2017–18 Northern Premier League

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The 2017–18 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 are Evo-Stik.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division 2016–17
Season information
Season statistics
← 2016–17	2018–19 →

The Premier Division consists of 24 clubs.

Team changes

The following 6 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

• Blyth Spartans – promoted to National League North
• Corby Town – relegated to NPL Division One South
• Frickley Athletic – relegated to NPL Division One North
• Ilkeston – relegated to NPL Division One South, and were subsequently wound up in the high court
• Skelmersdale United – relegated to NPL Division One North
• Spennymoor Town – promoted to National League North

The following 6 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

• Altrincham – relegated from National League North
• Farsley Celtic – promoted from NPL Division One North
• Lancaster City – promoted from NPL Division One North
• Shaw Lane – promoted from NPL Division One South
• Stalybridge Celtic – relegated from National League North
• Witton Albion – promoted from NPL Division One South

League table

Northern Premier League Premier Division table 2017–18

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Altrincham  (C) (P)	46	28	11	7	101	42	+59	95	Promotion to the the National League North
2	Ashton United  (P) (O)	46	23	13	10	85	59	+26	82	Qualified for the Premier Division play-offs, then promoted to the National League North
3	Warrington Town	46	23	13	10	72	49	+23	82	Qualified for the Premier Division play-offs
4	Grantham Town	46	24	9	13	90	55	+35	81
5	Farsley Celtic	46	23	11	12	87	69	+18	80
6	Shaw Lane	46	25	7	14	79	62	+17	82
7	Witton Albion	46	19	13	14	83	63	+20	70
8	Rushall Olympic	46	19	9	18	73	79	−6	66	Transferred to the Southern League Central
9	Buxton	46	17	13	16	71	66	+5	64
3	Barwell	46	17	13	16	65	67	−2	64	Transferred to the Southern League Central
19	Stourbridge	46	16	14	16	67	56	+11	62
12	Workington	46	18	8	20	75	69	+6	62
13	Mickleover Sports	46	16	13	17	68	60	+8	61
14	Stafford Rangers	46	16	13	17	54	58	−4	61
15	Matlock Town	46	18	6	22	69	75	−6	60
16	Nantwich Town	46	16	9	21	62	72	−10	57
17	Hednesford Town	46	15	12	19	60	79	−19	57	Transferred to the Southern League Central
18	Lancaster City	46	14	13	19	66	72	−6	55
19	Marine	46	14	11	21	67	78	−11	53
20	Coalville Town	46	15	7	24	70	92	−22	52	Transferred to the Southern League Central
21	Whitby Town	46	12	14	20	60	82	−22	50
22	Stalybridge Celtic	46	14	6	26	57	90	−33	48
23	Halesowen Town	46	13	10	23	48	76	−28	49	Transferred to the Southern League Central
24	Sutton Coldfield Town  (R)	46	10	6	30	52	108	−56	36	Relegated to the Southern League East

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

ALT

ASH

BAR

BUX

COA

FAR

GRN

HAL

HED

LNC

MAR

MAT

MIC

NAN

RSO

SHL

STR

STC

STB

SCT

WAR

WTB

WTN

WOR

Altrincham

Ashton United

Barwell

Buxton

Coalville Town

Farsley Celtic

Grantham Town

Halesowen Town

Hednesford Town

Lancaster City

Marine

Matlock Town

Mickleover Sports

Nantwich Town

Rushall Olympic

Shaw Lane

Stafford Rangers

Stalybridge Celtic

Stourbridge

Sutton Coldfield Town

Warrington Town

Whitby Town

Witton Albion

Workington

Updated to games played on 1 August 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
	5
	3
	4

Semi-finals

		–

		–

Final

		–

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity

Division One North

Northern Premier League Division One North 2017–18
Season information
Season statistics
← 2016–17	→

Division One North consists of 22 clubs.

Team changes

The following 3 clubs left Division One North before the season -

• Burscough – relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
• Farsley Celtic – promoted to NPL Division One North
• Lancaster City – promoted to NPL Division One North

The following 3 clubs joined Division One North before the season -

• Atherton Collieries – promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division
• Skelmersdale United – relegated from NPL Premier Division
• South Shields – promoted from Northern League Division One

