2021–22 Northern Premier League

	League stub This article about 2021–22 Northern Premier League is a stub, an article too short to provide more than rudimentary information about a subject. You can help The Football Database Wiki by expanding it.

The 2021–22 season is the 54th season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of three divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West and East Divisions at Step 4. The NPL continued this season with main sponsors Entain's Pitching In.

As the previous season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all results finalised, the Trident Leagues along with the Football Association decided to make the realignment to leagues at Steps 4, 5 and 6.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division 2021–22
Season information
Season statistics
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

Premier Division comprised the same set of 22 teams which competed in the aborted competition the previous season.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Ground	Capacity
Ashton United	Ashton-under-Lyne	Hurst Cross	4,500
Atherton Collieries	Atherton	Alder Street	2,500
Bamber Bridge	Bamber Bridge	Irongate	2,264
Basford United	Nottingham (Basford)	Greenwich Avenue	2,200
Buxton	Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
FC United of Manchester	Manchester (Moston)	Broadhurst Park	4,400
Gainsborough Trinity	Gainsborough	The Northolme	4,304
Grantham Town	Grantham	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Hyde United	Hyde	Ewen Fields	4,250
Lancaster City	Lancaster	Giant Axe	3,500
Matlock Town	Matlock	Causeway Lane	2,214
Mickleover Sports	Derby (Mickleover)	Station Road	1,500
Morpeth Town	Morpeth	Craik Park	1,500
Nantwich Town	Nantwich	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Radcliffe	Radcliffe	Stainton Park	3,500
Scarborough Athletic	Scarborough	Flamingo Land Stadium	2,833
South Shields	South Shields	Mariners Park	3,500
Stafford Rangers	Stafford	Marston Road	4,000
Stalybridge Celtic	Stalybridge	Bower Fold	6,500
Warrington Town	Warrington	Cantilever Park	3,500
Whitby Town	Whitby	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Witton Albion	Northwich	Wincham Park	4,813

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Buxton  (C) (P)	42	23	12	7	80	38	+42	81	Promotion to the National League North
2	South Shields	42	23	9	10	71	40	+31	78	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Scarborough Athletic  (P) (O)	42	21	11	10	61	48	+13	74
4	Matlock Town	42	21	10	11	59	36	+23	73
5	Warrington Town	42	20	11	11	67	47	+20	71
6	Bamber Bridge	42	21	6	15	67	59	+8	69
7	Whitby Town	42	19	9	14	57	50	+7	66
8	Stafford Rangers	42	15	16	11	55	39	+16	61
9	F.C. United of Manchester	42	18	7	17	66	57	+9	61
10	Morpeth Town	42	17	10	15	67	59	+8	61
11	Lancaster City	42	17	5	20	44	51	−7	56
12	Mickleover Sports	42	15	10	17	54	65	−11	55
13	Nantwich Town	42	14	10	18	46	52	−6	52
14	Stalybridge Celtic	42	15	7	20	51	59	−8	52
15	Ashton United	42	13	12	17	50	59	−9	51
16	Radcliffe	42	15	6	21	56	73	−17	51
17	Gainsborough Trinity	42	12	14	16	40	52	−12	50
18	Hyde United	42	14	8	20	52	65	−13	50
19	Atherton Collieries	42	13	9	20	34	45	−11	48	Reprieve from relegation
20	Basford United	42	12	9	21	32	49	−17	45
21	Witton Albion  (R)	42	12	7	23	48	78	−30	43	Relegation to Division One West
22	Grantham Town  (R)	42	8	10	24	45	81	−36	34	Relegation to Division One East

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

Division One West

Northern Premier League Division One West 2021–22
Season information
Season statistics
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

When the divisions were realigned this became Division One West instead of Division One North West from the previous season. Division One West comprised 20 teams.

Team changes

The following 3 clubs were promoted from Step 5 divisions before the season:

• 1874 Northwich – promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division
• Bootle – promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division
• Warrington Rylands 1906 – promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division

The following and 5 clubs transferred from NPL Division One South East Step 4 division before the season:

