2016–17 Northern Premier League Premier Division

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
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1601
Top goalscorer	Luke Benbow, 32
Biggest home win	Mickleover Sports 7-0 Ilkeston (26 December 2016) Spennymoor 7-0 Skelmersdale (11 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Skelmersdale 1-10 Ashton (21 March 2017)
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The Premier Division featured six new clubs:

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

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Corby Town	Steel Park	3,893
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Mickleover Sports	The Don Amott Stadium	1,500
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	4,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground	2,000
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Workington	Borough Park	3,101

League table

Northern Premier League Premier Division table 2016–17

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luke Benbow	Stourbridge	32
2	Daniel Maguire	Blyth Spartans	30
3	Dale Hopson	Whitby Town	26
4	Marcus Dinanga	Matlock Town	24
5	Luke Armstrong	Blyth Spartans	21

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2017

External links

• Current league tables