2007–08 Northern Premier League

The 2007–08 is the 40th season for the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the first season for the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.

Created as part of non-league restructuring, the Division One leagues temporarily have 18 teams each, with a targeted number of 22 teams. To help increase the league to 20 teams for next season[1] there will only be one relegation this year per league. Many clubs expressed their concern that a 34-game season would be too short. To remedy this, clubs will play an extra 8 games (4 home, 4 away) against teams within geographically related groups.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season2007–08
ChampionsFleetwood Town
PromotedFleetwood Town
Gateshead
RelegatedLeek Town
Stamford
Lincoln United
Matches played423
Goals scored1,310 (3.1 per match)

The Premier Division featured four new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fleetwood Town (C, P) 40 28 7 5 81 39 +42 91 Promotion to Conference North
2 Witton Albion 40 27 8 5 84 28 +56 89 Qualification for Playoffs
3 Gateshead (P) 40 26 7 7 93 42 +51 85
4 Eastwood Town 40 20 9 11 61 45 +16 69
5 Buxton 40 20 8 12 60 50 +10 68
6 Guiseley 40 19 10 11 65 43 +22 67
7 Marine 40 19 4 17 70 65 +5 61
8 Hednesford Town 40 15 8 17 62 65 3 53
9 Worksop Town 40 13 12 15 59 62 3 51
10 Ashton United 40 11 15 14 63 73 10 48
11 Kendal Town 40 12 11 17 61 70 9 47
12 Whitby Town 40 13 7 20 68 75 7 46
13 Prescot Cables 40 13 8 19 48 62 14 46[lower-alpha 1]
14 Frickley Athletic 40 11 13 16 50 68 18 46
15 North Ferriby United 40 13 7 20 53 76 23 46
16 Matlock Town 40 12 9 19 55 68 13 45
17 Ilkeston Town 40 10 14 16 64 72 8 44
18 Ossett Town 40 12 8 20 48 60 12 44
19 Leek Town (R) 40 11 11 18 54 68 14 44 Relegation to NPL Division One South
20 Stamford (R) 40 11 10 19 59 86 27 43
21 Lincoln United (R) 40 7 8 25 44 85 41 29
Updated to match(es) played on 30 Apr 2008. Source: Unibond League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Deducted 1 points for fielding an ineligible player

Results

Home \ Away ASH BUX EAS FLE FRK GAT GUI HED ILK KEN LEE LIN MAR MAT NFU OST PRC STM WTB WTN WKS
Ashton United 2–2 1–0 3–5 7–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–5 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Buxton 3–1 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–4 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 2–2 5–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1
Eastwood Town 5–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 1–1
Fleetwood Town 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 6–3 1–0 2–3 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1
Frickley Athletic 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–4 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1
Gateshead 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 5–2 1–0 6–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1
Guiseley 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–3
Hednesford Town 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–2 2–5 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 6–1 0–0 2–2 3–1
Ilkeston Town 3–3 1–2 4–0 3–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 0–1 4–5 2–4 3–2 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–3
Kendal Town 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–5 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 3–1 6–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 0–2 1–1
Leek Town 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 3–3 2–2 2–1
Lincoln United 2–4 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 3–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–4 0–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
Marine 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–5 0–2 2–1 5–3 4–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–2 1–2
Matlock Town 2–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–0
North Ferriby United 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–5 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–4 2–3 1–4 1–1 2–4
Ossett Town 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–5 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–0
Prescot Cables 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–5 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Stamford 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 4–2 1–1 2–3 0–2 5–4 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–2
Whitby Town 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–5 3–3 6–3 1–6 4–1
Witton Albion 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 6–0 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 6–1 4–0 3–0 0–3
Worksop Town 5–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2008. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
      
3 Gateshead 4
4 Eastwood Town 0
3 Gateshead 2
5 Buxton 0
2 Witton Albion 1(5)
5 Buxton 1(6)

Stadia and Locations

Team Stadium Capacity
GatesheadGateshead International Stadium11,800
Hednesford TownKeys Park6,500
BuxtonThe Silverlands5,200
Ashton UnitedHurst Cross4,500
Fleetwood TownHighbury Stadium3,663
Leek TownHarrison Park3,600
Ilkeston TownNew Manor Ground3,500
Whitby TownTurnbull Ground3,500
Prescot CablesValerie Park3,200
Worksop TownSandy Lane3,200
BurscoughVictoria Park3,054
GuiseleyNethermoor Park3,000
MarineThe Arriva Stadium2,800
North Ferriby UnitedGrange Lane2,700
Eastwood TownCoronation Park2,500
Kendal TownLakeland Radio Stadium2,400
Matlock TownCauseway Lane2,214
Lincoln UnitedAshby Avenue2,200
Frickley AthleticWestfield Lane2,087
Ossett TownIngfield2,000
StamfordVic Couzens Stadium2,000

