1997–98 Northern Premier League

The 1997–98 Northern Premier League season was the 30th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1997–98
Champions	Barrow
Promoted	Barrow
Relegated	Alfreton Town Radcliffe Borough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1270 (2.75 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The Premier League featured three new teams:

Altrincham relegated from the Conference
Leigh RMI promoted as runners up from Division One
Radcliffe Borough promoted as champions from Division One

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barrow !Barrow (C) (P)	42	25	8	9	61	29	+32	83	Promotion to Conference
2	Boston United !Boston United	42	22	12	8	55	40	+15	78	Transferred to the Southern League
3	Leigh RMI !Leigh RMI	42	21	13	8	63	41	+22	76
4	Runcorn !Runcorn	42	22	9	11	80	50	+30	75
5	Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	42	22	9	11	60	39	+21	75
6	Emley	42	22	8	12	81	61	+20	74
7	Winsford United !Winsford United	42	19	12	11	54	43	+11	69
8	Altrincham !Altrincham	42	18	11	13	76	44	+32	65
9	Guiseley !Guiseley	42	16	16	10	61	53	+8	64
10	Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	42	17	12	13	78	60	+18	63
11	Marine !Marine	42	15	11	16	56	59	−3	56
12	Hyde United !Hyde United	42	13	16	13	60	55	+5	55
13	Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	42	15	9	18	53	57	−4	54
14	Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	42	14	11	17	58	72	−14	052^*
15	Chorley !Chorley	42	14	7	21	51	70	−19	49
16	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	42	12	12	18	45	62	−17	48
17	Lancaster City !Lancaster City	42	13	8	21	55	74	−19	47
18	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	42	12	13	17	52	63	−11	039^#
19	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	42	9	12	21	51	74	−23	39
20	Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley	42	8	14	20	49	68	−19	38
21	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough (R)	42	6	12	24	39	70	−31	30	Relegation to NPL Division One
22	Alfreton Town !Alfreton Town (R)	42	3	13	26	32	86	−54	22	Relegation to NPL Division One

Updated to games played on 2 May 1998.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Spennymoor United were docked 1 point.
^#Blyth Spartans were docked 10 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley !ACC	Alfreton Town !ALF	Altrincham !ALT	Bamber Bridge !BAM	Barrow !BRW	Bishop Auckland !BIS	Blyth Spartans !BLY	Boston United !BOS	Chorley !CHO	Colwyn Bay !COL	Emley	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Guiseley !GUI	Hyde United !HYD	Lancaster City !LNC	Leigh RMI !LEI	Marine !MAR	Radcliffe Borough !RAD	Runcorn !RUN	Spennymoor United !SPU	Winsford United !WNS
Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	4–2	3–0	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–3	3–0	2–1
Alfreton Town !Alfreton Town	0–1		0–3	1–2	0–3	2–6	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–1
Altrincham !Altrincham	1–0	5–0		5–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	7–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–1
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	2–1	4–1	0–3		2–2	2–1	1–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–3	3–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–3
Barrow !Barrow	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–2
Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–1	0–2		1–1	0–2	5–2	0–2	4–3	4–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–4	3–0	1–2	1–1	6–0
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	2–2	4–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–4		0–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–4	2–3	0–1
Boston United !Boston United	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2		1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	2–1
Chorley !Chorley	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–2		2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–5	2–3	0–1	0–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0
Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	3–3		1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	5–2	2–3	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3
Emley	5–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	5–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	6–2	3–0	0–2
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–1		1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–3	3–0
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1		0–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–2
Guiseley !Guiseley	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–3		1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	0–2
Hyde United !Hyde United	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1		4–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–2	4–3
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–1		0–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	1–1
Leigh RMI !Leigh RMI	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0		1–0	0–0	2–2	4–2	2–0
Marine !Marine	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–5	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1		1–2	3–2	0–4	0–0
Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	6–2	0–1	0–3		0–0	0–2	0–2
Runcorn !Runcorn	3–0	3–1	1–0	4–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	6–3		2–0	2–2
Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–4	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–1		1–1
Winsford United !Winsford United	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–4	2–2	1–1	1–0

Updated to games played on 2 May 1998.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One
Season	1997–98
Champions	Whitby Town
Promoted	Whitby Town Worksop Town
Relegated	Buxton Workington
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1431 (3.1 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Division One featured five new teams:

Buxton relegated from the Premier Division
Belper Town promoted as runners-up from the NCEFL Premier Division
Trafford promoted as champions from the NWCFL Division One
Whitby Town promoted as champions from the Northern League Division One
Witton Albion relegated from the Premier Division

