The 2014–15 season was the 47th 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
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, and the eighth 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 ...
Division One North and South.
The league sponsors for 2014–15 were
Evo-Stik.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured six new teams:
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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 ...
, promoted via play-offs from
NPL Division One South
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Curzon Ashton
Curzon Ashton Football Club is an association football club based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1963 and nicknamed "The Nash", the club is affiliated to the Manchester Football Association and currently com ...
, promoted as champions of
NPL Division One North
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Halesowen Town, promoted as champions of
NPL Division One South
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Ramsbottom United, promoted via play-offs from
NPL Division One North
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Stourbridge, transferred from the
Southern League Premier Division
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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Workington, relegated from
Conference North
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Division One North
Division One North featured four new teams:
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Brighouse Town
Brighouse Town Football Club is a football club based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at St Giles Road.
History
The club was established in 1963 as the works team of the Blakeborough Valve Co ...
, promoted as champions from the
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Spennymoor Town, promoted as champions from the
Northern League Division One
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Droylsden, relegated from the
NPL Premier Division
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Scarborough Athletic, transferred from the
NPL Division One South
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Division One South
Division One South featured five new teams:
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Norton United, promoted as champions from the
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Spalding United
Spalding United Football Club is a football club based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Sir Halley Stewart Field.
History
The club was established in 1905 when Fulney Institute and Vic ...
, promoted as champions from the
United Counties League Premier Division
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Tividale, promoted as champions from the
Midland Alliance
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Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...
, relegated from the
NPL Premier Division
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Stocksbridge Park Steels
Stocksbridge Park Steels Football Club is an English association football club based in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire. They currently compete in the . The club was formed in 1986 after a merger between two clubs, and uses a yellow and blue home ...
, relegated from the
NPL Premier Division
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Challenge Cup
The 2014–15 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup is the 45th 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
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 ...
. It will be sponsored by Doodson Sport for a fourth consecutive season. 68 clubs from England will enter the competition, beginning with the preliminary round on 1 September, and all ties will end will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.
The defending champions are
AFC Fylde, who defeated
Skelmersdale United 1–0 in the
2014 Final. Fylde will be unable to defend their title as they were promoted to the
Conference North through the play–offs.
Calendar
Preliminary round
Eight teams from the
Northern Premier League Division One North or
Northern Premier League Division One South
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 ...
have to compete in the Preliminary round to win a place in the competition proper. The draw for this round was made on 23 July 2014.
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First round
Teams that were not in the preliminary round from
Northern Premier League Division One North or
Northern Premier League Division One South
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 ...
entered at this stage as well as teams from the
Northern Premier League Premier Division, along with the winners from the preliminary round. The draw for this round was made on 23 July 2014.
Source:
Second round
The 32 winners from the first round were entered into the second round draw on 19 November 2014. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 2 and 3 December.
Source:
Third round
The 16 winners from the second round were entered into the third round draw on 4 December 2014. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 12 and 20 January.
Source:
Quarter-finals
The 8 winners from the third round were entered into the Quarter-final draw on 20 January 2015. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 17 and 25 February.
Source:
Semi-finals
The 4 winners from the Quarter-finals were entered into the Semi-final draw on 18 February 2015. The ties are originally scheduled to be played between 24 March and 8 April.
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Final
The Challenge Cup Final was played at
Edgeley Park, the home ground of
Stockport County.
This was
Farsley's first final appearance and the second final appearance for
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 ...
(they advanced to the final in 1993 but were defeated by
Winsford United). This was the first final in which both teams were from lower divisions.
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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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2014–15 Isthmian League The 2014–15 season was the 100th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
Following the resignation of Vauxhall Motors from the ...
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2014–15 Southern League
References
External links
Official website
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Northern Premier League seasons
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