2015–16 Northern Premier League

The 2015–16 season is the 48th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the ninth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2015–16 are Evo-Stik.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2015–16
Champions	Darlington 1883
Promoted	Darlington 1883 Salford City
Relegated	Colwyn Bay Hyde United Ramsbottom United Stamford
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

• Colwyn Bay, relegated from Conference North
• Darlington 1883, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
• Hyde United, relegated from Conference North and changed name from Hyde
• Mickleover Sports, promoted as champions of NPL Division One South
• Salford City, promoted as champions of NPL Division One North
• Sutton Coldfield Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Darlington 1883 (C, P)	46	33	5	8	106	42	+64	104	Promotion to National League North
2	Blyth Spartans	46	32	3	11	89	41	+48	99	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Salford City (O, P)	46	27	9	10	94	48	+46	90
4	Ashton United	46	26	9	11	90	52	+38	87
5	Workington	46	25	11	10	78	50	+28	86
6	Stourbridge	46	25	9	12	90	63	+27	84
7	Frickley Athletic	46	22	11	13	69	46	+23	77
8	Nantwich Town	46	20	15	11	94	62	+32	75
9	Barwell	46	23	4	19	82	66	+16	73
10	Rushall Olympic	46	19	12	15	74	61	+13	69
11	Buxton	46	21	4	21	71	74	−3	67
12	Sutton Coldfield Town	46	17	11	18	59	66	−7	62
13	Halesowen Town	46	17	11	18	53	63	−10	62
14	Ilkeston	46	15	9	22	61	79	−18	54
15	Marine	46	12	17	17	53	61	−8	53
16	Skelmersdale United	46	14	11	21	66	82	−16	53
17	Matlock Town	46	14	10	22	59	79	−20	52
18	Grantham Town	46	13	12	21	51	85	−34	51
19	Whitby Town	46	12	11	23	60	79	−19	47
20	Mickleover Sports	46	11	13	22	50	74	−24	46
21	Stamford (R)	46	12	9	25	71	97	−26	45	Relegated to NPL Division One North/South
22	Hyde United (R)	46	11	7	28	53	90	−37	40
23	Colwyn Bay (R)	46	10	8	28	51	95	−44	38
24	Ramsbottom United (R)	46	5	11	30	43	112	−69	26

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Blyth Spartans	3
	5	Workington	4
						3	Salford City	3
						5	Workington	2
	3	Salford City (a.e.t.)	3
	4	Ashton United	1

Semi-finals

Blyth Spartans v Workington

26 April 2016	Blyth Spartans	3–4	Workington	Croft Park, Blyth
19:45	Sean Reid 45' Dillon Morse 74' Daniel Maguire 85'	Report	Scott Allison 34', 56', 68' Robert Wilson 90'

Salford City v Ashton United

26 April 2016	Salford City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Ashton United	Moor Lane, Salford
19:45	J Hulme 25' G Seddon 93' J Poole 113'	Report	Will Haining 69'

Final

Salford City v Workington

30 April 2016	Salford City	3–2	Workington	Moor Lane, Salford
15:00	S O'Halloran (14'), B Priestley (79'), J Hulme (87')

Results

Home \ Away	ASH	BAR	BLY	BUX	COL	DAR	FRK	GRN	HAL	HYD	ILK	MAR	MAT	MIC	NAN	RAM	RSO	SLC	SKU	STM	STB	SUT	WTB	WRK
Ashton United		2–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	4–4	0–0	4–2	6–0	2–3	0–3	5–0	1–0	2–3	3–0	2–0	0–1
Barwell	0–1		0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–4	0–4	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1
Blyth Spartans	1–1	4–0		1–0	3–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–3	4–3	1–2	3–2	3–0
Buxton	2–1	5–1	0–4		2–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	3–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	0–2
Colwyn Bay	0–2	0–4	1–3	3–2		2–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–3	1–4	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–4	0–2
Darlington 1883	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–0		3–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0
Frickley Athletic	0–0	1–0	2–3	5–1	1–0	3–1		3–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1
Grantham Town	3–3	0–5	2–3	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1
Halesowen Town	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–0
Hyde United	0–4	1–0	0–4	2–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–1		1–3	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–4	5–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	7–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–4
Ilkeston	1–1	1–0	3–4	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1		0–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	4–3	1–1	2–1	0–3
Marine	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	3–1		2–1	3–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2
Matlock Town	1–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–5	3–0	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Mickleover Sports	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–5	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–2
Nantwich Town	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–5	1–0	6–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1		7–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	6–3	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–0
Ramsbottom United	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–4	4–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–4		2–1	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–1
Rushall Olympic	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0		2–3	0–0	5–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1
Salford City	3–1	7–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–4	2–2	5–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3		4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	5–3
Skelmersdale United	1–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–1		1–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0
Stamford	3–4	1–2	0–1	2–4	2–3	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–4	3–3	2–3	1–1	5–2		2–2	3–3	2–2	1–2
Stourbridge	1–2	2–3	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	5–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	4–3	2–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0		2–0	2–0	0–0
Sutton Coldfield Town	0–1	1–5	1–0	0–0	5–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	4–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–3		1–0	0–2
Whitby Town	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–7	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	4–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	3–5	4–0	0–1		1–0
Workington	5–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Ashton United