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Whitby Town !Whitby Town (C) (P)	42	30	8	4	99	48	+51	98	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Worksop Town !Worksop Town (P)	42	28	7	7	93	44	+49	91	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Ashton United !Ashton United	42	26	9	7	93	43	+50	87
4	Droylsden !Droylsden	42	24	8	10	70	49	+21	80
5	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	42	20	11	11	76	62	+14	71
6	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	42	20	10	12	72	66	+6	70
7	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	19	9	14	77	55	+22	66
8	Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	42	18	12	12	68	51	+17	66
9	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	11	13	62	46	+16	65
10	Belper Town !Belper Town	42	18	7	17	68	66	+2	61
11	Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	17	7	18	75	77	−2	58
12	Trafford !Trafford	42	17	9	16	68	63	+5	60
13	Whitley Bay !Whitley Bay	42	14	12	16	60	63	−3	54
14	Matlock Town !Matlock Town	42	14	11	17	50	58	−8	53
15	Gretna !Gretna	42	13	9	20	58	64	−6	48
16	Netherfield	42	12	11	19	55	75	−20	47
17	Flixton !Flixton	42	10	12	20	45	73	−28	42
18	Congleton Town !Congleton Town	42	11	8	23	65	101	−36	41
19	Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	42	8	14	20	57	80	−23	38
20	Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	42	8	12	22	41	88	−47	36
21	Workington !Workington (R)	42	8	7	27	38	84	−46	31	Relegation to NWCFL Division One
22	Buxton !Buxton (R)	42	7	3	32	41	87	−46	24	Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division

Updated to games played on 22 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Ashton United !ASH	Belper Town !BLP	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Buxton !BUX	Congleton Town !CNG	Droylsden !DRO	Eastwood Town !EAS	Farsley Celtic !FAR	Flixton !Flixton	Great Harwood Town !GHT	Gretna !GRT	Harrogate Town !HAR	Kendal Town !KEN	Lincoln United !LIN	Matlock Town !MAT	Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO	Trafford !TRA	Whitby Town !WTB	Whitley Bay !WHI	Witton Albion !WTN	Workington !WRK	Worksop Town !WKS
Ashton United !Ashton United		3–4	0–1	1–0	3–2	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	3–1	2–0	1–4	3–1	1–0	2–1
Belper Town !Belper Town	0–7		0–1	2–1	4–0	0–3	1–3	2–3	4–0	1–2	4–3	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	0–4
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	0–0	0–0		4–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	5–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–3	2–3
Buxton !Buxton	1–4	0–2	0–1		4–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	2–3	0–1
Congleton Town !Congleton Town	0–3	0–4	2–1	3–1		2–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–4	2–0	3–3	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–2	2–1	3–3	1–3	0–1
Droylsden !Droylsden	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–1		0–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	1–0	0–4	3–0	1–0
Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–2		3–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–4	0–3	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–2
Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	2–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2		1–0	6–1	3–2	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1
Flixton !Flixton	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–4	0–1	1–4	0–1	3–1	6–0	1–1
Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–5	3–3	1–5	1–1	1–1		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–7	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–3
Gretna !Gretna	1–1	4–3	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–2		2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–3
Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	1–1	2–0	2–4	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1		2–4	2–3	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–2
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	5–1	4–0	0–3	1–4		0–3	1–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	4–3	3–1	1–0	2–6
Lincoln United !Lincoln United	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	1–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2		4–3	3–0	1–2	2–5	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	1–4	0–3	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	6–0	2–3	2–3		1–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–3
Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–4	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–0	4–2	0–1	5–1	2–2		2–1	1–4	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0
Trafford !Trafford	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–4	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–2		1–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–2
Whitby Town !Whitby Town	1–1	2–2	5–2	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	6–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–5	1–0	3–0	2–1		3–2	4–1	2–3	2–3
Whitley Bay !Whitley Bay	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	4–4	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	5–0	0–0	1–3		0–3	3–0	1–3
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	5–3	2–2	5–1	1–1	4–1	5–0	0–2	4–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	1–2
Workington !Workington	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	4–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–1	1–5	0–1	1–2	1–4		0–4
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	5–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	4–1	4–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–0

Updated to games played on 2 May 1998.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

In the thirtieth season of the Northern Premier League Barrow (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Radcliffe Borough and Alfreton Town were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference sides Gateshead and Stalybridge Celtic, First Division winners Whitby Town and second placed Worksop Town. In the First Division Workington and Buxton left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Hucknall Town and Burscough.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

Altrincham bt. Gainsborough Trinity

President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Runcorn bt. Guiseley

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Altrincham bt. Barrow

References

↑ Unibond League

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Colwyn Bay Darlington 1883 Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hyde United Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Ramsbottom United Rushall Olympic Salford City Skelmersdale United Stamford Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Harrogate Railway Athletic Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley New Mills Northwich Victoria Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Scarborough Athletic Spennymoor Town Trafford Warrington Town Witton Albion

Division One South	Basford United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Coalville Town Daventry Town Goole Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Aquaforce Sheffield Spalding United Stafford Rangers Stocksbridge Park Steels Tividale

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1997–98 in English football

« 1996–97

1998–99 »

FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Birmingham City Bradford City Bury Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Stockport County Stoke City Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Southend United Walsall Watford Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United

Football Conference	Cheltenham Town Dover Athletic Farnborough Town Gateshead Halifax Town Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Leek Town Morecambe Northwich Victoria Rushden & Diamonds Slough Town Southport Stalybridge Celtic Stevenage Borough Telford United Welling United Woking Yeovil Town

Others	Newport

Summer 1997 transfers
Winter 1997–98 transfers

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