2022–23 Northern Premier League Division One East

Northern Premier League Division One East 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Worksop Town
Promoted	Worksop Town
Relegated	Shildon Tadcaster Albion
Season statistics
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The 2022–23 season was the 55th season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West, East and Midlands divisions at Step 4. The NPL continued this season with main sponsors Entain's Pitching In.

The allocations for Step 4 this season were announced by The Football Association (FA) on 12 May 2022.

Division One East comprises 20 teams, one more than the previous season.

Team changes

The following 5 clubs left Division One East before the season:

• Frickley Athletic – relegated to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Liversedge – promoted to the Premier Division
• Marske United – promoted to the Premier Division
• Pickering Town – relegated to the Northern League Division One
• Yorkshire Amateur – relegated to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

• Carlton Town – transferred from Division One Midlands
• Consett – promoted from the Northern League Division One
• Grantham Town – relegated from the Premier Division
• Grimsby Borough – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Long Eaton United – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North
• North Shields – promoted from the Northern League Division One

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bridlington Town	Bridlington	Queensgate	3,000
Brighouse Town	Brighouse	St Giles Road	1,000
Carlton Town	Carlton	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Cleethorpes Town	Grimsby	Clee Road	1,000
Consett	Consett	Belle View Stadium	3,770
Dunston UTS	Dunston	Wellington Road	2,500
Grantham Town	Grantham	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Grimsby Borough	Grimsby	Bradley Football Centre	1,000
Hebburn Town	Hebburn	The Green Energy Sports Ground	–
Lincoln United	Lincoln	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Long Eaton United	Long Eaton	Grange Park	3,000
North Shields	North Shields	Daren Persson Stadium	1,500
Ossett United	Ossett	Ingfield	1,950
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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Worksop Town (C, P)	38	31	6	1	112	25	+87	99	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Stockton Town	38	20	8	10	74	40	+34	68	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Hebburn Town	38	20	6	12	59	58	+1	66
4	Long Eaton United (O, P)	38	19	8	11	67	52	+15	65
5	Stocksbridge Park Steels	38	19	6	13	58	41	+17	63
6	Dunston UTS	38	16	12	10	63	50	+13	60
7	North Shields (R)	38	14	11	13	50	45	+5	53	Relegation to Step 5
8	Brighouse Town	38	15	6	17	65	64	+1	51
9	Sheffield	38	13	11	14	51	58	−7	50
10	Pontefract Collieries	38	12	13	13	68	62	+6	49
11	Cleethorpes Town	38	13	10	15	48	51	−3	49
12	Grimsby Borough	38	13	10	15	54	60	−6	49
13	Consett	38	12	10	16	54	63	−9	46
14	Bridlington Town	38	11	13	14	45	65	−20	46
15	Ossett United	38	10	14	14	46	55	−9	44
16	Grantham Town	38	10	13	15	37	42	−5	43
17	Carlton Town	38	12	6	20	45	69	−24	42
18	Lincoln United (R)	38	10	11	17	54	70	−16	41	Qualification for the inter-step play-off
19	Shildon (R)	38	11	7	20	46	70	−24	40	Relegation to Step 5
20	Tadcaster Albion (R)	38	4	9	25	28	84	−56	21

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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Stockton Town	2 (4)
	5	Stocksbridge Park Steels	2 (3)
						2	Stockton Town	2 (3)
						4	Long Eaton United	2 (4)
	3	Hebburn Town	2 (2)
	4	Long Eaton United	2 (3)

Semi-finals

25 April 2023	Stockton Town	2–2 (4–3 pen)	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Stockton-on-Tees
19:45	Mulligan  8' Painter  26'	Report	Goodwin  57' Ofoegbu  59'	Stadium: Bishopton Road West Attendance: 1,227
		Penalties
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25 April 2023	Hebburn Town	2–2 (2–3 pen)	Long Eaton United	Hebburn
19:45	Spence  66' Moore  90'	Report	Walker  14', 45'	Stadium: Hebburn Sports & Social Ground Attendance: 631 Referee: Jamie Cann
		Penalties
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Final

29 April 2023	Stockton Town	2–2 (3–4 pen)	Long Eaton United	Stockton-on-Tees
15:00	Mulligan  47' Tymon  78'	Report	Marshall  25' Cox  81'	Stadium: Bishopton Road West Attendance: 1,800
		Penalties
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Inter-Step Playoff

29 April 2023	Lincoln United	1–2	Avro	Lincoln
15:00	Cotton  42' (pen.)	Report	Bentham  30' Morrow  54'	Stadium: Ashby Avenue Attendance: 410 Referee: Sam Wesson

Results table

Home \ Away	WOR	STC	HEB	LOE	STB	DUN	NSH	BRI	SHE	PON	CLE	GRI	CON	BRD	OSS	GRA	CAR	LIN	SHI	TAD
Worksop Town	—	1–0	4–1	7–1	4–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	5–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	6–0	6–0	4–1
Stockton Town	2–1	—	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	6–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–3	5–0	2–1	5–0
Hebburn Town	1–6	2–0	—	1–4	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–4	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	5–3
Long Eaton United	0–1	1–1	3–2	—	2–1	2–3	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–0
Stocksbridge Park Steels	0–2	1–2	4–1	0–1	—	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–0
Dunston UTS	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–3	—	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–3	3–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	4–1
North Shields	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1
Brighouse Town	0–6	0–2	1–3	1–4	2–3	1–2	2–2	—	1–1	6–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–3	4–1	2–2	3–0	3–0
Sheffield	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	—	3–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1
Pontefract Collieries	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	—	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	6–2
Cleethorpes Town	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–4	—	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–3	5–0	1–2	2–1
Grimsby Borough	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–5	3–5	1–4	2–0	0–0	—	2–2	5–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–3	2–3	1–0
Consett	1–2	3–4	0–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–4	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–3	—	2–3	1–1	2–2	5–0	4–2	1–0	2–1
Bridlington Town	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–5	0–3	1–0	0–0	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–0
Ossett United	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–1
Grantham Town	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	0–4	—	0–1	3–3	3–1	2–0
Carlton Town	0–3	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–4	2–4	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	—	1–4	0–2	1–1
Lincoln United	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–2	4–0
Shildon	1–4	0–3	1–2	2–2	3–2	0–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	6–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	1–1	—	3–1
Tadcaster Albion	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–4	2–4	0–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	—

Source: NPL official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Liam Hughes	Worksop Town	33
2	Jamie Walker	Long Eaton United	20
3	Adam Priestley	Pontefract Collieries	17
4	Amar Purewal	Hebburn Town	15
5	Matthew Cotton	Lincoln United	14
	Declan Howe	Cleethorpes Town
7	Kevin Hayes	Stockton Town	13

External links

• Current league tables