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 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

Season	2007–08
Champions	Fleetwood Town
Promoted	Fleetwood Town Gateshead
Relegated	Leek Town Stamford Lincoln United
Matches played	423
Goals scored	1,310 (3.1 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The Premier Division featured four new clubs:

• Buxton, promoted as champions from NPL Division One
• Eastwood Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One
• Stamford, transferred from the Southern Football League
• Worksop Town, relegated from the Conference North

Premier Division Playoffs

	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

Ashton United

Buxton

Eastwood Town

Fleetwood Town

Frickley Athletic

Gateshead

Guiseley

Hednesford Town

Ilkeston Town

Kendal Town

Leek Town

Lincoln United

Marine

Matlock Town

North Ferriby

Ossett Town

Prescot Cables

Stamford

Whitby Town

Witton Albion

Worksop Town

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Locations of the 2007–08 Northern Premier League teams

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

Division One North

Northern Premier League Division One North

Season	2007–08
Champions	Bradford Park Avenue
Promoted	Bradford Park Avenue F.C. United of Manchester
Relegated	Bridlington Town
Matches played	381
Goals scored	1,187 (3.12 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

• Mossley relegated from the Premier Division
• Radcliffe Borough relegated from the Premier Division
• Garforth Town promoted as fourth in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division
• Newcastle Blue Star promoted from the Northern League Division One
• F.C. United of Manchester promoted as champions of the North West Counties Division One
• Curzon Ashton promoted as runners-up of the North West Counties Division One
• Lancaster City as reformed club

Fixture increase

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

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Division One North Playoffs

	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

Season	2007–08
Champions	Retford United
Promoted	Cammell Laird Nantwich Town
Relegated	Alsager Town
Matches played	381
Goals scored	1,265 (3.32 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

• Nantwich Town promoted as third in the North West Counties Football League Premier Division
• Retford United promoted as champions of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Sheffield promoted as runners-up in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Carlton Town promoted as third in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
• Quorn promoted as third in the Midland Football Alliance
• Spalding United promoted from the United Counties League
• Grantham Town relegated from the Premier Division

Fixture increase

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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

Results

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Division One South Playoffs

	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 Chairmans 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.}