2018–19 Northern Premier League

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The 2018–19 season is the 50th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the ninth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Farsley Celtic
Promoted	Farsley Celtic
Relegated	Workington Marine
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

The Premier Division consists of 24 clubs.

Team changes

The following 9 clubs left the Premier Division before the season - Altrincham – promoted to National League North Ashton United – promoted to National League North Barwell – transferred to Southern League Central Coalville Town – transferred to Southern League Central Halesowen Town – transferred to Southern League Central Rushall Olympic – transferred to Southern League Central Stourbridge – transferred to Southern League Central Sutton Coldfield Town – relegated to Southern League Division One Central Shaw Lane – folded during the off season

The following 7 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season - Bamber Bridge – promoted from NPL Division One North Basford United – promoted from NPL Division One South Gainsborough Trinity – relegated from National League North Hyde United – promoted from NPL Division One North North Ferriby United – relegated from National League North Scarborough Athletic – promoted from NPL Division One North South Shields – promoted from NPL Division One North

Stadia and locations

Club	Ground	Capacity
Bamber Bridge	Irongate	2,264
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	2,200
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	4,304
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,039
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Mickleover Sports	Station Road	2,000
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
North Ferriby United	Grange Lane	2,200
Scarborough Athletic	Flamingo Land Stadium	2,070
South Shields	Mariners Park	3,500
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	6,500
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 2018–19

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Farsley Celtic  (C) (P)	40	28	6	6	82	40	+42	90	Promotion to the the National League North
2	South Shields  (Q)	40	27	6	7	86	41	+45	87	Qualification for the Premier Division play-offs
3	Warrington Town  (Q)	40	25	9	6	69	33	+36	84
4	Nantwich Town  (Q)	40	19	12	9	70	59	+11	69
5	Buxton  (Q)	40	18	12	10	60	45	+15	66
6	Gainsborough Trinity	40	19	8	13	53	41	+12	65
7	Basford United	40	18	7	15	82	67	+15	61
8	Scarborough Athletic	40	18	7	15	70	56	+14	61
9	Witton Albion	40	16	10	14	45	41	+4	58
10	Hyde United	40	15	8	17	58	53	+5	53
11	Whitby Town	40	15	4	21	48	59	−11	49
12	Lancaster City	40	12	13	15	42	61	−19	49
13	Hednesford Town	40	13	9	18	51	63	−12	48
14	Stafford Rangers	40	11	14	15	62	70	−8	47
15	Matlock Town	40	12	8	20	58	79	−21	44
16	Bamber Bridge	40	10	12	18	62	67	−5	42
17	Stalybridge Celtic	40	11	9	20	46	62	−16	42
18	Grantham Town	40	12	6	22	39	72	−33	42
19	Mickleover Sports	40	10	11	19	37	61	−24	41
20	Marine  (R)	40	10	10	20	39	54	−15	40	Relegation to the Northern League West/East
21	Workington  (R)	40	8	5	27	38	73	−35	29
22	North Ferriby United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club folded; record expunged

Updated to games played on 27 April 2019
Source: NPL official site
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

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	South Shields	4
	5	Buxton	2
						2	South Shields	1
						3	Warrington Town	2
	3	Warrington Town	4
	4	Nantwich Town	1

Semi-finals

30 April 2019	South Shields	4-2	Buxton FC
19:45

	Warrington Town	4–1	Nantwich Town

Final

	South Shields	1–2	Warrington Town

As playoff winners, Warrington Town proceeded to the 2018-19 Step 3 Super Playoffs.

Top 10 Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	James Walshaw	Scarborough Athletic	21
2	Alistair Waddecar	Bamber Bridge	20
3	Nathan Watson	Basford United	18
4	Michael Coulson	Scarborough Athletic	16
	Jimmy Spencer	Farsley Celtic
6	Ashley Worsfold	Gainsborough Trinity	15
7	Robert Briggs	South Shields	13
8	Josh Amis	Warrington Town	12
9	Nathan Cartman	Farsley Celtic	11
	Sean Cooke	Nantwich Town
	Chibuzor Chilaka	Hyde United

Updated to matches played on 9 April 2019

Division One West

Northern Premier League Division One West 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Atherton Collieries
Promoted	Atherton Collieries Radcliffe Borough
Relegated	Skelmersdale United
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

Division One North consists of 22 clubs.

