2016–17 Northern Premier League

The 2016–17 season is the 49th 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 2016–17 are Evo-Stik.

The league constitution was announced on 12 May 2016.^[1][2]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League
Premier Division

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The Premier Division will feature six new clubs:

• Coalville Town, promoted as playoff winners in Division One South
• Corby Town, relegated from National League North
• Hednesford Town, relegated from National League North
• Stafford Rangers, promoted as champions of Division One South
• Spennymoor Town, promoted as playoff winners in Division One North
• Warrington Town, promoted as champions of Division One North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Rushall Olympic	22	13	3	6	35	25	+10	42	Promotion to National League North / South
2	Buxton	22	12	5	5	39	20	+19	41	Qualification for the Premier Division play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Whitby Town	22	12	5	5	28	20	+8	41
4	Blyth Spartans	20	11	5	4	38	19	+19	38
5	Hednesford Town	22	11	4	7	40	24	+16	37
6	Warrington Town	23	11	3	9	38	32	+6	36
7	Spennymoor Town	20	10	5	5	41	24	+17	35
8	Matlock Town	20	10	4	6	28	22	+6	34
9	Workington	22	10	3	9	29	30	−1	33
10	Stourbridge	19	9	5	5	31	24	+7	32
11	Ashton United	23	8	8	7	42	39	+3	32
12	Nantwich Town	18	9	4	5	35	25	+10	31
13	Barwell	22	8	7	7	26	22	+4	31
14	Grantham Town	24	9	4	11	36	33	+3	31
15	Mickleover Sports	20	9	1	10	28	26	+2	28
16	Coalville Town	22	8	3	11	37	43	−6	27
17	Stafford Rangers	19	6	8	5	31	28	+3	26
18	Marine	21	7	5	9	26	32	−6	26
19	Halesowen Town	19	7	4	8	21	34	−13	25
20	Frickley Athletic	23	6	2	15	24	54	−30	20
21	Ilkeston	19	5	3	11	19	31	−12	18	Relegation to Division One North or Division One South
22	Sutton Coldfield Town	23	4	5	14	23	48	−25	17
23	Skelmersdale United	20	3	5	12	20	41	−21	14
24	Corby Town	21	2	5	14	15	34	−19	11

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Luke Benbow	Stourbridge	15
2	Alex Reid	Rushall Olympic	13
3	Kaiman Anderson	Halesowen Town	12
	Dale Hopson	Whitby Town
4	Marcus Dinanga	Matlock Town	11

