The 2020–21 season was the 53rd season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of three divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West and East Divisions at Step 4.
As the previous season was terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all results removed, there were no changes in the allocations of teams for the Northern Premier League. The planned restructuring of the National League System, including the expansion of the Northern Premier League to include a further division at Step 4, was postponed until 2021–22.
For this season it was announced to member clubs that the League Cup would not take place during the season.
Due to the restrictions on clubs' ability to play matches in the COVID-19 lockdowns, competitions at Steps 3–6 were curtailed on 24 February 2021. The scheduled restructuring of non-league took place at the end of the season, with a new division added to the Northern Premier League at Step 4 for 2021–22. This resulted in 20 extra teams joining the league, either through promotions or reallocations, and some movement of teams currently in the two Division Ones.
Premier Division
Premier Division comprised the same set of 22 teams which competed in the aborted competition the previous season. On 1 June 2020, Mickleover Sports were renamed Mickleover F.C.
Premier Division table at the time of curtailment
Top 10 goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Diego De Girolamo Buxton8 2 Nathan Cartman Scarborough Athletic 6 Jason Gilchrist South Shields 4 Jacob Hazel Whitby Town 5 Rod Orlando-Young Gainsborough Trinity 6 Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro Radcliffe 4 Josh Amis Warrington Town Scott Bakkor Witton Albion Stuart Beavon Mickleover Bohan Dixon Warrington Town Marcus Giles Whitby Town Updated to matches played on 3 November 2020
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationGroundCapacity Ashton United Ashton-under-Lyne Hurst Cross 4,500 Atherton Collieries Atherton Alder Street 2,500 Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge Irongate 2,264 Basford United Nottingham (Basford) Greenwich Avenue 2,200 Buxton Buxton The Silverlands 5,200 FC United of Manchester Manchester (Moston) Broadhurst Park 4,400 Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough The Northolme 4,304 Grantham Town Grantham South Kesteven Sports Stadium 7,500 Hyde United Hyde Ewen Fields 4,250 Lancaster City Lancaster Giant Axe 3,500 Matlock Town Matlock Causeway Lane 2,214 Mickleover Derby (Mickleover) Station Road 1,500 Morpeth Town Morpeth Craik Park 1,500 Nantwich Town Nantwich The Weaver Stadium 3,500 Radcliffe Radcliffe Stainton Park 3,500 Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Flamingo Land Stadium 2,833 South Shields South Shields Mariners Park 3,500 Stafford Rangers Stafford Marston Road 4,000 Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Bower Fold 6,500 Warrington Town Warrington Cantilever Park3,500 Whitby Town Whitby Turnbull Ground 3,500 Witton Albion Northwich Wincham Park 4,813
Division One North West
The division was renamed to Division One North West instead of Division One West from the previous season. Division One North West comprised 19 teams, one fewer than the previous season, following Droylsden's resignation from NPL.
Division One North-West table at the time of curtailment
Top 10 goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Matty Tymon Marske United7 2 Jamie Cooke Colne 6 Reuben Jerome Workington 4 Scott Allison Workington 5 Nathan Burke City of Liverpool Sefton Gonzales Ramsbottom United Updated to matches played on November 4, 2020
Results table
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Brighouse Town Brighouse St Giles Road 1,000 City of Liverpool Aintree New Bucks Park 3,750 Clitheroe Clitheroe Shawbridge 2,000 Colne Colne Holt House 1,800 Dunston Dunston Wellington Road 2,500 Kendal Town Kendal Parkside Road 2,400 Marine Crosby Marine Travel Arena 3,185 Marske United Marske-by-the-Sea Mount Pleasant 2,500 Mossley Mossley Seel Park 4,000 Ossett United Ossett Ingfield 1,950 Pickering Town Pickering Mill Lane 2,000 Pontefract Collieries Pontefract Harratt Nissan Stadium 1,200 Prescot Cables Prescot Valerie Park 3,200 Ramsbottom United Ramsbottom The Harry Williams Riverside 2,000 Runcorn Linnets Runcorn Millbank Linnets Stadium 1,600 Tadcaster Albion Tadcaster Ings Lane 2,000 Trafford Urmston Shawe View 2,500 Widnes Widnes Select Security Stadium 13,350 Workington Workington Borough Park 3,101
Division One South East
Division One South East comprised the same set of 20 teams which competed in the aborted competition the previous season.
Division One South-East table at the time of curtailment
Top 10 goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jonathon Margetts Frickley Athletic 8 Alex Troke Ilkeston Town 3 Joey Butlin Chasetown 7 Matthew Cotton Lincoln United Ryan McLean Newcastle Town 6 Curtis Burrows Loughborough Dynamo 6 Timothy Grice Leek Town Scott Vernon Cleethorpes Town Seven others on 5 goals
Updated to matches played on 3 November 2020
Results table
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Belper Town Belper Christchurch Meadow 2,650 Carlton Town Carlton Bill Stokeld Stadium 1,500 Chasetown Burntwood The Scholars Ground 2,000 Cleethorpes Town Grimsby Bradley Football Centre 1,000 Frickley Athletic South Elmsall Westfield Lane 2,087 Glossop North End Glossop The Amdec Forklift Stadium 1,350 Ilkeston Town Ilkeston New Manor Ground 3,029 Kidsgrove Athletic Kidsgrove The Autonet Insurance Stadium 2,000 Leek Town Leek Harrison Park 3,600 Lincoln United Lincoln Ashby Avenue 2,200 Loughborough Dynamo Loughborough Nanpantan Sports Ground 1,500 Market Drayton Town Market Drayton Greenfields Sports Ground 1,000 Newcastle Town Newcastle-under-Lyme Lyme Valley Stadium 4,000 Sheffield Dronfield Coach and Horses Ground 2,089 Spalding United Spalding Sir Halley Stewart Field 3,500 Stamford Stamford Borderville Sports Centre 2,000 Stocksbridge Park Steels Stocksbridge Bracken Moor 3,500 Sutton Coldfield Town Sutton Coldfield Central Ground 2,000 Wisbech Town Wisbech Fenland Stadium 1,118 Worksop Town Worksop Sandy Lane 2,500
Challenge Cup
The 2020–21 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 2020–21 Tysers League Cup for sponsorship reasons, did not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic-originated lockdowns.
The defending champions were Trafford.
See also Northern Premier League 2020–21 Isthmian League 2020–21 Southern League
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References
External links Official website