• Leek Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Newcastle Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Kidsgrove Athletic – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Glossop North End – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Market Drayton Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
1874 Northwich	Barnton	The Offside Trust Stadium (groundshare with Barnton)	3,000
Bootle	Bootle	New Bucks Park	3,750
City of Liverpool	Ellesmere Port	Rivacre Park (groundshare with Vauxhall Motors)	3,300
Clitheroe	Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Colne	Colne	Holt House	1,800
Glossop North End	Glossop	The Amdec Forklift Stadium	1,350
Kendal Town	Kendal	Parkside Road	2,400
Kidsgrove Athletic	Kidsgrove	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	2,000
Leek Town	Leek	Harrison Park	3,600
Marine	Crosby	Rossett Park	3,185
Market Drayton Town	Market Drayton	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Mossley	Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Newcastle Town	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Prescot Cables	Prescot	IP Truck Parts Stadium	3,200
Ramsbottom United	Ramsbottom	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Runcorn Linnets	Runcorn	APEC Taxis Stadium	1,600
Trafford	Flixton	Shawe lane	2,500
Warrington Rylands 1906	Warrington	Gorsey Lane	1,345
Widnes	Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350
Workington	Workington	Borough Park	3,101

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Warrington Rylands 1906  (C) (P)	38	26	7	5	95	38	+57	85	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Workington	38	25	9	4	72	27	+45	84	Qualification for play-offs
3	Leek Town	38	24	7	7	74	36	+38	79
4	Runcorn Linnets	38	23	7	8	72	39	+33	76
5	Marine  (P) (O)	38	24	5	9	63	40	+23	77
6	Clitheroe	38	21	8	9	78	44	+34	71
7	Bootle	38	20	2	16	78	65	+13	62
8	Mossley	38	17	6	15	60	59	+1	57
9	City of Liverpool	38	14	11	13	48	51	−3	53
10	Kidsgrove Athletic	38	14	8	16	51	53	−2	50
11	Trafford	38	13	10	15	56	55	+1	49
12	1874 Northwich	38	13	8	17	59	58	+1	47
13	Widnes	38	13	8	17	46	45	+1	47
14	Colne	38	12	8	18	39	54	−15	44
15	Ramsbottom United	38	12	6	20	47	62	−15	42
16	Newcastle Town	38	10	10	18	49	64	−15	40
17	Glossop North End	38	9	13	16	36	55	−19	40	Reprieve from inter-step play-offs
18	Prescot Cables	38	12	3	23	49	70	−21	39
19	Kendal Town  (R)	38	3	4	31	28	90	−62	13	Relegation to the North West Counties League
20	Market Drayton Town  (R)	38	2	6	30	21	116	−95	12	Relegation to the Midland League

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

Division One East

Northern Premier League Division One East 2021–22
Season information
Winners	Liversedge
Promoted	Liversedge Marske United
Relegated	Yorkshire Amateur Frickley Athletic Pickering Town
Season statistics
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1099
Top goalscorer	28 goals - Adam Boyes (Marske United)
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

When the divisions were realigned this became Division One East instead of Division One South East from the previous season. Division One East comprised 19 teams, with a vacancy left due to the withdrawal of Droylsden in the previous campaign.

Team changes

The following 6 clubs were promoted from Step 5 divisions and 7 clubs transferred from NPL Division One North West before the season:

• Bridlington Town – promoted from Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Hebburn Town – promoted from Northern League Division One
• Liversedge – promoted from Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Shildon – promoted from Northern League Division One
• Stockton Town – promoted from Northern League Division One
• Yorkshire Amateur – promoted from Northern Counties East League Premier Division

The following and 7 clubs transferred from NPL Division One North West Step 4 division before the season:

• Dunston UTS – transferred from NPL Division One North West
• Marske United – transferred from NPL Division One North West
• Tadcaster Albion – transferred from NPL Division One North West
• Pickering Town – transferred from NPL Division One North West
• Brighouse Town – transferred from NPL Division One North West
• Pontefract Collieries – transferred from NPL Division One North West
• Ossett United – transferred from NPL Division One North West

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bridlington Town	Bridlington	Queensgate	3,000
Brighouse Town	Brighouse	St Giles Road	1,000
Cleethorpes Town	Grimsby	Bradley Football Centre	1,000
Dunston UTS	Dunston	Wellington Road	2,500
Frickley Athletic	South Elmsall	Westfield Lane	2,087
Hebburn Town	Hebburn	The Green Energy Sports Ground	–
Lincoln United	Lincoln	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Liversedge	Cleckheaton	Clayborn	2,000
Marske United	Marske-by-the-Sea	Mount Pleasant	2,500
Ossett United	Ossett	Ingfield	1,950
Pickering Town	Pickering	Mill Lane	2,000
Pontefract Collieries	Pontefract	Harratt Nissan Stadium	1,200
Sheffield	Dronfield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,089
Shildon	Shildon	Dean Street	4,700
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Stocksbridge	Bracken Moor	3,500
Stockton Town	Stockton	Bishopton Road West	1,800
Tadcaster Albion	Tadcaster	Ings Lane	2,000
Worksop Town	Worksop	Sandy Lane	2,500
Yorkshire Amateur	Leeds	Bracken Edge	1,550

