2023–24 Northern Premier League Division One West

Northern Premier League Division One West 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Leek Town
Promoted	Leek Town Prescot Cables
Relegated	1874 Northwich
Season statistics
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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 6 clubs left Division One West before the season:

• Macclesfield – promoted to the Premier Division
• Skelmersdale United - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
• Workington – promoted to the Premier Division
• Glossop North End - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
• Colne - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
• Ramsbottom United - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

• Avro – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division
• Chasetown - transferred from the Division One Midlands
• Hednesford Town – relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central
• Nantwich Town – relegated from the Premier Division
• Stalybridge Celtic – relegated from the Premier Division
• Vauxhall Motors – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
1874 Northwich	Barnton	The Offside Trust Stadium (groundshare with Barnton)	3,000
Avro	Oldham	Whitebank stadium	1,500
Bootle	Bootle	New Bucks Park	3,750
Chasetown	Burntwood	The Scholars Ground	3,000
City of Liverpool	Bootle	New Bucks Park (groundshare with Bootle)	3,750
Clitheroe	Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Hanley Town	Stoke-on-Trent	Potteries Park	1,300
Hednesford Town	Hednesford	Keys Park	6,039
Kidsgrove Athletic	Kidsgrove	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	2,000
Leek Town	Leek	Harrison Park	3,600
Mossley	Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Nantwich Town	Nantwich	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Newcastle Town	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Prescot Cables	Prescot	IP Truck Parts Stadium	3,200
Runcorn Linnets	Runcorn	APEC Taxis Stadium	1,600
Stalybridge Celtic	Stalybridge	Bower Fold	6,500
Trafford	Flixton	Shawe Lane	2,500
Vauxhall Motors	Ellesmere Port	vanEupen Arena	3,300
Widnes	Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350
Witton Albion	Northwich	Wincham Park	4,813

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leek Town (C, P)	38	24	6	8	85	44	+41	78	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Runcorn Linnets	38	20	8	10	63	39	+24	68	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Prescot Cables (O, P)	38	19	10	9	59	41	+18	67
4	Bootle	38	19	9	10	60	45	+15	66
5	City of Liverpool	38	18	9	11	69	47	+22	63
6	Witton Albion	38	19	6	13	65	59	+6	63
7	Avro	38	15	13	10	49	43	+6	58
8	Clitheroe	38	16	10	12	69	56	+13	58
9	Widnes	38	17	6	15	60	43	+17	57
10	Nantwich Town	38	17	6	15	61	47	+14	57
11	Chasetown	38	16	8	14	52	50	+2	56
12	Stalybridge Celtic	38	14	11	13	56	59	−3	53
13	Hanley Town	38	12	11	15	37	46	−9	47
14	Newcastle Town	38	13	6	19	44	51	−7	45
15	Mossley	38	12	9	17	43	56	−13	45
16	Vauxhall Motors	38	13	5	20	51	73	−22	44
17	Trafford	38	8	15	15	40	57	−17	39
18	Kidsgrove Athletic	38	10	9	19	56	74	−18	39
19	Hednesford Town	38	7	11	20	44	68	−24	32	Reprieve from relegation
20	1874 Northwich (R)	38	4	6	28	24	89	−65	18	Relegation to the Midland 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

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Runcorn Linnets	0
	5	City of Liverpool	2
						5	City of Liverpool	0
						3	Prescot Cables	2
	3	Prescot Cables	1
	4	Bootle	0

Semi-finals

30 April	Runcorn Linnets	0–2	City of Liverpool	Runcorn
19:45		Report	Morris  38', 64'	Stadium: APEC Taxis Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Daniel Smith

30 April	Prescot Cables	1–0	Bootle	Prescot
19:45	Sambor  100'	Report		Stadium: Valerie Park Attendance: 2,035

Final

4 May	Prescot Cables	2–0	City of Liverpool	Prescot
15:00	McNally  45+1' Murphy  65'	Report		Stadium: Valerie Park Attendance: 2,070

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rob Stevenson	Leek Town	21
2	Sefton Gonzales	Clitheroe	20
3	Ben Hodkinson	Bootle	18
	John Murphy	Prescot Cables
5	Byron Harrison	Nantwich Town	17
6	James Steele	Widnes	16
	Daniel Trickett-Smith	Leek Town
8	Aaron Dwyer	Stalybridge Celtic	15
	Oliver Molloy	Runcorn Linnets

External links

• Current league tables