League table

2017–18 Northern Premier League Division One North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Shields  (C) (P)	42	32	7	3	112	37	+75	103	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Scarborough Athletic  (P)	42	30	5	7	101	42	+59	95
3	Hyde United  (P)	42	27	11	4	90	35	+55	92
4	Bamber Bridge  (P) (O)	42	20	14	8	81	54	+27	74	Qualified for the North Division play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5	Prescot Cables	42	22	6	14	78	55	+23	72	Qualified for the North Division play-offs
6	Trafford	42	17	15	10	61	50	+11	66
7	Tadcaster Albion	42	17	11	14	67	46	+21	62	Qualified for the North Division play-offs, then transferred to Division One East
8	Colne	42	18	8	16	68	61	+7	62
9	Colwyn Bay	42	17	10	15	77	58	+19	61
10	Atherton Collieries	42	15	13	14	50	55	−5	58
11	Glossop North End	42	15	8	19	66	72	−6	53
12	Clitheroe	42	15	6	21	69	79	−10	51
13	Droylsden	42	13	11	18	67	77	−10	50
14	Ramsbottom United	42	14	6	22	61	70	−9	48
15	Ossett Albion	42	12	11	19	56	76	−20	47	Merged into Ossett United, then transferred to Division One East
16	Ossett Town	42	14	5	23	55	77	−22	47
17	Brighouse Town	42	14	4	24	59	93	−34	46	Transferred to Division One East
18	Kendal Town	42	13	6	23	61	89	−28	45
19	Mossley	42	11	11	20	57	81	−24	44
20	Radcliffe Borough	42	12	8	22	51	89	−38	44
21	Skelmersdale United	42	8	13	21	53	84	−31	37
22	Goole  (R)	42	8	7	27	49	109	−60	31	Relegation to Level 9

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

ACO

BAM

BRT

CLT

CLN

COL

DRO

FRK

GNE

HYD

KEN

MOS

OSA

OST

PRC

RAD

RAM

SCA

SKU

SSH

TAD

TRA

Atherton Collieries

Bamber Bridge

Brighouse Town

Clitheroe

Colne

Colwyn Bay

Droylsden

Frickley Athletic

Glossop North End

Hyde United

Kendal Town

Mossley

Ossett Albion

Ossett Town

Prescot Cables

Radcliffe Borough

Ramsbottom United

Scarborough Athletic

Skelmersdale United

South Shields

Tadcaster Albion

Trafford

Updated to games played on 1 August 17
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
	5
	3
	4

Semi-finals

		–

		–

Final

		–

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity

Division One South

Northern Premier League Division One South 2017–18
Season information
Season statistics
← 2016–17	→

Division One South consists of 22 clubs.

Team changes

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

• Northwich Victoria – relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
• Rugby Town – relegated to Midland Football League Premier Division
• Shaw Lane – promoted to NPL Premier Division
• Witton Albion – promoted to NPL Premier Division
• AFC Rushden & Diamonds – transferred to Southern League One Central

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

• Alvechurch – promoted from the Midland Football League Premier Division
• Cleethorpes Town – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Corby Town – relegated from NPL Premier Division
• Frickley Athletic – relegated from NPL Premier Division
• Peterborough Sports – promoted from United Counties League Premier Division

League table

2017–18 Northern Premier League Division One South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basford United  (C) (P)	42	31	7	4	101	42	+59	100	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Alvechurch  (P)	42	25	10	7	78	49	+29	85	Promoted to Southern League Central
3	Frickley Athletic	42	26	7	9	117	61	+56	85	Qualification for South Division play-offs
4	Bedworth United  (P) (O)	42	22	8	12	73	58	+15	74	Qualified for the South Division play-offs, then promoted to Southern League Central
5	Chasetown	42	22	7	13	83	64	+19	73	Qualified for the South Division play-offs, then transferred to Division One West
6	Stamford	42	19	14	9	66	34	+32	71	Qualified for the South Division play-offs
7	Leek Town	42	20	8	14	80	50	+30	68	Transferred to Division One West
8	Lincoln United	42	21	5	16	85	81	+4	68
9	Corby Town	42	18	6	18	74	75	−1	60	Transferred to Southern League East
10	Cleethorpes Town	42	18	13	11	82	57	+25	67
11	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	13	14	15	75	66	+9	53
12	Peterborough Sports	42	15	6	21	70	78	−8	51	Transferred to Southern League East
13	Spalding United	42	14	8	20	52	62	−10	50
14	Loughborough Dynamo	42	13	10	19	61	78	−17	49
15	Sheffield	42	10	15	17	66	85	−19	45
16	Belper Town	42	12	9	21	46	90	−44	45
17	Gresley	42	11	10	21	49	91	−42	43
18	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	11	9	22	69	90	−21	42	Transferred to Division One West
19	Carlton Town	42	10	11	21	66	76	−10	41
20	Newcastle Town	42	10	9	23	49	73	−24	39	Transferred to Division One West
21	Market Drayton Town	42	10	9	23	51	97	−46	39
22	Romulus  (R)	42	8	11	23	57	94	−37	35	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 28 April 2018
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

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2
	5
	3
	4

Semi-finals

		–

		–

Final

		–

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity

Challenge Cup

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2017–18
← 2016–17	2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 17–18 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 48th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It is sponsored by Doodson Sport for a Seventh consecutive season. 67 clubs from England and one from Wales will enter the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round, and all ties will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.

The defending champions were ???, who defeated ?? in the 2017 Final. They were eliminated in the ???round.

Calendar

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary round	68	8	0	8	???
First round	64	64	4	60	???
Second round	32	32	32	none	???
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

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

See also

• 2017–18 Isthmian League
• 2016–17 Southern League

External links

• Official website