| Northern Premier League Division One Midlands 2023–24 | ||
| Season information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winners | Spalding United | |
| Promoted | Spalding United Harborough Town | |
| Relegated | Gresley Rovers Loughborough Dynamo (resigned) | |
| Season statistics | ||
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2024–25 →
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The 2023–24 season was the 56th 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.
Team changes[]
The following 7 clubs left Division One Midlands before the season:
- Chasetown - transferred to Division One West
- Daventry Town – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South
- Dereham Town – relegated to the Eastern Counties League Premier Division
- Halesowen Town – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central
- Stamford – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central
- St Neots Town – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South
- Yaxley – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South
The following 7 clubs joined the division before the season:
- AFC Rushden & Diamonds – relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central
- Anstey Nomads – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North
- Coventry Sphinx – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division South
- Lye Town – promoted from the Midland League Premier Division
- Quorn – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North
- Rugby Town – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division South
- Walsall Wood – promoted from the Midland League Premier Division
Stadia and locations=[]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Rushden & Diamonds | Rushden | Hayden Road | 2,000 |
| Anstey Nomads | Anstey | Cropston Road | – |
| Bedworth United | Bedworth | The Oval | 3,000 |
| Boldmere St Michaels | Boldmere | Trevor Brown Memorial Ground | 2,000 |
| Cambridge City | Impington | Bridge Road (Impington) | 4,300 |
| Coleshill Town | Coleshill | Pack Meadow | 2,000 |
| Corby Town | Corby | Steel Park | 3,893 |
| Coventry Sphinx | Coventry | Sphinx Drive | – |
| Gresley Rovers | Church Gresley | Moat Ground | 2,400 |
| Harborough Town | Market Harborough | Bowden Park | – |
| Hinckley LRFC | Hinckley | Leicester Road Stadium | 4,329 |
| Loughborough Dynamo | Loughborough | Nanpantan Sports Ground | 1,500 |
| Lye Town | Lye | Lye Sports Ground | 1,000 |
| Quorn | Quorn | Farley Way Stadium | 1,400 |
| Rugby Town | Rugby | Butlin Road | 6,000 |
| Shepshed Dynamo | Leicestershire | The Dovecote Stadium | 2,500 |
| Spalding United | Spalding | Sir Halley Stewart Field | 3,500 |
| Sporting Khalsa | Willenhall | Guardian Warehousing Arena | – |
| Sutton Coldfield Town | Sutton Coldfield | Central Ground | 2,000 |
| Walsall Wood | Walsall Wood | Oak Park | 1,000 |
League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spalding United (C, P) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 98 | 33 | +65 | 89 | Promotion to the Southern League |
| 2 | Anstey Nomads | 38 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 96 | 40 | +56 | 88 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Harborough Town (O, P) | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 24 | +67 | 85 | |
| 4 | Hinckley LRFC | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 70 | |
| 5 | Quorn | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 66 | |
| 6 | Loughborough Dynamo | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 62 | Resigned from the league |
| 7 | Lye Town | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 61 | |
| 8 | Corby Town | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 80 | 50 | +30 | 56 | |
| 9 | Bedworth United | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 51 | |
| 10 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 51 | |
| 11 | Walsall Wood | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 57 | 70 | −13 | 50 | |
| 12 | Sporting Khalsa | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 50 | |
| 13 | Boldmere St Michaels | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 48 | |
| 14 | Shepshed Dynamo | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 42 | |
| 15 | Coleshill Town | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 53 | 93 | −40 | 35 | |
| 16 | Coventry Sphinx | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 32 | |
| 17 | Cambridge City | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 32 | Transfer to the Isthmian League |
| 18 | Rugby Town | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 45 | 82 | −37 | 32 | |
| 19 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 38 | 78 | −40 | 32 | Reprieve from relegation |
| 20 | Gresley Rovers (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 39 | 91 | −52 | 29 | Relegation to the United Counties League |
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
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[]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Anstey Nomads | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Quorn | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Anstey Nomads | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Harborough Town | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Harborough Town | 1 (4) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Hinckley LRFC | 1 (2) | |||||||||||
Semi-finals[]
| 30 April | Anstey Nomads | 3-1 | Quorn | Anstey, Leicestershire | |
| 19:45 | Blake  45+1', 64'Annable 45+3'
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Report | Webb 34' Simons  87'
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Stadium: Cropston Road Attendance: 686 |
| 30 April | Harborough Town | 1-1 (4–2 pen)
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Hinckley LRFC | Market Harborough | |
| 19:45 | Crawford 34'  37'
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Report | Nuttall 49' (pen.)
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Stadium: Bowden Park Attendance: 706 Referee: Gareth Davis | |
| Penalties | |||||
Kennedy  Walsh Tonge Rose  Daire
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Astill Nuttall Edwards Wakefield
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Final[]
| 4 May | Anstey Nomads | 0–2 | Harborough Town | Anstey, Leicestershire | |
| 15:00 | Report | Tonge 5' Rose 90+1'
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Stadium: Cropston Road Attendance: 1,128 Referee: Kavan Hurn |
External links[]
| Northern Premier League Division One Midlands seasons |
| 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 · |
 England
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