Barwell

Blyth Spartans

Buxton

Colwyn Bay

Darlington 1883

Frickley Athletic

Grantham Town

Halesowen Town

Hyde United

Ilkeston

Marine

Matlock Town

Mickleover Sports

Nantwich Town

Ramsbottom

Rushall Olympic

Salford City

Skelmersdale

Stamford

Stourbridge

Sutton
Coldfield Town

Whitby Town

Workington

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Locations of the 2015–16 Northern Premier League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Workington	Borough Park	3,101
Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Darlington 1883	Heritage Park (groundshare)	2,004
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Stamford	Zeeco Stadium	2,000
Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground	2,000
Mickleover Sports	The Raygar Stadium	1,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400
Salford City	Moor Lane	1,400

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2015–16
Champions	Warrington Town
Promoted	Warrington Town Spennymoor Town
Relegated	New Mills Harrogate Railway Athletic
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Division One North featured three new teams:

• Glossop North End, promoted as champions from the NWCFL Premier Division
• Trafford, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Witton Albion, relegated from the NPL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Warrington Town (C, P)	42	34	4	4	121	36	+85	106	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Spennymoor Town (O, P)	42	27	10	5	113	35	+78	91	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Northwich Victoria	42	29	5	8	102	41	+61	83	Qualification for Play-offs and transferred to NPL Division One South
4	Glossop North End	42	24	9	9	78	41	+37	81	Qualification for Play-offs
5	Burscough	42	25	5	12	81	50	+31	80
6	Lancaster City	42	18	15	9	74	57	+17	69
7	Clitheroe	42	22	3	17	90	86	+4	69
8	Trafford	42	19	8	15	78	51	+27	65
9	Farsley Celtic	42	18	9	15	82	50	+32	63
10	Ossett Albion	42	20	3	19	56	63	−7	63
11	Witton Albion	42	18	7	17	85	72	+13	61	Transferred to NPL Division One South
12	Bamber Bridge	42	16	12	14	73	55	+18	60
13	Mossley	42	18	6	18	80	76	+4	60
14	Brighouse Town	42	17	8	17	75	72	+3	59
15	Kendal Town	42	14	10	18	62	80	−18	52
16	Prescot Cables	42	13	7	22	66	99	−33	46
17	Ossett Town	42	12	7	23	51	94	−43	43
18	Radcliffe Borough	42	11	7	24	54	75	−21	40
19	Droylsden	42	11	6	25	68	139	−71	39
20	Scarborough Athletic	42	10	8	24	40	64	−24	38
21	Harrogate Railway Athletic (R)	42	6	8	28	52	115	−63	26	Relegation to NCEL Premier Division
22	New Mills (R)	42	0	3	39	26	156	−130	3	Relegation to NWCFL Premier Division

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Spennymoor Town	3
	5	Burscough	1
						2	Spennymoor Town	2
						3	Northwich Victoria	0
	3	Northwich Victoria	2
	4	Glossop North End	1

Semi-finals

Spennymoor Town v Burscough

26 April 2016	Spennymoor Town	3–1	Burscough	The Brewery Field, Spennymoor
19:45	Craig Gott 45' Liam Henderson 48' Gavin Cogdon 74'		Liam Caddick 2'	Attendance: 662

Northwich Victoria v Glossop North End

27 April 2016	Northwich Victoria	2–1	Glossop North End	Wincham Park, Northwich
19:45	Stuart Cook 3'(p) Richard Bennett 61'		Mark Reed 12'	Attendance: 376

Final

Spennymoor Town v Northwich Victoria

30 April 2016	Spennymoor Town	2–0	Northwich Victoria	The Brewery Field, Spennymoor
15:00	Gavin Cogdon 10' Mark Anderson 66'			Attendance: 1129

