The 2023–24 season was the 56th 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 ...
. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the
National League System
The National League System comprises the six levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the English Football League. It comes under the jurisdiction of the Football Association. The National League System has a ...
, and the West, East and Midlands divisions at Step 4.
Premier Division
Team changes
The following 6 clubs left the Premier Division before the season:
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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 ...
– relegated to
Division One East
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Liversedge
Liversedge is an industrial town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is now called Liversedge and ...
– relegated to Division One East
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Nantwich Town – relegated to
Division One West
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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 the
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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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 to Division One West
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Warrington Town – promoted to the National League North
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:
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Basford United - transferred from the
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Bradford (Park Avenue)
Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club, sometimes abbreviated as BPA AFC, is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in , at the eighth tier of the English football league ...
– relegated from the National League North
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Ilkeston Town – transferred from the Southern League Premier Division Central
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield () is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies south of Ma ...
– promoted from the
Division One West
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Workington
Workington is a coastal town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast, south-west of Carlisle and north-east of Whitehaven. At the 2021 census the ...
– promoted from Division One West
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Worksop Town
Worksop Town Football Club is an English football club based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The team play in the . They are nicknamed ''The Tigers'' and play their home games at Sandy Lane in Worksop.
History
Previous clubs
The club claims it w ...
– promoted from the
Division One East
Premier Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
Top goalscorers
Results table
Division One East
Division One East comprises 20 teams, one more than the previous season.
Team changes
The following 6 clubs left Division One East before the season:
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Lincoln United – relegated to the
United Counties League Premier Division North
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Long Eaton United – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central
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North Shields
North Shields ( ) is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth. The population of North Shields at the 2021–2022 United Kingdom cens ...
– demoted to the Northern League Division One
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Shildon
Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham (district), County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first , built in 1825, and locomotive works on ...
– relegated to the Northern League Division One
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Tadcaster Albion – relegated to the
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Worksop Town
Worksop Town Football Club is an English football club based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The team play in the . They are nicknamed ''The Tigers'' and play their home games at Sandy Lane in Worksop.
History
Previous clubs
The club claims it w ...
– promoted to the Premier Division
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:
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Ashington
Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...
– promoted from the
Northern League Division One
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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 ...
– relegated from the
Premier Division
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Liversedge
Liversedge is an industrial town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is now called Liversedge and ...
– relegated from the Premier Division
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Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946, the town is to the north of Darlington and to the south of Durham, England, Durham. It is the ...
– promoted from the Northern League Division One
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North Ferriby
North Ferriby is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Haltemprice area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
History
Humber Estuary
"The archaeology of the intertidal wetlands of the Humber Estuary is of internatio ...
– promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Winterton Rangers – promoted from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Division One East table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
Stadia and locations
Division One Midlands
Team changes
The following 7 clubs left Division One Midlands before the season:
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Chasetown
Chasetown is a village in the town of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England. It is split between the civil parishes of Burntwood and Hammerwich.
History
Chasetown developed in the mid 19th century as a coal mining village. At first the village ...
- transferred to Division One West
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Daventry Town – relegated to the
United Counties League Premier Division South
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Dereham Town – relegated to the Eastern Counties League Premier Division
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Halesowen Town – promoted to the
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Stamford – promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central
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St Neots Town – relegated to the
United Counties League Premier Division South
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Yaxley – relegated to the United Counties League Premier Division South
The following 7 clubs joined the division before the season:
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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 ...
– relegated from the
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Anstey Nomads – promoted from the
United Counties League Premier Division North
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Coventry Sphinx
Coventry Sphinx Football Club is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at Sphinx Drive.
History
The club was established in 1946 as a works team for Armstrong Siddeley under the ...
– promoted from the
United Counties League Premier Division South
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Lye Town – promoted from the
Midland League Premier Division
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Quorn
Quorn is a brand of meat substitute products. Quorn originated in the UK and is sold primarily in Europe, but is available in 11 countries. The brand is owned by parent company Monde Nissin.
Quorn is sold as both a cooking ingredient and as ...
– promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division North
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Rugby Town – promoted from the United Counties League Premier Division South
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Walsall Wood
Walsall Wood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands county, England. It is located middway between the towns of Aldridge and Brownhills, as well as Walsall and Lichfield.
History
In the late-18th century and ...
– promoted from the Midland League Premier Division
Division One Midlands table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
Division One West
Team changes
The following 6 clubs left Division One West before the season:
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield () is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies south of Ma ...
– promoted to the
Premier Division
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Skelmersdale United
Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the Liverpool County Premier League and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool Count ...
- demoted to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Workington
Workington is a coastal town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast, south-west of Carlisle and north-east of Whitehaven. At the 2021 census the ...
– promoted to the
Premier Division
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Glossop North End - relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Colne
Colne () is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The town is northeast of Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson, northeast of Burnley and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston.
The ...
- relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Ramsbottom United - relegated to
North West Counties League Premier Division
The following 6 clubs joined the division before the season:
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Avro
Avro (an initialism of the founder's name) was a British aircraft manufacturer. Its designs include the Avro 504, used as a trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the d ...
– promoted from the
North West Counties League Premier Division
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Chasetown
Chasetown is a village in the town of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England. It is split between the civil parishes of Burntwood and Hammerwich.
History
Chasetown developed in the mid 19th century as a coal mining village. At first the village ...
- transferred from the
Division One Midlands
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Hednesford Town
Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. They won the FA Trophy in 2004.
History
The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...
– relegated from the
Southern League Premier Division Central
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Nantwich Town – relegated from the
Premier Division
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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 the
Premier Division
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Vauxhall Motors
Vauxhall Motors Limited , ;Company No. 00135767. Incorporated 12 May 1914, name changed from Vauxhall Motors Limited to General Motors UK Limited on 16 April 2008, reverted to Vauxhall Motors Limited on 18 September 2017. is a British Automoti ...
– promoted from the
North West Counties League Premier Division
Division One West table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
Stadia and locations
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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2023–24 Isthmian League The 2023–24 season was the 109th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league operates four divisions, the Premier Divisi ...
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2023–24 Southern League
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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Northern Premier League seasons
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