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016

Results

Home ╲ Away

Ashton United !ASH

Barwell !BAR

Blyth Spartans !BLY

Buxton !BUX

Coalville Town !COA

Corby Town !COR

Frickley Athletic !FRK

Grantham Town !GRN

Halesowen Town !HAL

Hednesford Town !HED

Ilkeston !ILK

Marine !MAR

Matlock Town !MAT

Mickleover Sports !MIC

Nantwich Town !NAN

Rushall Olympic !RSO

Skelmersdale United !SKU

Spennymoor Town !SPE

Stafford Rangers !STA

Stourbridge !STB

Sutton Coldfield Town !SUT

Warrington Town !WAR

Whitby Town !WTB

Workington !WRK

Ashton United !Ashton United

0–0

1–3

3–0

1–3

4–3

2–0

1–4

3–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

Barwell !Barwell

0–2

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans

3–3

3–1

3–1

1–0

3–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

5–0

0–3

Buxton !Buxton

0–0

1–0

2–0

3–0

4–1

3–0

2–2

2–1

3–0

2–1

Coalville Town !Coalville Town

2–1

2–3

1–4

3–2

3–3

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

2–3

Corby Town !Corby Town

3–3

0–2

4–3

1–1

2–0

1–2

0–0

0–2

0–0

1–2

Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic

1–3

2–3

1–0

4–4

0–4

2–0

0–4

1–4

2–1

0–2

2–2

Grantham Town !Grantham Town

1–2

0–1

5–1

3–0

2–3

1–0

0–4

1–1

3–3

2–1

2–1

1–2

2–0

Halesowen Town !Halesowen Town

2–2

0–5

1–0

1–1

1–2

1–3

2–1

0–3

1–0

3–2

Hednesford Town !Hednesford Town

2–2

1–2

1–2

1–2

3–0

4–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

4–1

1–1

Ilkeston !Ilkeston

0–2

1–0

1–0

0–2

3–0

2–3

0–0

0–2

Marine !Marine

1–0

4–2

1–0

2–2

0–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

Matlock Town !Matlock Town

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

0–0

0–4

1–1

3–1

3–1

Mickleover Sports !Mickleover Sports

0–3

1–2

2–0

0–1

2–1

2–0

0–2

3–1

1–0

Nantwich Town !Nantwich Town

1–0

1–2

1–1

1–3

1–0

1–0

2–3

Rushall Olympic !Rushall Olympic

3–1

0–1

3–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–5

3–1

2–2

1–2

Skelmersdale United !Skelmersdale United

1–2

1–0

1–1

1–3

2–1

1–3

4–0

0–1

0–1

Spennymoor Town !Spennymoor Town

1–2

1–0

7–0

1–0

2–2

3–0

4–1

0–1

4–1

Stafford Rangers !Stafford Rangers

1–3

1–1

2–1

3–2

3–1

3–0

3–3

0–2

4–4

0–0

2–2

Stourbridge !Stourbridge

2–1

3–2

1–0

2–2

1–2

2–1

0–1

2–1

5–0

Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town

2–2

0–3

3–1

0–5

0–1

0–4

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

Warrington Town !Warrington Town

1–2

1–0

2–1

0–1

4–1

5–3

2–3

2–0

2–0

2–1

0–1

1–2

Whitby Town !Whitby Town

2–1

1–0

4–0

0–2

2–1

3–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

Workington !Workington

1–0

0–1

0–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

4–0

1–3

3–0

1–2

Updated to games played on 26 November 2016.
Source: NPL Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2
	5
	3
	4

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Ashton United	Hurst Cross	4,500
Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	4,435
Buxton	The Silverlands	5,200
Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground	2,000
Corby Town	Steel Park	3,893
Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2,087
Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium	7,500
Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Ilkeston	New Manor Ground	3,500
Marine	Marine Travel Arena	3,185
Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2,214
Mickleover Sports	The Don Amott Stadium	1,500
Nantwich Town	The Weaver Stadium	3,500
Rushall Olympic	Dales Lane	1,400
Skelmersdale United	West Lancashire College Stadium	2,500
Spennymoor Town	The Brewery Field	4,000
Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	4,000
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Sutton Coldfield Town	Central Ground	2,000
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	3,500
Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	3,500
Workington	Borough Park	3,101

Division One North

Northern Premier League
Division One North

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Two Division One North clubs were moved to the parallel division: Northwich Victoria and Witton Albion were transferred to Division One South.

Thus, Division One North will feature six new clubs:

• Colne, promoted from the North West Counties League
• Colwyn Bay, relegated from the Premier Division
• Goole, transferred from Division One South
• Hyde United, relegated from the Premier Division
• Ramsbottom United, relegated from the Premier Division
• Tadcaster Albion, promoted from the Northern Counties East League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Scarborough Athletic	21	11	4	6	38	25	+13	37	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Lancaster City	16	11	2	3	29	16	+13	35	Qualification for Division One North play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Ossett Town	20	11	2	7	34	24	+10	35
4	Glossop North End	19	10	5	4	35	27	+8	35
5	Trafford	18	9	5	4	42	20	+22	32
6	Farsley Celtic	16	10	2	4	27	12	+15	32
7	Brighouse Town	18	8	7	3	24	16	+8	31
8	Clitheroe	20	8	5	7	37	25	+12	29
9	Colwyn Bay	19	8	5	6	31	23	+8	29
10	Bamber Bridge	19	8	3	8	27	22	+5	27
11	Colne	19	8	3	8	26	23	+3	27
12	Kendal Town	17	8	3	6	26	25	+1	27
13	Tadcaster Albion	20	7	6	7	24	23	+1	27
14	Droylsden	19	6	5	8	31	35	−4	23
15	Radcliffe Borough	18	6	4	8	31	28	+3	22
16	Hyde United	19	5	5	9	28	30	−2	20
17	Ramsbottom United	17	5	5	7	28	33	−5	20
18	Mossley	19	6	2	11	32	47	−15	20
19	Prescot Cables	20	5	5	10	22	42	−20	20
20	Ossett Albion	19	4	5	10	22	37	−15	17
21	Goole	20	4	4	12	21	47	−26	16	Relegation to Level 9
22	Burscough	19	2	5	12	11	46	−35	11