Results

Home \ Away	BAM	BRT	BUR	CLT	DRO	FAR	GNE	HRA	KEN	LNC	MOS	NEM	NOR	OSA	OST	PRC	RAD	SCA	SPE	TRA	WAR	WTN
Bamber Bridge		3–0	3–5	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–3	5–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–4
Brighouse Town	0–1		1–0	3–4	8–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	6–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	5–3	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–5
Burscough	1–0	2–1		6–1	3–1	0–0	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–3
Clitheroe	1–4	3–4	0–2		6–1	2–5	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–4	2–5	2–0
Droylsden	4–0	4–3	2–4	1–5		0–4	2–1	2–3	3–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–6	1–2	1–3	4–3	3–3	4–2	1–3	1–3	0–9	1–4
Farsley Celtic	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	6–0		1–3	3–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	7–0
Glossop North End	2–2	2–0	0–1	4–1	6–0	2–1		5–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0
Harrogate Railway Athletic	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–4		1–3	1–3	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–6	0–4	0–5	0–7	2–2
Kendal Town	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–1		2–2	3–1	3–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	5–5	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1
Lancaster City	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–3	2–0	2–2	6–1	3–2	5–0	4–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–1	3–2
Mossley	2–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	5–1	3–3	1–0	5–3	3–2	2–0		3–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–3	4–0
New Mills	0–7	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–4	1–4	0–3	0–3	0–2	1–3	2–7		1–5	1–4	0–2	1–7	0–5	0–3	0–9	0–4	0–5	3–3
Northwich Victoria	2–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	8–2	0–5	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	2–0		2–0	5–0	5–2	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	2–1
Ossett Albion	0–1	1–2	1–1	6–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–3	4–3	2–0	0–3		1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–3	4–0
Ossett Town	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–5	2–3	2–5	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–3		1–1	1–2	2–0	1–5	1–0	0–4	0–5
Prescot Cables	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–4	4–2	2–2	2–3	0–2	5–2	0–2	4–0	1–3		0–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–6
Radcliffe Borough	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–6	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–0		2–1	1–4	0–3	1–3	2–2
Scarborough Athletic	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–4	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	2–3
Spennymoor Town	1–0	1–3	3–1	5–0	5–0	0–4	2–2	1–1	6–1	1–1	4–1	9–0	2–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	2–2		2–2	2–3	3–0
Trafford	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	6–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	4–0	8–0	2–0	0–1	0–2		1–2	1–2
Warrington Town	1–0	2–0	1–3	5–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	6–3	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–1	6–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1		4–2
Witton Albion	2–4	4–1	0–2	2–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	5–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: NPL First Division North results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Bamber Bridge

Brighouse T

Burscough

Clitheroe

Droylsden

Farsley Celtic

Glossop

Harrogate RA

Kendal Town

Lancaster City

Mossley

New Mills

Northwich Vic

Ossett A

Ossett T

Prescot Cables

Radcliffe

Scarborough Athletic

Spennymoor Town

Trafford

Warrington

Witton Albion

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Locations of the 2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One North teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (Ground share with Witton Albion)	4,813
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813
Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	4,000
Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Harrogate Railway Athletic	Station View	3,500
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	3,200
Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Ossett Albion	Our Physio Stadium	3,000
Scarborough Athletic	Queensgate	3,000
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Ossett Town	4G Voice & Data Stadium	2,000
New Mills	Church Lane	1,400
Glossop North End	The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium	1,350
Brighouse Town	St Giles' Road	1,000

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2015–16
Champions	Stafford Rangers
Promoted	Stafford Rangers Coalville Town
Relegated	Tividale
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,456 (3.15 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Division One South will feature five new teams:

