Northern Premier League Division One South 2016-17

Northern Premier League Division One South 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Shaw Lane
Promoted	Shaw Lane Witton Albion
Relegated	Northwich Victoria Rugby Town
Season statistics
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1395
Top goalscorer	Gavin Allott, 25
Biggest home win	Sheffield 9-0 Market Drayton (28 March 2017)
Biggest away win	Lincoln Utd 0-6 Shaw Lane (10 January 2017)
Highest scoring	Sheffield 9-0 Market Drayton (28 March 2017) Kidsgrove 7-2 Lincoln Utd (28 March 2017)
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Division One South feature fived new clubs:

• AFC Rushden & Diamonds, transferred from Southern League Division One Central
• Bedworth United, relegated from Southern League Premier Division
• Northwich Victoria, transferred from Division One North
• Stamford, relegated from Northern Premier League Premier Division
• Witton Albion, transferred from Division One North

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Dog & Duck	2,500
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	1,000
Bedworth United	The Oval Ground	3,000
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (groundshare with Witton Albion)	4,813
Romulus	The Central Ground (groundshare with Sutton Coldfield Town)	2,000
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Shaw Lane	Shaw Lane	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stamford	Zeeco Stadium	2,000
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813

League table

2016–17 Northern Premier League Division One South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shaw Lane (C) (P)	42	32	6	4	104	36	+68	102	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Witton Albion  (P)	42	31	6	5	100	41	+59	096a	Qualification for Division One South & West play-offs
3	Spalding United	42	24	7	11	74	42	+32	79
4	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	22	7	13	67	50	+17	73
5	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	42	20	11	11	73	52	+21	71
6	Basford United	42	20	13	9	78	53	+25	070b
7	Newcastle Town	42	21	4	17	59	59	0	67
8	Lincoln United	42	19	8	15	67	61	+6	65
9	Leek Town	42	18	10	14	63	63	0	64
10	Belper Town	42	15	13	14	55	55	0	58
11	Bedworth United	42	15	12	15	73	72	+1	57
12	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	16	7	19	72	66	+6	55
13	Romulus	42	14	9	19	65	75	−10	51
14	Market Drayton Town	42	16	2	24	60	93	−33	50
15	Sheffield	42	13	9	20	62	60	+2	48
16	Stamford	42	13	9	20	62	80	−18	48
17	Chasetown	42	13	8	21	64	75	−11	47
18	Gresley	42	12	9	21	56	83	−27	45
19	Carlton Town	42	10	12	20	48	68	−20	42
20	Loughborough Dynamo	42	10	4	28	45	94	−49	34
21	Rugby Town  (R)	42	8	6	28	44	77	−33	30	Relegation to Level 9
22	Northwich Victoria  (R)	42	8	12	22	53	89	−36	026c

Updated to games played on 26 April 2017
Source: NPL official site

a - Witton Albion were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Stocksbridge Park Steels on 11 February (2–0)
b - Basford United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Stocksbridge Park Steels on 10 September (3–2).
c - Northwich Victoria were deducted ten points for entering into administration on 10 January.

