Northern Premier League Division One North

Northern Premier League Division One North

Countries	England
Founded	2007
Number of teams	22
Level on pyramid	Level 8
Promotion to	NPL Premier Division
Relegation to	Northern League Division One NWCL Premier Division NCEL Premier Division
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup FA Trophy Challenge Cup President's Cup Chairman's Cup Peter Swales Shield
Current champions	Chester F.C. (2010–11)
Website	Official website
2011–12

Division One North is one of the two second-tier divisions of the Northern Premier League. It is at tier 4 of the National League System, tier 8 of the English football league system. For sponsorship reasons, it is also referred to as the Evo-Stik League Division One North.

The league currently covers the english regions of the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber.

The split of the Northern Premier League First Division resulted in the creation of the Division One North and the Division One South. The division began play at the start of the 2007–08, initially with 18 teams.

At the end of the season, the champion of the league is promoted to the Northern Premier Division. The teams placed 2nd to 5th engaged in a playoff to determine which team is also promoted. The teams placed 22nd and 23rd are relegated to level 9.^[1]

League system

The League operates a double round robin system, where each team plays each other team twice, once at home and once away. After 42 games the team that are placed top of the league will automatically be promoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division and the two teams at the bottom of the league will be relegated to one of the feeder leagues (Usually either the North West Counties, Northern Counties East or Northern League).

The teams placed 2nd to 5th will play off for the final promotion spot.

However, for the 1st season of the new division in 2007–08 season, when the league originally split from its traditional one division into a Division North and Division South, the league operated with 18 teams, leading to splitting the league into two separate groups of nine teams each. Each team would play each team in their own group three times (once at home, once away then an extra game where each team received an extra four home games) and play the teams in the other group home and away once each.

This changed back to the traditional format in 2008–09 when more teams entered the league.

Current clubs

Club	Finishing position 2010–11
AFC Fylde	5th
Bamber Bridge	7th
Cammell Laird	19th
Ossett Town	21st in Premier Division
Farsley	1st in NCEFL League
Clitheroe	6th
Curzon Ashton	4th
Durham City	17th
Garforth Town	13th
Harrogate Railway Athletic	20th
Lancaster City	7th
Mossley	15th
Ossett Albion	22nd (reprieved from relegation)
Prescot Cables	21st
Radcliffe Borough	18th
Salford City	12th
Skelmersdale United	2nd
Trafford	14th
Wakefield	16th
Warrington Town	9th
Witton Albion	10th
Woodley Sports	11th

Past Champions

From 1987 until 2007, the league was united and just known as the Northern Premier League First Division, before being split into North and South subsections. Here are the champions from when the league was just the NPL First Division.

1987–88 - Fleetwood Town 1988–89 - Colne Dynamoes 1989–90 - Leek Town 1990–91 - Whitley Bay 1991–92 - Colwyn Bay 1992–93 - Bridlington Town 1993–94 - Guiseley 1994–95 - Blyth Spartans 1995–96 - Lancaster City 1996–97 - Radcliffe Borough

1997–98 - Whitby Town 1998–99 - Droylsden 1999–2000 - Accrington Stanley 2000–01 - Bradford Park Avenue 2001–02 - Harrogate Town 2002–03 - Alfreton Town 2003–04 - Hyde United 2004–05 - North Ferriby United 2005–06 - Mossley 2006–07 - Buxton

League Summaries

Season	Winners	Promoted	Playoffs	Relegated
2007–08	Bradford Park Avenue	Bradford Park Avenue FC United of Manchester	FC United of Manchester Skelmersdale United Curzon Ashton Bamber Bridge	Bridlington Town
2008–09	Durham City	Durham City Newcastle Blue Star	Skelmersdale United Newcastle Blue Star Colwyn Bay Curzon Ashton	No Relegation
2009–10	FC Halifax Town	FC Halifax Town Colwyn Bay	Lancaster City Colwyn Bay Curzon Ashton Skelmersdale United	Rossendale United
2010–11	Chester	Chester Chorley	Skelmersdale United Chorley Curzon Ashton AFC Fylde	No relegation

See Also

• Northern Premier League Division One
• Northern Premier League Division One South

References

1. ^ BBC Guide to the Non-League Pyramid

External links

• Current league tables