• Basford United, promoted as champions from the Midland Football League Premier Division
• Belper Town, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
• Daventry Town, transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central
• Rugby Town, transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central
• Shaw Lane Aquaforce, promoted as champions from the NCEL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stafford Rangers (C, P)	42	29	8	5	79	31	+48	95	Promotion to 2016–17 NPL Premier Division
2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	42	28	10	4	95	40	+55	94	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Coalville Town (O, P)	42	25	10	7	81	46	+35	85
4	Basford United	42	22	10	10	67	42	+25	76
5	Lincoln United	42	21	11	10	70	46	+24	74
6	Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	20	9	13	72	53	+19	69
7	Chasetown	42	19	11	12	68	49	+19	68
8	Leek Town	42	18	9	15	61	56	+5	63
9	Rugby Town	42	17	9	16	73	68	+5	60
10	Romulus	42	18	6	18	76	74	+2	60
11	Market Drayton Town	42	16	10	16	65	65	0	58
12	Spalding United	42	14	14	14	52	54	−2	56
13	Belper Town	42	15	9	18	66	65	+1	54
14	Newcastle Town	42	15	8	19	65	68	−3	53
15	Kidsgrove Athletic	42	12	14	16	81	78	+3	50
16	Gresley	42	16	2	24	58	75	−17	50
17	Sheffield	42	13	8	21	61	71	−10	47
18	Carlton Town	42	14	5	23	60	72	−12	47
19	Goole	42	10	8	24	51	87	−36	38	Transferred to the NPL Division One North
20	Loughborough Dynamo	42	10	5	27	60	108	−48	35
21	Daventry Town	42	10	3	29	43	113	−70	33	Resigned to the United Counties League
22	Tividale (R)	42	5	11	26	52	95	−43	26	Relegation to Midland Football League

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	3
	5	Lincoln United	2
						2	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	1
						3	Coalville Town	3
	3	Coalville Town	5
	4	Basford United	0

Semi-finals

Coalville Town v Basford United

26 April 2016	Coalville Town	5–0	Basford United	Owen Street Sports Ground, Coalville
19:45	Alexander Troke 3' Callum Woodward 22' Danny Jenno 24' Alexander Troke 53' (p) Nathan Watson 69'

Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Lincoln United

27 April 2016	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	3–2	Lincoln United	Shaw Lane, Barnsley
19:45

Final

Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Coalville Town

30 April 2016	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	1–3	Coalville Town	Shaw Lane, Barnsley
19:45

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BLP	CAR	CHA	COA	DAV	GOO	GRE	KID	LEE	LIN	LOU	MAR	NEW	ROM	RUG	SAQ	SHE	SPA	STA	STO	TIV
Basford United		3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–2
Belper Town	0–2		1–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	5–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0
Carlton Town	0–1	1–2		2–3	1–1	5–2	0–0	0–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	5–2
Chasetown	0–1	1–3	2–0		1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	9–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Coalville Town	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–1		5–0	6–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	5–4	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1
Daventry Town	0–2	0–6	1–0	1–0	1–4		2–3	0–7	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–0	1–3	1–3	3–0	0–4	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–1
Goole	2–1	3–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0		0–2	3–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–4	0–5	2–3	3–4	0–3	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2
Gresley	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–4	2–1		2–0	0–1	2–1	3–3	2–3	0–2	1–4	1–3	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	2–1
Kidsgrove Athletic	1–4	2–2	3–3	1–2	2–5	1–2	1–2	3–1		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–5	3–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–0
Leek Town	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	5–1	3–5	3–0	3–3		1–2	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	3–1
Lincoln United	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–2		3–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–0
Loughborough Dynamo	0–1	2–5	3–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–6	4–0	2–1		0–1	0–3	0–3	6–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–5	3–3
Market Drayton Town	1–4	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	4–3	2–3		4–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	4–1	3–0
Newcastle Town	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–1		2–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Romulus	0–4	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	4–0	5–0	0–2	0–5	2–0	1–2	5–1	4–0	2–1		1–5	1–5	4–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0
Rugby Town	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	0–2		1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Shaw Lane Aquaforce	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	3–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	3–2		1–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–2
Sheffield	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–4	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–1		2–2	0–2	2–3	3–3
Spalding United	2–3	2–1	5–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0		1–2	0–2	2–1
Stafford Rangers	0–0	6–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–0	4–1	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–1	3–2	2–0		1–1	3–0
Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	3–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	3–2	1–0	4–4	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2		1–1
Tividale	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–3	3–2	3–3	5–3	0–2	4–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: NPL First Division South results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Basford United

Belper Town

Carlton Town

Chasetown

Coalville Town

Daventry Town

Goole

Gresley

Kidsgrove Athletic

Leek Town

Lincoln United

Loughborough

Market Drayton

Newcastle Town

Romulus

Rugby Town

Shaw Lane

Sheffield

Spalding

Stafford

Stocksbridge

Tividale

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Locations of the 2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One South teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Daventry Town	Communications Park	3,000
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Tividale	The Beaches	3,000
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Belper Town	Cristchurch Meadow	2,400
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Shaw Lane	2,000
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Romulus	The Central Ground (Sutton Coldfield Town ground share)	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	1,000

Challenge Cup

2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	68
Final positions
Champions	Marine
Runner-up	Scarborough Athletic

The 2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 15–16 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 46th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It will be sponsored by Doodson Sport for a fifth consecutive season. 68 clubs from England will enter the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round, and all ties will end will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties. Due to weather damage to pitches in late December, two ties were reversed.

