2002–03 Northern Premier League

The 2002–03 Northern Premier League season was the 35th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season 2002–03
Champions Accrington Stanley
Promoted Accrington Stanley
Relegated Colwyn Bay
Gateshead
Hyde United
Matches played 506
Goals scored 1536 (3.04 per match)

The Premier League featured three new teams:

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Accrington Stanley (C) (P) 44 30 10 4 97 44+53 100 Promotion to Conference
2 Barrow 44 24 12 8 84 52+32 84
3 Vauxhall Motors 44 22 10 12 81 46+35 76
4 Stalybridge Celtic 44 21 13 10 77 51+26 76
5 Worksop Town 44 21 9 14 82 67+15 72
6 Harrogate Town 44 21 8 15 75 63+12 71
7 Bradford Park Avenue 44 20 10 14 73 70+3 70
8 Hucknall Town 44 17 15 12 72 62+10 66
9 Droylsden 44 18 10 16 62 52+10 64
10 Whitby Town 44 17 12 15 80 69+11 63
11 Marine 44 17 10 17 63 60+3 61
12 Wakefield & Emley 44 14 18 12 46 493 060*
13 Runcorn F.C. Halton 44 15 15 14 69 745 60
14 Altrincham 44 17 9 18 58 635 60
15 Gainsborough Trinity 44 16 11 17 67 66+1 59
16 Ashton United 44 15 13 16 71 798 58
17 Lancaster City 44 16 9 19 71 754 57
18 Burscough 44 14 9 21 44 517 51
19 Blyth Spartans 44 14 9 21 67 8720 51
20 Frickley Athletic 44 13 8 23 45 7833 47
21 Gateshead (R) 44 10 11 23 60 8121 41 Qualification to Division One Playoffs
22 Colwyn Bay (R) 44 5 9 30 52 9947 24 Relegation to NPL Division One
23 Hyde United (R) 44 5 8 31 40 9858 23

Updated to games played on 8 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* From this season onwards Emley were known as Wakefield & Emley.
(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 ACC ALT ASHBRWBLYBPABURCOLDROEmleyFRKGAIGATHARHUCHYDLNCMARRUNSTLVAUWTBWKS
Accrington Stanley 31 41 21 32 31 42 20 21 21 30 21 32 20 10 11 50 21 41 21 11 11 11
Altrincham 11 10 12 32 00 00 42 31 10 11 40 04 00 41 30 01 11 33 02 01 21 24
Ashton United 22 10 22 21 14 00 22 21 32 13 31 50 23 21 22 23 33 11 21 22 11 14
Barrow 10 40 03 21 32 30 21 00 21 32 20 12 11 30 22 10 30 10 12 11 22 31
Blyth Spartans 03 02 40 11 12 21 11 01 42 21 32 03 12 13 10 11 31 14 25 21 23 21
Bradford Park Avenue 11 11 11 22 51 32 42 31 22 10 20 10 03 51 01 21 32 21 10 11 23 01
Burscough 01 03 32 20 13 01 30 00 10 44 10 01 20 00 00 21 33 01 00 10 02 32
Colwyn Bay 12 23 11 34 12 20 13 03 23 03 23 01 36 20 11 02 13 11 11 32 11 02
Droylsden 22 10 01 02 70 20 10 21 31 30 02 21 00 01 15 01 20 11 11 10 21 01
Frickley Athletic 21 03 10 12 10 03 00 30 02 22 10 01 00 00 01 13 22 10 10 03 17 13
Gainsborough Trinity 15 21 12 02 32 22 01 21 14 20 01 12 22 42 21 00 11 11 21 41 01 42
Gateshead 51 00 01 22 30 11 10 22 02 22 11 23 15 21 33 12 23 01 32 01 13 23
Harrogate Town 02 30 01 32 31 52 21 41 00 12 02 13 } 20 31 13 11 31 10 22 12 02 22
Hucknall Town 21 41 23 03 02 12 31 21 20 10 00 11 11 20 11 21 33 22 12 11 12 00
Hyde United 33 02 11 13 11 31 10 02 13 23 15 01 15 01 23 02 02 01 10 01 33 14
Lancaster City 12 30 13 15 14 23 21 10 03 40 01 21 12 12 41 10 11 01 12 52 01 14
Marine 03 01 10 31 21 42 10 00 22 01 00 42 22 21 41 40 02 12 12 21 55 12
Runcorn 02 32 32 11 22 20 02 62 00 01 05 11 21 03 11 14 21 10 05 41 11 30
Stalybridge Celtic 14 20 41 43 11 22 10 31 21 31 30 44 41 12 60 10 21 01 22 00 20 41
Vauxhall Motors 01 40 51 11 01 01 10 23 21 50 10 30 11 51 10 62 11 21 21 10 32 01
Wakefield & Emley 00 21 11 01 11 20 10 21 22 00 21 21 00 11 11 14 11 00 00 11 10 10
Whitby Town 03 01 32 11 44 01 02 10 52 31 30 22 42 33 32 23 20 03 12 12 01 01
Worksop Town 14 12 32 02 11 71 02 41 41 24 01 20 12 54 21 11 21 22 11 11 21 00

Updated to games played on 26 April 2003.
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 2002–03
Champions Alfreton Town
Promoted Alfreton Town
Radcliffe Borough
Spennymoor United
Relegated Eastwood Town
Trafford
Matches played 465
Goals scored 1407 (3.03 per match)

Division One featured four new teams:

