2019–20 Northern Premier League Division One North West

Northern Premier League Division One North West 2019–20
Season information
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The 2019–20 season was the 52nd season of the Northern Premier League. After one season, the two divisions of Division One were re-aligned from West and East to North West and South East.

The League announced on 8 July 2019 that the new sponsors for 2019–20 were BetVictor.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision. A legal appeal against the decision, funded by South Shields, was dismissed in June 2020.

Team changes

The following 10 clubs left Division One West before the season -

• Atherton Collieries - promoted to NPL Premier Division
• Chasetown – transferred to NPL Division One South East
• Colwyn Bay resigned from the English Pyramid to join the FAW Championship North & Mid in the Welsh Pyramid
• Glossop North End – transferred to NPL Division One South East
• Kidsgrove Athletic – transferred to NPL Division One South East
• Leek Town – transferred to NPL Division One South East
• Market Drayton Town – transferred to NPL Division One South East
• Newcastle Town – transferred to NPL Division One South East
• Radcliffe - promoted to NPL Premier Division
• Skelmersdale United – relegated to NWCFL Premier Division

The following 10 clubs joined Division One North West before the season -

• Brighouse Town – transferred from NPL Division One East
• City of Liverpool - promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division
• Dunston UTS - promoted from Northern Football League Division One
• Marine – relegated from NPL Premier Division
• Marske United – transferred from NPL Division One East
• Ossett United – transferred from NPL Division One East
• Pickering Town – transferred from NPL Division One East
• Pontefract Collieries – transferred from NPL Division One North East
• Tadcaster Albion – transferred from NPL Division One East
• Workington – relegated from NPL Premier Division

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Brighouse Town	St Giles Road	1,000
City of Liverpool	New Bucks Park	3,750
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Colne	Holt House	1,800
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Dunston UTS	Wellington Road	2,500
Kendal Town	Parkside Road	2,400
Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Marske United	Mount Pleasant	2,500
Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Ossett United	Ingfield	1,950
Pickering Town	Mill Lane	2,000
Pontefract Collieries	Harratt Nissan Stadium	1,200
Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Runcorn Linnets	Millbank Linnets Stadium	1,600
Tadcaster Albion	Ings Lane	2,000
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Widnes	Select Security Stadium	13,350
Workington	Borough Park	3,101

Division One North-West table at the time of abandonment

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Workington	31	22	5	4	77	25	+52	71
2	Ramsbottom United	28	19	4	5	71	36	+35	61
3	Marine	30	17	7	6	66	34	+32	58
4	Pontefract Collieries	25	16	4	5	47	24	+23	52
5	Marske United	26	15	6	5	50	25	+25	51
6	Clitheroe	30	12	8	10	46	39	+7	44
7	Mossley	30	12	6	12	37	49	−12	41
8	Tadcaster Albion	27	11	7	9	40	30	+10	40
9	Trafford	29	10	8	11	46	39	+7	38
10	Runcorn Linnets	27	10	8	9	41	40	+1	38
11	Brighouse Town	29	13	3	13	38	41	−3	38
12	Widnes	31	9	10	12	47	49	−2	37
13	Dunston UTS	28	9	8	11	41	45	−4	35
14	Prescot Cables	30	8	9	13	32	41	−9	33
15	Colne	25	7	9	9	31	31	0	30
16	Droylsden	30	7	6	17	28	75	−47	27	Resigned from NPL Before Starting the Next Season
17	City of Liverpool	27	9	5	13	32	45	−13	26
18	Ossett United	28	5	7	16	38	57	−19	22
19	Kendal Town	29	5	6	18	29	72	−43	21
20	Pickering Town	30	4	4	22	37	77	−40	16

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: NPL official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results

Results table

Home \ Away	BRI	CLI	CLN	COL	DRO	DUN	KEN	MAR	MRS	MOS	OSS	PIC	PON	PRE	RAM	RUN	TAD	TRA	WID	WOR
Brighouse Town		2–1			0–1				0–1
Clitheroe							4–1													2–0
Colne	0–0			0–2										1–2		4–4
City of Liverpool								1–3			4–0								2–3
Droylsden				3–3			2–2			2–1			1–4	1–1
Dunston UTS											1–0					3–3
Kendal Town			1–2									3–1		0–1
Marine		1–1	3–3	4–0		1–1	4–1		3–1	6–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1				1–2		2–2
Marske United		1–0				2–1
Mossley							5–0									2–1				2–0
Ossett United	1–2									0–0		1–0			1–1				4–2
Pickering Town										3–2					1–2
Pontefract Collieries															2–0		1–0
Prescot Cables			2–2			1–0											1–1
Ramsbottom United			2–0															1–0	3–2
Runcorn Linnets		4–2			0–1							1–1								1–1
Tadcaster Albion								2–1				5–0						2–1
Trafford			0–2						1–1										0–2	0–1
Widnes	0–1		1–2		3–1	3–0	4–0	1–4		0–0	2–2	3–2		3–1	2–2	1–2		0–0
Workington				1–1			5–0	0–0				4–1	2–1	4–0	5–1		2–0		2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2019 (Marine FC 11 January 2020). Source: NPL First Division East results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top 10 goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Scott Allison	Workington	22
2	Niall Cummins	Marine	19
3	Nic Evangelinos	Ramsbottom United	18
4	Tom Greaves	Ossett United	16
5	Connor Gaul	Clitheroe	15
	Curtis Round	Marske United
7	Jamie Rainford	Widnes, Mossley & Runcorn Linnets	14
8	Lewis Salmon	Trafford	12
9	Jacob Day	Tadcaster Albion	11
	Joe Lumsden	Pontefract Collieries

Updated to matches played on 14 March 2019

External links

• Current league tables