2007–08 Northern Premier League

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[a]
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Team Stadium Capacity
Gateshead Gateshead International Stadium 11,800
Hednesford Town Keys Park 6,500
Buxton The Silverlands 5,200
Ashton United Hurst Cross 4,500
Fleetwood Town Highbury Stadium 3,663
Leek Town Harrison Park 3,600
Ilkeston Town New Manor Ground 3,500
Whitby Town Turnbull Ground 3,500
Prescot Cables Valerie Park 3,200
Worksop Town Sandy Lane 3,200
Burscough Victoria Park 3,054
Guiseley Nethermoor Park 3,000
Marine The Arriva Stadium 2,800
North Ferriby United Grange Lane 2,700
Eastwood Town Coronation Park 2,500
Kendal Town Lakeland Radio Stadium 2,400
Matlock Town Causeway Lane 2,214
Lincoln United Ashby Avenue 2,200
Frickley Athletic Westfield Lane 2,087
Ossett Town Ingfield 2,000
Stamford Vic Couzens Stadium 2,000

Division One North[edit]

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[edit]

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

Group A Group B
Bamber Bridge Bradford Park Avenue
Chorley Bridlington Town
Clitheroe Curzon Ashton
F.C. United of Manchester Garforth Town
Lancaster City Harrogate Railway Athletic
Radcliffe Borough Mossley
Rossendale United Newcastle Blue Star
Skelmersdale United Ossett Albion
Woodley Sports Wakefield

League table[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Group C Group D
Alsager Town Brigg Town
Belper Town Carlton Town
Cammell Laird Goole A.F.C.
Colwyn Bay Grantham Town
Kidsgrove Athletic Gresley Rovers
Nantwich Town Quorn
Sheffield Retford United
Stocksbridge Park Steels Shepshed Dynamo
Warrington Town Spalding United

League table[edit]

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[a]
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[a] 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. ^ a b Failed to meet ground grading requirements

Results[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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