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liversedge  (C) (P)	36	29	6	1	98	22	+76	93	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Leek Town	36	28	4	4	94	34	+60	88	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Cleethorpes Town	36	21	6	9	74	46	+28	69
4	Stockton Town	36	19	9	8	79	41	+38	66
5	Shildon	36	19	6	11	61	35	+26	63
6	Dunston UTS	36	17	3	16	67	60	+7	54
7	Brighouse Town	36	15	9	12	059	52	+7	54
8	Worksop Town	36	16	6	14	056	53	+3	54
9	Ossett United	36	15	8	13	043	59	−16	53
10	Yorkshire Amateur  (R)	36	14	5	17	55	63	−8	47	Relegation to the Northern Counties East League
11	Stocksbridge Park Steels	36	13	7	16	53	58	−5	46
12	Pontefract Collieries	36	13	4	19	41	54	−13	43
13	Hebburn Town	36	12	6	18	47	56	−9	42
14	Tadcaster Albion	36	10	7	19	47	63	−16	37
15	Bridlington Town	36	9	7	20	40	65	−25	34
16	Lincoln United	36	9	7	20	56	91	−35	34	Reprieve from inter-step play-offs
17	Sheffield	36	8	9	19	47	77	−30	33
18	Frickley Athletic  (R)	36	8	6	22	30	67	−37	30	Relegation to the Northern Counties East League
19	Pickering Town  (R)	36	7	5	24	52	103	−51	26

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

Results table

Home \ Away	BRD	BRI	CLE	DUN	FRI	HEB	LIN	LIV	MAR	OSS	PIC	PON	SHE	SHI	STB	STC	TAD	WOR	YOR
Bridlington Town		1–4	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–2	0–5	2–0	5–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	2–1
Brighouse Town	1–0		0–2	0–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–3	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2
Cleethorpes Town	1–0	3–2		1–1	3–0	0–2	4–4	2–4	3–4	7–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Dunston UTS	1–2	2–3	0–2		6–0	1–0	3–1	0–4	2–0	2–1	4–3	4–1	3–1	0–2	4–2	2–1	1–2	4–0	3–0
Frickley Athletic	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–2		0–1	1–4	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–4
Hebburn Town	3–0	1–3	0–4	2–1	0–1		2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–5	1–4	2–3	3–0	4–2
Lincoln United	2–2	1–1	1–4	3–2	1–0	1–4		0–2	0–3	3–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–5	1–3	1–0	4–1
Liversedge	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1		2–1	6–0	5–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	5–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	5–0
Marske United	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–2		1–1	5–2	1–0	6–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	3–2	4–0
Ossett United	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	0–5	1–3		1–1	1–3	3–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Pickering Town	1–4	2–2	0–4	4–2	1–2	2–1	3–4	1–3	1–4	0–2		1–3	4–1	0–4	1–0	0–6	2–1	1–4	3–3
Pontefract Collieries	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–4	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–0		1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–5	1–2	4–3
Sheffield	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–5	0–0	2–3	4–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–3	3–2
Shildon	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	4–0	4–0	5–1		2–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–2
Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–0	1–3	0–2	5–2	1–2	5–2	4–3	0–3	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2		0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Stockton Town	2–1	3–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	4–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	3–2		4–0	0–1	1–1
Tadcaster Albion	2–1	1–2	1–4	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	3–2		2–2	0–3
Worksop Town	4–2	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	6–2	0–2	3–5	1–1	3–2	1–0	6–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	0–0		0–3
Yorkshire Amateur	2–0	1–3	0–4	0–3	0–0	0–1	7–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–5	2–0	1–2

Source: NPL East Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Marske United	2
	5	Shildon	1
						2	Marske United	2
						4	Stockton Town	1
	3	Cleethorpes Town	1
	4	Stockton Town	2

Semi-finals

26 April	Marske United	2–1	Shildon	Marske-by-the-Sea
				Stadium: Mount Pleasant

26 April	Cleethorpes Town	1–2	Stockton Town	Grimsby
				Stadium: Bradley Football Centre

Final

30 April	Marske United	2–1	Stockton Town	Marske-by-the-Sea
				Stadium: Mount Pleasant

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adam Boyes	Marske United	28
2	Laurence Sorhaindo	Brighouse Town	23
3	Matthew Cotton	Lincoln United	21
4	Benjamin Atkinson	Liversedge	18
	Luke Mangham	Stocksbridge Park Steels
	Michael Roberts	Stockton Town
	Nicholas Walker	Liversedge
8	Kevin Hayes	Stockton Town	16
	Dean Thexton	Shildon
9	Marc Newsham	Sheffield	16
	Brody Robertson	Cleethorpes Town

Division One Midlands

Northern Premier League Division One Midlands 2021–22
Season information
Season statistics

As part of the realignment, the delayed formation of a third Northern Premier League First Division saw the creation of a new Midlands Division, in which it covers the Birmingham area, Nottinghamshire, western Northamptonshire and northern Cambridgeshire regions. The division consists of 20 sides for the upcoming season .

