2022–23 Northern Premier League Division One West

Northern Premier League Division One West 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Macclesfield (1st title)
Promoted	Macclesfield
Relegated	Colne Ramsbottom United
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.

Team changes

The following 4 clubs left Division One West before the season:

• Kendal Town – relegated to the North West Counties League Premier Division
• Marine – promoted to the Premier Division
• Market Drayton Town – relegated to the Midland Football League Premier Division
• Warrington Rylands 1906 – promoted to the Premier Division

The following 4 clubs joined the division before the season:

• Hanley Town – promoted from the Midland League Premier Division
• Macclesfield – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division
• Skelmersdale United – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division
• Witton Albion – relegated from the Premier Division

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	Bootle	New Bucks Park (groundshare with Bootle)	3,750
Clitheroe	Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Colne	Colne	Holt House	1,800
Glossop North End	Glossop	The Amdec Forklift Stadium	1,301
Hanley Town	Stoke-on-Trent	Potteries Park	1,300
Kidsgrove Athletic	Kidsgrove	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	2,000
Leek Town	Leek	Harrison Park	3,600
Macclesfield	Macclesfield	Leasing.com Stadium	4,720
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
Skelmersdale United	Lancashire	One Call Stadium - JMO Sports Park	1,300
Trafford	Flixton	Shawe lane	2,500
Widnes	Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350
Witton Albion	Northwich	Wincham Park	4,813
Workington	Workington	Borough Park	3,101

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield (C, P)	38	28	6	4	95	27	+68	90	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Leek Town	38	23	7	8	70	38	+32	76	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Workington (O, P)	38	23	6	9	71	39	+32	75
4	Clitheroe	38	19	7	12	70	50	+20	64
5	Runcorn Linnets	38	18	9	11	58	38	+20	63
6	Witton Albion	38	16	11	11	61	50	+11	59
7	Mossley	38	16	10	12	58	49	+9	58
8	Kidsgrove Athletic	38	13	12	13	49	55	−6	51
9	Prescot Cables	38	13	11	14	50	51	−1	50
10	Trafford	38	14	8	16	51	55	−4	50
11	Skelmersdale United (R)	38	16	0	22	58	74	−16	48	Relegation to Step 5
12	City of Liverpool	38	13	7	18	50	59	−9	46
13	Bootle	38	12	10	16	51	61	−10	46
14	1874 Northwich	38	12	9	17	44	50	−6	45
15	Newcastle Town	38	12	9	17	40	67	−27	45
16	Hanley Town	38	11	11	16	50	61	−11	44
17	Widnes	38	12	8	18	40	66	−26	44
18	Glossop North End (R)	38	10	9	19	44	59	−15	39	Qualification for the inter-step play-off
19	Colne (R)	38	9	10	19	38	57	−19	37	Relegation to Step 5
20	Ramsbottom United (R)	38	7	6	25	39	81	−42	27

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	Leek Town	1
	5	Runcorn Linnets	3
						5	Runcorn Linnets	1
						3	Workington	2
	3	Workington	2
	4	Clitheroe	0

Semi-finals

25 April 2023	Leek Town	1–3	Runcorn Linnets	Leek
19:45	Grice  31'	https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/match/2022-2023/northern-premier-league-west-division/leek-town/runcorn-linnets/457278 Report]	Doyle  11' Gumbs  20' Brooke  52'	Stadium: Harrison Park Attendance: 1,392

25 April 2023	Workington	2–0	Clitheroe	Workington
19:45	Tinnion  31' (pen.) Symington  76'	Report		Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 1,665 Referee: Louis Griffiths

Final

29 April 2023	Workington	2–1	Runcorn Linnets	Workington
15:00	Heathcote  30' (own goal) Reilly  99'	Report	Doyle  5'	Stadium: Borough Park (Workington) Attendance: 2,506 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

Inter-Step Playoff

29 April 2023	Glossop North End	0–3	Ashington AFC	Glossop
15:00		Report	Harmison  26', 66' Spooner  69'	Stadium: The Amdec Forklift Stadium Attendance: 1,052

Results table

Home \ Away	MAC	LEE	WOR	CLI	RUN	WIT	MOS	KID	PRE	TRA	SKE	COL	BOO	18N	NEW	HAN	WID	GNE	CLN	RAM
Macclesfield	—	4–0	4–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	4–3	5–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	5–0	2–0	4–2	4–0
Leek Town	1–3	—	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–1
Workington	0–1	1–1	—	0–1	2–1	5–0	0–1	3–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–1
Clitheroe	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	0–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	4–0	1–3	7–1	4–3	4–2	3–2	4–1	2–0
Runcorn Linnets	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	—	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	5–0
Witton Albion	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	4–2	—	0–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	5–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	5–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	5–1
Mossley	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–0
Kidsgrove Athletic	0–3	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Prescot Cables	1–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1
Trafford	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	—	2–3	3–2	2–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0
Skelmersdale United	1–4	2–4	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–3	—	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0
City of Liverpool	0–1	0–5	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	—	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–3	1–0	2–1
Bootle	1–2	0–4	0–1	0–4	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	—	2–0	1–2	1–4	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2
1874 Northwich	0–0	0–0	4–3	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	1–1
Newcastle Town	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–6	1–0	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–2
Hanley Town	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–4	2–3	2–0	4–0	1–2	—	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–0
Widnes	0–4	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	—	3–2	1–1	3–1
Glossop North End	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–3	0–1	4–1	2–4	1–1	—	0–1	2–1
Colne	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	—	2–1
Ramsbottom United	0–5	2–3	0–3	2–3	1–3	0–3	3–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	3–5	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–4	0–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	James Berry	Macclesfield	24
2	Mason Fawns	Mossley	17
	Sefton Gonzales	Clitheroe
	Elliot Morris	Skelmersdale United
	David Symington	Workington
6	Scott Allison	Workington	15
	Tim Grice	Leek Town
	Nicky Maynard	Macclesfield
9	Jamie Rainford	Runcorn Linnets	14

External links

• Current league tables