The defending champions were Warrington Town, who defeated Farsley on penalties in the 2015 Final. Warrington Town were unable to defend their title as they were eliminated in the first round by Ramsbottom United.

Calendar

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary round	68	8	0	8	15 September 2015
First round	64	64	4	60	9 – 11 November 2015
Second round	32	32	32	none	30 November – 2 December 2015
Third round	16	16	16	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none
Final	2	2	2	none

Preliminary Round

Eight teams from the Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South have to compete in the Preliminary round to win a place in the competition proper. The draw for this round was made on 10 July 2015.

Bamber Bridge v New Mills

6 October 2015	Bamber Bridge	4–0	New Mills	The Sir Tom Finney Stadium
19:45	Booth 19', 50', 87' Joel 47'			Attendance: 124

Belper Town v Rugby Town

15 September 2015	Belper Town	3–4	Rugby Town	Christchurch Meadow
19:45	Stevenson 36', 82' Williams 90'	Belper Town report Rugby Town report	Kolodynski 32', 59' Powell 38', 54'	Attendance: 117

Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Sheffield

15 September 2015	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	4–1	Sheffield	Shaw Lane Sports Club
19:45	Hammond 11' (o.g.) Thornhill 32' Morris 37', 52'	Sheffield report	Sabo 61' (o.g.)	Attendance: 112

Tividale v Stafford Rangers

15 September 2015	Tividale	2–2 (1–4 p)	Stafford Rangers	The Beeches
19:45	Ayettey 36' Jackson 51'	Tividale report	Rooney 45' Till 71'	Attendance: 62
	Penalties
	Sterling Danks Rabone		Till Kasiama Edmunds McNaught

Source:

First Round

Teams that were not in the preliminary round from Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South entered at this stage as well as teams from the Northern Premier League Premier Division, along with the winners from the preliminary round. The draw for this round was made on 10 July 2015.

Ashton United v Nantwich Town

10 November 2015	Ashton United	0–3	Nantwich Town	Hurst Cross
19:45			Shotton 4', 39' Osborne 63'	Attendance: 101

Lancaster City v Bamber Bridge

5 January 2016	Lancaster City	0–1	Bamber Bridge	Lancaster, Lancashire
19:45			Milligan 72'	Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 167

Barwell v Loughborough Dynamo

10 November 2015	Barwell	2–2 (5–4 p)	Loughborough Dynamo	Kirkby Road Sports Ground
19:45	Lower 2' Towers 82'	Barwell report Loughborough Dynamo report	Browne 24' Sibson 86'	Attendance: 77
	Penalties
	Gaunt Towers Christie Hickey Tomkinson		Meer

Blyth Spartans v Darlington 1883

10 November 2015	Blyth Spartans	1–2	Darlington 1883	Croft Park
19:45	Cartwright 78'		Kneeshaw 34' Jordon 65'	Attendance: 627

Buxton v Gresley

10 November 2015	Buxton	2–0	Gresley	The Silverlands
19:45	Barraclough 44' Swain 90'			Attendance: 113

Carlton Town v Basford United

11 November 2015	Carlton Town	2–1	Basford United	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19:45	Graham 15' Lusamba 66'		Wiggins-Thomas 72'	Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium Attendance: 111

Clitheroe v Prescot Cables

17 November 2015	Clitheroe	6–0	Prescot Cables	Shawbridge
19:45	Hampson 6' Mayers 11' Heywood 17' Gonzales 51' Hession 90' Harries 90'			Attendance: 142

Coalville Town v Stamford

10 November 2015	Coalville Town	0–1	Stamford	Owen Street Sports Ground
19:45			Phillips 66'	Attendance: 83

Daventry Town v Newcastle Town

10 November 2015	Daventry Town	3–2	Newcastle Town	Communications Park
19:45	Shariff 29' Piggon 50' Prinzel 62'		Mills 17' Gardner 75'	Attendance: 64

Droylsden v Radcliffe Borough

10 November 2015	Droylsden	2–3	Radcliffe Borough	Butcher's Arms Ground
19:45	Smith 67' Hewitt 89'		Foster 17', 90' Davies 35'	Attendance: 92