Team changes

The following 2 clubs were promoted from Step 5 divisions before the season:

• Shepshed Dynamo – promoted from United Counties League Premier Division
• Sporting Khalsa – promoted from Midland League Premier Division

The following and 9 clubs transferred from NPL Division One South East Step 4 division before the season:

• Loughborough Dynamo – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Chasetown – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Belper Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Stamford – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Ilkeston Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Carlton Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Sutton Coldfield Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Spalding United – transferred from NPL Division One South East
• Wisbech Town – transferred from NPL Division One South East

The following 9 clubs were transferred from other Step 4 Trident Alliance divisions before the season:

• Bedworth United – transferred from Southern League Division One Central
• Cambridge City – transferred from Isthmian League North Division
• Coleshill Town – transferred from Southern League Division One Central
• Corby Town – transferred from Southern League Division One Central
• Daventry Town – transferred from Southern League Division One Central
• Halesowen Town – transferred from Southern League Division One Central
• Histon – transferred from Isthmian League North Division
• Soham Town Rangers – transferred from Isthmian League North Division
• Yaxley – transferred from Southern League Division One Central

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bedworth United	Bedworth	The Oval	3,000
Belper Town	Belper	Christchurch Meadow	2,650
Cambridge City	Impington	Bridge Road (groundshare with Histon)	4,300
Carlton Town	Carlton	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Chasetown	Burntwood	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Coleshill Town	Coleshill	Pack Meadow	2,000
Corby Town	Corby	Steel Park	3,893
Daventry Town	Daventry	Elderstubbs	1,855
Halesowen Town	Halesowen	The Grove	3,150
Histon	Impington	Bridge Road	4,300
Ilkeston Town	Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,029
Loughborough Dynamo	Loughborough	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Shepshed Dynamo	Leicestershire	The Dovecote Stadium	2,500
Soham Town Rangers	Soham	Julius Martin Lane	2,000
Spalding United	Spalding	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Sporting Khalsa	Willenhall	Guardian Warehousing Arena	–
Stamford	Stamford	Borderville Sports Centre	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	Sutton Coldfield	Central Ground	2,000
Wisbech Town	Wisbech	Fenland Stadium	1,118
Yaxley	Yaxley	Leading Drove	1,000

Division One Midlands table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ilkeston Town  (C) (P)	38	27	6	5	97	42	+55	87	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Stamford	38	26	6	6	95	36	+59	84	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Halesowen Town	38	25	8	5	92	39	+53	83
4	Chasetown	38	25	7	6	79	38	+41	82
5	Belper Town  (P) (O)	38	23	4	11	73	51	+22	73
6	Carlton Town	38	19	11	8	71	48	+23	68
7	Coleshill Town	38	19	4	15	71	49	+22	61
8	Sporting Khalsa	38	18	6	14	76	68	+8	60
9	Cambridge City	38	15	9	14	60	58	+2	54
10	Spalding United	38	15	8	15	47	56	−9	53
11	Shepshed Dynamo	38	13	12	13	55	60	−5	51
12	Bedworth United	38	13	8	17	47	59	−12	47
13	Loughborough Dynamo	38	13	6	19	71	76	−5	45
14	Yaxley	38	12	5	21	59	95	−36	41
15	Corby Town	38	11	7	20	56	66	−10	40
16	Daventry Town	38	10	9	19	50	80	−30	39
17	Sutton Coldfield Town	38	9	10	19	42	62	−20	37	Reprieved from inter-step play-offs
18	Histon  (R)	38	5	9	24	37	91	−54	24	Qualification for inter-step play-off
19	Soham Town Rangers  (R)	38	5	6	27	42	91	−49	21	Relegation to the Eastern Counties League
20	Wisbech Town  (R)	38	5	3	30	35	90	−55	18	Relegation to the United Counties League

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

Challenge Cup

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2021–22
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 2021–22 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons.

See also

• 2021–22 Isthmian League
• 2021–22 Southern League

External links

• Official website