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

RUS

BAS

BWU

BLP

CAR

CTN

GRE

KID

LEE

LIN

LOU

MAR

NEW

NOR

ROM

RUG

SHL

SHE

SPA

STM

STO

WTN

AFC Rushden & Diamonds

2–2

2–0

0–0

5–1

1–3

3–3

2–5

2–1

1–1

4–0

1–1

1–0

6–1

0–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–2

0–2

Basford United

3–0

3–3

7–1

2–1

1–2

1–0

2–0

4–2

1–1

2–1

1–0

6–0

2–2

1–0

4–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–2

3–2

1–2

Bedworth United

1–2

2–2

0–2

1–0

1–3

1–0

3–0

2–1

1–4

5–1

2–0

1–5

2–2

4–2

1–1

0–1

4–0

2–2

2–3

2–2

0–4

Belper Town

1–4

1–1

2–3

1–1

3–3

1–2

3–1

0–0

0–0

4–1

2–1

1–3

0–0

4–2

3–0

3–1

1–1

1–2

0–2

0–0

3–1

Carlton Town

1–3

0–0

0–0

0–1

3–1

2–3

0–2

0–1

1–1

3–3

1–0

2–2

2–2

1–1

1–0

1–5

1–3

4–3

4–4

1–0

3–2

Chasetown

2–1

4–2

2–3

0–0

1–0

5–2

1–1

0–3

1–3

5–0

5–1

1–2

1–1

0–3

1–0

1–3

0–0

1–1

1–2

1–2

1–4

Gresley

1–2

3–0

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–2

0–1

0–2

2–1

2–2

0–3

1–1

0–2

2–3

1–0

0–2

Kidsgrove Athletic

0–1

2–1

3–4

1–3

0–2

5–0

5–1

2–2

7–2

2–1

1–2

1–0

2–1

0–2

0–1

0–2

2–1

0–1

3–0

1–2

2–2

Leek Town

0–1

0–5

1–1

0–1

4–1

3–2

5–1

2–2

2–2

2–1

3–2

2–0

1–0

2–2

2–0

1–2

1–0

0–4

3–1

1–1

1–2

Lincoln United

0–1

0–0

2–1

3–1

2–0

2–0

4–1

2–3

1–1

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–3

1–2

1–0

0–6

2–1

0–2

1–0

0–2

1–2

Loughborough Dynamo

0–3

1–2

0–3

0–2

0–0

2–0

1–1

1–4

0–2

1–0

4–1

1–2

3–2

1–1

3–2

0–3

1–0

0–3

0–1

2–3

0–4

Market Drayton Town

2–1

0–1

3–2

1–0

0–3

0–3

2–1

1–3

1–2

2–1

0–3

3–2

4–2

3–1

2–3

1–1

0–5

2–3

4–2

3–1

3–2

Newcastle Town

1–0

3–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

3–1

3–0

2–1

1–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

2–3

0–1

2–1

2–1

1–3

0–2

Northwich Victoria

1–4

2–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

2–3

2–2

3–1

0–0

1–3

1–5

0–1

1–2

1–2

1–3

0–4

2–5

1–3

0–0

3–0

0–5

Romulus

3–2

2–2

1–4

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–2

3–1

1–2

4–1

5–1

2–4

2–1

3–0

0–3

2–3

1–1

1–2

4–2

0–1

1–1

Rugby Town

1–1

1–1

3–1

0–1

0–1

2–2

1–2

1–3

1–0

1–2

0–1

0–3

2–0

0–2

1–2

1–2

2–3

1–2

1–2

0–1

1–2

Shaw Lane

1–1

2–0

2–2

4–1

2–1

2–0

5–3

2–1

6–0

5–2

4–0

3–1

2–1

2–2

2–0

5–0

2–0

3–1

3–1

1–0

1–0

Sheffield

1–2

3–0

2–2

0–1

0–1

2–1

3–2

1–1

2–1

3–2

2–1

9–0

1–2

1–2

0–1

4–2

0–1

0–4

1–1

1–2

0–1

Spalding United

1–2

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

2–2

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

3–0

1–1

3–1

4–0

3–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

2–3

0–1

Stamford

1–1

2–3

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–3

1–3

2–0

0–2

3–1

4–0

4–2

3–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

0–5

1–3

Stocksbridge Park Steels

2–3

1–2

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–2

0–2

1–2

0–3

4–2

4–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

4–0

3–4

Witton Albion

2–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–2

3–1

3–0

5–2

0–0

4–1

3–1

3–0

1–1

5–0

3–4

3–2

1–0

2–2

4–1

0–0

Updated to games played on 22 April 2017
Source: NPL First Division South results grid
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Witton Albion	1
	5	Rushden & Diamonds	0
						2	Witton Albion	2
						3	Spalding United	1
	3	Spalding United	3
	4	Stocksbridge Park Steels	2

Semi-finals

25 April 2017	Witton Albion	1–0	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Wincham Park
19:45	Robert Hopley  54'			Attendance: 580

25 April 2017	Spalding United	3–2	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field
19:45	Matthew Varley  43' Lee Beeson  63' Jonathan Lockie  103'		Richard Stirrup  47' Harrison Biggins  78'	Attendance: 448

Final

29 April 2017	Witton Albion	2–1	Spalding United	Wincham Park
15:00	Brad Bauress  66' Anthony Gardner  76'		Leon Mettam  69'	Attendance: 811

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gavin Allott	Shaw Lane AFC	26
2	Bradley Wells	Spalding United	25
3	Anthony Malbon	Kidsgrove Athletic	21
4	Daniel Creaney	Bedworth United	20
	Timothy Grice	Leek Town
	Bradley Bauress	Witton Albion

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2017

External links

• Current league tables