Farsley Celtic v Shaw Lane Aquaforce

10 November 2015	Farsley Celtic	2–0	Shaw Lane Aquaforce	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Savory 26' Howarth 36'			Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 106

Goole v Ossett Town

10 November 2015	Goole	0–2	Ossett Town	Victoria Pleasure Grounds
19:45			Akeroyd 69', 90'	Attendance: 166

Grantham Town v Frickley Athletic

10 November 2015	Grantham Town	0–2	Frickley Athletic	South Kesteven Sports Stadium
19:45			Lucas 29' Dockerty 57'	Attendance: 115

Halesowen Town v Leek Town

10 November 2015	Halesowen Town	2–1	Leek Town	Halesowen, West Midlands
19:45	Hales 2' Bragoli 75'		Cropper 5'	Stadium: The Grove Attendance: 132

Harrogate Railway Athletic v Stocksbridge Park Steels

9 November 2015	Harrogate Railway Athletic	2–3	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Station View
19:45	Stockdill 16' Bromley 34'		Reay 68', 87' Lumsden 78'	Attendance: 47

Hyde United v Colwyn Bay

14 December 2015	Hyde United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Colwyn Bay	Ewen Fields
19:45	Bevins 23'	Colwyn Bay report	Holsgrove 62'	Attendance: 86
	Penalties
	Spencer Boyle		Marsden Matthews Tuck Denson

Kidsgrove Athletic v Chasetown

11 November 2015	Kidsgrove Athletic	2–1	Chasetown	The Novus Stadium
19:45	Kinsey 38' Taylor 73'		Turton 26'	Attendance: 179

Lincoln United v Mickleover Sports

10 November 2015	Lincoln United	1–1 (5–4 p)	Mickleover Sports	Ashby Avenue
19:45	Fairclough 50'	Lincoln United report	Dawes 60'	Attendance: 78
	Penalties
	Vince Smith		O’Neil-Dwyer

Marine v Glossop North End

10 November 2015	Marine	2–1	Glossop North End	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Codling 31' Burton 81'		Brizell 90'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 248

Market Drayton Town v Stourbridge

10 November 2015	Market Drayton Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Stourbridge	Greenfields Sports Ground
19:45	Ryan 73'	Market Drayton Town report Stourbridge report	Clarke 39'	Attendance: 131
	Penalties
	Ryan McFarlane Lowe Green		Clifton Wright Billingham McPike Knight

Ossett Albion v Mossley

10 November 2015	Ossett Albion	3–2	Mossley	Our Physio Stadium
19:45	Bower 8' Brunt 28' Matthews 70'		Short 43' McGonigle 90'	Attendance: 81

Ramsbottom United v Warrington Town

1 December 2015	Ramsbottom United	2–0	Warrington Town	The Harry Williams Stadium
19:45	Smith 1', 35'			Attendance: 104

Romulus v Sutton Coldfield Town

10 November 2015	Romulus	0–1	Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground
19:45			Melvin 5'	Attendance: 70

Rugby Town v Ilkeston

10 November 2015	Rugby Town	0–2	Ilkeston	Butlin Road
19:45		Rugby Town report	Burrows 25', 44'	Attendance: 142

Salford City v Trafford

10 November 2015	Salford City	1–2	Trafford	Moor Lane
19:45	Mwasile 67'		Tuanzebe 7' Stott 32'	Attendance: 998

Scarborough Athletic v Whitby Town

10 November 2015	Scarborough Athletic	2–2 (4–3 p)	Whitby Town	Queensgate
19:45	Blott 33', 75'	Scarborough Athletic report Whitby Town report	Roberts 60' (pen.) McTiernan 88'	Attendance: 312
	Penalties
	Mallory Peterson Blott Bradshaw Peat		Roberts Robinson Bullock Gardner Charmey

Skelmersdale United v Northwich Victoria

10 November 2015	Skelmersdale United	1–6	Northwich Victoria	The West Lancashire College Stadium
19:45	Kusaloka 70'		Cook 19' Amis 29', 56' Burnett 30', 57', 69'	Attendance: 123

Spalding United v Matlock Town

10 November 2015	Spalding United	0–0 (3–4 p)	Matlock Town	Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field
19:45		Spalding United report Matlock Town report		Attendance: 124
	Penalties
	Moreman Graham Walker Newman Stainfield		Wilson Fallowfield Cribley Nelthorpe Purkiss

Spennymoor Town v Brighhouse Town

10 November 2015	Spennymoor Town	2–0	Brighhouse Town	The Brewery Field
19:45	Pollard 73' (o.g.) Morrow 89'			Attendance: 219