Division One North

Northern Premier League Division One North
Season2007–08
ChampionsBradford Park Avenue
PromotedBradford Park Avenue
F.C. United of Manchester
RelegatedBridlington Town
Matches played381
Goals scored1,187 (3.12 per match)

This was the first season of the Northern Premier League Division One North. It Featured six new teams:

Fixture increase

The following are the groups which decided the extra 8 games for all teams:

Group A Group B
Bamber BridgeBradford Park Avenue
ChorleyBridlington Town
ClitheroeCurzon Ashton
F.C. United of ManchesterGarforth Town
Lancaster CityHarrogate Railway Athletic
Radcliffe BoroughMossley
Rossendale UnitedNewcastle Blue Star
Skelmersdale UnitedOssett Albion
Woodley SportsWakefield

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bradford Park Avenue (C, P) 42 25 7 10 91 43 +48 82 Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2 F.C. United of Manchester (P) 42 24 9 9 91 49 +42 81 Qualification for Playoffs
3 Skelmersdale United 42 23 9 10 94 46 +48 78
4 Curzon Ashton 42 23 9 10 78 48 +30 78
5 Bamber Bridge 42 22 8 12 70 54 +16 74
6 Ossett Albion 42 20 10 12 77 65 +12 70
7 Wakefield 42 19 7 16 58 49 +9 64
8 Newcastle Blue Star 42 17 12 13 71 58 +13 63
9 Rossendale United 42 16 11 15 66 74 8 59
10 Garforth Town 42 16 8 18 60 63 3 56
11 Lancaster City 42 15 9 18 54 70 16 54
12 Harrogate Railway Athletic 42 13 12 17 51 58 7 51
13 Clitheroe 42 13 11 18 63 77 14 50
14 Chorley 42 10 12 20 56 80 24 42
15 Mossley 42 12 6 24 60 100 40 42
16 Radcliffe Borough 42 9 11 22 53 75 22 38
17 Woodley Sports 42 7 13 22 38 65 27 34
18 Bridlington Town (R) 42 8 8 26 42 99 57 32 Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division
Updated to match(es) played on 26 Apr 2008. Source: Unibond League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BAM BPA BRI CHO CLT CZA FCU GAR HRA LNC MOS NBS OSA RAD ROS SKU WAK WDL
Bamber Bridge 2–1 2–1 4–1
1–2
2–2 1–1 3–0
0–0
1–0 0–2 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 2–0
3–0
2–4 0–0
0–4
0–1 1–0
Bradford Park Avenue 3–2 3–0
7–0
2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0
3–0
1–0 3–0 3–0
4–1
2–0 3–4
2–0
2–2 9–0 2–1 3–1 2–0
Bridlington Town 0–2 0–5 2–2 4–0 0–3
3–3
0–3 0–2 0–0
0–3
4–0 2–3 3–2
0–4
1–2 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–3
0–4
1–0
Chorley 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1
2–3
1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 4–0
0–1
3–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–1
2–4
0–0 2–1 5–0
0–0
Clitheroe 0–2
2–2
0–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 0–3
2–1
1–2 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 3–2
1–1
3–3 2–3
0–0
1–2 1–1
Curzon Ashton 2–0 0–1
2–0
6–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 4–2
2–1
1–0 2–1 4–1
4–2
2–0 2–0
1–4
1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 6–1
F.C. United of Manchester 2–2 3–4 6–0 2–1
3–0
3–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–2
5–2
5–2 3–2 3–1 2–2 5–1
2–1
3–0 2–1 1–1
1–1
Garforth Town 0–2 1–4 0–1
3–0
1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1
3–2
1–2 2–1 0–0
4–0
5–3 2–1 5–2 0–3 2–1
0–2
0–4
Harrogate Railway Athletic 0–1 2–2
2–0
3–1 0–3 1–3 2–4
0–0
1–3 1–3 1–1 1–1
2–1
1–0 2–1
1–1
1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–1
Lancaster City 0–2
3–0
4–3 2–2 1–0 2–0
0–1
1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–0
1–5
1–1 2–5
1–0
1–0 1–0
Mossley 1–2 1–1 2–1
2–5
4–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2
2–1
0–4 0–4 2–1
1–1
3–1 2–2 1–3 4–3 0–2
0–0
0–3
Newcastle Blue Star 3–0 0–0
0–0
2–1 5–3 3–1 0–0
2–1
0–4 1–1 3–0
2–2
2–2 5–1 3–1
2–2
1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1
Ossett Albion 0–5 2–1 1–1
1–1
2–0 5–1 1–3 3–1 0–2
4–1
0–0 5–1 4–2
2–1
1–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1
1–0
4–3
Radcliffe Borough 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–2
1–4
3–1 2–3 1–1
0–2
0–1 2–2 0–4 0–1 3–4 2–3 1–2
1–0
0–1 0–1 0–1
1–0
Rossendale United 0–1
1–5
3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0
2–2
1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1
1–1
1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 4–1
2–0
1–3 1–0
Skelmersdale United 4–0 0–1 5–0 5–0
7–0
3–5 4–1 3–1
0–0
3–2 1–0 3–1 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–1
1–2
3–3 3–0 0–0
2–2
Wakefield 2–0 3–1
2–3
0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0
0–1
3–2 0–0 4–1
2–1
0–1 2–1 2–0
1–3
0–1 4–2 0–3 1–4 2–0
Woodley Sports 2–2
2–3
1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
1–2
0–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–0
0–0
1–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–1
1–1
1–3 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2008. Source: Northern Premier League First Division North results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
      