Team changes

The following 9 clubs left Division One North before the season -

Bamber Bridge – promoted to NPL Premier Division Brighouse Town – transferred to NPL Division One East Goole – relegated to Northern Counties East League Premier Division Hyde United – promoted to NPL Premier Division Ossett Albion – merged with Ossett Town into Ossett United and transferred to NPL Division One East Ossett Town – merged with Ossett Albion into Ossett United and transferred to NPL Division One East Scarborough Athletic – promoted to NPL Premier Division South Shields – promoted to NPL Premier Division Tadcaster Albion – transferred to NPL Division One East

The following 7 clubs joined Division One West before the season - Chasetown – transferred from NPL Division One South Kidsgrove Athletic – transferred from NPL Division One South Leek Town – transferred from NPL Division One South Market Drayton Town – transferred from NPL Division One South Newcastle Town – transferred from NPL Division One South Runcorn Linnets – promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division Widnes – promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Ashford Town	Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Bedfont Sports	Bedfont Recreation Ground	3,000
Bracknell Town	Larges Lane	2,500
Chalfont St Peter	Mill Meadow	1,500
Cheshunt	Cheshunt Stadium	3,000
Chipstead	High Road	2,000
Egham Town	The Runnymede Stadium	5,565
FC Romania	Cheshunt Stadium (groundshare with Cheshunt)	3,000
Hanwell Town	Reynolds Field	3,000
Hayes & Yeading United	Beaconsfield Road	3,000
Hertford Town	Hertingfordbury Park	6,500
Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground	3,000
Molesey	Walton Road Stadium	4,000
Northwood	Northwood Park	3,075
South Park	King George's Field	2,000
Tooting & Mitcham United	Imperial Fields	3,500
Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770
Waltham Abbey	Capershotts	3,500
Ware	Wodson Park	3,300
Westfield	Woking Park	1,000

League table

2018–19 Northern Premier League Division One West table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atherton Collieries  (C)	38	26	4	8	89	34	+55	82	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Radcliffe Borough  (Q)	38	23	6	9	73	34	+39	75	Qualification for West Division play-offs
3	Leek Town  (Q)	38	22	8	8	78	34	+44	74
4	Colne  (Q)	38	22	7	9	71	44	+27	73
5	Ramsbottom United  (Q)	38	21	9	8	78	41	+37	72
6	Runcorn Linnets	38	22	6	10	69	50	+19	72
7	Prescot Cables	38	21	6	11	84	54	+30	69
8	Mossley	38	19	8	11	66	51	+15	65
9	Trafford	38	17	10	11	53	44	+9	61
10	Kidsgrove Athletic	38	15	13	10	58	40	+18	58
11	Colwyn Bay	38	15	7	16	73	66	+7	52	Transferred to the Welsh Pyramid
12	Widnes	38	15	6	17	60	61	−1	51
13	Chasetown	38	12	10	16	71	63	+8	46
14	Droylsden	38	12	7	19	61	72	−11	43
15	Newcastle Town	38	10	10	18	52	74	−22	40
16	Market Drayton Town	38	11	7	20	55	94	−39	40
17	Glossop North End	38	7	10	21	41	74	−33	31
18	Clitheroe	38	7	7	24	45	88	−43	28
19	Kendal Town	38	5	4	29	32	94	−62	19
20	Skelmersdale United  (R)	38	2	7	29	24	111	−87	13	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 27 April 2019
Source: NPL official site
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

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	South Shields	4
	5	Buxton	2
						2	South Shields	1
						3	Warrington Town	2
	3	Warrington Town	4
	4	Nantwich Town	1

Semi-finals

30 April 2019	South Shields	4-2	Buxton FC
19:45

	Warrington Town	4–1	Nantwich Town

Final

	South Shields	1–2	Warrington Town

As playoff winners, Warrington Town proceeded to the 2018-19 Step 3 Super Playoffs.

Top 10 Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chris Almond	Prescot Cables	21
	Jamie Rainford	Ramsbottom United
3	Andy Malbon	Kidsgrove Athletic	20
	Tunde Owolabi	Radcliffe
5	Sefton Gonzales	Droylsden	19
6	Max Leonard	Mossley	18
	Ben Wharton	Radcliffe
8	Nic Evangelinos	Ramsbottom United	17
9	Aaron Bott	Leek Town	16
	Alex Curran	Colne

Updated to matches played on April 9th 2019

Division One East

Northern Premier League Division One East 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Morpeth Town
Promoted	Morpeth Town
Relegated	Gresley AFC Mansfield
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

Division One South consists of 22 clubs.