Stafford Rangers v Rushall Olympic

10 November 2015	Stafford Rangers	1–0	Rushall Olympic	Marston Road
19:45	White 37'	Stafford Rangers report		Attendance: 270

Witton Albion v Burscough

10 November 2015	Witton Albion	3–2	Burscough	Northwich, Cheshire
19:45	Andrews 9' Menagh 59' Salmon 79'		Monaghan 39' Connolly 69'	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 101

Workington v Kendal Town

10 November 2015	Workington	3–0	Kendal Town	Borough Park
19:45	Allison 46', 54', 69'			Attendance: 226

Source:

Second Round

The 32 winners from the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw on 12 November 2015. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 30 November and 2 December.

Carlton Town v Barwell

2 December 2015	Carlton Town	3–2	Barwell	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19:45	Davie 7' Law 19', 38'		Carney 72', 90'	Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium Attendance: 66

Farsley Celtic v Stocksbridge Park Steels

1 December 2015	Farsley Celtic	6–0	Stocksbridge Park Steels	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Osborne 9', 39', 44' Walker 23' Savory 74' Daly 75'			Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 77

Frickley Athletic v Darlington 1883

1 December 2015	Frickley Athletic	2–3	Darlington 1883	South Elmsall, West Yorkshire
19:45	Thomas 8' (pen.) Davie 90'		Dowson 16', 36' Brown 40'	Stadium: Westfield Lane Attendance: 142

Halesowen Town v Sutton Coldfield Town

1 December 2015	Halesowen Town	0–2	Sutton Coldfield Town	Halesowen, West Midlands
19:45			McKenzie 6', 30'	Stadium: The Grove Attendance: 143

Ilkeston v Lincoln United

4 January 2016	Ilkeston	5–1	Lincoln United	Ilkeston, Derbyshire
19:45	Walker 18' Blake 20', 48', 51' Wheatley 90'		Gibson 38'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 163

Matlock Town v Daventry Town

1 December 2015	Matlock Town	1–3	Daventry Town	Matlock, Derbyshire
19:45	Purkiss 45'		Piggon 33' Curtis 62' (pen.) Shariff 69'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 145

Nantwich Town v Market Drayton Town

1 December 2015	Nantwich Town	3–1	Market Drayton Town	Nantwich, Cheshire
19:45	Osborne 35' (pen.), 63' (pen.) Cooke 85'		McFarlane 32'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 191

Radcliffe Borough v Colwyn Bay

2 February 2016	Radcliffe Borough	0–1	Colwyn Bay	Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
19:45			Lamb 15'	Stadium: Belvoir Stadium Attendance: 49

Marine v Ramsbottom United

19 January 2016	Marine	2–1	Ramsbottom United	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Mitchley 7' Ellams 17'		Meaney 58'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 129

Scarborough Athletic v Ossett Albion

1 December 2015	Scarborough Athletic	2–0	Ossett Albion	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45	Metcalfe 16' Blott 43'			Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 141

Spennymoor Town v Ossett Town

19 January 2016	Spennymoor Town	0–1	Ossett Town	Spennymoor, County Durham
19:45			Brown 52'	Stadium: The Brewery Field Attendance: 123

Stafford Rangers v Kidsgrove Athletic

8 December 2015	Stafford Rangers	2–2 (3–5 p)	Kidsgrove Athletic	Stafford, Staffordshire
19:45	Adams 63' Reid 78'	Stafford Rangers report	Malbon 29' Sherratt 90'	Stadium: Marston Road Attendance: 212
	Penalties
	Adams		Malbon

Stamford v Buxton

26 January 2016	Stamford	4–1	Buxton	Stamford, Lincolnshire
19:45	Wightwick 12', 39' Duffy 19' Smith 36'		Wiles 17'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium Attendance: 105

Trafford v Northwich Victoria

1 December 2015	Trafford	2–0	Northwich Victoria	Flixton, Greater Manchester
19:45	Noar 64' Gumbs 77'			Stadium: Shawe View Attendance: 99

Witton Albion v Bamber Bridge

19 January 2016	Witton Albion	1–2	Bamber Bridge	Northwich, Cheshire
19:45	Hopley 44'		Marlow 25' Linney 71'	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 104

Workington v Clitheroe

19 January 2016	Workington	2–0	Clitheroe	Workington, Cumbria
19:45	Arnison 80', 88'			Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 268

Source:

Third Round

The 16 winners from the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw on 20 January 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 9 and 16 February.