2 F.C. United of Manchester 3
5 Bamber Bridge 2
2 F.C. United of Manchester 4
3 Skelmersdale United 1
3 Skelmersdale United 3
4 Curzon Ashton 0

Division One South

Northern Premier League Division One South
Season2007–08
ChampionsRetford United
PromotedCammell Laird
Nantwich Town
RelegatedAlsager Town
Matches played381
Goals scored1,265 (3.32 per match)

This was the first season of the Northern Premier League Division One South. It featured seven new teams:

Fixture increase

The following are the groups which decided the extra 8 games for all teams:

Group C Group D
Alsager TownBrigg Town
Belper TownCarlton Town
Cammell LairdGoole A.F.C.
Colwyn BayGrantham Town
Kidsgrove AthleticGresley Rovers
Nantwich TownQuorn
SheffieldRetford United
Stocksbridge Park SteelsShepshed Dynamo
Warrington TownSpalding United

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Retford United (C) 42 31 6 5 93 35 +58 99[lower-alpha 1]
2 Cammell Laird (P) 42 27 5 10 82 54 +28 86 Promotion to NPL Premier Division
3 Nantwich Town (P) 42 25 4 13 90 45 +45 79 Qualification for Playoffs
4 Sheffield 42 22 10 10 82 53 +29 76
5 Stocksbridge Park Steels 42 21 9 12 72 61 +11 72
6 Grantham Town 42 22 4 16 74 58 +16 70
7 Colwyn Bay 42 19 8 15 86 65 +21 65 Transferred to the NPL Division One North
8 Belper Town 42 17 13 12 73 64 +9 64
9 Goole 42 18 10 14 77 69 +8 64
10 Carlton Town 42 16 11 15 86 82 +4 59
11 Gresley Rovers 42 18 5 19 53 69 16 59
12 Quorn 42 15 8 19 69 76 7 53
13 Warrington Town 42 13 8 21 51 78 27 47 Transferred to the NPL Division One North
14 Alsager Town (R) 42 12 7 23 58 88 30 43[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to NWCFL Division One
15 Shepshed Dynamo 42 10 8 24 44 75 31 38
16 Brigg Town 42 8 12 22 56 86 30 36
17 Kidsgrove Athletic 42 7 10 25 61 90 29 31
18 Spalding United 42 3 10 29 46 105 59 19
Updated to match(es) played on 26 Apr 2008. Source: Unibond League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Failed to meet ground grading requirements

