2017–18 Northern Premier League Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division 2017–18
Season information
Winners	Altrincham
Promoted	Altrincham Ashton United
Relegated	Sutton Coldfield Town
Season statistics
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The 2018–19 season is the 51st season of the Northern Premier League. After ten seasons, the two divisions of Division One were re-aligned from North and South to West and East. The League sponsors for 2018–19 are Evo-Stik.

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
• 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

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	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
Shaw Lane	Shaw Lane	2,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
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
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Workington	Borough Park	3,101

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

STA

STL

STB

SUT

WAR

WTB

WTN

WRK

Altrincham

3–2

4–0

1–1

4–2

6–0

1–0

3–0

3–0

4–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

5–1

4–0

5–1

0–3

1–2

4–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

3–4

2–3

Ashton United

3–3

1–1

1–4

1–2

1–1

2–1

3–0

1–2

2–1

3–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

3–3

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–0

2–0

4–0

2–1

0–1

Barwell

1–3

1–1

2–1

2–1

3–4

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

0–4

2–1

2–1

0–2

4–4

1–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

Buxton

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

3–3

0–3

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

2–3

0–2

3–0

1–2

0–2

1–1

2–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–2

2–0

4–2

Coalville Town

0–3

1–2

0–3

1–5

2–3

1–3

1–0

5–2

1–4

2–3

2–1

2–0

0–3

2–5

1–3

0–0

4–0

0–1

4–2

0–3

0–1

2–1

3–0

Farsley Celtic

0–1

3–3

1–2

3–0

3–1

3–0

3–1

1–3

0–0

3–0

1–2

0–3

2–0

1–0

4–2

1–0

5–4

1–4

0–1

0–2

4–0

1–1

3–3

Grantham Town

0–2

1–1

4–1

0–1

0–1

2–2

1–2

1–1

3–2

5–0

2–1

0–3

0–0

7–1

3–1

1–2

0–0

4–2

6–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

3–2

Halesowen Town

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–3

2–3

1–2

1–3

2–1

4–3

1–1

3–2

0–0

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–1

3–1

1–3

1–5

Hednesford Town

0–3

1–1

2–3

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

1–1

3–2

2–0

1–3

1–0

1–1

1–3

2–1

2–1

1–1

3–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

Lancaster City

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–1

4–2

1–1

3–1

2–0

0–1

3–0

1–2

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–2

4–1

4–0

2–2

Marine

0–3

3–4

0–1

2–3

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

3–0

1–2

1–3

1–1

2–2

1–2

1–1

3–1

0–4

5–0

0–4

0–3

2–2

2–0

Matlock Town

1–0

1–2

0–2

3–3

3–1

1–2

2–3

2–0

3–2

4–3

2–2

1–0

0–3

2–1

0–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

5–0

1–3

1–2

2–3

2–0

Mickleover Sports

1–2

2–5

3–3

2–2

2–2

2–2

1–0

0–0

5–0

0–1

1–2

2–0

1–2

1–1

1–3

0–2

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–3

2–1

1–1

1–0

Nantwich Town

1–1

2–3

2–2

1–3

1–3

1–1

3–1

1–3

1–5

3–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

1–2

2–3

0–3

2–3

2–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

3–2

2–0

Rushall Olympic

2–0

4–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

3–1

1–2

3–0

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–4

1–3

1–2

1–0

1–2

5–1

1–2

3–3

0–0

1–0

Shaw Lane

1–2

0–0

3–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–2

3–2

3–1

0–0

1–3

2–1

1–2

0–2

2–0

5–2

2–0

3–1

3–1

5–0

0–0

1–1

3–2

Stafford Rangers

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–4

4–1

0–2

1–2

0–0

0–1

2–2

1–4

2–0

1–1

3–0

0–4

1–2

2–0

1–0

4–1

0–0

2–2

0–4

1–2

Stalybridge Celtic

0–0

2–2

4–2

0–1

0–3

1–4

1–3

1–0

2–2

5–2

0–2

4–1

0–5

1–0

1–2

0–1

2–0

3–1

1–1

2–0

3–1

0–5

1–3

Stourbridge

1–1

2–3

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

0–2

1–2

2–0

0–0

0–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

5–0

1–1

0–0

4–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–3

Sutton Coldfield Town

0–4

0–2

0–6

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–2

0–1

4–1

0–2

3–1

3–3

2–1

1–3

3–4

3–1

2–3

2–0

0–4

0–2

1–1

2–6

4–1

Warrington Town

0–0

0–1

2–0

1–0

1–3

4–2

2–1

1–1

4–1

5–1

0–0

2–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–5

2–1

2–1

2–2

1–1

Whitby Town

1–1

3–2

1–0

1–1

2–2

0–2

1–5

5–0

2–2

0–5

3–2

0–3

3–2

2–1

2–3

0–3

0–0

4–1

1–3

2–2

2–2

1–2

1–1

Witton Albion

0–2

1–1

2–2

1–0

5–2

1–4

2–3

2–3

3–0

2–0

1–1

3–3

0–2

4–1

1–2

4–0

1–2

4–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

1–0

Workington

5–2

1–2

0–2

1–2

1–0

1–2

0–2

3–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

4–1

2–0

0–0

3–4

2–1

4–0

1–1

1–3

1–1

Updated to games played on 28 April 2018
Source: [1]
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Ashton United	2
	5	Farsley Celtic	1
						2	Ashton United	2
						4	Grantham Town	0
	3	Warrington Town	0
	4	Grantham Town	3

Semi-finals

1 May 2018	Ashton United	2–1	Farsley Celtic	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

1 May 2018	Warrington Town	0–3	Grantham Town	Cantilever Park, Warrington
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

Final

5 May 2018	Ashton United	2–0	Grantham Town	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne
15:00 (UTC+01:00)

External links

• Current league tables