Team changes

The following 11 clubs left Division One South before the season Alvechurch – promoted to Southern Football League Central Basford United – promoted to NPL Premier Division Bedworth United – promoted to Southern Football League Central Chasetown – transferred to NPL Division One West Corby Town – transferred to Southern Football League East Kidsgrove Athletic – transferred to NPL Division One West Leek Town – transferred to NPL Division One West Market Drayton Town – transferred to NPL Division One West Newcastle Town – transferred to NPL Division One West Peterborough Sports – transferred to Southern Football League East Romulus – relegated to Midland Football League Premier

The following 9 clubs joined Division One East before the season AFC Mansfield – promoted from Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division Brighouse Town – transferred from NPL Division One North Marske United – promoted from Northern Football League Division One Morpeth Town – promoted from Northern Football League Division One Ossett United – new club, merger of Ossett Albion and Ossett Town; transferred from NPL Division One North Pickering Town – promoted from Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division Pontefract Collieries – promoted from Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division Tadcaster Albion – transferred from NPL Division One North Wisbech Town – promoted from United Counties League Premier Division

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Ashford United	The Homelands	3,200
Cray Wanderers	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)	6,000
East Grinstead Town	East Court	1,500
Faversham Town	Salters Lane	2,000
Greenwich Borough	Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley PM)	1,500
Guernsey	Footes Lane	5,000
Hastings United	The Pilot Field	4,050
Haywards Heath Town	Hanbury Park	2,000
Herne Bay	Winch's Field	4,000
Horsham	Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing FC)	1,500
Hythe Town	Reachfields Stadium	3,000
Phoenix Sports	Victory Road	2,000
Ramsgate	Southwood Stadium	2,500
Sevenoaks Town	Greatness Park	1,000
Sittingbourne	Woodstock Park	3,000
Thamesmead Town	Princes Park (groundshare with Dartford)	4,100
Three Bridges	Jubilee Field	1,500
VCD Athletic	Oakwood	1,400
Whitstable Town	The Belmont Ground	3,000
Whyteleafe	Church Road	2,000

League table

2018–19 Northern Premier League Division One East table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Morpeth Town  (C) (P)	38	28	4	6	90	33	+57	88	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Pontefract Collieries	38	23	7	8	91	54	+37	76	Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to the Division One North West
3	Brighouse Town  (O)	38	21	8	9	74	43	+31	71
4	Sheffield	38	21	6	11	81	63	+18	69	Qualified for the Play-offs
5	Ossett United  (Q)	38	18	13	7	65	37	+28	67	Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to the Division One North West
6	Tadcaster Albion	38	20	6	12	71	47	+24	66	Transferred to the Division One North West
7	Cleethorpes Town	38	18	10	10	90	62	+28	64
8	Loughborough Dynamo	38	19	5	14	82	67	+15	62
9	Belper Town	38	16	11	11	66	60	+6	59
10	Marske United	38	16	10	12	63	47	+16	58	Transferred to the Division One North West
11	Stamford	38	13	11	14	55	57	−2	50
12	Frickley Athletic	38	13	9	16	54	60	−6	48
13	Stocksbridge Park Steels	38	12	7	19	41	70	−29	43
14	Lincoln United	38	12	7	19	53	83	−30	43
15	AFC Mansfield	38	11	9	18	55	73	−18	42	Demoted to Level 9
16	Pickering Town	38	8	11	19	45	72	−27	35	Transferred to the Division One North West
17	Wisbech Town	38	6	13	19	43	70	−27	31
18	Spalding United	38	6	13	19	38	67	−29	31
19	Carlton Town	38	7	6	25	46	84	−38	27
20	Gresley  (R)	38	7	4	27	37	91	−54	25	Relegation to Level 9

Updated to games played on 27 April 2019
Source: NPL official site
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

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Pontefract Collieries (a.e.t.)	3
	5	Ossett United	1
						2	Pontefract Collieries	0
						3	Brighouse Town	3
	3	Brighouse Town	3
	4	Sheffield	1

Semi-finals

29 April 2019 (2019-04-29)	Horsham	3–0	Haywards Heath Town	Horsham
				Stadium: Culver Road

29 April 2019 (2019-04-29)	Hastings United	2–3	Ashford United	Hastings
				Stadium: The Pilot Field

Final

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)	Horsham	2–1	Ashford United	Horsham
				Stadium: Culver Road

Top 10 Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Eli Hey	Pontefract Collieries	22
2	Aaron Martin	Brighouse Town	21
3	Jacob Hazel	Frickley Athletic	20
	Joe Lumsden	Tadcaster Albion
5	Marc Newsham	Sheffield	19
	Ryan Robbins	Loughborough Dynamo
7	Scott Vernon	Cleethorpes Town	18
8	Jamie Owens	Marske United	17
	Karl Demidh	Loughborough Dynamo
10	Mitchell Dunne	Sheffield	15
	Josh Batty	Cleethorpes Town
	Ryan Blott	Pickering Town

Updated to matches played on April 9th 2019

Challenge Cup

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2018–19
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 18–19 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 49th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League.

Calendar

Preliminary Round

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

See also

• 2018–19 Isthmian League
• 2016–17 Southern League

External links

• Official website