The 2023–24 season was the 56th season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West, East and Midlands divisions at Step 4.
Premier Division
Team changes The following 6 clubs left the Premier Division before the season: Belper Town – relegated to Division One East Liversedge – relegated to Division One East Nantwich Town – relegated to Division One West South Shields – promoted to the National League North Stalybridge Celtic – relegated to Division One West Warrington Town – promoted to the National League North
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season: Basford United - transferred from the Southern League Premier Division Central Bradford (Park Avenue) – relegated from the National League North Ilkeston Town – transferred from the Southern League Premier Division Central Macclesfield – promoted from the Division One West Workington – promoted from Division One West Worksop Town – promoted from the Division One East
Premier Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
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 1,600 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford Horsfall Stadium 3,500 FC United of Manchester Manchester (Moston) Broadhurst Park 4,400 Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough The Northolme 4,304 Guiseley Guiseley Nethermoor Park 4,200 Hyde United Hyde Ewen Fields 4,250 Ilkeston Town Ilkeston New Manor Ground 3,029 Lancaster City Lancaster The Giant Axe 3,500 Macclesfield Macclesfield Leasing.com Stadium 5,300 Marine Crosby Rossett Park 3,185 Marske United Marske-by-the-Sea Mount Pleasant 2,500 Matlock Town Matlock Causeway Lane 2,214 Morpeth Town Morpeth Craik Park 1,500 Radcliffe Radcliffe Stainton Park 3,500 Stafford Rangers Stafford Marston Road 4,000 Warrington Rylands 1906 Warrington Gorsey Lane 1,345 Whitby Town Whitby Turnbull Ground 3,500 Workington Workington Borough Park 3,101 Worksop Town Worksop Sandy Lane 2,500
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Declan Howe Gainsborough Trinity262 David Symington Workington243 Jordan Hulme Radcliffe22 Jonathon Margetts Matlock Town5 Finlay Sinclair-Smith Marine206 Sam Hodgson Morpeth Town187 Josh Hancock Radcliffe17 Gabriel Johnson Guiseley Momodou Touray Warrington Rylands Jaime Walker Ilkeston Town
Results table
Division One East
Division One East comprises 20 teams, one more than the previous season.
Team changes The following 6 clubs left Division One East before the season: Lincoln United – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division North Long Eaton United – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central North Shields – demoted to the Northern League Division One Shildon – relegated to the Northern League Division One Tadcaster Albion – relegated to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division Worksop Town – promoted to the Premier Division
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season: Ashington – promoted from the Northern League Division One Belper Town – relegated from the Premier Division Liversedge – relegated from the Premier Division Newton Aycliffe – promoted from the Northern League Division One North Ferriby – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division Winterton Rangers – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Division One East table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Amar Purewal Hebburn Town282 Jack Maskell Dunston223 Kevin Bastos Belper Town18 Kevin Hayes Stockton Town Dale Pearson Dunston6 Adam Haw Pontefract Collieries16 Cameron Johnson Belper Town Sheffield Connor Thomson Ashington9 Liam Adamson Newton Aycliffe15 Michael Fowler Stockton Town
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Ashington Ashington Woodhorn Lane 2,000 Belper Town Belper Christchurch Meadow 2,650 Bridlington Town Bridlington Queensgate 3,000 Brighouse Town Brighouse St Giles Road 1,000 Carlton Town Carlton Bill Stokeld Stadium 1,500 Cleethorpes Town Grimsby Clee Road 1,000 Consett Consett Belle View Stadium 3,770 Dunston Dunston Wellington Road 2,500 Grantham Town Grantham South Kesteven Sports Stadium 7,500 Grimsby Borough Grimsby Bradley Football Centre 1,000 Hebburn Town Hebburn The Green Energy Sports Ground – Liversedge Cleckheaton Clayborn 2,000 Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe Securicorp Stadium –North Ferriby North Ferriby The Dransfield Stadium 3,000 Ossett United Ossett Ingfield 1,950 Pontefract Collieries Pontefract Harratt Nissan Stadium 1,200 Sheffield Dronfield Coach and Horses Ground 2,089 Stocksbridge Park Steels Stocksbridge Bracken Moor 3,500 Stockton Town Stockton Bishopton Road West 1,800 Winterton Rangers Winterton West Street Stadium
