The 2023–24 season is the 56th season of the
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...
. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the
National League System
The National League System comprises the six levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the English Football League. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association. The National League System has a h ...
, 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:
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Belper Town
Belper Town Football Club is a football club based in Belper, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Christchurch Meadow. The club are nicknamed the "Nailers" due to the town's nail-making industry.
History
The club ...
– relegated to
Division One East
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Liversedge
Liversedge is a town and former parish of Birstall, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is ...
– relegated to Division One East
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Nantwich Town – relegated to
Division One West
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South Shields
South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...
– promoted to the
National League North
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Stalybridge Celtic
Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip.
In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...
– relegated to Division One West
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Warrington Town – promoted to the National League North
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:
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Basford United - transferred from the
Southern League Premier Division Central
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...
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Bradford (Park Avenue)
Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in , at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former hom ...
– relegated from the National League North
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Ilkeston Town
Ilkeston Town Football Club is a football club based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. They currently play in the .
History
On 30 June 2017, a company, Ilkeston Town F.C. Ltd was registered at Companies House. On 20 July 2017, it was conf ...
– transferred from the Southern League Premier Division Central
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
– promoted from the
Division One West
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Workington – promoted from Division One West
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Worksop Town – promoted from the
Division One East
Premier Division table
On January 3rd,Marske United resigned from the League, a decision that was ratified by the League on January 5th and the FA on January 12th.
Marske United 's playing record was
P22 W7 D0 L15 - 23 GD 21pts
Stadia and locations
Top goalscorers
Results table
Division One West
Team changes
The following 6 clubs left Division One West before the season:
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
– promoted to the
Premier Division
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
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Skelmersdale United
Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool F.A. and the Lancashire County Footb ...
- demoted to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Workington – promoted to the
Premier Division
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Glossop North End - relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Colne - relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Ramsbottom United
Ramsbottom United Football Club are an English association football, football club based in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester. Nicknamed "The Rams", they currently compete in the and play their home matches at the Harry Williams Riverside Stadi ...
- relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:
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Avro
AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broad ...
– promoted from the
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Chasetown - transferred from the
Division One Midlands
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Hednesford Town
Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park.
History
The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top. – relegated from the
Southern League Premier Division Central
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...
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Nantwich Town – relegated from the
Premier Division
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Stalybridge Celtic
Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip.
In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...
– relegated from the
Premier Division
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A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
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Vauxhall Motors – promoted from the
North West Counties League Premier Division
Division One West table
Stadia and locations
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:
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Lincoln United
Lincoln United Football Club is a football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Ashby Avenue. Nicknamed the Whites after their home kit colours, they have played at Ashby Avenue since thei ...
– relegated to the
United Counties League Premier Division North
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Long Eaton United – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central
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North Shields – demoted to the Northern League Division One
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Shildon – relegated to the Northern League Division One
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Tadcaster Albion – relegated to the
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Worksop Town – promoted to the Premier Division
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:
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Ashington – promoted from the
Northern League Division One
The Northern League is a men's football league in north east England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest football league in the world still in existence after the English Football League.
It contains two divisions; Division O ...
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Belper Town
Belper Town Football Club is a football club based in Belper, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Christchurch Meadow. The club are nicknamed the "Nailers" due to the town's nail-making industry.
History
The club ...
– relegated from the
Premier Division
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
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Liversedge
Liversedge is a town and former parish of Birstall, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is ...
– relegated from the Premier Division
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Newton Aycliffe – promoted from the Northern League Division One
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North Ferriby – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Winterton Rangers – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Division One East table
Stadia and locations
Division One Midlands
Team changes
The following 7 clubs left Division One Midlands before the season:
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Chasetown - transferred to Division One West
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Daventry Town – relegated to the
United Counties League Premier Division South
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Dereham Town – relegated to the Eastern Counties League Premier Division
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Halesowen Town – promoted to the
Southern League Premier Division Central
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...
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Stamford – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central
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St Neots Town – relegated to the
United Counties League Premier Division South
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Yaxley – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South
The following 7 clubs joined the division before the season:
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AFC Rushden & Diamonds
A.F.C. Rushden & Diamonds is an English football club based in Rushden in Northamptonshire. They played their opening season at Kiln Park, the home of Raunds Town, in 2011–12 and subsequently shared the Dog & Duck ground with Wellingboroug ...
– relegated from the
Southern League Premier Division Central
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...
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Anstey Nomads – promoted from the
United Counties League Premier Division North
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Coventry Sphinx
Coventry Sphinx Football Club is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at Sphinx Drive.
History
The club was established in 1946 as a works team for Armstrong Siddeley under th ...
– promoted from the
United Counties League Premier Division South
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Lye Town – promoted from the
Midland League Premier Division
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Quorn – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North
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Rugby Town – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division South
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Walsall Wood – promoted from the Midland League Premier Division
Division One Midlands table
Stadia and locations
See also
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Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...
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2023–24 Isthmian League The 2023–24 season is the 109th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league operates four divisions, the Premier Divis ...
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2023–24 Southern League
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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Northern Premier League seasons
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