The 2017–18 season was the 50th 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 ...

Premier Division, and the eleventh and last season of the Division One North and South. The league sponsors for 2017–18 were Evo-Stik.

Premier Division

Team changes

The following 6 clubs left the Premier Division before the season - *

Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is a football club based in Blyth, Northumberland. They are currently members of and play at Croft Park. They were founded in September 1899 by Fred Stoker, who was the club's first secretary before fo ...

– promoted to

National League North The National League North, formerly Conference North, is a division of the National League in England, immediately below the National League division. Along with the National League South, it is at the second level of the National League Syst ...

Corby Town Corby Town Football Club is a football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Steel Park. History The club was established in 1948, taking over from Stewarts & Lloyds as the main team ...

– relegated to NPL Division One South *

Frickley Athletic Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Westfield Lane. History Although the club itself claims it was formed in 1910, the team was activ ...

– relegated to NPL Division One South *

Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

– relegated to NPL Division One South, and were subsequently wound up in the high court. A New Ilkeston Town Replaced in Midland League Division One. *

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 ...

– relegated to NPL Division One North *

Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field. The club began playing in the Northern ...

– promoted to

The following 6 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season - *

Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...

– relegated from

* Farsley Celtic – promoted from NPL Division One North *

Lancaster City Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Footb ...

– promoted from NPL Division One North * Shaw Lane – promoted from NPL Division One South * Stalybridge Celtic – relegated from

Witton Albion Witton may refer to one of several places in England: *Witton, historic name of an area of Northwich, Cheshire **Witton Albion F.C. *Witton Gilbert, County Durham *Witton-le-Wear, County Durham *Witton, an area of Blackburn, Lancashire * Witton, B ...

– promoted from NPL Division One South

League table

Top scorers

''Up to games played 28 April 2018.''

Results

Play-offs

Semi-finals Final

Stadia and locations

Division One North

Team changes

The following 3 clubs left Division One North before the season - *

Burscough Burscough () is a town and civil parish in West Lancashire in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It is located to the north of Ormskirk and northwest of Skelmersdale. The parish also includes the hamlet of Tarlscough and the Martin ...

– relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division * Farsley Celtic – promoted to NPL Premier Division *

– promoted to NPL Premier Division The following 3 clubs joined Division One North before the season - * Atherton Collieries – promoted from North West Counties League Premier Division *

– relegated from NPL Premier Division *

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 from

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 ...

League table

Top scorers

''Up to games played 28 April 2018.''

Results

Play-offs

Semi-finals Final

Stadia and locations

Division One South

Team changes

The following 5 clubs left Division One South before the season - *

Northwich Victoria {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country ...

– relegated to North West Counties League Premier Division * Rugby Town – relegated to Midland League Premier Division * Shaw Lane – promoted to NPL Premier Division *

– promoted to NPL Premier Division *

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 ...

– transferred to

Southern League Division One 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 ...

The following 5 clubs joined Division One South before the season - *

Alvechurch Alvechurch ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in northeast Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow. The Lickey Hills Country Park is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the northwest. It is south of Bir ...

– promoted from the Midland League Premier Division * Cleethorpes Town – promoted from the

Northern Counties East League Premier Division The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively. History T ...

– relegated from NPL Premier Division *

– relegated from NPL Premier Division * Peterborough Sports – promoted from United Counties League Premier Division

League table

Top scorers

''Up to games played 28 April 2018.''

Results

Play-offs

Semi-finals Final

Stadia and locations

Challenge Cup

The 2017–18 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 17–18 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season of the

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 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 Division ...

, the main cup competition in the

. It was sponsored by Doodson Sport for a seventh consecutive season. 67 clubs from England and one from Wales entered the competition, beginning with the Preliminary Round, and all ties ended after 90 minutes and concluded with penalties. The defending champions were

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is an urban village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". The population was 13,945 at ...

, who defeated Grantham Town in the 2017 final and who lost to the eventual champions Atherton Collieries in the second round.

Calendar

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Level 6 & 7 Summary

Level 6 Summary 2017-18

Level 7 Summary 2017-18

Note: Corinthian-Casuals were promoted as the Level 8 play-off final loser with the highest PPG, after

Thurrock Thurrock () is a unitary authority area with borough status and unparished area in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The l ...

's resignation from the Isthmian Premier Division.

References

External links

Official website
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Premier Division

Team changes

League table

Top scorers

Results

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Division One North

Team changes

League table

Top scorers

Results

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Division One South

Team changes

League table

Top scorers

Results

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Challenge Cup

Calendar

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Level 6 & 7 Summary

Level 6 Summary 2017-18

Level 7 Summary 2017-18

See also

References

External links