaw Lane Witton Albion
Relegated	Northwich Victoria Rugby Town
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1395
Top goalscorer	Gavin Allott, 25



Highest scoring	Sheffield 9–0 Market Drayton (28 March 2017) Kidsgrove Athletic 7–2 Lincoln Utd (28 March 2017)


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Contents

Premier Division[]

League table[]

Results[]

Play-offs[]

Stadia and locations[]

Division One North[]

League table[]

Results[]

Play-offs[]

Stadia and locations[]

Division One South[]

League table[]

Results[]

Play-offs[]

Stadia and locations[]

See also[]

External links[]