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Alfreton Town (C) (P) 42 26 9 7 106 59+47 87 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Spennymoor United (P) 42 27 6 9 81 42+39 87
3 Radcliffe Borough (P) 42 25 10 7 90 46+44 85 Qualification to Playoffs
4 North Ferriby United 42 23 9 10 78 45+33 78
5 Chorley 42 21 10 11 80 51+29 73
6 Belper Town 42 20 13 9 53 42+11 73
7 Witton Albion 42 19 15 8 67 50+17 72
8 Matlock Town 42 20 10 12 67 48+19 70
9 Leek Town 42 20 9 13 63 46+17 69
10 Workington 42 19 10 13 73 60+13 67
11 Farsley Celtic 42 17 11 14 66 671 62
12 Kendal Town 42 18 7 17 68 58+10 61
13 Bamber Bridge 42 15 9 18 55 594 54
14 Guiseley 42 14 11 17 68 63+5 53
15 Bishop Auckland 42 13 10 19 58 8325 49
16 Lincoln United 42 12 9 21 67 7710 45
17 Stocksbridge Park Steels 42 11 9 22 54 8127 42
18 Rossendale United 42 12 5 25 58 8830 41
19 Kidsgrove Athletic 42 9 11 22 49 7122 38
20 Ossett Town 42 8 9 25 39 8041 33
21 Eastwood Town (R) 42 5 8 29 33 9259 23 Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division
22 Trafford (R) 42 5 6 31 34 9965 21 Relegation to NWCFL Division One

Updated to games played on 8 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 ALF BAM BLPBISCHOEASFARGUIKENKIDLEELINMATNFUOSTRADRossendale UnitedSPUSTOTRAWTNWRK
Alfreton Town 11 12 41 13 41 20 13 43 20 12 22 20 34 51 32 30 11 11 61 11 30
Bamber Bridge 02 00 12 20 22 42 10 10 22 04 20 01 01 21 01 01 12 30 51 12 10
Belper Town 25 21 31 42 21 12 21 03 00 01 10 21 00 10 00 11 01 43 10 11 10
Bishop Auckland 00 22 22 21 30 11 11 20 10 11 11 15 13 31 13 53 32 21 20 00 23
Chorley 24 31 12 41 31 11 23 50 30 31 21 40 21 12 22 10 20 00 40 10 11
Eastwood Town 04 01 03 12 01 14 13 13 44 00 12 00 23 21 01 11 01 30 10 03 03
Farsley Celtic 03 21 01 30 33 21 22 01 54 43 41 15 01 10 11 10 11 20 43 01 01
Guiseley 22 33 00 70 21 40 01 12 00 22 40 03 12 26 00 31 02 12 20 01 22
Kendal Town 41 01 21 30 41 10 01 21 11 10 03 00 33 20 01 20 11 01 41 12 33
Kidsgrove Athletic 01 21 02 31 10 01 13 11 31 04 24 23 20 13 00 12 10 23 20 22 11
Leek Town 32 01 40 31 21 20 11 10 10 10 23 10 22 10 12 22 13 32 11 12 01
Lincoln United 13 11 01 33 12 60 41 23 31 02 00 15 42 00 01 12 02 20 50 01 12
Matlock Town 24 10 00 42 22 10 22 12 15 20 01 12 10 10 21 33 01 20 31 20 32
North Ferriby United 22 20 00 10 13 50 20 31 10 10 41 21 00 71 42 10 22 01 10 01 11
Ossett Town 12 40 12 21 12 10 11 00 22 22 05 11 00 04 04 21 01 13 00 11 02
Radcliffe Borough 24 21 11 10 11 11 30 21 24 51 01 41 01 20 71 21 74 40 42 42 11
Rossendale United 34 13 04 31 01 23 43 14 14 10 10 33 10 21 01 13 12 63 31 13 12
Spennymoor United 12 30 30 12 00 30 20 21 10 21 21 31 11 03 30 02 30 60 30 30 21
Stocksbridge Park Steels 23 10 00 31 14 21 13 23 11 34 01 11 11 12 20 01 51 03 20 11 12
Trafford 22 13 02 01 03 00 11 02 12 00 31 32 12 04 10 03 12 03 31 23 32
Witton Albion 12 12 11 10 11 11 22 50 31 10 00 12 04 11 20 22 20 53 11 41 21
Workington 03 33 21 22 11 72 01 10 21 21 01 51 21 21 21 13 21 12 12 30 33

Updated to games played on 26 April 2003.
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.

Playoffs

The Division One playoffs saw the third to fifth placed sides in the Division and the team that finished 21st in the Premier Division compete for one place in the Premier Division.[1]

Semifinals Final
      
3 Radcliffe Borough 1
4 North Ferriby United 0
3 Radcliffe Borough 2(4)
5 Chorley 2(2)
5 Chorley 5
21 Gateshead 2

Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-fifth season of the Northern Premier League Accrington Stanley (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Gateshead, Colwyn Bay and Hyde United were relegated to the First Division; these three clubs were replaced by relegated Conference side Southport, First Division winners Alfreton Town, second placed Spennymoor United and third placed Radcliffe Borough (via a Playoff). In the First Division Eastwood Town and Trafford left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Bridlington Town and Prescot Cables.

Cup Results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

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

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

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

External links

References

  1. "UniBond League Premier Division: Fixtures 2002–03". nonleaguefooty.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  2. "The Official Gateshead FC Website – Fixtures/Results". Gateshead FC. Archived from the original on 2003-06-22. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
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