2021–22 Northern Premier League Division One West

Northern Premier League Division One West 2021–22
Season information
Winners	Warrington Rylands 1906
Promoted	Warrington Rylands 1906 Marine
Relegated	Kendal Town Market Drayton
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1121
Top goalscorer	25 golas - Ryan Brooke (Runcorn Linnets)
← 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

Results table

Home \ Away	18N	BOO	COL	CLI	CLN	GNE	KEN	KID	LEE	MAR	MKT	MOS	NEW	PRE	RAM	RUN	TRA	WAR	WID	WOR
1874 Northwich		0–5	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–3	0–2	1–0	7–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–3	2–4
Bootle	3–2		3–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	0–3	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–3	3–0	5–0	2–1	2–3	2–4	1–0	0–4
City of Liverpool	0–1	2–1		0–4	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–2
Clitheroe	2–2	7–1	6–0		5–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–2
Colne	0–4	0–2	4–0	1–1		2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–3
Glossop North End	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–2	3–2		2–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3
Kendal Town	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0		0–4	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	4–3	1–2	0–3	1–5	0–2	0–0	1–3
Kidsgrove Athletic	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–2		2–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1
Leek Town	1–2	3–1	2–2	5–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0		3–2	5–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–0
Marine	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–3		3–1	0–3	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–1
Market Drayton Town	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–5	0–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–1		1–7	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–5	1–1
Mossley	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	1–0		2–2	4–1	0–3	0–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–1
Newcastle Town	0–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–3	6–1	1–2		2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–4	1–1
Prescot Cables	1–2	2–1	0–6	2–3	0–4	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	7–0	3–1	2–1		2–1	0–1	4–2	3–3	0–1	0–0
Ramsbottom United	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	0–3	7–1	1–2	4–0	1–0		1–3	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–1
Runcorn Linnets	1–0	3–1	3–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	7–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–4	2–0	2–1	4–0		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2
Trafford	2–5	1–2	0–1	0–5	1–1	1–0	4–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0		0–0	3–0	2–2
Warrington Rylands 1906	3–1	2–2	2–3	2–2	6–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–4	7–0	2–1	5–2	7–2	8–0	2–0	4–1		1–0	2–1
Widnes	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–5	1–0	0–1		0–1
Workington	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–1

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

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Workington	2
	5	Marine	3
						5	Marine	2
						4	Runcorn Linnets	1
	3	Leek Town	1
	4	Runcorn Linnets	4

Semi-finals

26 April	Workington	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Marine	Workington
	Scott Allison  6' Sam Smith  58'	Report	Neil Kengni  21', 90', 93'	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 1,326

26 April	Leek Town	1–4	Runcorn Linnets	Leek
	Timothy Grice  65'	Report	Iwan Murray  1', 4' Thomas Marsh-Hughes  3' Ryan Brooke  79'	Stadium: Harrison Park Attendance: 1,381

Final

30 April	Runcorn Linnets	1–2	Marine	Runcorn, Cheshire
15:00	Ryan Brooke  3'	Report	Neil Kengni  71' Jack Dunn  79'	Stadium: APEC Taxis Stadium Attendance: 1,600

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ryan Brooke	Runcorn Linnets	25
2	Ben Hodkinson	Bootle	20
3	Kane Drummond	Warrington Rylands	19
	Daniel Trickett-Smith	Leek Town
5	Jamie Rainford	Glossop North End Ramsbottom United (4)	18
6	Max Cane	Clitheroe	16
7	Timothy Grice	Leek Town	15
	Jack McGowan	Bootle
9	Stefon Gonzales	Clitheroe	14
	Jack Hazlehurst	City of Liverpool
	David Symington	Workington

External links

• Current league tables