The 2018–19 season was the 51st 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 ...
. After eleven seasons, the two divisions of Division One were re-aligned from North and South to West and East.
The League sponsors for the last time were
Evo-Stik.
Premier Division
Team changes
The following 9 clubs left 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 ...
– 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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Ashton United – 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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Barwell
Barwell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents in 2001, increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census. The name "Barwell" literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from ...
– transferred to
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Coalville Town – transferred to
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Halesowen Town – transferred to
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Rushall Olympic – transferred to
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Stourbridge
Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour, the town lies around west of Birmingham,
at the southwester ...
– transferred to
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Sutton Coldfield Town – relegated 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 ...
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Shaw Lane – folded during the off season
The following 7 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -
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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 ...
– promoted from
NPL Division One North
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Basford United – promoted from
NPL Division One South
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Gainsborough Trinity
Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a Association football, football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the English Football League, Football League i ...
– 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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Hyde United – promoted from
NPL Division One North
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North Ferriby United
North Ferriby United Association Football Club was a semi-professional football club in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the time of their demise they were members of the Northern Premier League and played at Grange Lane.
F ...
– 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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Scarborough Athletic – promoted from
NPL Division One North
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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
NPL Division One North
League table
Top 10 goalscorers
Results table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Super final
Stadia and locations
Division One West
Team changes
The following 9 clubs left Division One North before the season -
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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 ...
– promoted to
NPL Premier Division
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Brighouse Town – transferred to
NPL Division One East
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Goole
Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse, Yorkshire, River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's Historic counties of England, historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire.
At the 2021 United Kingdom censu ...
– relegated to
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Hyde United – promoted to
NPL Premier Division
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Ossett Albion – merged with
Ossett Town
Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire.
History
Ossett Town AFC were formed in 1936 when, during a public meeting, the Mayor of the Borough of Ossett charged John Carter, a former ...
into
Ossett United and transferred to
NPL Division One East
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Ossett Town
Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire.
History
Ossett Town AFC were formed in 1936 when, during a public meeting, the Mayor of the Borough of Ossett charged John Carter, a former ...
– merged with
Ossett Albion into
Ossett United and transferred to
NPL Division One East
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Scarborough Athletic – promoted to
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 to
NPL Premier Division
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Tadcaster Albion – transferred to
NPL Division One East
The following 7 clubs joined Division One West before the season -
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Chasetown – transferred from
NPL Division One South
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Kidsgrove Athletic – transferred from
NPL Division One South
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Leek Town – transferred from
NPL Division One South
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Market Drayton Town – transferred from
NPL Division One South
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Newcastle Town – transferred from
NPL Division One South
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Runcorn Linnets – promoted from
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Widnes
Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses, 2021 census had a population of 62,400.
Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, ...
– promoted from
North West Counties League Premier Division
League table
Top 10 goalscorers
Results table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
Division One East
Team changes
The following 11 clubs left 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 to
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Basford United – promoted to
NPL Premier Division
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Bedworth United – promoted to
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Chasetown – transferred to
NPL Division One West
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Corby Town – 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 ...
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Kidsgrove Athletic – transferred to
NPL Division One West
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Leek Town – transferred to
NPL Division One West
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Market Drayton Town – transferred to
NPL Division One West
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Newcastle Town – transferred to
NPL Division One West
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Peterborough Sports – 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 ...
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Romulus
Romulus (, ) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and his contemporaries. Although many of th ...
– relegated to
Midland League Premier Division
The following 9 clubs joined Division One East before the season -
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AFC Mansfield – promoted from
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Brighouse Town – transferred from
NPL Division One North
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Marske United – promoted from
Northern League Division One
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Morpeth Town – promoted from
Northern League Division One
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Ossett United – new club, merger of
Ossett Albion and
Ossett Town
Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire.
History
Ossett Town AFC were formed in 1936 when, during a public meeting, the Mayor of the Borough of Ossett charged John Carter, a former ...
; transferred from
NPL Division One North
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Pickering Town – promoted from
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Pontefract Collieries – promoted from
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Tadcaster Albion – transferred from
NPL Division One North
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Wisbech Town – promoted from
United Counties League Premier Division
League table
Top 10 goalscorers
Results table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
Step 4 play-off winners rating
Challenge Cup
The 2018–19 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 18–19 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 49th 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 is sponsored by Doodson Sport for a seventh consecutive season. 61 clubs from England and one from Wales will enter the competition, beginning with the First Round, and all ties will end after 90 minutes and conclude with penalties.
The defending champions,
Atherton Collieries, were defeated in the first round by
Droylsden
Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th cen ...
.
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
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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2018–19 Isthmian League
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2018–19 Southern League
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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Northern Premier League seasons
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