Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English football league and, together with the Southern Football League and the Isthmian League, forms the seventh and eighth level of the English league system .
Game class structure
The Northern Premier League currently organizes the operations of three divisions. This is the premier division as the seventh highest division in England and the parallel division One North West and Division One South East located below it . The Premier Division champion is automatically promoted to the National League North . The teams placed two to five take part in the play-offs, in which the second promoted to the National League North is determined.
history
The league was founded in 1968 as the northern counterpart to the Southern Football League , which had existed since 1894 , and at that time formed the highest league level of non-league football. After the formation of the Alliance Premier League , today's National League , the division was set back one league level.
The champion is automatically promoted to the National League North at the end of a season . The teams classified between two and five take part in the play-offs , in which the second promoted to Conference North is determined. The four last-ranked teams in the league are relegated to Division One North or Division One South and are replaced by the four promoted teams.
When the top teams of the individual associations merged to form the Alliance Premier League in 1979 , the league association's gaming operations were downgraded by one rank in the league system.
1988 from the Northern Premier League , the One Division established itself as a base. When the Football Conference in 2004 also introduced a second division as a substructure, the Northern Premier League was reset to the seventh division.
Northern Premier League champions
| season | Premier Division |
|---|---|
| 1968/69 | Macclesfield Town |
| 1969/70 | Macclesfield Town |
| 1970/71 | Wigan Athletic |
| 1971/72 | Stafford Rangers |
| 1972/73 | Boston United |
| 1973/74 | Boston United |
| 1974/75 | Wigan Athletic |
| 1975/76 | Runcorn FC Halton |
| 1976/77 | Boston United |
| 1977/78 | Boston United |
| 1978/79 | AFC Mossley |
| 1979/80 | AFC Mossley |
| 1980/81 | Runcorn FC Halton |
| 1981/82 | Bangor City |
| 1982/83 | Gateshead FC |
| 1983/84 | AFC Barrow |
| 1984/85 | Stafford Rangers |
| 1985/86 | Gateshead FC |
| 1986/87 | Macclesfield Town |
| season | Premier Division | Division One |
|---|---|---|
| 1987/88 | Chorley FC | Fleetwood Town |
| 1988/89 | AFC Barrow | Colne Dynamoes |
| 1989/90 | Colne Dynamoes | Leek Town |
| 1990/91 | Witton Albion | Whitley Bay |
| 1991/92 | Stalybridge Celtic | Colwyn Bay FC |
| 1992/93 | Southport FC | Bridlington Town |
| 1993/94 | FC Marine | AFC Guiseley |
| 1994/95 | FC Marine | Blyth Spartans |
| 1995/96 | Bamber Bridge | Lancaster City |
| 1996/97 | Leek Town | Radcliffe Borough |
| 1997/98 | AFC Barrow | Whitby Town |
| 1998/99 | Altrincham FC | FC Droylsden |
| 1999/00 | Leigh Genesis | Accrington Stanley |
| 2000/01 | Stalybridge Celtic | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 2001/02 | Burton Albion | Harrogate Town |
| 2002/03 | Accrington Stanley | Alfreton Town |
| 2003/04 | Hucknall Town | Hyde United |
| 2004/05 | Hyde United | AFC North Ferriby United |
| 2005/06 | Blyth Spartans | AFC Mossley |
| 2006/07 | Burscough FC | Buxton FC |
| season | Premier Division | One North Division | One South Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/08 | Fleetwood Town | Bradford Park Avenue | Retford United |
| 2008/09 | Eastwood Town | Durham City | Retford United |
| 2009/10 | AFC Guiseley | Halifax Town FC | Mickleover Sports |
| 2010/11 | Halifax Town FC | Chester FC | Barwell FC |
| 2011/12 | Chester FC | AFC Fylde | Grantham Town |
| 2012/13 | AFC North Ferriby United | Skelmersdale United | King's Lynn Town |
| 2013/14 | Chorley FC | Curzon Ashton | Halesowen Town |
| 2014/15 | FC United of Manchester | Salford City | Mickleover Sports |
| 2015/16 | Darlington 1883 | Warrington Town | Stafford Rangers |
| 2016/17 | Blyth Spartans | Lancaster City | Shaw Lane |
| 2017/18 | Altrincham FC | South Shields FC | Basford United |
| season | Premier Division | Division One West | Division One East |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | Farsley Celtic | Atherton Collieries | Morpeth Town |
| season | Premier Division | Division One North West | Division One South East |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 |
More competitions
The Northern Premier League also hosts several cup competitions . All teams of all three divisions take part in the Challenge Cup , with the clubs from the Premier Division receiving a bye in the first two rounds . In addition, the Chairman's Cup between the two relay winners of Division One will take place after the end of the season . The Chairman's Cup winner will continue to play against the Premier Division champion for the Peter Swales Shield .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Evo-Stik League - History ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ England - Northern Premier League
- ↑ Unibond League Premier Division - 2008/09
