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Northern Premier League
Premier Division
2023–24
Season information
Winners Radcliffe
Promoted Radcliffe
Marine
Relegated Atherton Collieries
Bradford (Park Avenue)
Stafford Rangers
Marske United (resigned)
Season statistics
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The 2023–24 season is 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 the Premier Division before the season:

The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:

Stadia and locations[]

Club Location Ground Capacity
Ashton United Ashton-under-Lyne Hurst Cross 4,500
Atherton Collieries Atherton Alder Street 2,500
Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge Irongate 2,264
Basford United Basford Greenwich Avenue 1,600
Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford Horsfall Stadium 3,500
FC United of Manchester Manchester (Moston) Broadhurst Park 4,400
Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough The Northolme 4,304
Guiseley Guiseley Nethermoor Park 4,200
Hyde United Hyde Ewen Fields 4,250
Ilkeston Town [Ilkeston New Manor Ground 3,029
Lancaster City Lancaster The Giant Axe 3,500
Macclesfield Macclesfield Leasing.com Stadium 5,300
Marine Crosby Rossett Park 3,185
Marske United Marske-by-the-Sea Mount Pleasant 2,500
Matlock Town Matlock Causeway Lane 2,214
Morpeth Town Morpeth Craik Park 1,500
Radcliffe Radcliffe Stainton Park 3,500
Stafford Rangers Stafford Marston Road 4,000
Warrington Rylands 1906 Warrington Gorsey Lane 1,345
Whitby Town Whitby Turnbull Ground 3,500
Workington Workington Borough Park 3,101
Worksop Town Worksop Sandy Lane 2,500

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Radcliffe (C, P) 40 28 3 9 103 58 +45 87 Promotion to the National League North
2 Macclesfield 40 24 5 11 84 47 +37 77 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Marine (O, P) 40 23 7 10 87 44 +43 76
4 Warrington Rylands 1906 40 21 12 7 65 42 +23 75
5 Worksop Town 40 21 7 12 72 49 +23 70
6 Hyde United 40 19 10 11 68 48 +20 67
7 Ashton United 40 19 10 11 73 63 +10 67
8 Gainsborough Trinity 40 19 6 15 66 63 +3 63
9 Lancaster City 40 18 8 14 60 62 −2 62
10 Guiseley 40 18 7 15 69 63 +6 61
11 Ilkeston Town 40 18 6 16 69 62 +7 60
12 Whitby Town 40 17 8 15 60 50 +10 56
13 Morpeth Town 40 14 8 18 76 81 −5 50
14 FC United of Manchester 40 15 4 21 55 77 −22 48
15 Matlock Town 40 14 5 21 62 77 −15 47
16 Bamber Bridge 40 12 11 17 63 82 −19 47
17 Workington 40 11 11 18 67 81 −14 44
18 Basford United 40 9 10 21 44 65 −21 37
19 Bradford (Park Avenue) (R) 40 7 9 24 50 85 −35 30 Relegation to Division One East
20 Stafford Rangers (R) 40 9 3 28 36 81 −45 30 Relegation to Division One West
21 Atherton Collieries (R) 40 7 4 29 47 96 −49 25
22 Marske United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the 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  Macclesfield 3  
5  Worksop Town 1  
  2  Macclesfield 1
  3  Marine 2
3  Marine 1
  4  Warrington Rylands 1906 0  

Semi-finals[]

30 April Macclesfield 3–1 Worksop Town Macclesfield  
19:45 Drummond Goal 10'
Curran Goal 41'
Owolabi Goal 60'
Report Hutchinson Goal 73' Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium
Attendance: 3,098
Referee: Liam Corrigan
30 April Marine 1–0 Warrington Rylands 1906 Crosby  
19:45 Solomon Goal 49' Report Stadium: Rossett Park
Attendance: 1,779
Referee: Alex Beckett

Final[]

6 May Macclesfield 1–2 Marine Macclesfield  
15:00 Drummond Goal 79' Sinclair-Smith Goal 26' (pen.)
Bainbridge Goal 68'
Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

Results table[]

Home \ Away ASH ATH BAM BAS BRA UOM GAI GUI HYD ILK LNC MAC MAR MAT MOR RAD STA WRY WHI WRK WOR
Ashton United 4–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 5–0 0–2 1–3 5–0 4–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–2 2–0
Atherton Collieries 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–5 1–3 4–3 0–4 1–0 1–1 2–3 4–3 0–2
Bamber Bridge 1–3 3–1 5–2 1–1 3–3 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–7 2–1 3–3 1–5 0–2 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–1
Basford United 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 3–1
Bradford (Park Avenue) 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–4 3–3 0–1 0–3 4–1 2–3 0–2 1–3 2–3 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2
FC United of Manchester 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 4–3 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–5 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–0
Gainsborough Trinity 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 5–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–0
Guiseley 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 4–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 4–3 2–4
Hyde United 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–1
Ilkeston Town 2–2 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–4 6–1 1–2
Lancaster City 2–1 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–4 0–4 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Macclesfield 5–0 6–0 2–1 1–1 3–4 3–1 3–0 5–1 0–0 5–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2
Marine 1–1 4–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 4–4 2–1
Matlock Town 5–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 5–2 3–0 0–4 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–3 2–4 1–5 2–2 0–0
Morpeth Town 3–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–5 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–3 6–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 4–0
Radcliffe 2–5 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 3–4 2–0 3–0 4–2 4–3 3–2 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 3–1 4–3
Stafford Rangers 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–4 1–3 0–2 2–4 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2
Warrington Rylands 1906 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–4 7–2 1–0 1–0 2–1
Whitby Town 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–4
Workington 5–0 2–3 2–2 5–3 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 1–4 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–3
Worksop Town 1–0 4–1 2–4 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 7–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Source: NPL official site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Declan Howe Gainsborough Trinity 26
2 David Symington Workington 24
3 Jordan Hulme Radcliffe 22
Jonathon Margetts Matlock Town
5 Finlay Sinclair-Smith Marine 20
6 Sam Hodgson Morpeth Town 18
7 Josh Hancock Radcliffe 17
Gabriel Johnson Guiseley
Momodou Touray Warrington Rylands
Jaime Walker Ilkeston Town

External links[]

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