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[4]
1	Aaron Burns	Trafford	18
2	Carl Stewart	Tadcaster Albion	12
	Stephen Lewis	Droylsden
4	Jamie Rainford	Glossop North End	10
5	Elliot Rokka	Radcliffe Borough	9

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016

Results

Home ╲ Away

Bamber Bridge !BAM

Brighouse Town !BRT

Burscough !BUR

Clitheroe !CLT

Colne !CLN

Colwyn Bay !COL

Droylsden !DRO

Farsley Celtic !FAR

Glossop North End !GNE

Goole !GOO

Hyde United !HYD

Kendal Town !KEN

Lancaster City !LNC

Mossley !MOS

Ossett Albion !OSA

Ossett Town !OST

Prescot Cables !PRC

Radcliffe Borough !RAD

Ramsbottom United !RAM

Scarborough Athletic !SCA

Tadcaster Albion !TAD

Trafford !TRA

Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge

3–0

1–4

1–2

0–2

0–1

4–0

1–0

4–1

0–0

0–4

Brighouse Town !Brighouse Town

2–1

2–1

2–2

2–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

Burscough !Burscough

1–2

0–3

1–1

0–5

0–4

0–0

0–5

1–2

2–1

Clitheroe !Clitheroe

0–0

3–2

2–3

2–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

4–0

3–0

3–1

Colne !Colne

0–0

3–2

0–2

1–2

1–2

5–1

2–2

0–1

1–3

Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay

1–2

3–2

1–1

4–0

2–2

3–1

1–1

0–2

2–2

Droylsden !Droylsden

0–1

1–2

2–1

3–1

2–2

1–3

2–2

2–2

Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–4

3–1

0–0

2–1

0–1

Glossop North End !Glossop North End

2–0

2–1

2–2

0–2

1–0

3–2

2–1

2–1

2–1

2–2

Goole !Goole

0–3

4–1

1–3

3–1

0–3

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

Hyde United !Hyde United

2–2

3–2

4–0

1–2

1–2

0–0

2–2

2–0

2–2

Kendal Town !Kendal Town

2–0

0–3

0–1

1–2

2–2

1–0

3–1

2–1

2–1

Lancaster City !Lancaster City

1–1

1–3

3–0

1–0

4–3

0–2

2–0

3–1

3–1

Mossley !Mossley

0–4

4–0

0–1

2–2

1–3

0–2

2–1

0–1

1–4

Ossett Albion !Ossett Albion

1–4

2–2

0–1

2–4

0–1

2–5

0–6

Ossett Town !Ossett Town

2–0

4–2

3–0

1–2

1–3

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–2

4–2

3–1

Prescot Cables !Prescot Cables

0–0

2–2

0–1

0–3

0–4

0–5

2–0

1–1

0–2

1–0

Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough

1–0

0–1

1–3

1–2

5–1

4–0

3–1

3–4

2–3

2–0

Ramsbottom United !Ramsbottom United

2–2

1–3

3–2

2–2

3–1

4–2

2–1

1–1

3–3

Scarborough Athletic !Scarborough Athletic

0–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

3–2

8–0

4–1

3–2

Tadcaster Albion !Tadcaster Albion

1–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–2

3–0

0–1

2–1

Trafford !Trafford

0–3

4–0

1–0

6–0

1–4

2–3

5–1

0–0

Updated to games played on 3 December 2016.
Source: NPL First Division North results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2
	5
	3
	4