Colwyn Bay v Trafford

16 February 2016	Colwyn Bay	1–1 (5–4 p)	Trafford	Old Colwyn, North Wales
19:45	Lamb 10'		Langford 90'	Stadium: Llanelian Road Attendance: 81
	Penalties
	Denson Gorman Harper Bauress Kelleher		Palmer Jacobs Davies Correria Langford

Farsley Celtic v Scarborough Athletic

16 February 2016	Farsley Celtic	1–1 (4–5 p)	Scarborough Athletic	Farsley, West Yorkshire
19:45	Nightingale 62'		Corner 2'	Stadium: Throstle Nest Attendance: 129
	Penalties
	Miller O'Brien Nightingale Savory Howarth Walker Daly		Forrester Blott Lamplough

Ilkeston v Daventry Town

29 February 2016	Ilkeston	3–0	Daventry Town	Ilkeston, Derbyshire
19:45	Williams 29' Udoh 60' Atkinson 71'			Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 174

Marine v Workington

16 February 2016	Marine	3–2	Workington	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Myler 31' Mitchley 73' Codling 90'		Calvert 4' McGee 56'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 136

Nantwich Town v Bamber Bridge

1 March 2016	Nantwich Town	5–1	Bamber Bridge	Nantwich, Cheshire
19:45	Cosgrove 30' Osborne 55' (pen.) Shotton 67', 75' Jones 90'		Linney 59'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 203

Ossett Town v Darlington 1883

16 February 2016	Ossett Town	3–1	Darlington 1883	Ossett, West Yorkshire
19:45	Ojo 17' Moore 45' Lyn 74'		Walton 90'	Stadium: 4G Voice & Data Stadium Attendance: 119

Stamford v Carlton Town

9 February 2016	Stamford	1–3	Carlton Town	Stamford, Lincolnshire
19:45	Malone 50'		Rae 29' Fletcher 66' Gordon 79'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium Attendance: 83

Sutton Coldfield Town v Kidsgrove Athletic

9 February 2016	Sutton Coldfield Town	2–2 (2–4 p)	Kidsgrove Athletic	Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
19:45	Nadat 40' Mannion 40'		Morris 64' Bergin 71'	Stadium: Central Ground Attendance: 66
	Penalties
			Woolley Bergin Donnelly Boast Malbon

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Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Third Round were entered into the Quarter-final draw on 17 February 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 1 and 15 March.

Kidsgrove Athletic v Ilkeston

16 March 2016	Kidsgrove Athletic	0–2	Ilkeston	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
19:45			Rose 16' Udoh 61'	Stadium: The Novus Stadium Attendance: 150

Marine v Ossett Town

8 March 2016	Marine	1–0	Ossett Town	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Mitchley 79' (pen.)			Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 172

Nantwich Town v Colwyn Bay

8 March 2016	Nantwich Town	3–4	Colwyn Bay	Nantwich, Cheshire
19:45	Bennion 20' Cooke 32' Gordon 64'		Kelleher 38', 57' Denson 49' Harper 90'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 266

Scarborough Athletic v Carlton Town

1 March 2016	Scarborough Athletic	4–0	Carlton Town	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45	Birch 27' Corner 42' (pen.) Blott 64', 66'			Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 197

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Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter-finals were entered into the Semi-final draw on 9 March 2016. The ties are originally scheduled to be played on 22 March and 26 April.

Marine v Colwyn Bay

26 April 2016	Marine	4–1	Colwyn Bay	Crosby, Merseyside
19:45	Hessey 12' Foley 33' Owens 42' Burton 54'		Kelleher 80'	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 260

Scarborough Athletic v Ilkeston

22 March 2016	Scarborough Athletic	1–1 (5–3 p)	Ilkeston	Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
19:45	Blott 53'		Jones 35'	Stadium: Queensgate Attendance: 302
	Penalties
	Peat Robson Birch Forrester Lamplough		Shaw Baker Williams Gordon

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Final

The Challenge Cup Final was played at Throstle Nest, the home ground of Farsley Celtic. This was Scarborough Athletic's first final appearance (Scarborough won in 1977) and the sixth final appearance for Marine (their most recent appearance was in 2003 where they defeated Gateshead).

Scarborough Athletic v Marine

29 April 2016	Scarborough Athletic	1–2	Marine	Throstle Nest, Farsley
20:00 BST	C. Robinson 66'		Bellew 66' Mitchley 90'	Attendance: 690

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See also

• 2015–16 Isthmian League
• 2015–16 Southern League

External links

• Official website