Results

Home \ Away ALS BLP BRG CAM CAR COL GOO GRN GRE KID NAN QON RET SHE SPD SPA STO WAR
Alsager Town 1–3
1–4
1–4 0–2 1–1 2–3
1–2
2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
1–2
0–0 1–5 3–3 0–1 5–1 1–1
2–1
3–2
Belper Town 2–1 4–1 1–3
2–1
3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0
1–1
3–0 1–4 0–2 1–4
1–4
2–2 1–1 0–2 6–0
2–1
Brigg Town 4–4 1–1 2–2 3–4
1–1
1–3 1–1 1–0
3–5
0–1 1–3 0–4 1–0
3–5
0–4 2–2 0–1
2–2
2–2 0–1 0–2
Cammell Laird 4–2
2–1
3–2 3–1 4–0 2–0
2–2
4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
2–1
2–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 3–1
2–1
2–0
Carlton Town 0–1 4–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–2
2–1
1–1 3–1
1–1
3–0 1–5 3–1 2–3
4–4
4–1 3–2 1–1
1–2
0–2 3–6
Colwyn Bay 6–2 1–2
2–2
3–1 3–1 3–4 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–0
5–2
2–0 1–0 1–1 0–3
0–0
6–0 4–2 1–3 4–0
7–1
Goole 3–1 1–1 3–2
2–3
2–0 0–1 3–4 1–1
4–0
1–1 6–2 1–0 1–0
3–0
1–2 1–2 3–0
4–1
4–3 2–2 2–1
Grantham Town 0–3 3–2 1–2 6–0 1–2
1–2
2–1 1–0 5–1
1–2
2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1
0–1
3–2 1–0 2–4
1–0
3–1 1–0
Gresley 0–1 1–1 3–2
0–0
2–1 4–2 1–0 0–1
3–3
1–4 3–2 0–3 0–2
3–1
0–1 0–3 3–2
2–1
1–0 3–1 3–1
Kidsgrove Athletic 1–1
5–1
1–3 1–3 1–2
1–2
2–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–2 2–2
2–3
2–2 2–3 4–1 0–0 2–2 3–3
2–2
0–1
Nantwich Town 6–0 0–1
4–1
2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
3–0
5–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 0–2 1–2
1–0
3–2 4–2 4–1 3–0 3–0
1–0
Quorn 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–2
2–6
0–2 6–2 0–2
6–3
4–0 2–0 1–4 0–2
2–2
0–3 2–0 3–0
1–1
4–2 0–2
Retford United 5–1 3–0 0–1
2–0
2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1
1–3
3–0 2–0
2–0
4–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 2–0
1–0
3–2 3–0 2–1
Sheffield 2–1
3–0
0–0 2–0 4–0
1–0
3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
4–1
0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 7–2
1–1
4–3 0–1
Shepshed Dynamo 1–0 2–1 1–1
3–0
2–3 2–2
2–0
1–1 1–1 0–5
2–0
1–2 2–0 0–3 2–3
2–1
1–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–1
Spalding United 1–4 1–1 1–1
0–2
1–2 1–3 2–6 0–2
2–3
0–1 1–2
1–2
2–4 1–4 3–3 0–5
0–1
0–3 0–0 0–2 0–2
Stocksbridge Park Steels 2–0 1–1
0–3
2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1
1–0
3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0
3–2
4–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–2 1–0
2–2
Warrington Town 0–2
0–1
0–2 2–2 1–6
0–1
0–5 2–3 3–3 1–0 1–0 2–1
2–2
2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
2–1
1–2 3–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2008. Source: Northern Premier League First Division South results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
      
2 Nantwich Town 2
5 Grantham Town 1
2 Nantwich Town 2(4)
3 Sheffield 2(1)
3 Sheffield 4
4 Stocksbridge Park Steels 1

Cup results

Challenge Cup: Teams from all 3 divisions.

  • Eastwood Town 3–0 Skelmersdale United

President's Cup: Teams from lower 2 divisions.

  • FC United of Manchester 2–0 Radcliffe Borough

Chairman's Cup: Between Champions of NPL Division One North and NPL Division One South.

  • Retford United 2–0 Bradford Park Avenue

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the Chairman's Cup.

  • Fleetwood Town 2–1 Bradford Park Avenue1

1 Retford United qualified but its ground standards were not high enough for it to play in the shield.

References

  1. "Unibond Football League Official Site". Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
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