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Bamber Bridge	QED Stadium	2,264
Brighouse Town	St Giles' Road	1,000
Burscough	Victoria Park	3,054
Clitheroe	Shawbridge	2,000
Colne	XLCR Stadium	1,800
Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	2,500
Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,000
Glossop North End	The Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium	1,350
Goole	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	3,000
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	4,250
Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	3,900
Kendal Town	Lakeland Radio Stadium	2,400
Lancaster City	Giant Axe	3,500
Mossley	Seel Park	4,000
Ossett Albion	Our Physio Stadium	3,000
Ossett Town	4G Voice & Data Stadium	2,000
Prescot Cables	Volair Park	3,200
Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	3,500
Ramsbottom United	The Harry Williams Riverside	2,000
Scarborough Athletic	Queensgate	3,000
Tadcaster Albion	Ings Lane	1,500
Trafford	Shawe View	2,500

Division One South

Northern Premier League
Division One South

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Division One South will feature five new clubs:

• AFC Rushden & Diamonds, transferred from Southern League Division One Central
• Bedworth United, relegated from Southern League Premier Division
• Northwich Victoria, transferred from Division One North
• Stamford, relegated from Northern Premier League Premier Division
• Witton Albion, transferred from Division One North

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Shaw Lane	16	11	4	1	35	11	+24	37	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Newcastle Town	18	12	1	5	31	20	+11	37	Qualification for Division One South play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Spalding United	18	9	4	5	33	23	+10	31
4	Chasetown	18	9	3	6	32	27	+5	30
5	Witton Albion	13	9	2	2	30	12	+18	29
6	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	15	7	6	2	28	18	+10	27
7	Leek Town	16	7	6	3	26	22	+4	27
8	Basford United[lower-alpha 2]	20	8	6	6	29	31	−2	27
9	Belper Town	18	7	5	6	22	19	+3	26
10	Sheffield	20	7	4	9	32	28	+4	25
11	Romulus	17	7	4	6	21	21	0	25
12	Stocksbridge Park Steels	16	7	3	6	23	24	−1	24
13	Northwich Victoria	19	5	6	8	30	31	−1	21
14	Bedworth United	16	6	3	7	25	30	−5	21
15	Gresley	17	5	6	6	30	37	−7	21
16	Stamford	12	5	2	5	21	21	0	17
17	Kidsgrove Athletic	16	5	2	9	25	27	−2	17
18	Market Drayton Town	19	5	2	12	21	38	−17	17
19	Lincoln United	12	4	4	4	17	17	0	16
20	Loughborough Dynamo	19	4	2	13	16	42	−26	14
21	Carlton Town	18	3	4	11	20	30	−10	13	Relegation to Level 9
22	Rugby Town	17	2	3	12	13	31	−18	9

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Bradley Wells	Spalding United	15
2	Pearson Mwanyongo	Gresley FC	14
3	Connor Hall	Sheffield FC	12
4	James Dance	Chasetown	11
5	Alex Byrne	Shaw Lane AFC	10
	Gavin Allott	Shaw Lane AFC
	Lee Cropper	Newcastle Town

