The 2017–18 season was the 50th season 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 ...
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 -
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Blyth Spartans
Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is an association 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 secre ...
– promoted to
National League North
The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National League (English footb ...
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Corby Town – relegated to
NPL Division One South
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Frickley Athletic
Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are members of the and play at Westfield Lane.
History
The club was formed on 30 July 1908, and became a member of the South Yorkshire Lea ...
– relegated to
NPL Division One South
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Ilkeston
Ilkeston ( ) is a town located in the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England, with a population of 40,953 at the 2021 census. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/textiles, have now all but disappeared. Part of t ...
– 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.
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Skelmersdale United – relegated to
NPL Division One North
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Spennymoor Town – promoted to
National League North
The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National League (English footb ...
The following 6 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -
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Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester, southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2021 United Kingdom ce ...
– relegated from
National League North
The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National League (English footb ...
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Farsley Celtic – promoted from
NPL Division One North
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Lancaster City – promoted from
NPL Division One North
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Shaw Lane – promoted from
NPL Division One South
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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 Celti ...
– relegated from
National League North
The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National League (English footb ...
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Witton Albion – 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 -
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Burscough
Burscough () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the district of West Lancashire, Lancashire, England. The town is located approximately north-northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. Its north ...
– relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Farsley Celtic – promoted to
NPL Premier Division
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Lancaster City – promoted to
NPL Premier Division
The following 3 clubs joined Division One North before the season -
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Atherton Collieries – promoted from
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Skelmersdale United – relegated from
NPL Premier Division
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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. The town was once known in Roman Britain, Roman times as ''Arbeia'' and as ''Caer Urfa'' by the Early Middle Ag ...
– promoted from
Northern League Division One
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 -
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Northwich Victoria
Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers River Weaver, Weaver and River Dane, Dane, east of Chester, south of Warr ...
– relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Rugby Town – relegated to
Midland League Premier Division
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Shaw Lane – promoted to
NPL Premier Division
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Witton Albion – promoted to
NPL Premier Division
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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 ...
– transferred to
Southern League Division One Central
The Southern League is a Association football, football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the Southern England, South and The Midlands, Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and t ...
The following 5 clubs joined Division One South before the season -
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Alvechurch
Alvechurch ( ) is a large village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Bromsgrove (district), Bromsgrove district in northeastern Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow, Worcestershire, River Arrow. The Lickey H ...
– promoted from the
Midland League Premier Division
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Cleethorpes Town – promoted from the
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Corby Town – relegated from
NPL Premier Division
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Frickley Athletic
Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are members of the and play at Westfield Lane.
History
The club was formed on 30 July 1908, and became a member of the South Yorkshire Lea ...
– relegated from
NPL Premier Division
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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 main cup competition in 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 ...
. 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 a large 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". People who live in Bamber Bri ...
, 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 authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Essex, England. It lies on the north bank of the River ...
's resignation from the Isthmian Premier Division.
See also
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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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2017–18 Isthmian League The 2017–18 season was the 103rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. It was also the twelfth season for the current incarna ...
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2017–18 Southern League
References
External links
Official website
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Northern Premier League seasons
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