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The 2003–04 Northern Premier League season was the 36th in the history of the
Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
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. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. This season was the last before the formation of the Conference North and the Conference South, so most of the Premier Division teams were promoted to the Conference North for next season. Subsequently, the First Division had most of its teams promoted to the Premier Division, with new teams admitted from the leagues just below the Northern Premier in the English football league system, although the league reform meant that the "promoted" clubs remained in the same tier within the English football league system, and further meant that while there was no relegation within the NPL itself, those clubs that missed out on promotion nevertheless had their position within the league system downgraded by one tier. During this season, Radcliffe Borough's Jody Banim broke the English record for the most consecutive games where a player has scored at least one goal, which ran from 9 September to 4 November.


Premier Division

The Premier Division featured four new teams: *
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relegated from the Football Conference * Alfreton Town promoted as champions of Division One * Spennymoor United promoted as runner-up of Division One * Radcliffe Borough promoted as via playoff from Division One


League table


Results


Play-offs

Eight teams competed for the final Conference North place; including Hyde United, champions of Division One.


Division One

Division One featured five new teams: *
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relegated from the Premier Division *
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relegated via Playoff from the Premier Division * Hyde United relegated from the Premier Division * Bridlington Town as champions of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division * Prescot Cables as champions of the North West Counties League Division One


League table


Results


Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-sixth season of the Northern Premier League the top fourteen teams of the Premier Division plus Bradford Park Avenue were promoted to the newly formed Conference North. They were replaced by the top fourteen teams of the First Division, who in turn were replaced by the following fourteen teams: * Gresley Rovers (from the Southern League Western Division) * Shepshed Dynamo (from the Southern League Western Division) * Ilkeston Town (from the Southern League Western Division) * Willenhall Town * Eastwood Town * Mossley *
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* A.F.C. Telford United * Brigg Town * Warrington Town * Ossett Albion *
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* Woodley Sports * Spalding United While no teams were relegated this season, the league reform meant the teams that missed out on "promotion" remained in a league that had its position in the English football league system downgraded by one tier while the "promoted" teams actually remained on the same level of the league system.


Cup results

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: Teams from both leagues. *''Droylsden'' bt. Hucknall Town President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup. *''Barrow'' bt. Workington Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup. *''Hyde United'' bt. Leek Town Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. *''Droylsden'' bt. Hucknall Town


See also

*
Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
* 2003–04 Southern Football League * 2003–04 Isthmian League


External links


Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF
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