Division One Midlands
Team changes The following 7 clubs left Division One Midlands before the season: Chasetown - transferred to Division One West Daventry Town – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South Dereham Town – relegated to the Eastern Counties League Premier Division Halesowen Town – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central Stamford – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central St Neots Town – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South Yaxley – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South
The following 7 clubs joined the division before the season: AFC Rushden & Diamonds – relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central Anstey Nomads – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North Coventry Sphinx – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division South Lye Town – promoted from the Midland League Premier Division Quorn – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North Rugby Town – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division South Walsall Wood – promoted from the Midland League Premier Division
Division One Midlands table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity AFC Rushden & Diamonds Rushden Hayden Road 2,000 Anstey Nomads Anstey Cropston Road – Bedworth United Bedworth The Oval 3,000 Boldmere St Michaels Boldmere Trevor Brown Memorial Ground 2,000 Cambridge City Impington Bridge Road (Impington) 4,300 Coleshill Town Coleshill Pack Meadow 2,000 Corby Town Corby Steel Park 3,893 Coventry Sphinx Coventry Sphinx Drive – Gresley Rovers Church Gresley Moat Ground 2,400 Harborough Town Market Harborough Bowden Park – Hinckley LRFC Hinckley Leicester Road Stadium 4,329 Loughborough Dynamo Loughborough Nanpantan Sports Ground 1,500 Lye Town Lye Lye Sports Ground 1,000 Quorn Quorn Farley Way Stadium 1,400 Rugby Town Rugby Butlin Road 6,000 Shepshed Dynamo Shepshed The Dovecote Stadium 2,500 Spalding United Spalding Sir Halley Stewart Field 3,500 Sporting Khalsa Willenhall Guardian Warehousing Arena – Sutton Coldfield Town Sutton Coldfield Central Ground 2,000 Walsall Wood Walsall Wood Oak Park 1,000
Division One West
Team changes The following 6 clubs left Division One West before the season: Macclesfield – promoted to the Premier Division Skelmersdale United - demoted to North West Counties League Premier Division Workington – promoted to the Premier Division Glossop North End - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division Colne - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division Ramsbottom United - relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season: Avro – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division Chasetown - transferred from the Division One Midlands Hednesford Town – relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central Nantwich Town – relegated from the Premier Division Stalybridge Celtic – relegated from the Premier Division Vauxhall Motors – promoted from the North West Counties League Premier Division
Division One West table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Rob Stevenson Leek Town212 Sefton Gonzales Clitheroe203 Ben Hodkinson Bootle18 John Murphy Prescot Cables5 Byron Harrison Nantwich Town176 James Steele Widnes16 Daniel Trickett-Smith Leek Town8 Aaron Dwyer Stalybridge Celtic15 Oliver Molloy Runcorn Linnets
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity 1874 Northwich Barnton The Offside Trust Stadium (groundshare with Barnton) 3,000 Avro Oldham Whitebank Stadium 1,500 Bootle Bootle New Bucks Park 3,750 Chasetown Burntwood The Scholars Ground 3,000 City of Liverpool Bootle New Bucks Park (groundshare with Bootle) 3,750 Clitheroe Clitheroe Shawbridge 2,000 Hanley Town Stoke-on-Trent Potteries Park 1,300 Hednesford Town Hednesford Keys Park 6,039 Kidsgrove Athletic Kidsgrove The Autonet Insurance Stadium 2,000 Leek Town Leek Harrison Park 3,600 Mossley Mossley Seel Park 4,000 Nantwich Town Nantwich The Weaver Stadium 3,500 Newcastle Town Newcastle-under-Lyme Lyme Valley Stadium 4,000 Prescot Cables Prescot IP Truck Parts Stadium 3,200 Runcorn Linnets Runcorn APEC Taxis Stadium 1,600 Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Bower Fold 6,500 Trafford Flixton Shawe Lane 2,500 Vauxhall Motors Ellesmere Port vanEupen Arena 3,300 Widnes Widnes Halton Stadium 13,350 Witton Albion Northwich Wincham Park 4,813
See also Northern Premier League 2023–24 Isthmian League 2023–24 Southern League
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References
External links Official website