The 2008–09 was the 41st season for the
Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the second season for the
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, 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 ...
Division One North and South.
As continuing part of non-league restructuring, the Division One South temporarily has 20 teams, while the Division One North contains 21, with a targeted number for both of 22 teams. This will naturally affect the number of relegation slots available this season, as the league attempts to enlarge the size of the divisions at the end of the season.
Premier Division
The Premier Division features six new clubs:
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Leigh Genesis before Season as
Leigh RMI, relegated from the
Conference North
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Boston United
Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is know ...
, relegated from the
Conference North
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Bradford Park Avenue, promoted from NPL Division One North
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F.C. United of Manchester, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One North
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Cammell Laird
Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company. It was formed from the merger of Laird Brothers of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century. The company also built railway rolling stock until 1929, ...
, promoted from NPL Division One South
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Nantwich Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One South
League table
Results
Play-offs
Stadia and Locations
Division One North
The Division One North features six new clubs:
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F.C. Halifax Town, relegated from the
Conference Premier
The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profess ...
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Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay ( cy, Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county of Denbighshire. Eight neighbouring communities are incorpor ...
, transferred from
NPL Division One South
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Warrington Town
Warrington Town Football Club is an association football club based in Warrington, Cheshire. They were established in 1949 under the name of Stockton Heath, adopting their current name in 1961. They currently compete in and play at Cantilever P ...
, transferred from
NPL Division One South
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Salford City, promoted from
North West Counties League Division One
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Durham City, promoted from
Northern League Division One
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Trafford
Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers Retrieved on 13 December 2007. and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, ...
, promoted from
North West Counties League Division One
League table
Results
Play-offs
Division One South
The Division One South features seven new clubs:
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Leek Town
Leek Town Football Club is an English association football, football club based in Leek, Staffordshire, Leek, Staffordshire, currently playing in the . The team, nicknamed "The Blues", play their home games at Harrison Park.
The club was found ...
, relegated from the
NPL Premier Division
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Stamford, relegated from the
NPL Premier Division
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Lincoln United, relegated from the
NPL Premier Division
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Rushall Olympic, moved from the
Southern League Division One Midlands
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Willenhall Town, moved from the
Southern League Division One Midlands
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Glapwell, promoted from the
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Loughborough Dynamo, promoted from the
Midland Football Alliance
League table
Results
Play-offs
Cup Results
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves a ...
: Teams from all 3 divisions.
*''Guiseley'' 3–2 AET Ilkeston Town
President's Cup: Teams from lower 2 divisions.
*''Trafford'' 2–0 Quorn
Chairman's Cup: Between Champions of NPL Division 1 North and NPL Division 1 South.
*''Durham City'' 2–1 Retford United
Peter Swales Shield
The 2009 version of the
Peter Swales Shield saw the champions of the
2008–09 NPL Premier Division,
Eastwood Town
Eastwood Town Football Club was an English football club based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. The club last participated in the Northern Premier League Division One South, the eighth tier of English football.
A new club, Eastwood C.F.C., was f ...
, play against the winners of the
2009 NPL Chairman's Cup,
Durham City. Eastwood Town won the match 2–1.
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial Northern Premier League Match Photo Gallery
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Northern Premier League seasons
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