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016

Results

Home ╲ Away

AFC Rushden & Diamonds !RUS

Basford United !BAS

Bedworth United !BWU

Belper Town !BLP

Carlton Town !CAR

Chasetown !CHA

Gresley !GRE

Kidsgrove Athletic !KID

Leek Town !LEE

Lincoln United !LIN

Loughborough Dynamo !LOU

Market Drayton Town !MAR

Newcastle Town !NEW

Northwich Victoria !NOR

Romulus !ROM

Rugby Town !RUG

Shaw Lane !SHL

Sheffield !SHE

Spalding United !SPA

Stamford !STM

Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO

Witton Albion !WTN

AFC Rushden & Diamonds !AFC Rushden & Diamonds

2–2

2–0

1–3

3–3

1–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

Basford United !Basford United

1–2

2–0

4–2

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–2

3–2

Bedworth United !Bedworth United

1–0

2–0

1–5

4–2

1–1

2–2

2–3

2–2

0–4

Belper Town !Belper Town

1–4

1–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

4–1

2–1

1–3

0–0

1–2

3–1

Carlton Town !Carlton Town

1–3

0–1

2–3

0–2

1–1

3–3

2–2

1–3

3–2

Chasetown !Chasetown

0–0

1–0

5–2

5–0

1–1

1–0

1–3

1–1

1–4

Gresley !Gresley

3–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

3–2

2–2

0–3

1–1

2–3

Kidsgrove Athletic !Kidsgrove Athletic

3–4

1–3

5–0

1–2

1–0

0–2

0–1

1–2

Leek Town !Leek Town

1–1

3–2

2–2

3–2

1–0

2–2

1–2

Lincoln United !Lincoln United

2–1

4–1

1–1

2–3

1–2

1–0

2–1

Loughborough Dynamo !Loughborough Dynamo

0–3

1–2

0–3

0–2

0–0

1–4

0–2

1–0

3–2

0–3

1–0

Market Drayton Town !Market Drayton Town

1–0

0–3

0–3

1–3

0–3

1–1

0–5

2–3

3–1

Newcastle Town !Newcastle Town

1–0

3–1

2–1

3–0

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–3

0–2

Northwich Victoria !Northwich Victoria

2–2

2–0

2–3

3–1

0–1

1–2

1–2

2–5

1–3

3–0

Romulus !Romulus

2–1

0–1

2–2

2–1

1–2

0–1

1–1

Rugby Town !Rugby Town

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

0–3

2–0

0–2

1–2

1–2

Shaw Lane !Shaw Lane

2–0

2–1

5–2

2–2

2–0

5–0

2–0

Sheffield !Sheffield

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–2

0–1

4–2

0–4

1–1

0–1

Spalding United !Spalding United

1–2

2–0

2–2

0–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–3

Stamford !Stamford

2–1

2–3

2–0

1–1

1–3

Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels

2–3

2–1

1–2

1–2

0–0

1–0

2–1

Witton Albion !Witton Albion

2–1

3–0

4–1

3–1

0–0

Updated to games played on 26 November 2016.
Source: NPL First Division North results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2
	5
	3
	4

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Dog & Duck	2,500
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	1,000
Bedworth United	The Oval Ground	3,000
Belper Town	Christchurch Meadow	2,400
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	1,500
Chasetown	The Scholars Ground	2,000
Gresley	The Moat Ground	2,400
Kidsgrove Athletic	The Seddon Stadium	2,000
Leek Town	Harrison Park	3,600
Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2,200
Loughborough Dynamo	Nanpantan Sports Ground	1,500
Market Drayton Town	Greenfields Sports Ground	1,000
Newcastle Town	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000
Northwich Victoria	Wincham Park (groundshare with Witton Albion)	4,813
Romulus	The Central Ground (groundshare with Sutton Coldfield Town)	2,000
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Shaw Lane	Shaw Lane	2,000
Sheffield	Coach and Horses Ground	2,000
Spalding United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	3,500
Stamford	Zeeco Stadium	2,000
Stocksbridge Park Steels	Look Local Stadium	3,500
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	4,813

Challenge Cup

2016–17 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Country	England  Wales
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 16–17 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 47th 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 Sixth consecutive season. 67 clubs from England and 1 from Wales will enter the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round, and all ties will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.^[7]

The defending champions were Marine, who defeated Scarborough Athletic on penalties in the 2016 Final.

Calendar

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary round	68	8	0	8	13 September 2016
First round	64	64	4	60	14 - 16 November 2016
Second round	32	32	32	none
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

First Round

See also

• Northern Premier League
• 2016–17 Isthmian League
• 2016–17 Southern League

Notes

References

External links

• Official website